Monthly Archives: June 2016

Full Lineup for Black Sheep Battle of the Bands July 9th

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The Black Sheep Battle of the Bands has been coming together quite nicely, and we are finally ready to announce the final lineup for the battle which is happening in just less than two weeks on Saturday, July 9th. We have a whopping total of seven bands on the bill now, all of which are younger college, high school-aged, or even younger (including the five-year-old fronted punk band “Statues of the Dead”. Some of these bands already have songs recorded but we won’t include links to any right now because we don’t want this to be biased!! Here is the lineup:

SPOOKY POO
BRING ON THE FALL
SKUNKWORKS
STEMS
KAIL
GADGET
STATUES OF THE DEAD

As every year we have done this, there will be two main winners. One will get the crowd’s vote award, with everyone in the crowd voting for their favorite act. That band will receive a spot on Black Sheep Fest on August 6th. Then there will also be a panel of judges, who will collectively chose another winner to receive a demo recorded for free by one of our recording engineers at Black Sheep. There also might be a third prize from HISO Music, who is now also sponsoring the event!

The Black Sheep Battle of the Bands will start at 6:00 pm and admission for those who are not playing is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Also check out our shows page to look at what other events are being held at our space this summer.

Shark Week: “Demonstration”

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Oh snap, the sharks are in town! Shark Week that is, they are the new all-girl and all-killer rock band that are currently taking over the waves in the ocean that is the Springfield underground music scene. Was that a good description? Who knows! Today we have the four-song demo that Shark Week recorded with Mario Cannamela a month or so ago. Check that out streaming below, or head over to the Ooey Gooey bandcamp page where you can download the demo at your own price. The demo is also available on physical cassette over at Dumb Records.

Shark Week’s next local show lined up is actually Black Sheep Fest, happening in little over a month on August 6th this year.

 

June 30th at Black Sheep: Tyrant, Become The Adversary, Through Burning Eyes,

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Would you look at just how brutal that flier up there looks. That’s right, we have this show happening at Black Sheep this upcoming Thursday, June 30th. We are not sure why this flier says “18+” by the way, all of Black Sheep’s shows are all ages (duh!)! For this show we have the band Tyrant (no, not The Tyrants) playing and coming from Lansing, Michigan. They are very metal. Also on this show is the Decatur-based band Becoming The Adversary who actually just played at Black Sheep a couple of weekends ago! You can actually stream one of their songs on the player below. One more band on this bill, and that is Through Burning Eyes and with a name like that, you know it’s got to be metal as heck.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. This show is all ages (duh)! Also check out our shows page for a good look at what other shows are coming up here at Black Sheep in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: The New Class 3 Hip Hop Show

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Look what’s going down at The Black Sheep tonight! It’s the first hip hop show of the summer! We’ve been told tonight’s going to be a big one. This is the third “New Class” show being set up by 217hiphop and straightdrophiphop.com. The past two of these have gone off without a hitch and have been a killer time. Looks like there is quite the lineup already for this one too. Let’s take a look:

GeeDoe
Young Louie
D.B.Cooper
Mikey Hash
Kutthroat Karnies
BoGang Water
Young Pac FGM
Jeroworld Fraz
Zach G
AiRider
Hippy

Then Bar Brawl Battle League is featuring a one-off battle between Rick Slick and Skott Klark! So there is a LOT going on for this on Sunday night at Black Sheep! You can expect the show to start close to 7:00 pm, and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what other events are coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Photos: Dumb Fest 4-Ever

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It might not be an easy task, but we have been trying our best to gather photos of the incredible Dumb Fest 4-Ever which happened here in Springfield now two weeks ago. The festival happened over the course of three different days on June 10th, 11th, and 12th and 50 bands played at 5? 6? different locations. We have just been grabbing photos as we see them appear, and giving as much photo credit as we can here!! Special thanks to photographers Stephen Houldsworth, Miles Fowler, Austin Roberts, Will Mecca, and B.J. Pearce, and plenty of others. If you took pictures of Dumb Fest that we don’t have, we want to include them in our album! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com with your photos. We have started compiling our big album of Dumb Fest 4 photos right here on our Dumb Fest 4-Ever flickr album. You can also find them on the Dumb Fest facebook page soon. Also check out a few below.

Check out more videos from the festival and also other videos/pictures taken at Black Sheep over the years on our vids/pics page.

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July 8th at Black Sheep: Kowabunga! Kid, Livin’ Thing, The Noids, GUSH

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Wow, look-ee here! Looks like we have a show happening at Black Sheep in exactly two weeks with some sort of killer lineup. That’s right, Kowabunga! Kid are returning to Springfield after just releasing their very first ever full-length LP (go ahead and stream that below), and will also be playing here on the last date of their big west coast tour (which starts today). Excited to have the kids back on the big stage. Speaking of big stages, we have the big-stage, big-rock band Livin’ Thing on the bill. We are excited to have them too. Then is another special guest- The Noids on tour from Denton, Texas. How nice! Last but not least we have the naughty and nasty Springfield hardcore band, GUSH.

This show will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. Don’t miss it. 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 Black Sheep this summer. It’s going to be a good one!

June 26th (Sunday) at Black Sheep: The New Class 3!

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What’s up, it’s time to announce the next hip hop show at Black Sheep!! But wait, this one is only two days away!! Oh shoot, this is Sunday!! Might be a little last minute announcing this one from our end, but it looks like a killer show either way! This is the third “New Class” show being set up by 217hiphop and straightdrophiphop.com. The past two of these have gone off without a hitch and have been a killer time. Looks like there is quite the lineup already for this one too. Let’s take a look:

GeeDoe
Young Louie
D.B.Cooper
Mikey Hash
Kutthroat Karnies
BoGang Water
Young Pac FGM
Jeroworld Fraz
Zach G
AiRider
Hippy

Then Bar Brawl Battle League is featuring a one-off battle between Rick Slick and Skott Klark! So there is a LOT going on for this on Sunday night at Black Sheep! You can expect the show to start close to 7:00 pm, and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what other events are coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Cellars, Austin Connelly

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It’s the weekend! Yes, of course we have a show going on at Black Sheep tonight and it’s a good one. You just can’t go wrong with this one, because local emotional hardcore band Our Lady is on the bill. Come see them, we hear they are also playing Black Sheep Fest and putting out a new record later this summer. We also have the emo/rock band Cellars coming from Nashville, Tennessee. We are truly lucky to have them. Stream some music by Cellars on the player below. Opening things up tonight we have Austin Connelly performing some solo acoustic music, how nice.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this summer. Also The Black Sheep Radio Show is going on today from 4-6pm on 88.3 WQNA! Don’t miss it!

The Studio Show Needs Your Help!

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The hit Springfield youtube series and web show The Studio Show have had a successful first season and it looks like they trying to get ready for an even bigger and better second season. The Studio Show launched a Kickstarter campaign earlier this week to help propel them into a successful second season. The campaign is to raise funds for The Studio Show to acquire equipment and props needed to take the second season to the next level. You can go to the campaign page and check out the show’s nifty video for the Kickstarter:

THE STUDIO SHOW SEASON 2 KICKSTARTER

Click on that link right up there ^^^ to go to the Kickstarter. A couple of days into the campaign and the show has over 10% of the funds they need to reach their $5,000 goal. There is also a long list of incentives for donators, which you can also check out on the Kickstarter page. From the Kickstarter:

Season 1 was completed with no budget, found props, dumpster-dive set pieces and hundreds of hours of donated time by the cast and crew. With your help, we can get Joe some decent equipment, fill Arlin’s wardrobe closet, and buy Keil new antiques.

We have big plans for Season 2 and they can only be realized through your support and generosity. Every donation counts, so please check out all of our funding options and the sweet perks that can be yours!

The Studio Show has featured a number of bands and artists familiar to The Black Sheep stage in their first season including Jeff Williams, Clare Frachey, SAP, Looming, The Luzhin Defense, Animals With Human Names, and more.

August 20th at Black Sheep: The Locals, Stereo Static, Fill In The Blank, Gadget, Blind Social, The Incorporated!

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Wow-ee look at this, it’s a six band show happening in August. This one is happening on Saturday, August 20th. You think this can get over in four hours? We think so. For this show we have the all-local pop group The Locals performing. We also have the stars on the bill Stereo Static, who were responsible for setting this one up. Bravo guys! We also have Fill In The Blank, filling in all of those blanks on this show. Then we have Gadget– an emo band from Decatur who will actually also be playing our Battle of the Bands on July 9th (very cool). Before them we have Blind Social on the bill, the alternative rock n’ roll indie rock band. Check out some of Blind Social’s music on the player below. And opening things up (we think) is The Incorporated! based out of Litchfield and Macomb these days (we also think).

This show will start at 6:30 pm and admission is only $5 for the six bands. You can 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 Black Sheep this summer.