Today we bring you a video of Springfield rock n’ roll hardcore group “Livin’ Thing” performing at Black Sheep earlier this summer on July 8th. The video is taken by Texas based world-class videographer Will Mecca and can be seen below. This is also one very rare performance where the band featured a real live 7 foot tall animatronic wolf as a keyboard player. See that wolf in action on the video.

Livin’ Thing currently do not have any shows lined up at Black Sheep, but stay posted. Check out our vids/pics page for a look at more pictures and videos shot inside Black Sheep over the past 11 years.

We got a show here coming up at Dumb Records in just a little bit over a week that we are excited about. The new PA system inside Dumb Records is ready to go and hopefully we will have a elephant right outside the store by then, which will be a perfect setup for this show. For this one we have Springfield music legend Dave Adams flying in from California for the weekend to play a couple of shows and to attend a class reunion. Dave was active in the Springfield music scene from the late 1970’s on through the early 90’s, and performed in an early punk/new wave group called “Food & Money.” Check out a video of Food & Money below, as well as some of Dave’s current solo music which he will be performing at the show. Also on the bill we have Springfield grunge rock band SAP. Then opening things up we have the first ever performance of a brand new group called “The Heptanes” featuring Scott Faingold (Epsom) and Jason Perry (The Seething Coast).

All of this will be kicking off at 7:00 pm that day at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East Ave.). We will be taking $3 donations for the show. Also everything inside of Dumb Records will be 15% off during the show. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up around Southtown this fall.

A couple of weeks ago we started announcing all of our shows for September, apologizing for how last minute the announcements were. Well now we are REALLY behind on all of that, and we have some shows to tell you about that are only a few days away! You can expect at least one show announcement on here just about every day for a few weeks from here on out. Here is one happening this upcoming Tuesday, September 20th. This one is going to be a four band show for all of you weirdos out there. It features the Springfield two-piece project Sweet Bippy. It also features the Pana, Illinois band “Roofus“. Then the touring band on this bill is a band from Minnesota called “JILL“. You can check out some of Jill’s music streaming on the player below. Looks like opening things up this time around will be a performance by newer Springfield band Attic Salt.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall (we are catching up)!!