Category Archives: Black Sheep

Tonight at Black Sheep: Mother Leopard, Black Mask, Ultra Death Men, Bubblegum Octopus, Scott Blacula, Big Box

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Who’s ready to get loud? Black Sheep is ready to get loud! Loud and fuzzy! Tonight’s show features Springfield’s Mother Leopard, Pennsylvania’s Black Mask, Jersey’s Ultra Death Men, Outer Space’s/King Vol-lorb’s Bubblegum Octopus, Springfield’s Scott Blacula, and the last minute add Big Box. This show is literally going to turn it up to 11.  You can find a facebook event for the show here.

The show will be starting at 6:30 pm and is $5. Want to look at more shows that are coming up? We’re not stopping you.

NPR: DIY Music in Springfield

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In case you missed the radio segment on Thursday, WUIS has hosted a download of the piece they recently aired about Springfiel’s DIY music scene. Kevin Bradford is interviewed in the expose, along side Jeff Black of the Radon Lounge and Mitch Baker of Lovecow.

Rachel Otwell’s piece touches on the DIY music scene, why it’s important, and what makes it run.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

11/17 at Black Sheep: Kickstart Acoustic Show featuring Hannah Joy and Sammy and The Punk

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We are jazzed to announce an upcoming acoustic show thrown by the local pop punk act Kickstart. Though normally they play completely electric, they will be donning acoustic instruments for this one night only event. Joining them will be Hannah Joy and Sammy and the Punk (who will also be playing acoustic).

The show will be starting at 7pm and will be $5. Interested in some more shows? Check out the list, dude!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Chad Jeffers Memorial Show

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Tonight is the Chad Jeffers Memorial show. As a farewell, his friends have gotten together and put this show on in Chad’s memory. It features Springfield legends Pound For Pound, Milwaukee’s New Society of Anarchists, and Decatur’s hard hitting Soy City Strangers. It also features the sponsors Gato Negro Tattoos and No More Victims. The show is $5 with all proceeds going to the Gateway Foundation. It will be starting at 7:00 pm.

You can also check out what other shows we have coming up over on our shows page.

And then on Sunday, we are having a Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting at 7:00 pm.  Didn’t get the chance to help out with changes inside Black Sheep before Hobgob?  That’s okay! Come to the meeting and help us decide which projects to tackle next.

11/5 at Black Sheep: Cottontail, Foxtail, Lovecow, Dream Eater

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Look, another zoo of a show! Arizona’s Cottontail (A part of Ramshackle Glory’s Savage Waste Music Collective) will be laying down their brand of Pop Folk with support of the 90’s throwback Foxtail, acoustic madness Lovecow, and the mysterious Dream Eater.  You can find a facebook event for the show here.

The show is $5 and starts at 7pm. Want to come to more shows but you have no idea when they are? Now you have no excuse.

TONIGHT at Black Sheep: ALL AGES HOBGOBLINSPOOKADELIC 2012

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The day is finally here!  Hopefully everyone is finishing up the final touches on those costumes because the Hobgob show is tonight!  We have quite the incredible line up of bands tonight, starting at 7:00 pm for $5.  First up is Say Something, a new project of former members of Don’t Mess With Winkie and a few other Springfield bands.  We are not quite sure what they sound like since this is their first show, but we were told to bring our skanking shoes tonight.  Then The Timmys will be playing their CD release show for their new album “Sangamon County Minefield.”  You can find a song off of the new album here.  Third we have the new band Tiger Tank featuring members of the old Springfield band Park.  Tonight will be the band’s Springfield debut!  And last we have NIL8, the papa bears of the Springfield music scene.  NIL8 will be celebrating 30 YEARS of being a band.

We would also like to mention that a lot of time has been spent in recent weeks to the inside of our space.  The space has been painted, cleaned inside and out, and a few other changes have been made.  Some new artwork has also been added, and we would like to thank the artists involved.  We would like to think of tonight as almost a grand re-opening for Black Sheep (even though we have not been closed).  If you have not been to a show in Springfield for a while, come out!  You might have some fun!

Stage Donations Are Closing In On The Goal

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First Off: Thank to every single one of you. All your donations and work hours has made the process for BXS’ renewal a whole lot easier. Our monetary goals for the stage are very close!

Though big reveal for “Stage 1” is on October 19th, our work isn’t quite done. We want to encourage the continuation of the donations. Though the cost of the stage is almost covered, the projects we have planned will be costing. These plans will be announced over the next couple weeks.  If you have any ideas, please email blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

To those of you following our “roundtable” meetings this fall- we are not meeting tonight.  Instead we will continue cleaning, painting, and doing other inside projects this afternoon.  Everyone is welcome to come help.  Our next meeting will be one week from today at 7:00 pm.

Another reminder – if you have any equipment inside of Black Sheep right now then you need to get it out.  We are cleaning and clearing out space especially in the front windows and equipment left in the space is getting in our way.

11/10: Hospital Job “Downer Downer Downer” Record Release Show

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We have a great show coming up. Hospital Job has their debut album coming out on October 23rd. Insubordination Records is putting out the vinyl, who is the home of many many great bands. You can preorder the LP HERE. HOJO will have LPs for sale at the show.

The show will happen November 10th and it features Hospital Job, Our Lady, Chicago’s Witchfeet, and The Transatlantic. The show will start at 7pm at will be $5. The Facebook event is here. Interested in some other crazy/fun/weird shows? Check out this neat link.

Roundtable 9-30 Meeting RECAP + Black Sheep Construction

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Last night was Black Sheep’s last roundtable meeting before we take on our next and biggest construction phase of the fall.  Big things are ahead for Black Sheep and we need all the help we can get.

First off, thank you to everyone who has donated so far towards our stage fund.  We are approaching our goal but we still haven’t quite made it yet.  If this stage is going to get built we need the funds for it.  Donate here.

In the upcoming weeks we need help in the form of donations and also time.  If you would like to come and help with construction and remodeling projects in the upcoming weeks, listen up!  We will have people working at Black Sheep in the upcoming weeks every weekday evening starting Tuesday (tomorrow) at 5:00 pm.  We will also be there working other weekdays starting at 5:00 and Saturdays sometime during the day.  Anyone is welcome to come and help.

We could also use your help in the form of tools and materials.  If you have any extra plywood, or any other type of wood that you are willing to get rid of, we could use it.  If you have any extra carpet or curtains, we could use it.  If you have any tools we could borrow, we could probably use them too.

We also need your help getting the word out about upcoming Black Sheep shows, mainly the Hobgoblinspookadelic show on October 19th.  Our goal is to have a lot done by this show, so it is a huge show for Black Sheep.  Help getting the word out by printing out some of the fliers below and passing them out to friends.

 

 

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: