Monthly Archives: August 2013

Mother Leopard Lineup Changes/Plans To Record

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Those of you who were at Black Sheep Fest 2013 towards the middle of the fest may have seen the chaotic and extremely fun set of Mother Leopard. The band usually plays as a three-piece instrumental project, but at the fest things took an unexpected turn with members of the crowd scrambling to take part in doing vocals for different songs. Since the fest the band posted this from their newly created tumblr page:

Hello everyone! Mother Leopard has a Tumblr now! We just played Blacksheep Fest 2013 and it was absolutely amazing. It was inspiring to see so many people share the microphone during our set…totally unexpected. We all feel like a lot of people left their burdens on the stage that night and we hope to continue our journey towards claiming your souls at the next show! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as we did. We have been a 3 piece instrumental band for a while now, with the recent addition of myself (Jess!) on bass…but BXS fest inspired us to take on a fourth member! Her name is Aubrey and she will be coming with us to Champaign, IL on Wednesday 7/31 for our first show with an official vocalist! (kind of?)

If you haven’t listened to our shit yet you can find it at http://motherleopard.bandcamp.com/

We have plans to record soon with our new lineup and with new songs. Keep in touch! Ask us questions! Message us on facebook or book us in your town jknight@capitolradiogroup.com

Love Always, Jess

The show on July 31st at Error Records in Champaign already took place and Mother Leopard played with new vocalist Aubrey. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for any new Mother Leopard shows in Springfield this late summer/fall. We plan on keeping you all updated on Mother Leopard’s plans to record and anything else going on with the band.

Radon Lounge Announce More Shows

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944719_602731929737339_446427384_nThe Radon Lounge have announced a few shows that they will be putting on between now and the end of the fall. The Springfield house venue are deciding to take a break in August, but they are still active setting up shows on later dates and planning big things for the future.

The first show is being put on by The Radon Lounge and The Harbor, but it is being held at Lakeside Christian Church on August 14th. The show features Adam Strumpel and Dan Arseneau and friends. You can find more information on that one here.

The next show happening at The Radon Lounge is on September 26th, which will feature Spoken Nerd, Brian Lee & His Orchestra, Cantalouper, and Hushpad. Then if we skip ahead all the way to October we will find a show on October 6th with Families and Kevin Schlereth! Then if we look wayyy into the future we see that The Radon Lounge is planning a Bob Dylan cover show of some sorts on November 9th. And of course after that they plan on continuing their tradition of putting on a “Christmas Explosion” show sometime around the holidays.

You can check out the complete list of upcoming Radon Lounge shows here on their website. You can also check out our Springfield shows page for a more complete list of shows going on outside of Black Sheep.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Kowabunga! Kid, Lovecow, Wir Konnen, Douglass

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It’s gonna be an awesome show tonight! Here’s what we got! Kowabunga! Kid is an awesome, hot, indie poppish band from Champaign and they will be giving us some enjoyable tunes. Lovecow is our favorite, local, endearing folk punk band so we’ll be hearing some jams from them. Wir Konnen is a newcoming band that we will have the pleasure of hearing for the first time. Word is they have an emo vibe going on and will feature some members from Lovecow, Montagh and more! This won’t be the only first show tonight. Douglass, composed of the lovely Tara Lynne Tracy, will grace our ears with some experimental, emotional folk. Apparently there will also be an acoustic suprise! Hopefully it’s not as gruesome as the mystery meat suprise featured in every middle school lunchline ever.

The weather is estimated to produce a thunderstorm with temperatures ranging from 27 degrees C/ 19 degrees C. 7:00 pm! 5 bucks! Check it out! You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Lovecow: “Lovecow”

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Hey everybody, guess who has a tape out? Lovecow! That’s right, one of our favorite local folk punk bands Lovecow has a tape out titled “Lovecow”. Check it out below or head over to the band’s bandcamp page here! As they state on their page, this is their very first cassette tape! On it lingers 11 tracks, with some popular songs of theirs such as “They Say”,  “Do Something” and “Sorry I said fuck at the JSA show”. Mixed in are some new songs so make sure to check it out! It’s swell stuff. Recording was made possible by Sir Brandon Carnes and was released on the 27th of this month (at Black Sheep Fest). You can get it for $5 at any of their shows or download it through the link I inlcuded above. Do one or both and float on some folk punk tunes for awhile!

You can also pick up the cassette from Lovecow at their show at Black Sheep tomorrow (August 3rd). They will be playing along with Kowabunga! Kid, Wir Konnen, and Douglass.

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Luzhin Defense, Bumping Uglies

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Happy Fry-day! Enjoy some fries and come to this show! Tonight we got The Luzhin Defense, an electronic pop band from right here in our grand hometown. The Bumping Uglies will be coming around, which is a 3 piece experimental electronic band from Austin Texas who’s main mission is to make the ugliest music ever for this ugly world. That’s it, that’s all we need!

The weather is estimated to possibly create a thunderstorm with temperatures ranging between 28 degrees C/ 17 degrees C. So check it out! 5 bucks, 7:00 pm and french fries (BYOFF). Bring it! You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our upcoming shows at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Nephrons: “Black Bedroom”

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Today we are bringing you a stream of the brand new Nephrons album, Black Bedroom. The album is being released at the show at Black Sheep tonight on 12″ vinyl and is limited to 100 copies. Make sure you come out to the show tonight to hear Nephrons play a few of the new songs live!

Also playing the show tonight is Hank, Cassfield, and Caterpillar Club. It kicks off at 7:00pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Stream the new Nephrons album below!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Nephrons, Hank, Cassfield, Caterpillar Club

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Get stoked! It’s gonna be a good show tonight. Here’s whats goin’ down. We’ll have the awesome local 90’s sounding punk band Nephrons. This is going to be the day of their Black Bedroom record release! Check out the 411 on that right here. Emo noodle punks Hank. will also be joining us! They are an experimental, indie emo band from Champaign and they are stoping by Springfield as a part of their summer tour. Cassfield will be coming at us from the east coast with some far out, techno tunes, and some type of performance art. Last but not least, local sludge-gazing band Caterpillar Club will be joining us too!

The weather is estimated to be partly cloudy between 29 degrees C/ 20 degrees C. Show up at 7:00 pm and have 5 dollars in your hand! You can find a facebook event for the show right here, and a list of all of the other upcoming Black Sheep shows right here. Proceed then to eat up this deliciously rad show. You can check out the song below as an appetizer.