Baja & The Blasters: “Alive In Springfield USA”

Posted on November 7, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Thanks to South Town Studio and recording engineer Brandon Carnes, a live recording has been released of Texas-based band Baja & The Blasters performing right here in Southtown. The band has put up Alive In Springfield USA as a release on their bandcamp page, which you can find streaming below, or right here. The release even features some original artwork from our St. Louis pal Lumpy. It looks like cassette tapes of the recording will also be available soon through the band.

The next South Town Studio show is coming up this week and will feature Secret Tombs from Pennsylvannia as well as No Brainer from Wisconsin and a new Springfield band called The Suction Cups. More info on that show can be found right here.

September 10th at South Town Studio: Baja And The Blasters, Soy Babies, Gush

Posted on August 20, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We are gearing up for our first studio show of the fall here in Southtown- this one is happening on Thursday, September 10th up in South Town Studio. We got three bands playing up in the studio- two on tour from Texas. The first of those Texas bands is the Mountain Dew themed “Baja And The Blasters.” You can find them pictured above and their music is streaming below. On tour with them is another Texas band called Soy Babies. They will be joined by the newer Springfield hardcore band called Gush, which features members of WARRS, Asthma, and Table Drama.

This show will start at 7:00 pm up in the studio 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 in the near future.

Tonight at South Town Studio: F///\\\M, Kevin Greenspon, Borealis

Posted on July 27, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight is a very rare Monday night show up high in the tower known as South Town Studio, located right here in Southtown behind Dumb Records and Black Sheep. Tonight there will be three ambient/indie solo projects performing up in the tower. The show tonight will feature F///\\\M, solo project of Brandon Carnes of Diaper Rash and Looming. Up before that is a touring act, and that is Kevin Greenspon who is on tour from California. Check out some of Kevin’s music on the player streaming below. Opening things up is a rare performance by Borealis– the experimental ambient/noise project of Mario Cannamela.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Of course the show is all ages. Check out a facebook event for the show right here, and also our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in South Town.

Paqui: “Southtown Demo 2015”

Posted on May 30, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We are a little late to the game on posting this, but it looks like the acoustic solo artist who has been playing shows for a while at Black Sheep now- Paqui– finally has some recorded music up for us to hear! Paqui recorded a four-track demo at South Town Studio earlier this spring. The demo is called Southtown Demo 2015, and you can check out the artwork above or stream the music on the player below. You can also head over to Paqui’s bandcamp page to stream and purchase the download for the demo. Paqui does not currently have any shows lined up at Black Sheep, but keep your eyes and ears out for some in the near future!

Tonight at South Town Studio + Dumb Records: WARRS, F///\\\M, Wrest, Gadzooks The Boy, Gazeebo

Posted on April 20, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a very rare show happening right inside South Town Studio- our very own recording studio inside Southtown. There will be four acts playing tonight inside the studio and even one more bonus act playing inside Dumb Records next door. For the studio show headlining the bill we have new hardcore/screamo band WARRS, who are also currently working on recording their first release in the studio. Before them is another rare performance by Springfield ambient/experimental loop project known as F///\\\M. Halfway through the acts at South Town Studio there will be a rare Dumb Records performance by a touring project known as Wrest, featuring the experimental jazz saxophonist, Jack Wright. You can stream some of their music below. Also see a separate flier for that directly below. Before Wrest and back up in South Town Studio we have a Champaign/Urbana noise project called Gadzooks The Boy. And opening things up we have another very rare noise set by Gazeebo, who has not done a live set in quite some time.

The show tonight at South Town Studio will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. For the one act inside Dumb Records we are asking for donations of an extra $3-8. 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 in South Town.

April 20th at South Town Studio: WARRS, F///\\\M, Gadzooks The Boy, Gazeebo

Posted on March 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

South Town Studio have just announced their next show happening in the space and it is a wacky one! This one is another Monday night studio show, happening on Monday, April 20th (4-20). This show features all bands and noise projects that partake in straight-edge lifestyles (check out this Wikepedia article if you want to read up more on what that is all about). On the bill we have the newer hardcore/screamo band WARRS, who are also currently working on their first release at South Town Studio. We also have the one-man post-rock project called F///\\\M featuring Brandon Carnes of South Town Studio himself. Then we have a noise project from Champaign/Urbana called Gadzooks The Boy featuring Jake Mott of Single Player, Wolf Luv, Dino Bravo, and many more bands. Check out a preview of Gadzooks The Boy streaming below. Opening things up is a *very rare* noise set by Gazeebo– featuring Drew Kodrich of Asthma.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5 (no, you do not have to claim straight-edge to come to this). There will also be a bake sale of some sort to benefit Black Sheep. Check out 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 and in Southtown.

WARRS Recording In South Town Studio

Posted on March 21, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Even though Kevin Bradford announced that he will be stepping down as owner of Black Sheep later this spring, he continues to remain active in bands creating music- and it looks like Kevin’s newest hardcore/screamo band WARRS is currently spending some times with Brandon Carnes of South Town Studio (pictured above). The band has announced they are recording for an upcoming release called Raw Sound.

WARRS does not have any Springfield shows currently lined up, but they will be playing at Error Records tomorrow night with other Springfield band Panzys. Check out more info on that show right here. We will be also sure to let you all know as soon as WARRS recordings are released.

Tonight at South Town Studio: King Worm, Callan Aster, Molly’s Worst Enemy, Condor & Jaybird

Posted on March 16, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

After a full weekend of wild and crazy shows at Black Sheep, we are kicking off this week with a rare Monday night show at South Town Studio (located right behind Dumb Records and Black Sheep). Shows at South Town Studio are special- with a $5 entry you will also receive a download to a recorded live set from every band that plays. Tonight there are four great bands playing. This includes Springfield hardcore/wormy punk band King Worm. This also includes the Bloomington, IN pop punk band Callan Aster. Then we also have a couple of touring pop/pop punk bands from The Quad Cities, Iowa. This includes a band called “Molly’s Worst Enemy,” whose music you can find streaming below. They will be touring with Condor & Jaybird also from The Quad Cities.

The show tonight is at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Find a facebook event for the studio show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at all of the Southtown shows coming up in the near future.

March 16th at South Town Studio: King Worm, Callan Aster, Molly’s Worst Enemy, Condor & Jaybird

Posted on March 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s about time for another South Town Studio show to spring up, and this one is springing up just in time for the spring to come around and the weather to start getting warmer in a couple of weeks. This show is actually only eleven days away, happening on Monday, March 16th. This will be a good four band studio show. It will feature Springfield hardcore band King Worm, which has been getting great reviews in zines all across the country recently! We also have the touring pop punk band Callan Aster from Bloomington, Indiana! Then there are a couple of touring acts from Quad Cities, Iowa also on this show. The first of those is Molly’s Worst Enemy, whose music you can find streaming below. The second is the experimental band called Condor & Jaybird. And that folks, is the whole show.

The studio show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. With entry to the show you will be given an mp3 download of each set from the night, recorded live by Brandon Carnes of South Town Studio! How nifty. Check out a facebook event for the show right here, and check out our shows page for a good look at what else will be coming up in Southtown this spring.

January 19th at South Town Studio: Tantive IV, F///\\\M, Sargent Karate

Posted on January 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like it is already time to announce the next studio show live at South Town Studio, and it looks like this one is happening… in four days! Surprise! This is almost like a pop quiz of a show, happening on Monday, January 19th up in the studio. Much like the last studio show, this show features three bands and attendees will receive live recordings of each of the bands’s sets along with paying for admission. This show features touring act Tantive IV coming from Indianapolis, IN. You can find some of that band’s music streaming below. This show will also feature a rare performance by one-man project F///\\\M. We also get another rare performance of “Sargent Karate (Everyone Is So Pretty)” which is the one man black metal project of Chris Yeager which came out of our first ever Band Lotto show this past summer.

The show Monday will start in the studio at 7:00 pm, and admission is $5 (attendees will also receive a live recording of all three sets). You can’t find a facebook event anywhere for this, but check out our shows page for a long list of everything coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown.

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