Today we would like to wish owner and founder of The Black Sheep Cafe, Kevin Bradford a very special happy birthday.
Happy birthday Kevin, you have been doing this for a very long time. Thank you for keeping rock and roll alive in Springfield. You are our favorite wizard.
Today we are bringing you a video from a performance at Black Sheep exactly one week ago, and that is of the band Sick Sad World from Chicago, who played their very last show here last week. You can check out the video of the band playing their song “Cornered” on the player embedded below. You can also check out some photos of the show from the AJWF Photography facebook page right here. Other bands that played the show include SAP, Person, and WARRS. Also stream the recorded version of this song and some of Sick Sad World’s other tunes on their bandcamp page right here.
You can find a good amount of other touring and local band videos and photos right here on our vids/pics page.
Here’s a great three band punk show for you all happening here at Black Sheep on Monday, February 23rd. This show will be punk with a little hint of Black Metal. For bands, we have the band Safety Word coming from Chicago on their way down to a big festival in Texas. You can find their music streaming on the player below. We also have hit local punk band Asthma. And the third act on this show, opening things up is a performance by the continuing solo black metal band lotto project being called “Sargent Karate (Everyone Is So Pretty),” put together by Chris Yeager formerly of Like… With Jetpacks and The Gunga Dins.
This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up soon at Black Sheep and Southtown.
Tonight at Black Sheep there is some sort of mega-show going on and it features a whole six bands for just $5. (That’s less than $1 per band). We have a band called Come Out Fighting playing hardcore punk from Detroit tonight. You can stream some of their music below. This is also a great show because it features local heroes Loses The Mighty, who recently released a new EP, What The Artist Said To The Bird. The show features some other great hardcore and punk bands from the area. We have Orator, playing sludgy heavy stuff from the Champaign/Urbana area. We have the rowdy punk band Panzys playing a show here once again. We also have a new Champaign/Urbana hardcore project called Fifty Year Storm. And opening things up we have Hollowed Eyes from Coffeen, Illinois.
The show tonight starts at 6:00 pm (so get here one hour early) and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this year.
Last week on Thursday, January 15th, Melt (restaurant/venue) was kind enough to open their doors and host a Dumb Records showcase show featuring three Springfield bands and one St. Louis act. Dumb Records came and set up a pop-up record shop, and door money also went towards benefitting the Springfield record store. The show was a great success, with a good turnout for a Thursday night. We can’t thank our St. Louis friends enough for letting us put on our very own showcase in their town!
Today we have a few photos and videos from that show. Bands that played include SAP, Soap Scum (above), Diaper Rash, and Braining. Below is a video from part of Diaper Rash’s set. For even more videos of SAP, Soap Scum, and Diaper Rash, head over here.
For a second you may have thought there was going to be a Saturday where there wasn’t anything planned to happen at Black Sheep. You were wrong! A week from Saturday, on Saturday, January 31st we will be hosting another hip hop show featuring some great acts and rap battles. Our opening acts include three great solo performers and rap groups including D. Carr, Jayy Willis, and HISO Music Entertainment. Then we have a grand total of four rap battles (wow). If you were around for the last hip hop show with rap battles (the last one had two), you know how crazy things can get. The battles include Relentless vs. Boss Maseiano, Cerius Bars vs. Deezy Alfamega, Tello vs. Savage, and Southside vs. Twitch.
All of that is going to be kicking off right around 7:00, with doors opening then and the show starting sometime between then and 8:00. Admission is $5. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Southtown this year.
Our friends over at Error Records in Urbana, Illinois have recently been featured in a short mini-documentary called Little Indie, Big Rock, put together by “Thekidsareonfire“. The documentary takes a look at small venues and talks to different bands, fans, and venue owners. Nathan Landolt of Error Records is featured talking about Error Records’s role in the Champaign/Urbana music scene.
You can stream the ten-minute long documentary below, or head over here to vimeo watch it.
Little indie Big Rock from Thekidsareonfire on Vimeo.
This week at Southtown record store Dumb Records there are plenty of new arrivals in. This includes the recently released 8-song cassette, Maiden, Mother, Crone by local band SAP, and also the final release for Sick Sad World: Fate Unknown, who just played their final show at Black Sheep this past Saturday. On top of that, there are also plenty of new LPs, 7″s, CDs, cassettes, and even new T-shirts in! That’s right, we now have some new t-shirts in, thanks to the print elves pictured above and also the new design done by Perry Shall, artist from Philadelphia. Let’s look at when Dumb Records will be open this week:
Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday (show): 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
New LPs
Alvvays – Alvvays
American Football – American Football (Deluxe Edition)
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
Of Montreal – Jon Brion Remixes
Used LPs
Best Reactions – The EP LP
Bridge And Tunnel – East/West
Caleb Lionheart – Think Hardcore, Play Pop Punk
Dikembe – Broad Shoulders
The Effort – Wartime Citizens
Everyone Everywhere – Everyone Everywhere
Restorations – Restorations
We Were Skeletons – Blame & Aging
Used 10”s
Alex And The Imaginary Friends – We Try And We Sing
Empires – How Good Does It Feel
Jowls – Cursed
Used 7”s
Annabel – Here We Are Tomorrow
Censors – Disappointment
Direct Hit! – Tit Patrol
Direct Hit! / Mixtapes – Split
Give-Ups – Screaming In The Bedroom…
The Golden Age – Time & Distance
Look Mexico – Gasp Asp
Paul Blest – Small Town Complex
Restorations – A/B
Rubrics – Sow Your Seeds
What The Kids Want – Inside Jokes Explained
New CDs
Sick Sad World – Fate Unknown
New Cassettes
SAP – Maiden, Mother, Crone
Sick Sad World – Fate Unknown
Various – Pü Fest 2014
Today we have a show announcement for a show happening in about a month on Friday, February 20th. It’s going to be a good one! For this show we have the shoegaze project from Chicago called Military Police. You can check outsome of their music streaming below. Military Police will be coming down with Broken Prayer– a band who played here last for Dumb Fest 2 on the ramp of Skank Skates! Then we have a couple of local acts. This will be the next show for SAP, who just released their cassette Maiden, Mother, Crone out on Ooey Gooey Tapes. Opening things up is a very first live show for a Springfield project called Night/Hex, which has been strictly a recorded project by members of War Magic for a little while. Come see what Night/Hex is like live.
This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. Be on the lookout for a facebook event soon. In the meantime check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep.
It’s Monday, and this Monday night we have a rare show happening at South Town Studio happening right behind Black Sheep! This show will feature three great acts that you surely can’t miss. We have the touring act Tantive IV who are coming from Indianapolis, IN to play for us. Check out some of their music streaming below. We also have a rare performance by the Brandon Carnes ambient/looping solo project known as “F///\\\M“. And, opening things up is another very rare set from a newer project being called “Sargent Karate (Everyone Is So Pretty),” which is the one-man black metal band lotto project put together by Chris Yeager of Like… With Jetpacks and The Gunga Dins. This will be one not to miss!
The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and costs $5 up in South Town Studio. Upon entry all attendees will recieve a free download of a live recording of the entire show, which will be emailed to you at a later date. Sounds cool, right? Find a facebook event for this show right here. Also stay updated on what we have coming up at South Town by checking out our shows page.
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