Even though local emo band Our Lady is no more, looks like they have decided to put up some more final recordings recently in a new collection of songs called Unreleased / Unrefined. An explanation of what these songs are from the band’s facebook:

As promised: A little surprise. All of the songs that never got to be songs. Including alternate versions of “I Am Brave” & “Buque”. Thank you all for everything. Enjoy “Unreleased / Unrefined” for free download and streaming on Bandcamp.

You can check out Unreleased / Unrefined on the player streaming below. Also head over to the Our Lady bandcamp page to download the songs at your own price. Our Lady played one final show at Black Sheep last month after being a band for six years and also released their final full length album Lure on Mayfly Records.

It’s more brand new Springfield music being brought to you on our site! Two in one day! And both of these project have Black Sheep co-owner B.J. Pearce aka “Bullseye Jack” behind them. This evening we are bringing you a stream of the brand new release of B.J.’s ambient project “Pretend I’m Not There.” The project did a first ever full band performance at a release show a couple of weeks ago and had the physical release of the cassette available there. You can find the 24 minute long piece called Transient streaming below. Also head over to the Pretend I’m Not There bandcamp page to download the release at your own price.

Springfield hardcore band GUSH have just surprised us all with a new collection of songs that recently went up online. Here are five songs under the name Unreleased Stuff which includes four previously unreleased tracks and one cover by The Stooges. You can check out Unreleased Stuff on the player below or also head over to the Ooey Gooey bandcamp page where you can download the release at your own price.

GUSH do not have any shows currently lined up. The band might be on hiatus from here on out as far as we can tell? Uh oh! Members are still active playing in bands Pryss, Livin’ Thing, Starlorde, and more.

Here is a release that we have been waiting to post for a LONG time now (whoops). Did you know that Champaign/Urbana-based punk band Gnargoyle and Springfield’s favorite baby band (R.I.P?) Diaper Rash put out a split release together earlier this summer? It was called the Shitty Splitty and was released under Kuloolu Records. The Kuloolu website says the release was available on a limited number of cassettes, but we sure have not seen any of those around Dumb Records or Black Sheep headquarters. You can check out the split below- that’s six songs of Gnargoyle and then a bunch of Diaper Rash songs mashed into one track. Head over to the Kuloolu Records bandcamp to download the release at your own price.

The last Diaper Rash show happened to be a surprise set during an aftershow for Dumb Fest 4-Ever this past summer. Will Big Baby ever play again? We don’t know.

It’s always exciting to hear new music coming out of Springfield! Today we are bringing you a brand new 4-song EP by the band Epsom, called Serf’s Up, Hose Down. You can check out the artwork for that by Rachel Jennings above, and find the songs streaming below. You can also download the songs for $1 each on the band’s bandcamp page.

The band have also just released a hot new music video for their song “Boiling (In The Blood-Brain Barrier)” Which you can check out right here. The video debuted along with the first episode of the second season of The Studio Show (we have a separate post for that coming up very soon)! Epsom does not have any live shows lined up currently, but we will keep you posted!

We have a lot of big shows coming up this August. Last night we just told you that Looming will be playing for the first time at Black Sheep since March, and we also have Selector Dub Narcotic from Olympia, Washington coming around that same time. Today we are letting you know that Our Lady‘s long awaited new album will be coming out with a special release show on Friday, August 19th in just less than one month. The new album is called Lure and it is being released by Mayfly Records. You can stream one of the songs “The Fox” off of the record right here, or also below. None of the other acts for this show have been announced yet, you can expect that info soon.

We are assuming (not 100% yet!) that this show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.