June 22nd at Bread Sheep: Activator One Year Anniversary Show!

Posted on June 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow! Looks like we are hosting a show this month that will be a wonderful celebration of one full year of Activator Magazine doing their thing and activatin’ in Springfield!! We are truly lucky to have had this free magazine around for a full year covering some great things going on in Central Illinois music and arts! The lineup for this show features punk rockers MAC at the top of the bill – who will be performing here in Springfield for the first time actually! Nice! By the way look at that great flier by Carol Weems of Activator Magazine, great job Carol. Who’s next on the lineup? HECK?!? The solo project of Hannah Songer out of Bloomington. Also a brand new Springfield band called SNUFF RIDER will be playing their first show?? Featuring members of Imaginary Colours and Evan Mitchell’s one man band! Before that… a very rare rap performance by Aaron “Uncanny” Phillips!! Wow!! In all of our years working with Aaron hosting hip hop shows at our spaces we have never had him listed as a performer! Then opening things up or playing somewhere on the bill is some sort of karaoke set by DJ Milk and DJ Jess!!! We can not believe all of the wild and cool things going on for this show!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. All proceeds will be split between our show space and Activator Magazine. There will also be cake and “free sh*t”! Wow! 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 our space in the new future!

Imaginary Colours: “Among The Horizon”

Posted on June 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Oh boy we are on a row getting you some of that hot new local music on a daily basis! (Well, we guess it’s all of you local musicians out here that are on a roll). Today we bring you a brand new album from solo electronic project Imaginary Colours. The album is called Among The Horizon and you can find it streaming on the player below. You can also head over to the Imaginary Colours bandcamp page to purchase the download of the album, or stream any of their previous releases.

Imaginary Colours doesn’t have any live shows lined up at this point as far as we know. We are adding this album on to this year’s list on our Springfield album archive page which you can check out right here!

Downtown Tonight: The Skatalites Free Concert (Levitt AMP)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight… yes, tonight. The big event that we’ve been talking a lot about this past month or so – tonight as part of the Levitt AMP Springfield Concert Series, The Legendary Skatalites from Jamaica, est. 1964 will be performing, *for free*, downtown Springfield on the Y-Block. How amazing is that?

The show will be going on from 6:00 to 8:30 pm on the block which is located between 4th and 5th streets, in between Capitol Avenue and the governor’s mansion. Bring a lawn chair if you want. There is an opening act – “TaQsem” from here in town. The Skatalites are supposed to be taking the stage from 7:00 to 8:30 *if* everything goes according to schedule. It doesn’t look like we have any on the forecast, but in the case of rain, the concert will be moved to Central Baptist Church on 4th street right next to the block.

Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Check out the full list of other Levitt Concerts coming up Thursday nights this summer right here.

June 2019 Issue of Activator Magazine Available Now

Posted on June 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Would you believe it, but Activator Magazine has now made it one full year into existence with the first issue having came out June of 2018. This month’s issue for the local action-packed music magazine is number #13. Have you collected them all? We sure haven’t but maybe we can try. This post is to let you know that we have the June 2019 issue now available for free in our store. It includes local hip hop artists Deezy Da Paperboy and Cornbread on the cover, with an interview with them inside. Also plenty of album reviews, a monthly Central Illinois show calendar, a look at what festivals are happening in our area this summer, plenty of photos, and much much more. Wow.

Activator Magazine is awesome and free and in our store all of the time. You should consider checking out their Patreon page online where you can pledge to make a monthly donation to support them doing what they do.

Oh! And by the way, we will be celebrating one year of Activator Magazine with a show at our show space this month on June 22nd! Find a facebook event for that one right here – we’ll also have an official post for that one up soon.

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!