Tours: Bottom Bracket

Posted on July 10, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Local mathy emo punk band Bottom Bracket have announced their “2019 Summer Tour” which consists of six dates coming up at the end of this month around the midwest. Check those dates also listed below:

7/24 – St. Louis, MO – The Sinkhole
7/25 – Kansas City, MO – Records with Merritt
7/26 – Des Moines, IA – Lefty’s Live Music
7/27 – Minneapolis, MN – Rowhouse
7/28 – St. Charles, IL – Captain Records
8/1 – Springfield, IL – Breadstretchers

And of course the last date listed there is at our very own Bread Shorteners located right next to us on August 1st along with two Minnesota acts “Greentop” and “Wyatt Moran”. More info on that show can be found right here. Bottom Bracket has also been hard at work in the studio working on an album as the follow up to their Dreamland EP which was released in 2017.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on July 9, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Whoops, it’s getting late in the day and we are way late on any website posts we were going to do! It’s Tuesday so we better tell you about some new arrivals that have been hitting the shelves at our downtown store. Plenty of used LPs, 12″ Singles, and brand new CDs going up on the shelves all of the time over here. Plus we’ve got three shows back-to-back-to-back this weekend. It’s a busy time. Let’s go ahead and look at the store’s schedule for the week and then get into what’s new!

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Al Melgard – At The Chicago Stadium Organ
Andrew Jackson Jihad – Holiday Inn Gainesville
Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant
Bill Haley & The Comets – Bill Halley’s Scrapbook
Buddy Emmons – Sings Bob Wills
Canned Heat – Future Blues
The Carpenters – A Kind of A Hush
Cat Stevens – Profile
Close Your Eyes – Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts
Cowsills – Captain Sad And His Ship of Fools
Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly
Exclaim – Critical Exploder
Frank Zappa – Ship Arriving Too Late
George Carlin – Toledo Window Box
The James Gang – Live In Concert
Joe Burton – St. Louis Blues
Katie Webster – The Swamp Boogie Queen
Les Negresses Vertes – Mlah
Martin Mull – In Your Living Room!!
Michael Stanley – Friends & Legends
Mordern Life Is War – Midnight In America
The Mothers – Over-Nite Sensation
Off With Their Heads – Home
Peter, Paul And Mary – (Moving)
Ray Bryant – Take A Bryant Step
River City Rebels – Keepsake Of Luck
Roger Miller – Golden Hits
Sparks – Sparks
Spinners – Labor Of Love
Sound D’Afrique – Vol. II: Soukous
Sounds Orchestral – Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Starcastle – Fountains of Light
Starwood – Starwood
Steve Martin – Let’s Get Small
The Thermals – More Parts Per Million
Tom Scott – Street Beet
Tony Palkovic – Deep Water
Vangelis – Chariots of Fire
Vangelis – Heaven And Hell
Various – Television’s Greatest Hits, Volume II
Yello – Live At The Roxy N.Y. Dec 83
Xerxes – Our Home Is A Deathbed

12” Singles
Cam’Ron – My Hood
Da Brat – We Ready / Fuck You
Dr. Dre / Snoop Dogg – The Wash
Grand Daddy I.U. – Represent / We Got Gats
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Lifestyles
LL Cool J – 4,3,2,1
Novel – Peach
Public Enemy – Do You Wanna Go Our Way??
Sister Souljah – The Hate That Hate Producded
Society – Yes ’N’ Deed
Sugar Hill Gang – 8th Wonder / Sugar Hill Groove
Sugar Minott & Lady G – Whole Heap A Man
Three 6 Mafia – Hit ‘Em / Motivated
2Pac – God Bless The Dead / Troublesome ‘96

New CDs
The Andrews Sisters – Cocktain Hour Series
The Andrews Sisters With The Glenn Miller Orchestra – Chesterfield Broadcasts
Chick Corea – Akoustic Band
Chick Corea – Solo Piano Standards
Daryl Hall John Oates – Ooh Yeah!
Daryl Hall John Oates – Marigold Sky
DJ’s Choice – Halloween Big Screen Thrillers
Doris Day, Harry James – Young Man With A Horn
Earl Klugh – The Best of Earl Klugh Vol. 2
Earl Klugh / Bob James – Two Of A Kind
Edith Piaf – The Great French Stars
Edith Piaf – The Early Years 1938-1945
Ethel Merman – Cocktain Hour
Gloria Estefan – Greatest Hits
Herb Alpert – Second Wind
Highwaymen – The Road Goes On Forever
Jack Ingram – Electric
Johnathan Butler – Surrender
Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire: The Best Of
Judy Garland – The Millennium Collection
Judy Garland – The Judy Garland Show
Julie Andrews – The Best Of
Julie Andrews – Broadway: The Music Richard Rodgers
Kenny G – Live
Kenny G – Duotones
Kimball Collins – Generation: Trance 2000
Luther Vandross – Greatest Hits
Maynard Ferguson – Stormy Monday
Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau – These Cats Swing
The New Stan Getz Quartet – Getz Au Go Go
Nightmare Manor – Mysterious Music From Beyond
Nite Flyte – Ascension
Olivia Newton-John – Making A Good Thing Better
Paul Schutze – Green Evil Vol. 6
Petula Clark – Greatest Hits
Randy Travis – Rise And Shine
Stan Getz / J.J. Johnson – At The Opera House
Stan Getz – Focus
Tal Farlow – Tal Farlow’s Finest Hour
The Temptations – Awesome
The Temptations – Ear-Resistible
Various – The Best of Narada Jazz: Night Grooves 2
Various – The Best of Smooth Jazz, Vol. 1
Various – Dance Party (Like It’s 2001)
Various – Halloween Scariest Movie Themes And Hauntings
Various – Haunted House CD
Various – Honky Tonk Heroes
Various – Jazz Hits Volume 1
Various – Jazz Moods: Jazz Party Mix
Various – Lost In Trance
Various – MTV Party To Go Volume 6
Various – New Electronic Moods
Various – The Roots Of Swing N’ Jive
Various – Techno Trax Vol. 8
Various – Trance Planet Volume One
Various – Trance II (Trans)
Vikki Carr – Greatest Hits
Waylon Jennings – The Millennium Collection
Willie Nelson – Country Jamboree
Willie Nelson & Friends – Outlaws and Angels

July 26th & 27th at Bread Sheep: Midnight CD Release / Downhome Music Festival Aftershows

Posted on July 8, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Get ready because this evening we are going to throw a lot at you for some surprise shows happening at our space later this month. This is a joint announcement for TWO shows happening at our space – BOTH are aftershows for Downhome Music Festival on July 26th and 27th, BOTH are happening right at midnight (crazy, we know), and BOTH are CD release shows for two different local artists. This is just getting too wild. Let’s break it down for each show:

The first night of Downhome Music Festival is Friday, July 26th. There will be a show at our space at midnight that night It will be a CD release show for Dexter‘s new album Weeping Venus. We are excited. You can check out the first song from that album right here. Also playing is Jeff Williams of NIL8. That show is just $3 and it’s all ages of course.

Then the next night is Saturday, July 27th (yes we are aware since we are talking midnight here it would technically be the 28th). For this one we have local grunge rockers Master Bastard‘s CD release for their new album which we have been told is being called Drinking With Children. Also on that show is Taylorville 90’s rock group Stick People, and the brand brand new surf band that’s been making splashes, Snuff Rider. Another $3, all ages show!

Both of those shows are starting right at midnight, both are all ages, and both are $3. We’ll be getting facebook events up for both of those right away. Oh, and no beer in our space for any of those. Sorry. Check out our shows page to see what else is coming up at our space this summer.

Videos: The Cult Of Lip at Bread Sheep 6-18-19

Posted on July 8, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Here we are today with another video of a band performing live in a space that is right next door to us that we hear has been putting on shows. The band is The Cult of Lip from Minnesota, and they played there last month on June 18th. You can check out the video of them playing their song “A Glow” embedded below.

Also be sure to check out our “vids/pics” page for a list of pictures and videos (mostly at Black Sheep, but we are working on building up new ones of the new space! Or check out the Dumb Records youtube channel. (Like and subscribe, thank you).

New Band Pages: Imaginary Colours

Posted on July 8, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Wow, today we are bringing you a new featured band page of the week for a project that is long overdue for us – and that is for solo electronic / ambient project “Imaginary Colours” by Michael LeFrance that has been going for well over a year now with four different releases. Check out the new page up on our site right here where you can also stream the newest EP, Among The Horizon. We are working on beefing up the bio on the page here soon. Imaginary Colours doesn’t have any shows lined up currently.

Check out any of our 40+ current band pages on our site right here. We are still slowly working on getting this all updated. Do you play in a local original band or are a solo project that has not yet gotten a page set up with us? Email us at dumbrecs@gmail.com and we would love to get something together!

July Issue of Activator Magazine Available Now

Posted on July 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Maybe we are around one week late in telling you this, but did you know that there is a new issue of Activator Magazine out? We are excited about this one because it features new local band Blushe on the cover – and a photo that was taken in our space! You can pick up the monthly magazine for free in our store and read an interview with the band. This issue Activator also launched a new feature – with the start of a video series with Blushe as the first feature. The magazine interviewed the band in the video and also caught some footage of them playing live in our space as well. You can check that video out below!

Aside from the Blushe interview, you can find: plenty of album reviews, live show calendars, a photospread of Midwest Punkfest XI, more photos of Activator’s birthday show at Dumb Records, a recap of Perimeter Road Music Festival, an interview with Junior Pasáre, an interview with Shawn “Push” Freligh, a story about how some LLCC students created some mobile game called “Floofy”, and much much more.

Tonight at Bread Sheep: Jocko, Animals With Human Names, Final Order, Brute Force, Vincent Sebastian

Posted on July 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Last night was amazing! Our most well-attended show at the new location so far! We are keeping the ball rolling with another solid show lined up tonight! Come out out! Tonight we have the mighty return of the mighty might band Jocko from Ohmaha, Nebraska. Jocko played here last at Black Sheep the first night of Dumb Fest 6 for those of you who were around for that a little over one year ago at this point. Stream some of Jocko’s music on the player below if you are unfamiliar. Also on this show is Final Order. Right in the middle we have a curveball and that is local hip hop act Animals With Human Names, playing his first show at Bread Stretchers 2.0. Then we’ve got St. Louis area hardcore group Brute Force coming back to play the Bread Stretch for yet another time. Opening things up is another little curveball with the *chill* solo project of Vincent Sebastian.

All of this starts at 7:00 pm that day and it’s $7 to get in to see five acts. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else we’ve got coming up at Beard Strappers in the near future.

Today on The Dumb Records Radio Show: Tim Smith (Abe Fest)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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We are getting back into the swing of things with having some solid guests coming up on our weekly radio show on 88.3 FM WQNA! This week is going to kick off a long run of some great scheduled guests, with the guest being Tim Smith: organizer behind the new downtown music festival “Abe Fest” which is happening in just two weeks on July 19th and 20th. We’ll be talking with Tim on what that festival is all about, what to expect, as well as playing music from some of the bands playing such as The Smithereens, The BoDeans, and Spoonbenders! Plus we’ll be playing other music by local artists and from shows coming up at our space and around town.

The Dumb Records Radio Show is on today from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA FM, and also on that same time online at wqnaradio.org. We are going to be working to get some of our more recent episodes recorded here very soon, hopefully starting with this one today!

Tonight at Bread Sheep: Looming, Great Expectations, Seaholm, Blue Parks

Posted on July 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Alright, now that the 4th of July is done and over with, the weekend is here and we have two really big shows lined up tonight and tomorrow next door at Bread Sheep! Tonight!: a brand new lineup full band version of Looming is taking the stage for the first time in a while. Wow! There are two touring acts from Michigan on this show. One of them is Great Expectations from Detroit, playing some emo type music that you can find on the player below. They will be on tour with another band called Seaholm from Ann Arbor. Opening this show up is a slow performance by Blue Parks, who may be going by the performance name of Body Forth.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is going to be a sliding scale of $5-10. You can check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our Bread Stretchers shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at the show space next to us.

We Are Searching For Sponsors To Make A Really Big Show At Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s Happen This September.

Posted on July 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Good afternoon! We’ve never made a post on our website like this one before. This is a post to let you know a really really big (free) show might potentially be happening at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s on Monday, September 30th – however we need to put a feeler out to make sure we can pull it off.

We do not have things locked in and confirmed with a potential band from overseas that would be playing at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s on September 30th, so unfortunately we can not tell you what it is, other than that it will be the biggest thing we will have pulled off setting up there. The band does have a guarantee that we are trying to get met – and having the show at Hardee’s would mean we would not be able to charge admission, which would mean we would need to meet the guarantee for the band’s costs, and also additional costs such as sound setup through sponsors for the event.

SO, with this post we are reaching out to any potential sponsors – which could mean local businesses, or individual people that can help us make this happen. We know that it might be odd asking for this without being able to say who the band is, but trust us, if it happens it’s going to be good. You can reach out to us by coming in our store, emailing dumbrecs@gmail.com or calling 217-691-8991. We would be up for working with different sponsorship levels to make sure the event happens. Also sponsors would potentially get their name or logo listed on a poster that gets distributed all over town, potential radio mentions, and table or booth space at the actual event. We are flexible on what can happen here!