Yearly Archives: 2017

October 6th at Black Sheep: Poetry Fight Club

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Continuing the with non-standard rock n’ roll shows at Black Sheep – on Friday, October 6th we are once again trying something new and allowing a new group in town – The Poetry Fight Club – to take over our space. What’s this all about? Here’s a description of what to expect from a facebook event:

Poetry Fight Club is an intimate monthly event hosted by Johari Idusuyi and Emma Wilson. Each month, we propose a question, and then at the event, we all share a poem that centers around that month’s question. The goal is to promote the creation of new work through these prompts, and also to encourage attendees to get comfortable sharing what they’ve written.

For October we ask: What are you harvesting? This prompt is extremely open and flexible! Interpret it how ever you would like. To participate in Poetry Fight Club, bring a poem that answers this question to share with the group.

Bring a pen and paper too for a writing exercise.

This will kick off at 6:30 pm on Friday, October 6th. Feel free to come out if it sounds like something you would be interested in! Admission is $3. Find 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 autumn.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Clothing Swap + Reggae Night

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After our last roundtable meeting earlier this month bringing up many that had ideas and suggestions as far as what they want to see or help book at our space, we are taking some things on different from the regular ol’ show. Tonight we will be hosting a clothing swap inside of Black Sheep! This will be paired up with a DJ night of sorts by Jim Whitehead of Animals With Human Names who will be playing all of his favorite reggae cuts off of vinyl. Here’s an explanation of the clothing swap from the facebook event:

Beyond being economical, eco-friendly, and an excuse to clean out your closet, a swap party is a great time to make new friends and find new threads! Please bring clean goods in gently used condition this includes clothes, shoes, books, bags and jewelry. Guests should also come with an extra tote bag for carting home their finds.

Admission for this is $5 – bring five bucks and whatever stuff you would like to submit to the swap, and then you can just go inside and take whatever you like! Pretty cool. This is happening that night from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Check out a facebook event right here. Also check our shows page for all of the events coming up inside Black Sheep this fall.

Tonight at WUIS: “A Glimpse Into The Underground” Art Exhibition

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Tonight! We do not have a show or anything going on at Black Sheep tonight, however there is an opening for an art exhibition at the WUIS building on the University of Illinois campus (One University Plaza, WUIS-130) that very much relates to our space and a lot of the shows we have hosted. That is the opening for the “Glimpse Into The Underground” art exhibition, featuring the works of Brian Galecki (Dumb Records, Black Sheep, Dumb Fest), Kamila Glowacki (Nectar, Girls Rock C-U), and Veronica Mullen (Dumb Fest, Blips & Chitz, Ghoul Jr.). The opening will be taking place this evening from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This will include poster and album artwork on display, as well as plenty of photos from Veronica. Brian Galecki will have limited edition screen printed posters available for sale just for the showing.

Check out short interviews NPR Illinois and Rachel Otwell organized to preview the show right here. Find a facebook event right here. After today’s opening the gallery will remain open to the public for viewing during the day up until November 3rd. Also check out a video preview of what to expect below:

New Band Pages: The Little Death

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Good morning and welcome to another week. This week’s featured band with a new band page on our site is “The Little Death.” They describe themselves as that “self-deprecation emo-indie rock” and you can find more about the band as well as check out one of their music videos on their newly created band page right here. The Little Death do not have any shows lined up at Black Sheep as of right now, but keep an eye out in the near future!

Our current total current band count in Springfield by band pages on our site is now at 45. (We cleaned up the list a bit this weekend). Check those all out on our current bands page right here. Do you play in a band here in town or are a solo project that has not yet set up a page with us? Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we would love to work with you to set something up!

NPR Illinois: “A Glimpse Into The Underground” Art Exhibition Preview

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WUIS / NPR Illinois has posted a nice preview segment for the upcoming art exhibition “A Glimpse Into The Underground” featuring the works of Brian Galecki, Kamila Glowacki, and Veronica Mullen. The exhibition will have its opening this coming Tuesday from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the WUIS building on the UIS campus. After that the pieces will remain on display for public viewing for over a month until November 3rd.

You can check out the full preview segment on the NPR Illinois site right here. Interview segments have also been airing on WUIS 91.9 throughout this weekend. On the segment you can check out interview pieces with all of the artists, and also a video interview with Brian Galecki about the exhibition, also on the youtube player below.

Find a facebook event for the upcoming art exhibition right here.

Looming and Screaming Females Debut New Songs

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Wow, this weekend has been a good one for new music coming out – could you believe it but both Screaming Females and Looming both debuted brand new songs a couple of days ago on Friday! Both bands will be performing at Black Sheep on Monday, October 2nd – one week from tomorrow.

The new Screaming Females song is called “Black Moon” which you can find streaming on the youtube player below. This is the band’s first new song since their 2015 album Rose Mountain which was released shortly before the band performed at Black Sheep the first time around that March.

Then also on Friday, Impose Magazine debuted a new track from Looming’s upcoming album, Seed. The song is the title track of the new album – “Seed.” You can check out the song in the Impose Magazine article online right here. Seed‘s official release is at Black Sheep for the show on October 2nd. It is being released by No Sleep Records and is Looming’s second album after Nailbiter was released in 2015.

Tickets for the show on October 2nd are still available! You can purchase advance tickets for $12 online right here, or also inside Dumb Records at any time the store is open (every day from noon – 8:00 pm). Advance tickets will be available until 8:00 pm on Sunday, October 1st. After that they will be available at the door for $15.

October 9th at Black Sheep: Brendan Wells Plant Music, Plants With Human Names, Emasculate Regression, Rella

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Today we have a special show to tell you about coming up on Monday, October 9th. We are continuing to try a few new things at Black Sheep and this one is going to be a plant-themed show for all of the plants out there. For this show we have Brendan Wells Plant Music coming from Minneapolis, Minnesota. What is that? It is music for plants. Have a listen on the player below. We also have hip hop project “Plants with Human Names“, formerly “Animals with Human Names”. Emasculate Regression is also performing a special farm sounds set for this show. Before that is solo project of Clare Frachey, “Rella.” And opening things up we have Brian Galecki goofing off on the omnichord.

This show will start at 7:00 pm. Here is the big kicker – the show is $7, BUT if you bring your own *living* plant, the show is $3. So bring your plants! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Brandon Austin (CD Release), HILGY, Jermaine Bollinger

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We just have one event happening this weekend at Black Sheep – and that is this show featuring Brandon Austin, solo R&B performer tonight. This is still Brandon’s release show as far as we know – Brandon is releasing a CD called “Beauty in Ordinary Things” which is already out on iTunes and all of that good stuff. Brandon also released a music video for one of the songs off of the CD – “Lost And Found” yesterday, which you can check out right here. One of the other artists opening up the show is “HILGY” also from here (?). Then we also have Jermaine Bollinger opening things up.

This one starts at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:30), and is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a list of everything we have coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Stick People: “Lips”

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Today we bring you a stream of Stick People‘s five-song release Lips, recorded right here in our neighborhood at Southtown Sound. Check out those tracks streaming below. Also head over to the Stick People bandcamp page to download the songs. Physical copies of this will be available at Dumb Records very soon! Also if you have not yet seen the music video to the second track “Lips” – be sure to go check it out right here.

Stick People do not have any shows currently lined up at Black Sheep! How about that!

Black Sheep Band Lotto 2017 Band Drawings

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Good morning all of you wonderful listeners, and welcome back to our program! This past weekend at Black Sheep along with it being our 12 year anniversary show, was also the drawing for our annual Black Sheep Band Lotto. We feel it appropriate to release the names that have been drawn into each band – we had a whole 39 people put their names into the box this year, which means we will have 9 bands (some with 5 members, some with 4). We apologize greatly in advance for all of the spelling errors here:

BAND #1
Ryan Kane
Liam Coffey
Parsheika / Sonyah
Devon Fluelen

BAND #2
Kate Laine
Clare Frachey
Kristin Walker
Drew Kodrich
Audra McClure

BAND #3
Dominic Fallin
Eric Parker
Chaz Davis
Lance Morgan
Dylan Bennett

BAND #4
Jamie McKenzie
Ted Keylon
Alexandra Beecher
Mel Brayner
Rachel Stivers

BAND #5
Devin Larson
Carter Bibb
Kyle Noonan
Danny Kerwin

BAND #6
BJ Pearce
Cassie Crawford
Tyler Nelson
Gary Swaggerty

BAND #7
Nyr / Dogfood
Milk Tirehaus
Tony Colantino
Noah Faingold

BAND #8
James Dambacher
Brian Galecki
Mike Butler
Mario Cannamela

BAND #9
Johnny Tsakanikas
Eli Newman
Paqui
Blake Durbin

There you have it – nine new bands that all have two months to get together and form a band to play one show on Saturday, November 18th. Will they all pull it off? Tune in next time to find out!

Find a facebook event for band lotto right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.