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!

August 1st at Bread Sheep: Greentop, Wyatt Moran, Bottom Bracket

Posted on July 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Oops, we have another Thursday night show in the works! This one is happening at 8:00 pm on Thursday, August 1st. It’s actually the same night as the last Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series event featuring John Moreland, which is why we are starting things later here at 8:00 pm. It’s just a three band show, highly recommended. We have two touring acts from Minnesota. The first of which is “Greentop” playing some indie/alternative music that you can find streaming on the player below. Greentop will be touring with solo act Wyatt Moran who is also from Rochester, Minnesota. Then of course there’s Bottom Bracket, who will be going either first or last on the lineup, we are not sure.

Again, this show starts at 8:00 pm that night and admission is $6. 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 is coming up at Bread Sheep in the near future!!

Tonight at CFP: Dead Selves, Dana Skully, Kate The Band, Marble Teeth

Posted on July 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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If you haven’t noticed, the “CFP” house venue has been pretty quiet these past few months as things have been more up and rolling on the “Bread Stretchers” end of things. However, tonight the Springfield basement is hosting what looks like their one and only show this summer and the first one since shows have been happening at Bread Stretchers. Tonight the show at the CFP features the full band lineup of Kate The Band, who just released two hot new tracks on our site this past week. There are two touring bands on this show. The first is “Dead Selves” from Atlanta, Georgia. You can stream their music on the player below. The other band is “Dana Skully & The Tiger Sharks”. Wait, that band played at Black Sheep before, didn’t they? Opening things up is an act we haven’t seen in a minute – Marble Teeth from Decatur, Illinois.

All of this starts at the CFP house at 7:00 on July 3rd – yes, they will be serving Crusty Fish Pies as part of their vegan bake sale. It’s $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page where we try to keep a list of shows going on outside of our space in town.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on July 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

What’s up people, it’s another week at our really cool record store Dumb Records located at 418 East Monroe Street downtown!!! What’s going on this week… 4th of July and a lot of other stuff. You know what, we are just going to be closed on the 4th of July. Sorry. This week there’s plenty of used LPs, 12″ disco and hip hop singles as always, and new CDs. There’s a couple of shows in our space this week too. Let’s take a look at what’s going on for this week’s schedule and then jump into what’s new:

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday (4th of July): closed
Friday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Blue Oyster Cult – Tyranny And Mutation
Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)
Brass Construction – Brass Construction II
Bread – Manna
Bruce Cockburn – Further Adventures Of
Chicago – 16
The Chi-lites – Bottom’s Up
The Cowsills – The Best Of The Cowsills
Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan – Live At The Berlin Philharmonic
Dave & Sugar – Tear Time
Def Leppard – High N’ Dry
Don Nix – Living By The Days
Don Shirley Trio – Water Boy
Earl Klugh – Finger Paintings
Eddy Arnold – Lonely Again
The Electric Prunes – Underground
Emmylou Harris – The Ballad of Sally Rose
George Carlin – Class Clown
George Carlin – FM & AM
The Hollies – Greatest Hits
Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing At Baxter’s
Jessi Colter – Diamond In The Rough
Joan Baez – 5
John Klemmer – Hush
John Mayall – Jazz Blues Fusion
Joshua Rifkin – Piano Rags By Scott Joplin
Keely Smith – Dearly Beloved
Laura Branigan – Touch
Led Zeppelin – IV
Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door
Lovin’ Spoonful – The Best
Madness – One Step Beyond…
Martin Mull – I’m Everyone I’ve Ever Loved
Morgana King – New Beginnings
Myron Floren – 12 Great Hits
Neil Diamond – Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show
Neil Diamond – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
Paul Revere And The Raiders – The Spirit of ‘67
Penny Marshall / Cindy Williams – Laverne & Shirley Sing
Savoy Brown – Hellbound Train
Segovia – Segovia And The Guitar
Stanley Wilson – The Music From M Squad
Telex – Birds And Bees
The Three Sounds – Live At The Living Room
Traffic – Heavy Traffic
Trio – Trio And Error
Union Grove – Union Grove 50th Anniversary Album
War – Deliver The Word
Webb Pierce – Sands of Gold
Willie Nelson & Family – Honeysuckle Rose
10cc – The Original Soundtrack

12” Singles
Def Jam Recordings – Grand Finale
Drag-On – Put Your Drinks Down
Dungeon Family – 6 MInutes
Illegal – Back In The Day
Just-Ice – Put That Record Back On
Kid N’ Play – Rollin’ With
Lil Blunt – What They Hittin’ Fo
Madonna – Angel
Mic Stylz – Bringin’ It Back
Side Effect – Keep That Same Old Feeling
Soul Tempo – Swearin’ To God
Stop The Violence Movement – Self Destruction
Too $hort – Classic Cuts
Top Quality – I Can’t Hear You
West Coast Bad Boyz – Pop Lockin’ II

New CDs
Aaron Tippin – Stars & Stripes
Acoustic Alchemy – Early Alchemy
Armand Van Helden – Sampleslaya
Barry White – All-Time Greatest Hits
Barry White – The Ultimate Collection
Chick Corea / Steve Kujala – Voyage
Clifford Brown – The Definitive Clifford Brown
Dave Seaman – Global Underground 012: Buenos Aires
Debbie Reynolds – The Best Of
DJ Vadim – Reconstruction
Gloria Estefan – Let It Lose
Jesse Powell – Jesse Powell
Jim Lauderdale / Ralph Stanley – Lost In The Lonesome Pines
Johnny Cash – Ride This Train
Johnny Cash – The Greatest Hits Of Johnny Cash
Judy Garland – Over The Rainbow: The Very Best Of
Judy Garland – Great Ladies Of Song
Lou Rawls – At Last
Lou Rawls – Portrait Of The Blues
Luther Vandross – The Best of Love
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Millennium Collection
Marilyn Monroe – Songs From The Movies
Maynard Ferguson – Jazz Masters 52
Muzik Magazine – 1999 The Tunes
Olivia Newton-John – Back With A Heart
Olivia Newton-John – Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Paul Schütze – Deus Ex Machina Vol. 1
Paul Schütze – Regard: Music By Film Vol. 3
Return To Forever – The Best Of
Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio
The Temptations – For Lovers Only
The Temptations – You’ve Got To Earn It
Willie Nelson – December Days
Willie Nelson – Milk Cow Blues
Various – The Best of Country
Various – Pure Trance 2
Various – The World of Progressive Trance

Zetaretic: “Demo”

Posted on July 1, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

We recently discovered a brand new metal recording project and possibly soon to be full band called “ZETARETIC” from right here in the Capital City, so of course felt it appropriate to share Zetaretic’s demo recordings that were just recently released. You can stream the first song of that demo: “What Lies Beneath” on the Youtube player below. Or head over to the Zetaretic Youtube Page to stream all five of the tracks. The demo is called The United $lave$ of America. It looks as if right now Zetaretic is just the solo project of Aaron Williams, but Aaron is looking to recruit other members to turn it into a full band. Go check out the Zetaretic facebook page if you would like to stay updated or learn more!

Yes we are also adding this one as a 2019 release under our Springfield album archive page! Go check it out! We just hit 450 releases!

New Band Pages: Snuff Rider

Posted on July 1, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Today we present to you a brand new featured band page of the week and that is for the brand new instrumental surf band based out of here in Springfield and also Taylorville Illinois, called Snuff Rider. That’s right, you can check out that new page here. Snuff Rider has only played one show and that was the Activator Magazine Anniversary show at our space a few weekends ago. They have another one lined up this month at Buzz Bomb Brewery on the 17th. They have no recordings right now but on the page you can find out more about the band and see a live video taken from the show they played.

You can check out any of the 40+ current band pages we have set up on our current band pages right here. Yes, we know a lot of these need to be moved over to “past bands” right now and updated, we are working on it! Do you play in a local band or are a solo original musician here in town that does not have a page set up with us?? Email us at dumbrecs@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up!

The Next Bread Sheep Open Mic July 21st

Posted on June 30, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Sometimes we get asked the question “when’s y’all’s next open mic ya gonna do”? And sometimes we don’t know the answer to that. But today we do. The next open mic we are planning for Sunday, July 21st at Bread Sheep. You better be there. It’s the normal drill for this one – 15 minute slots from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, and to claim a slot, just post in the facebook event, email us at dumbrecs@gmail.com, or just show up to the show. Probably 95% of the time anyone wants to perform on an open mic we can make it happen. Here is the schedule right now:

9:45-10:00 – (blocked off for now)
9:30-9:45 – (blocked off for now)
9:15-9:30 – (blocked off for now)
9:00-9:15 – (blocked off for now)
8:45-9:00 – open
8:30-8:45 – Vertrell Yates
8:15-8:30 – open
8:00-8:15 – Niko Robledo
7:45-7:30 – open
7:30-7:15 – open
7:15-7:30 – open
7:00-7:15 – Gary & The Omnichords

That looks like a nice time now doesn’t it. And it’s free! Find a facebook event for this open mic right here. Check out our shows page on our site for a list of everything else coming up at Bread Sheep in the near future.

The Music Shoppe Inc. New Location Grand Opening July 13th

Posted on June 30, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Maybe not the usual type of local music going-ons we cover on this site, but we figured letting you all know about a new or relocating music instrument/gear store having a grand opening would be an appropriate thing to do, especially for all of you local musicians out there. The Music Shoppe Inc., which was formerly located at 14th and Stevenson Streets in Springfield is holding a grand opening for their new west end location they have moved to at 2940 Constitution Drive. This is out there by Target and Skyzone on the West End. If you don’t know about Skyzone on the west end you need to go there too. The grand opening for the new location is happening in a couple of weeks all day on Saturday, July 13th from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm. Find a facebook event for the grand opening right here. The Music Shoppe is open now (not today), but every day except for Sunday 10am-6pm, and 10am-5pm on Saturdays. There are music lessons at the new location as well.

With Capitol City Music also located out west on Wabash, this puts both major music shops in town out west. It seems as if The Rock Shop’s repair department has also joined forces with The Music Shoppe and will be involved with the new west end location.

Bruce Kodrich: “Don’t Leave Empty Handed”

Posted on June 29, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a stream of a local album we are absolutely blown away at the existence of. Bruce Kodrich – (yes, father of Black Sheep co-owner Drew Kodrich, vocalist of hardcore band Prevention, etc., etc.) has uploaded a full length album of his own original music, called Empty-Handed onto bandcamp. We have that album streaming below. The album features eight tracks of pure rock. Also head over to Bruce’s bandcamp page to pay to download the album for seven bucks and support Bruce. There may or may not be rumors of many more lost tapes in Bruce’s rock collection of original material he recorded over the years.

These songs and recordings may or may not be older than 2019, but since it is being released into the world right now we are counting it as a release for this year in our Springfield album archive page.