Musical Realists: “Bunny Ah Ah Crunch”

Posted on June 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

We gotta keep this ball rolling with new local music every single day!! It feels great!! Here you go! Today we bring you a brand new song from a local recording project we didn’t even know existed up until recently – the project is called “Musical Realists” and features sound artist Timothy Donavan Russell and his son Timothy. Together, they are Musical Realists and they are here to bring you some very interesting and real music. Today’s music is a brand new track of theirs called “Bunny Ah Ah Crunch,” which comes from a fourth-coming album. Stream that song below.

Apparently this project has had two long albums – Electrouble released last year and Frog Coin released in 2014. Head over to the Musical Realists bandcamp page to check both of those out. We are adding those both to our Springfield album archive page right now.

July 20th in Bloomington, IL: “Real Ones Only Fest”

Posted on June 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s hard enough for us to keep up with all the festivals going on downtown anymore, let alone all of Springfield, let alone all of Central Illinois. However, it’s been a minute since we’ve told you about any summer festivals in other Illinois towns that are close enough for an hour or so drive to Springfield so here we go! Here is a new festival happening in Bloomington, Illinois called “Real Ones Only Fest” happening on Saturday, July 20th. It’s current lineup features a whopping 18 bands predominately of the grindcore and fast hardcore genres. If you like fast intense music then this is the festival for you! We also hope you like your band names written out in all caps because that is what you’re getting for the lineup below:

MINIMUM WAGE ASSASINS (DEKALB, ILLINOIS GRINDCORE) V.S. MELTING ROT (ILLINOIS GOREGRIND)
SHORT ORDER (CLEVELAND, OHIO FAST HARDCORE)
FLVX CAPACITOR (INDIANA GRINDCORE)
INTERFERENCE PATTERNS (INDIANA CHAOTIC HARDCORE/SCREAMO)
SNUFFED (CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HARDCORE PUNK)
LIVID (KENOSHA, WISCONSIN GRINDCORE)
SHRIVEL UP (ILLINOIS GRINDCORE)
REDUCED TO INSTINCT (LOCAL HARDCORE)
FOURSIDE (ILLINOIS POST HARDCORE ONE OFF REUNION)
KARAT’S GOLD (LOCAL MATHCORE)
SPEAK V.S. DEATHRUN (ILLINOIS POWERVIOLENCE BATTLE SET)
P4NTHER (NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
WITS END (MKE HARDCORE)
COL2APSE (PEORIA GORENOISE)
OVERWORRY (C-U SCREAMO)
BIRD LAW (LAKE COUNTY CHAOTIC HARDCORE)
BLIND EQUATION (LOCAL CYBERGRIND)
+ MORE TBA

Is that loud enough for you? We spot a couple of past Dumb Fest bands on that list – Livid from Wisconsin and Reduced To Instinct. Pictured above is the band “Snuffed” from Chicago. Below is a player for the band “Short Order” from Cleveland, Ohio who will also be playing.

All of that is only $10. Looks like the festival starts that day at 1:30 pm. Check out a facebook event for Real Ones Only Fest right here. Oh, by the way this is happening at “The Church of Singularity” which we think might actually be a house venue.

June 19th at Bread Records: Jordan Collans, Flunkie, Alice Currie, Layers, Kate Laine

Posted on June 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Have we told you about this show yet?? It seems like we have – maybe we mentioned it in our post about Kate Laine going out on her first tour later this month. Anyways, this one is happening two weeks from today on Thursday, June 19th! You better be there. This features touring act Jordan Collins from Spokane, Washington who is going to be on tour with Kate Laine this month. This is one of the dates on that tour. Stream Jordan’s music on the player below if you want. Also on this show is solo act Flunkie – who released a new song that we posted about a couple of days ago. Nice. Layers will be performing as well, the two-piece, post-Renae, poetry fusion project. Alice Currie of the band Attic Salt will be performing a solo set as well. And of course, we have Kate Laine on the bill too. We think it’s just a solo set of hers this time around.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admision is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our Bread Slippers shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Bread Splashers in the coming months.

Iris Wake: “Demo”

Posted on June 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Here we are keeping things rolling with what new Springfield music has been coming out recently. This one is a little over a month old it looks like, but here we are bringing it to you today anyways! This is a brand new project called “Iris Wake” put together by Kristin Walker of Moondead, Bad Banshee, and other groups throughout the years. Streaming below is Iris Wake’s Demo which includes two songs. If you are wanting to hear more of Iris Wake, you can check out their bandcamp page where you can find two more songs that were also released earlier this year – “Split” and “Breathe.”

Iris Wake doesn’t have any live shows planned as far as we can tell. We are adding this demo to the releases for this year to our Springfield album archive page – check it out!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on June 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Tornadoe Drill Tuesday, so you know what that means. Actually, we are not sure what that means. It’s Tuesday though so here is a list of some new stuff that’s been hitting the shelves recently at our downtown store. (418 E Monroe Street). This week we’ve got a fresh batch of used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs. We’ve also got a pretty crazy weekend ahead of us with The Skatalites playing here for free in two days, Legacy of Giving Music Festival, and The Creative Earth Art Show at our space on Saturday. Let’s take a look at how that schedule is lookin’ for the store and then jump into what’s new.

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

Used LPs
Alabama – 40 Hour Week
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Red Tape
Bee Gees – Here At Last… Live
The Big 3 – The Big 3
Bonnie Raitt – Nine Lives
Boz Scaggs – Hits!
Buckner & Garcia – Pac-Man Fever
Dakota Staton – The Late, Late Show
Dan Seals – Won’t Be Blue Anymore
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond – Moods And Grooves
The Doobie Brothers – The Captain And Me
Carli Simon – Hotcakes
Carli Simon – Come Upstairs
Carpenters – The Singles 1969-1973
The Cars – Heartbeat City
Chick Corea – Pacific Jazz
Chick Corea – Piano Improvisations Vol. 1
Cream – Goodbye
Eddie Rabbitt – Horizon
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – What’s The Word
Firefall – Elan
Firefall – Undertow
The Firm – The Firm
Frank Sinatra – A Man Alone
Frankie Laine – Your Cheatin’ Heart
Hall And Oates – Daryl Hall John Oates
Henry Mancini – Hatari!
Impressions – Loving Power
The Ink Spots – Greatest
James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim
Jay And The Americas – The Sands Of Time
Jeff Beck – Truth
Jefferson Starship – Spitfire
Jerry Harrison – Casual Gods
Jim Croce – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
The Jimmy Giuffre Four – Tangents In Jazz
John Denver – JD
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High
John Klemmer – Barefoot Ballet
Joni Mitchell – Don Jaun’s Reckless Daughter
Larry Gatlin – Greatest Hits Volume 1
Linda Ronstadt – Lush Life
Marillion – Incommunicado
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
Neil Young – Comes A Time
Nektar – Remember The Future
Pete Fountain – Make Your Own Kind Of Music
The Psychedelic Furs – The Psychedelic Furs
Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway
Robin Trower – In City Dreams
Spinners – Yesterday Today & Tomorrow
Supertramp – Famous Last Words
The Turtles – It Ain’t Me Babe
Willie Hutch – Concert In Blues

12” Singles
Eazy-E – Switchez
Bumb J – Move Around / Nothing
Chris Brown – Run It!
D. Quest – Why / She
Freeway – Line ‘Em Up
Gravediggaz – The Night The Earth Cried
KRS One – Come To The Temple
Larry Bee – I’ll Give You More
LeToya / Paul Wall – All Eyes On Me
Lil Jon – Snap Yo Fingers
Medina Green – Crosstown Beef
N-Tyce – We Come To Party
Papi Chulo – Funkdoobiest
The Perceptionists – Black Dialogue / 5 O’Clock
Piles – Got ‘Em Hatin’ / Take Off
Sagat – Fuk Dat
Sunz Of Man – The Plan / Collaboration ‘98
Supervision – Superstar
Supreme C – On My Block / Brick City

New CDs
Aaron Tippin – What This Country Needs
Al Di Meola – Flesh On Flesh
Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy
Alanis Morissette – So-Called Chaos
Andrea Bocelli – Cieli Di Toscana
Andrea Bocelli – Sacred Arias
Bee Gees – The Very Best Of The Bee Gees
The Beach Boys – All-Time Greatest Hits
The Beach Boys – Classics Selected By Brian Wilson
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Bonnie Tyler – The Best of Bonnie Raitt
Brian Wilson – Imagination
Conway Twitty – Silver Anniversary Collection
Count Basic – Movin’ In The Right Direction
Don Cherry – Complete Communion
Genesis – Nursery Cryme
Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance
Jackson Browne – The Naked Ride Home
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Munki
John Waite – Falling Backwards
Kenny Loggins – Mox Humana
Kenny Loggins – Outside From The Redwoods
Kenny Rogers – There You Go Again
Larry Carlton – Fingerprints
Larry Carlton – Renegade Gentleman
Luciano Pavarotti – Passione
Luciano Pavarotti – Amore
Melissa Etheridge – Skin
Pat Benatar – Precious Time / Get Nervous
Randy Travis – Inspirational Journey
Randy Travis – You And You Alone
Shenandoah – Long Time Comin’
Sting – Brand New Day
Sting – Mercury Falling
Travis Tritt – The Restless Kind

New Band Pages: Blushe

Posted on June 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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We are trying to keep it going on updating our currently pretty out of date list of local active bands on our website! There have been a lot of new bands forming within the past few months, and Blushe is without a doubt one to be paying attention to! So, today we bring you a new page on our site for Blushe – although it might not be much. Check that out right here. Hopefully we can be on the lookout for new recordings and shows from Blushe in the near future.

Check out our current bands page on our site right here. Do you play in a local band or are a local musician who has not gotten a page together with us? Reach out to dumbrecs@gmail.com and we will work with you to get something set up!

The Dixie Narcos: “Soda Pop!,” “Narcan Noises,” and “Prosopagnosia”

Posted on June 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

If you are looking for your daily dose of new local music you have come to the right place today. Somehow we have completely missed until just recently how much new music Jacksonville based indie/psychedelic band The Dixie Narcos have been putting out. Apparently they have released something like FIVE albums… and like three of them have been within the past six months… WOW. The three latest albums were just recently added to bandcamp, the newest being Soda Pop! released January of this year. You can check out all three of those streaming on separate players below. Head over to The Dixie Narcos bandcamp page to stream the albums as well or download them at your own price.

We are working on adding all of these to our Springfield ultimate album archive page. No, The Dixie Narcos do not have any live shows lined up from what we can tell!

Lineup And Schedule For Legacy Of Giving Music Festival This Weekend

Posted on June 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Once again, we are gearing up for another big weekend here in downtown Springfield. As you all should know, The Skatalites from Jamaica play here for free in three days out on the Y-Block downtown as part of the Levitt AMP Concert Series. That is this Thursday night. Then Friday and Saturday night is the Legacy of Giving Music Festival going on downtown for the fifteenth consecutive year if you count its predecessor music festival, SOHO which started in 2004. Legacy of Giving, or LOG Fest has their own website where you can check out a list of bands right here. We’ve found their schedules for Friday and Saturday posted above might be the best way to figure out what bands are playing where on each of the five stages at what times on Friday and Saturday. We got that from the festival’s facebook page. We hear there is a total of 67 bands (we’ll believe that number without trying to count all of those).

This year Dumb Records and Bread Blasters is involved with one of the official aftershows Saturday night, which is also in conjunction with the Creative Earth Art Show happening at our space this Saturday, June 8th from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. Find more info as far as artists involved right here. We do have poetry and musical acts from Fuzzlove, Cody Jones, Hope Fiend, and Shatriya Smith. The event is also free!

Find a facebook event for all of Legacy of Giving right here. By the way, admission for the festival is only $5 and goes to a bunch of different local charities! All ages of course!

Flunkie: “Three”

Posted on June 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we bring you some fresh new Springfield music from local solo act Flunkie. Flunkie has a lot of recorded music out there. Just a couple of weeks ago she released a new song called “Three” which you can find streaming on the player below. Head over to Flunkie’s bandcamp page to find more music or download this track at your own price.

Flunkie will be playing next at Bread Stretchers at a show on Wednesday, June 19th along with Kate Laine and Jordan Collins. Find a facebook event for that one right here.

June 15th at Bread Records: Final Order, While God Sleeps, Hushed, Time & Pressure, Foam Fangers

Posted on June 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Did we tell you about this show yet? No. Okay. We’ve got some catching up to do on June show announcements it looks like. This one is happening at our shows space on Saturday, June 15th and you should all come. It’s going to be the tape release show for Springfield hardcore group Final Order, which we have been waiting on recordings for forever. The touring act on this bill is “While God Sleeps” playing some metalcore from the heart of Minnesota. You can stream their music on the player below. Also on this show from the other end of up north is Hushed from Detroit, Michigan. Then we have familiar group to Springfield “Time & Pressure” from St. Louis – playing at Bread Stretchers for the first time. Opening things up is… Foam Fangers! Also playing for the first time at the new spot. Nice.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. 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 going on coming up at Breads R Us in the near future.