Hey humans, we’ve got some super fly, locally grown acoustic jams coming at us tonight in Southtown. Rella‘s Clare Frachey of JAG will be weaving webs, Austin Connelly of Swamp Rat, Montagh and Wir Konnen will be howling at the moon, Kristin Walker of Akaname and Lovecow will be trilling like windchimes, the fierce ladies of Wilt Candy will be killing demons, all done in a musical fashion! It’ll be quite the show.

Come out to Dumb Records at 7pm to experience this acoustic explosion, and bring $5 please. Here’s the facebook event. Enjoy your food.

Tonight at Black Sheep we are in for a wild and crazy ride. It’s a Thursday but the shows don’t stop here as we gear up for summer. Tonight we have Bass Line Bums coming from Austin, Texas. You can check out some of their tunes on the player below. Also on tour from Chicago is the experimental post-hardcore band Carnivores At Grace. The last time they came through was earlier this year when they played with Japanese punk band Ultra Bidé. This time Carnivores At Grace will be on tour with Lifer from Arkansas. Then we have a couple of great local Springfield bands. We have Epsom, the fun and weird rock band that will get you moving. There is also a performance by punk band RDNT so get ready to circle pit.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page where you can see everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Tonight’s a big night for metal fans in Springfield. Why? Because we have this great metal show happening at Black Sheep! We have The Convalescence on tour from Toledo, Ohio. They have played at Black Sheep before in recent times, but this time The Convalescence will feature hometown hero Blake Perry formerly of Kharybdis. Don’t miss this touring band now with our former Springfield music scene guitarist and supporter. Also on tour with The Convalescence is Skyosis also from Ohio. This show will also feature the Champaign death metal band Eminent Slaughter. Then we have another Champaign act called Caecus, and they play progressive deathcore. Don’t forget about Sweet Intoxication from Decatur, Illinois.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page where you can see a lot of what is coming up this summer at Black Sheep.

After an incredible weekend with an amazing cover show, it’s time for us to slam back into our normal week starting with this ridiculously great lineup of screamo/skramz bands. This show features the touring band Flesh Born from Denton, Texas. This band features member of emo band Two Knights who have played here before and are also playing here at Black Sheep in June. Check out some of Flesh Born’s tunes below. Also on this show is Gas Up Yr Hearse! from Bloomington, Illinois. They are crazy scramzy and last played at Black Sheep as a part of Dumb Fest 1 last year. Speaking of Dumb Fest bands, this show also has Yusuke, which is one of the many bands that will be playing Dumb Fest 2 this year  on June 13th. Wow. To make this show super incredible we have a brand new Springfield scramz band called I’m Dead Inside. You can hear some of their music here. Also on the show is Springfield/Champaign project Slam Dinner.

The show tonight kicks off at 7:00 pm. 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 going on at Black Sheep this summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep this will be our second show of this lovely spring weekend. If you were not at the show last night, be sure to come out tonight and hang out in South Town! For this show we have a completely new lineup since the show was first announced. We have Akaname, the new Springfield ska-punk band (song below). There is also a brand new band called Ego & The Ids featuring members of Naughtalus. Then we have shoegaze/post-rock project Meredosia. This show will also feature and start off with two solo performances by Matt Hill and Kyle Gietl.

Come check out this show at 7:00 pm and bring $5. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Don’t forget to also check out our upcoming shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.

Hey cool cats and rad rats, you’d better believe it- tonight is going to be quite the show. We’ve got some goopy tunes comin around from the local mongrels and Mouthsex. The band Q will be playing some deliberate and hardcore punk tunes, and they’re coming here from O’Fallon so definitely check them out and support their fine force. To change the pace, Yatagarasu will have some hardcore, oldschool video-game jams to crunch up the night. Then, bringing some dope-dark-manic-hardcore punk tunes all the way from Austin, Texas will be Femoral, so definitely support those guys as well as Yatagarasu and Q. The last act we have on the bill is the local interactive noise set Aporia, so ultimately this show is gonna be tight.

It’ll be this fine night, $5 at the door, 7 pm. Come slam with the ghouls. Here’s the facebook event in case you get scared. Check out our other shows coming up!

Tonight is a good night to come over to The Black Sheep Cafe and bring your dancing shoes for this great rock n’ roll show! Tonight we have Champaign-based rock band The 92’s, who will be bringing 92 degrees of ROCK. You can check out some of their music streaming below. Then we have a newer Springfield rock group called Blind Social. Blind Social performed acoustic at Dumb Records as part of Record Store Day a couple of weeks ago. Another out of town band on this show are The Black Roses from Peoria, Illinois. They play more rock music. Then we have the jazzy rock band Schnozzberry Jam from Springfield. Last but not least Jake McCandless will be playing an acoustic set.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight it’s time to get off your computers and come out to Black Sheep for a good show. This show will feature Bloomington, Indiana folk punk band Ghost Mice. Ghost Mice features Chris Clavin of Plan-It-X Records, who has been to Black Sheep a number of times before. Ghost Mice will be on tour with Bernays Propaganda from Macedonia (that’s a part of Europe). This will be the first time a band from Macedonia has played Black Sheep! Also on this show is Springfield upbeat pop band Looming. Then we have Nephrons, who recently released a brand new album and have not played at Black Sheep for a little while. Opening things up is a brand new Springfield band called Wilt Candy. Make sure you come early to see what they are all about.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at things coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep we have a short and sweet three-band show. Sounds like a perfect event for this beautiful spring day. Tonight we have the new Springfield solo project that everyone has been raving about, MUCK///\\\\FOUNTAIN. Prepare to be splashed by his fountains of muck. Other than that we have the touring band Sons Of Hippies coming from Florida. You can check out one of their hit music videos streaming below. The third band, who will probably going on first is Meredosia. Meredosia is a Springfield post-rock band that recently released some new music.

The show tonight is going to be 7:00 pm and $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at other things coming up at Black Sheep.

Listen up, there’s a super cool band that has been added to the show at the Sheep on Sunday called Bernays Propaganda, coming all the way from Macedonia! Bernays Propaganda is composed of activists that believe in the destruction of illusion created through the media. Here is a quote from their page on bandcamp.

Today the messengers seem to act not only as a means of informing, but also as the creators of all seduction, manipulation and mind-control that make us more insensitive to problems that surround us, meanwhile packing their own pockets with cash only to bring fast-paced entertainment to our homes. These are the situations and moments that Bernays Propaganda, appropriately named after Edward L. Bernays, the inventor of PR and all subsequent mediapowered destruction, seek to evoke and rebel against. 

This band is named after Edward Bernays, who was an individual known as being the “father of propaganda” and being the instigator of mass public manipulation on the grounds that people are naturally irrational and dangerous and therefore need to be “occupied” or controlled. These people are fierce- it’s seriously rad that they’re coming to Black Sheep. Their tunes will lift you, wake you up and inspire you to MOVE! Get excited get excited get excited.

They won’t be the only ones playing at the show on Sunday, there will also be the super fly band Ghost Mice (featuring Christ Clavin from Plan-It-X Records). Our ever beloved Looming will be playing too, as well as the fine fellas in Nephrons. ALSO- there is a new band playing! They are called Wilt Candy. Their folk tunes are sure to be rad. Come to this show! Here’s the facebook event, fine people. Bring food and check out the other shows coming up, because there are ALOT.

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