Remember that fun Black Sheep Band Lotto thing we did back in May, where any volunteer could put their name into a box and then we drew bands at random from the box? The names were drawn at the end of this year’s Black Sheep Cover Show, and if you can believe it we are at the half way point between the names being drawn and the Band Lotto Show happening on Saturday, August 16th.

Now would be the time to start getting together with your band lotto band and start getting serious if you are one of the 53 names that are on that list above! We have a facebook event created for the band lotto show right here. Let us know about your band lotto progress there! And if your band lotto band isn’t going to be able to pull things off in time, shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and let us know. We are suggesting set lengths be 15-25 minutes, and that should include mostly original music (maybe one cover is okay). Good luck out there, and see you August 16th!

Today is Monday and we are bringing you a brand new band page for a new Springfield band! This time it’s the “psychedelic blues alternative” band Blind Social! You can stream some of the band’s music and find out more about them on their new band page right here. If you want to catch Blind Social live, they will be playing at The Black Sheep battle of the bands on Saturday, July 12th which is coming up fast! More info on that show right here.

Check out any of our 70-something band pages for current Springfield bands right here. Do you play in a Springfield band that has not yet set up a band page with us? We would love to hear from you! You can email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set up a new page.

Checkit! Some new information was dug up about the intentions behind well known and loved project War Magic as well as a new spooky project named Night Hex.

Night Hex is a project composed of Alistair Reynolds and his husband Mark Reynolds. According to them, this project was started to attain the mood that their first War Magic album Cyclomancy achieved but with a more techno feel to it. Since War Magic has been going in a completely new direction lately, as can be seen and heard at their next show at Black Sheep Fest, the Night/ Hex recordings are meant to retain their original style. Though Night/Hex doesn’t plan on doing any shows, you can definitely keep your eyes peeled for upcoming releases from them! Definitely make sure to catch War Magic and their new sounds at Black Sheep Fest and check out the fine tunes of Night/Hex in the player below.

Today we are bringing you a fresh new band page fresh out of the oven for a very nasty and smelly new punk band that slimed up from the gutters of Springfield. They are called King Worm, and had their very first show at Black Sheep this past weekend (pictured above). To check out their new band page and find out a little bit more about King Worm, go here.

Springfield has been recently exploding with new bands every minute. We have a hard time keeping up with every band, but you can see the current bands we have band pages for right here. If you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered we would love to hear from you. Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

Today we are back at ya with a new band page. This one is for the heavy rock band Abyss. You can check out that new page right here. There you can read more about the band and find links to their sites and all of that fun stuff. Abyss does not have any shows lined up but you can keep an eye out for those in the near future.

Springfield has been recently exploding with new bands every minute. We have a hard time keeping up with every band, but you can see the current bands we have band pages for right here. If you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered we would love to hear from you. Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

Today we have a brand new band page on our site for the new folk duo that’s got everyone talkin, Wilt Candy. Wilt Candy has a few shows coming up, including June 10th at Dumb Records, June 23rd at Black Sheep, and July 18th at Black Sheep. Wow, this band is doing stuff. You can check out the new band page and learn more about Wilt Candy right here.

Springfield has been recently exploding with new bands every minute. We have a hard time keeping up with every band, but you can see the current bands we have band pages for right here. If you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered we would love to hear from you. Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

Today we have a brand new band page for the new Springfield ska band Akaname. Akaname are one of the many new Springfield bands to form this year. You can learn more about them and listen to some of their music on their new page right here. Aakaname will be playing their next show next at Black Sheep on May 31st along with Asthma, Swamp Rat, Panzys, and King Worm.

Check out our constantly growing list of current local Springfield bands right here. Do you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered? We would love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set up a new band page.