It looks like some sort of magical beam of magic has struck Springfield house venue The Harm House and they have ended up on Wikipedia’s list of notable punk houses. The list is in the article about punk houses, which defines a punk house:

A punk house is a dwelling occupied by members of the punk subculture. Punk houses are similar to the hippie crash pads of the 1960s and the slan shacks of science fiction fandom.The Factory, an alternative living space founded by Andy Warhol as the home base of The Velvet Underground, is directly linked to the formation of punk rock in New York City. In the early 1980s, a few punk gangs developed around allegiance to certain punk houses.

Punk houses are often centered around certain political or personal ideologies. It is not uncommon for a punk house to be anarchist, strictly straight-edge, or vegan.^[1] A clique of punks may start a punk house by squatting an abandoned building, by renting, or by owning property. Punk houses are often communally inhabited in an attempt to minimize the individual expense of rent or property tax.

Punk houses serve as backdrops for local scenes; punk houses often provide overnight shelter to touring punk rock bands, and sometimes serve as a venue for shows.^[2] Bands or record labels sometimes form in a particular punk house. Many punk houses have associated punk zines that sometimes share the name of the house.^[3] Groups of anarcho-punks run their houses as communes. Inhabitants sometimes identify their houses with unique names and symbols so they can represent their residence with clothing, slogans, and graffiti.

Check out the Wikipedia article including the list of houses right here. The list includes a number of other notable punk houses including the Lost Cross in Carbondale, IL, and The BFG in Appleton Wisconsin which houses members of Dumb Fest band Tenement. Wikipedia states that The Harm House is known for being a “residence, productive space, occasionally holds house shows, and a place open to touring bands and anyone down on their luck.” You can check out the Harm House record of the night site right here.

It looks like the out-of-control house venue going by the name the HARM HOUSE have set up a new tumblr page archiving all of their “record of the night” photos. You can find that page right here. Why is this news? We are not sure. But we do know that some of the record of the night photos feature a few bands that have played at Black Sheep in more recent times and have also possibly spent the night at the HARM HOUSE. Keep checking back for any more info on upcoming house shows at the HARM HOUSE or Radon Lounge.

It looks like the HARM HOUSE have announced their second show (since they have changed their name from Farm House to HARM HOUSE, that is). The last show was on New Year’s Eve, and we have some pictures of that on our flickr page. This next show is going to be on Saturday, March 16th. Playing this show will be Blood Red, which is a hardcore punk band featuring members of Run, Forever and Pissed Jeans. Also making an appearance is the mysterious Mother Leopard, who have not played a show since the last HARM HOUSE show. Then there is Emperor Norton playing magic skate punk thrash. And opening things up is Jess Knight, playing some acoustic tunes and covers for you all.

The show begins at 7:00 and there is a $5 suggested donation for the touring band. You can find a facebook event here and a flier right here. If you need the address you will have to ask a friend or email bggalecki34@gmail.com. Don’t forget to check our Springfield shows page for more house show listings in Springfield!

There is a mixed genre show going on at The Radon Lounge that with such a great mixture of bands that we felt we had to mention it to you all on here. Five whole bands are playing! The show is on Monday, February 11th. The show is a part of the “True Love Tour” featuring acts Mr Nasti and Runaway! Mr Nasti is a combination of electronic, folk, and psychedelic music all in one bundle. Then Runaway describe them selves as “electronic, house, and metal.” Then for local bands we have The Luzhin Defense, which is an experimental electronic project. We also have Hushpad, the shoegaze project from Lincoln, Illinois. And to top it all off Like… With Jetpacks will be playing a set of video game themed rock.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. The Radon Lounge is a house venue, so you will have to ask a friend for the address. You can also check our Springfield shows page for some more upcoming shows in Springfield outside of Black Sheep.