What a better way to kick off your week than with a show at Black Sheep tonight? Sounds like a good time. Tonight at Black Sheep we have the band Remiss returning from Iowa. They played at Black Sheep back in July and were great. You can check out some of Remiss’s tunes on the player below. We also have a newer ambient/instrumental project featuring a former member of Our Lady from Peoria going by the name Hyoshi. Be sure not to miss that. Then we also have a special acoustic set of Springfield indie favorites Looming. To top that all off this show will start off with an acoustic set from Paqui.

The show tonight is 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 what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Hey cool cats, hey drab dogs, take a look at what’s coming around tonight. Local pop-punk band Kickstart will be playing energetic tunes will make you want to shoot through the roof and unthaw from this past cold midwestern winter- so you better watch it to make sure your head doesn’t bounce right off. There’s a mysterious band called The Affair coming out ~ooooooohhh~ We can’t tell you a whole lot about that, you’ll just have to come see for yourself what they’re all about. Then there’s going to be a breezy, ambient spoken word band coming around called Cold Wind Calling. From Normal, IL, this band is heavily influenced by weather patterns, seasons, life cycles and change so come out and listen! The last act is called DoggyStylez, and this is going to round out the evening without a doubt. Doggystylez is the reason tonight is going to be a Hip-hop pop-rock hurricane, because these groovy jams will make your clothes turn different colors if you dig it enough. For those of you with a hip-hop vendetta, loosen those cold shoulders of yours and look a different direction for a change because beauty is everywhere, especially in music.

This show is going to be at 6:30 pm for $5 buckaronies. Everyone bring pizza. There is no facebook event. Come to shows, we got tons!

Tonight we have a really good Wednesday night show going on! It will definitely be worth going to. We have the band Runaway Brother coming from Ohio. They will be out on tour with the band The Ground Is Lava also from Ohio. You can find some of The Ground Is Lava’s music streaming below. This show will also feature a newer band from Champaign called Slam Dinner. They feature one member of Springfield hard rock band Soap Scum. The special icing on top of the cake is that Looming will also be playing this show. This will also be the cassette release show for the Looming EP, being rereleased on cassette by Springfield label Blackbox Records.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here if that’s your thing. Can’t make it to this show? Check out our long list of other shows coming up on our shows page.

So here’s what’s going on TONIGHT. There is this cool show going on at Black Sheep. Dumb Records is also going to be open from 3:00 to 9:00 pm. It’s a little warmer outside so there is no reason to stay at home! Tonight we have Champaign natives Kowabunga! Kid playing their tour kick-off show as they head out west for a week or so. Also playing this show are the new filth punk heroes in Asthma. Then we have Cabeza Twins coming all the way from McHenry Illinois to play their gross and fast style of hardcore music. This show will be the very first show of a new Springfield band called JAG. Their performance will start with some spoken word by Roxanne Hanna. Kicking off the show will be a noise performance by noise artists Owen Davis and Matt Hill.

The show tonight is 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 else coming up at Black Sheep.

Check it, we’ve got a heavy show coming around this evening. Local rockers Kharybdis will be pounding out a brutal set that is sure to make your eyeballs fall out. Polyphony will be coming around from New Jersey to bring out some progressive mathcore jams so get ready to pit. Then, the local dudes in The Science Of will then add some cool dimension to the evening with their technical, power-pop tunes. Animus will also be coming around with some dynamic and aggressive heavy stuff for us tonight, so get your stomping shoes on because this show is sure to be a fiasco.

Doors are at 7:00 pm and the fee will be a whopping $5. Come out, have a good time and check out the facebook event here for further details. We also have some other cool shows coming up at Black Sheep so be on the lookout for ones that might catch yer fancy!

Hey everyone, here’s what’s happening: we’re having this rad show tonight! Check it out. Diarrhea Planet is coming all the way from Tennessee and they’ve got some super energetic tunes to play. Dino Bravo from Champaign will be coming around too, and their wrestle-core music will be sure to create a whirlpool of bodies in the pit. That’ll be fun, and Mouthsex will be giving a brutal punk set that will be out of this world. Local Danger Rock band RDNT will be giving a cool set as well, maybe at the beginning of the night, so this is sure to be a good show.

This is happening tonight at 7pm, bring $7. Here is the facebook event. Check out the other shows we having coming up as well as one of the bands that will be playing tonight! Creep it real.

It’s a Saturday and we have a stacked show happening at Black Sheep tonight! Tonight there are going to be six bands playing. Headlining things is the mighty Central Illinois metal band Battalion! If you like heavy music then Battalion is the band for you. Check out some of their music streaming below. This show will also be the return of another metal band from Litchfield, Illinois called Your Phobia. We will also have the return of Central Illinois post-hardcore band Loses The Mighty, who have played at Black Sheep a number of times in the recent past. Then we will have Central Illinois hardcore band Deviant. A last minute addition to this show is the two-piece band from Canada, Shahman. They played at Black Sheep back in May. Opening things up we have Old Fox Road, who actually just performed at Dumb Records last night!

The show tonight is starting at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this spring.

Tonight will be a special little Thursday night treat. We are having a show at Black Sheep and it is going to be great. We have the band Hank from Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. They are in the middle of their tour which you can view the dates for above. Hank features recent bassist Darwin who has recently been performing with Springfield band Our Lady. You can check out some of their music streaming below. Also playing this show and on tour with Hank is the three-piece band Capys also from the Champaign/Urbana areas. Those bands will be joined with local support from Springfield post-rock band Meredosia. Opening things up we have Austin Connelly (of Montagh and Wir Können) playing some acoustic tunes for us all.

The show tonight begins at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page where you can have a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.