There is a three band punk rock show happening tonight at Black Sheep, so make sure you set aside some time tonight on your busy schedules to come down to check out these three bands. Tonight we have the Carbondale pop punk group The Copyrights playing. The last time The Copyrights played at Black Sheep was for the first ever Dumb Fest which happened in 2013. Check out some of their music streaming below. Also on this show is Springfield long-running punk rock band The Timmys! And it looks like opening things up we have the weirdo hardcore/punk band known as King Worm.

All of this starts at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can see what else is coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown in the coming months.

Tonight may be a Monday night, but there is a show going on tonight at Black Sheep that you will not want to miss. That is because Springfield heavy-hitting touring emo/hardcore band Our Lady are hitting the road hard to go on tour with No Sleep Records band Aviator for the next few weeks. The bands will be heading out on tour to a few states out East and then back. Be sure to come out tonight to support Our Lady and wish them luck on their next journey. Aside from Our Lady playing tonight, before that we have another local favorite band, Looming. Plus we have another band, Krelboyne coming from Champaign/Urbana to play the show. They play post-rock/emo type music. Opening things up is a solo performance by Paqui Persea.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find a list of plenty of other events coming up around Southtown.

Tonight at Black Sheep there is some sort of mega-show going on and it features a whole six bands for just $5. (That’s less than $1 per band). We have a band called Come Out Fighting playing hardcore punk from Detroit tonight. You can stream some of their music below. This is also a great show because it features local heroes Loses The Mighty, who recently released a new EP, What The Artist Said To The Bird. The show features some other great hardcore and punk bands from the area. We have Orator, playing sludgy heavy stuff from the Champaign/Urbana area. We have the rowdy punk band Panzys playing a show here once again. We also have a new Champaign/Urbana hardcore project called Fifty Year Storm. And opening things up we have Hollowed Eyes from Coffeen, Illinois.

The show tonight starts at 6:00 pm (so get here one hour early) and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this year.

It’s Monday, and this Monday night we have a rare show happening at South Town Studio happening right behind Black Sheep! This show will feature three great acts that you surely can’t miss. We have the touring act Tantive IV who are coming from Indianapolis, IN to play for us. Check out some of their music streaming below. We also have a rare performance by the Brandon Carnes ambient/looping solo project known as “F///\\\M“. And, opening things up is another very rare set from a newer project being called “Sargent Karate (Everyone Is So Pretty),” which is the one-man black metal band lotto project put together by Chris Yeager of Like… With Jetpacks and The Gunga Dins. This will be one not to miss!

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and costs $5 up in South Town Studio. Upon entry all attendees will recieve a free download of a live recording of the entire show, which will be emailed to you at a later date. Sounds cool, right? Find a facebook event for this show right here. Also stay updated on what we have coming up at South Town by checking out our shows page.

Tonight is sure to be a great show happening at Black Sheep- it is our only show this weekend, and it includes a cassette release from one band and a first show ever for another brand new local band. The show tonight features local band SAP– and they will be releasing their first ever cassette called Maiden, Mother, Crone. You can stream one song from that release right here. Also on this show is the band Sick Sad World from Chicago. You can find their music streaming below. Then next up is another Chicago band called Person, which features members of old Champaign bands Laughboy and Midstress. We also have a third out of town act, and that is the two-piece space fuzz band The Funs. Opening things up we have a first ever performance by a new band called WARRS, which we have been told features members of Loses The Mighty and Soap Scum.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm (don’t be late!). Admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can take a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the year 2015.

We have a wonderful show happening at Black Sheep on this cold, cold Friday night and you should all come out. This show is the return-from-home show for Springfield emo band Wir Können, who have been out on tour for a week. Come listen to Wir Können play and hear how their tour went. We also have Springfield ska band Bad Banshee playing tonight. They won your vote for the best album/release for 2014 with their hit CD “Skitter/Skitter.” Up next we have a couple of Champaign bands who are going out on tour for a week or so. The first of those is Single Player, who’s music you can find streaming below. The second is Nectar– the pop band featuring members of Kowabunga! Kid that played here last in June. Opening things up we have Central Illinois folk punk project Old Fox Road, who is also returning from a short tour.

The show tonight starts right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in 2015.

We are all in for a treat at the end of this month on Thursday, January 30th. We have Carbonadale, IL pop punk band The Copyrights coming up to play at Black Sheep. The Copyrights features Luke McNeil of Hospital Job and last performed at Black Sheep as part of the first ever Dumb Fest in the summer of 2013. We will be excited to welcome them back. Also stream some of The Copyrights’s music below. Also on this show is long running Springfield punk band The Timmys. That and they will be paired up with another local band King Worm, who won #1 song and #3 album of the year on our Best Of 2014 list.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our upcoming shows page for a good look at everything coming up in 2015.

You know what tonight is? Tonight is the very last show of the year happening at The Black Sheep Cafe and we have that paired up with an awesome movie screening happening at Dumb Records. The movie is a locally created film called Death Metal. Here’s a description of that from the facebook event:

We will be screening the movie “Death Metal” written and directed by David Castor and co-written by/starring Julius Johnson famous for his role as “The Pukester” from local band Scott Dramula. A black comedy parodying the 2007 era death metal/deathcore music scene, those who remember those days are sure to get a good laugh and those who don’t will surely laugh anyway.

You can also look at a trailer for Death Metal below. That movie will be shown inside of Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East) right at 9:00 pm. At 6:00 pm inside Black Sheep there will be a show featuring four acts. For that we have King Worm, bringing all of the wackiness that you can handle. We also have three piece indie-grunge band SAP. Other than that there will be a performance by poetry fusion project Honey/Suck, and also a performance by the solo acoustic act Paqui.

The show at Black Sheep kicks off right at 6:00 pm and admission is $6. Then the movie will be shown next door at Dumb Records at 9:00 pm after the bands are finished playing. You can find a facebook event for all of that right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up in Southtown.