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October 13th at Black Sheep: Hank, Foxtail, Like… With Jetpacks, Brandon Carnes

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Get your apple cider and hot dogs ready.  We have a show coming up in October for you all.  Hank from Champaign is making a stop in Springfield as a part of their latest midwestern tour.  They are a three piece playing some fun and noodly math rock.  You can stream their brand new demo below.

Also playing is the new and great three-piece emo project from some of the members of Our Lady, Foxtail.  Then we have the video game themed band Like… With Jetpacks.  And Brandon Carnes will be playing some songs solo for you all.  You can check out a facebook event for the show here.  Also be sure to check out all of our other upcoming shows over at our events page.

October 22nd at Black Sheep: Mother Leopard, Black Mask, Ultra Death Men, Bubblegum Octopus, Scott Blacula

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Monday, October 22nd we have a special show for you all, and that is one featuring Black Mask from Pennsylvania and also the return of Bubblegum Octopus.  Black Mask is a heavy hardcore grind band featuring members of Dead Horse.  Bubblegum Octopus is an electronic solo project, this time also touring with a full band called Ultra Death Men.


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Heavy.  Other bands playing include the ex-Renae project Mother Leopard and local thrashaholics Scott Blacula (who recently released a demo).  The show starts at 7:00 pm and is five dollars.  Our other upcoming shows can be seen over at our shows page.

Dog Years Records To Release Lifesupport (ex-Osker) Cassette

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Springfield based record label Dog Years Records has announced big plans to release a cassette EP from Lifesupport, a Los-Angeles based band featuring members and past members of bands Osker, FLEX, End on End, This Computer Kills, and Disconnect.  The new EP is entitled “Broken Record” and one of the songs can be streamed here through Alternative Press, or the entire EP can be streamed below.


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You can pre-order the cassette on the Dog Years Records online store.  Dog Years also recently released a cassette from the newly formed Springfield band Foxtail featuring members of Our Lady, Caterpillar Club, and Mother Leopard.

New Band Pages: And God Said Dance

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A new page has been added for local dance/electronic project And God Said Dance.  The band recently played a rare show at Black Sheep with St. Louis area act Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship.  To see the new band page, go here.  To view our lengthy and growing list of current Springfield bands, you can go here.  Do you play in a local band that is not yet listed on our site?  You should get a hold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

October 20th at Black Sheep: Chad Jeffers Memorial Show

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On Saturday October 20th, the day after Hobgob, Black Sheep will be hosting a memorial benefit show to honor the life of Chad Jeffers.  Chad was involved in the Springfield Hardcore scene, through helping out on guitar in Pound for Pound and also taking pictures of the band.  Bands playing the benefit show include Pound for Pound, New Society of Anarchists, Soy City Stranglers, and Kick To Tha Head.  Kick To Tha Head will be playing a rare reunion show.  Money raised from the show will either go to the Gateway Foundation, or to the family of Chad.

Old Pound for Pound member Eric Fromm had this to say:

Come celebrate the life of Pound For Pound guitarist Chad Jeffers who passed away last month. Chad wrote a number of Pound For Pound’s songs and was also responsible for many of the band’s photos before and after his time on guitar.

A facebook event for the show can be found here.  A list of other upcoming events at Black Sheep can be seen on our shows page.

October 26th at Black Sheep: Gardening, Not Architecture & Yards

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We are very very excited to announce this upcoming October show featuring experimental indie pop artist Gardening, Not Architecture and the Portland DIY post-rock exploders Yards. Gardening, Not Architecture features the punk celebrity Sarah Saturday. Sarah has had her hands in the underground for years now. Not only was the she instigator for Earn It Yourself and a full time member of Van’s Warped Tour, she’s also been touring regularly with one of her projects since 2003.

Though the details are still slim on the show, it will be a very good one. We will keep you informed as soon as details are available.

Gardening, Not Architecture:

Yards:

The Bouncing Souls song about Sarah Saturday:

Some Things Can’t Be Ignored: Park “Mood Ring” 7″

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Some Things Can’t Be Ignored, music blog featuring Springfield local releases from the 1990s and beyond has recently featured an old 7″ from the Springfield band Park.  The “Mood Ring” 7″ was Park’s first ever 7″ and it was released in 1997 on Sam The Cat Records.

…I have two copies of this 7″.  The 2nd one I got for free when I bought at t-shirt at the show Park played with Yellowcard at the old Rise (previously the Asylum) back in the early 2000′s.  I was handed a 7″ when I bought a “No Signal” shirt (that I still wear from time to time) and I told Justin, who handed it to me, that I already have one and I don’t need a 2nd one.  He told me, “Um…just keep it man…comes free with the shirt and we have tons of these we need to get rid of.”

– Anthony of S.T.C.B.I.

You can check out the Mood Ring 7″ post (and also download the files for free) here.  Some of the members of Park have gone on to form a new band by the name of Tiger Tank, and they will be playing their first show in Springfield on October 19th for this year’s all ages Hobgoblinspookadelic.

October 20th at Black Sheep: Chad Jeffers Memorial Show

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After the passing of Chad Jeffers last month, a number of people have gotten together to set up a show later in October that will celebrate his life.  Pound For Pound will be playing, a band which Chad was involved with at different points during his life.

Come celebrate the life of Pound For Pound guitarist Chad Jeffers who passed away last month. Chad wrote a number of Pound For Pound’s songs and was also responsible for many of the band’s photos before and after his time on guitar.

– Eric Fromm

The show will take place Saturday, October 20th (the day after Hobgob).

Emperor Norton Recording in BXS/Exclusive Track Debut

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Over this past weekend, Springfield skate thrash outfit Emperor Norton set up shop and recorded a demo. They spent the day tracking the 12 song demo, which I think clocks in under 10 minutes (don’t quote us on that). Emperor Norton’s Twitter page kindly supplied some pictures of the good times.

As the great dudes they are, Emperor Norton has decided to let us exclusively stream one of the newly recorded songs. Listen to the track “Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Socks” below:

Emperor Norton is playing this Saturday at Tin Can Pub. Scott Blacula is releasing their demo at the said show. It starts at 11pm, and is $5. Want more info of Springfield shows? Check out the Springfield show page.