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Tonight at Black Sheep: Odds of an Afterthought, Of Brighter Skies, Set Fire To Salem, Torture Trend, Flamingo

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It’s a Friday night, and there is a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! This one is mostly a metal show, but it does have a few twists looks like. We have the alternative metal band “Odds of an Afterthought” coming from Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can stream some of their music on the player embedded below to find out more of what they are about. Also on tour is a band called “Of Brighter Skies” and they come from somewhere up in Wisconsin. Then we have three local bands on the bill, including the solid metalcore act Set Fire To Salem. Then a couple of surprises- we have the new hardcore/grind three-piece Torture Trend on this bill. Then opening things up looks like we have the Psychadelic rock band from Jacksonville- Flamingo.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Springfield Illinois Music History

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We actually have a VERY new and exciting episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up today! We have a very special guest! It’s a special episode! This episode is special because we have Nereida and Bob Littrell coming in, who happen to run the very interesting Springfield Illinois Music History page on facebook. The page has been constantly wow-ing us with photos and videos of Springfield bands from as far back as the 1930’s, including much of the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s. Nereida and Bob will be coming in to talk to us about the project, and we will likely be talking about plenty of bands from our town’s past. We also have quite the playlist lined up, mostly of music from Springfield bands of the past. You can pretty much expect most of it to be from ten years ago and earlier. So buckle your seat belts in this afternoon and get ready to learn!

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. There were some problems with the signal from the CACC studio last week, if there are problems again this week you might need to stream the show on wqna.net online also from 4:00 to 6:00 pm!

New Band Pages: Attic Salt

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It’s been a minute since we’ve brought you a brand new band page on our site. That doesn’t mean there has been a shortage of new Springfield bands forming though. We’ve got some catching up to do, and we are starting today with the new fuzzy power-poppy punky band Attic Salt! Attic Salt do not have any recorded music yet, but you can check out their new band page on our site and read more about them on their new page right here. Also check out a video of the band playing live at their last show right here. Attic Salt currently does not have any more shows lined up, but we will make sure to let you know when they do!

Check out any of our 60+ current band pages we have set up right here. There are even more past band pages you can check out right here. Do you play in a Springfield band we have not yet gotten a page set up for? We would love to hear from you! Send an email to blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

One More Week to Submit Black Sheep Fest Shirt Designs

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Would you look at that! That up there is the only T-shirt design submission we have had so far for Black Sheep Fest 2016! We announced our T-shirt designing contest for the fest a few weeks ago and haven’t had a whole lot of responses since then. Yes, everyone is welcome to participate! This is just a reminder that we will be collecting submissions by midnight on next Tuesday, July 19th. You can submit your designs to us through email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. From there we will have a poll going on our site so you can vote for your favorite designs, and one will be chose to be printed as the official Black Sheep Fest 2016 t-shirt!

Again, Black Sheep Fest 2016 is happening this year on Saturday, August 6th. It is our ninth Black Sheep Fest since we started having them in 2008. You can find a facebook event for the fest right here, and a Black Sheep Fest 2016 page on our site.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Panzys, Lower Automation, TANG, Sweet Bippy

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After the Black Sheep Battle of the Bands last weekend and dancing wolves on our stage, it’s time to get back into the swing of things a little bit with a regular ol’ show tonight. This one features the youthful and rowdy punk band Panzys, who we have not seen in quite a minute at Black Sheep. Make sure to make it out to their spectacular return. The touring / out of town band on this bill is Chicago’s own Lower Automation. They play an experimental type of punk, and you can find their music streaming on the player below. Starting this show off we have a couple of wacky Ted Keylon projects. The first of which is TANG (The Avant National Guard), who will be bringing the noise and the weirdness. Opening things up is the electric ukulele-driven rock band, Sweet Bippy.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. In the meantime you can check out our shows page for a look at what all is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Videos: Torture Trend at Black Sheep 7-4-16

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Today we are bringing you a fast an intense video of new Springfield band- “Torture Trend”. The video is of the band’s full twelve-minute set on the fourth of July at a show along with Capitol Offense, Nequient, and Starlorde. You can check it out below. Also thanks to Gordon for taking the video! Torture Trend’s next show is actually happening this upcoming Friday at Black Sheep along with Odds of an Afterthought and Of Brighter Skies.

You can find more videos and pictures from over the years at Black Sheep on our vids/pics page.

Black Sheep Battle of the Bands Tonight

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This is a great and fun weekend at Black Sheep! Last night we all danced and watched robot wolves play keyboards, and tonight is the annual Black Sheep Battle of the Bands! Tonight we have seven whole bands lined up, starting at 6:00 pm. All of these bands are newer and feature younger members who are high school or college age, or even younger. We are kicking things off with the five-year old dream punk band, Statues of the Dead. Let’s take a look at that lineup and set times:

SPOOKY POO (9:20)
BRING ON THE FALL (8:45)
SKUNKWORKS (8:10)
STEMS (7:40)
KAIL (7:15)
GADGET (6:40)
STATUES OF THE DEAD (6:15)

For those of you attending, you will get a voting slip along with admission. At the end of the night there will be a winner announced for crowd voting (to receive a slot on Black Sheep Fest August 6th) and a winner announced for judges voting (to receive a free recorded demo). Our judges panel tonight includes Jeremie Bailey, Ayo Abitogun, Clare Frachey, and Kat Tuttle.

The show tonight starts at 6:00 pm and admission is $6. You can 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 this summer at Black Sheep.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Kowabunga! Kid

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Our very special #1 guests on The Black Sheep Radio Show are… let’s see… pull the curtain Mike! It’s… is that?… Oh! It’s Kowabunga! Kid! And looks like we are catching them at the tail end of their big west coast tour! We’ll get to hear all about how that went today! Pictured above is Kowabunga! Kid and then an extra Brian Galecki thrown in the middle there because Brian will be interviewing the band on the radio. We might also throw in an extra live video feed in there as well, which you will sure to be able to find on the Black Sheep Radio Show facebook page. Sure, we’ll be playing plenty of tunes from The Kids and also of plenty other local bands and bands that are coming to town.

You can catch our radio show from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream it online at the same time at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for a few downloadable episodes of the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Kowabunga! Kid, GUSH, The Noids, Livin’ Thing

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Tonight it looks like we have a fun one lined up for you all at Black Sheep. We have the return of Kowabunga! Kid, and lucky for us we one of the band’s last stops on their big West coast California tour. Kowabunga! Kid recently put out a full length LP, which you can pick up at Dumb Records and also stream on that player below. Rumor has it they will also be our guests today on The Black Sheep Radio Show. Also on this show is Springfield heavy hitting gushing band GUSH. Then we have another touring act and that is The Noids from Denton, Texas. The fourth band and possibly taking the stage first is Livin’ Thing – the punk band in Springfield filled with plenty of bad ideas.

The show tonight starts 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 to keep up with everything else coming up at Black Sheep these next few months.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Super Moon, Mammoth Cannon, Flamingo

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Tonight, there might not be a Super Moon in the sky but there will be one in our venue. We have the band “Super Moon” (pictured above) coming from Omaha, Nebraska. What are they about? Looks like they play some type of “moon rock” and you can find their music streaming on the player below. This show will also be a tour kick-off show for Decatur, Illinois’s very own Mammoth Cannon, and will also be their first time performing at Black Sheep. Come say “hi” and “bye” to them. Opening things up looks like we have the very psychedelic and very groovy Jacksonville-based band Flamingo taking the big stage.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. And of course check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up this summer at Black Sheep.