Today we bring you a new song from Springfield/Chicago area project Worms. Worms features Austin Connelly of Montagh and Wir Konnen. The new songs is called “No Parson Listens” and you can check it out below. The song is also available for free download on bandcamp.
Worms released a split CD with Montagh earlier this year.
Today we are bringing you a full stream of Looming‘s brand new six-song EP! You can stream the entire EP on the bandcamp player embedded above. The EP features a newly recorded version of the hit “The Definition of Home” along with five other originals. Looming is a new Springfield band featuring Mitch Baker of Lovecow, Jess Knight of Mother Leopard, Brandon Carnes of Big Storm, and Jordan Fein formerly of Our Lady.
You can buy the physical CD from the band at their upcoming show this Saturday at Black Sheep. Looming will be playing their first show along with The Timmys, Skank, and Built In A Day. The CD is being released by Springfield label Patch Records.
We are all very excited to share with you guys new music from Mark Lee Reynolds, of Prescott and the newly formed War Magic fame. Mark has been at it again creating his unique spin on modern music. Blending electronic sounds and experimental melodies, he creates haunting atmospheres without neglecting those all important pop hooks. Below are three tunes over the three recently released EPs, one which features Ryan Pennell.
Be sure to keep an ear out for new music and possible shows from the Reynolds camp.
On August 10th, a new secret was exposed to the Black Sheep world. Not very many people knew about the project War Magic, being composed of Alistair Reynolds and his brother Mark Lee Reynolds. They performed for the first time during this show, though this project has been going on for awhile.
The album Cyclomancy, according to Alistair, was named so in order to bring focus on the cycles of everyday life. Each song on the album somehow echoes the idea that everything comes full circle in the end. The way he put it was that this album is “an exercise in storytelling and concept within the theme of “Cycles”, This is done through the use of cool, mellow and rhythmic melodies so make sure to give it a listen!
Today we are bringing you a stream of War Magic‘s 5-song EP: Cyclomancy. You may remember a post we made earlier when Cyclomancy was just three songs. Today Cyclomancy is five songs, which completes the EP. Stream the songs on War Magic’s bandcamp here or below. The EP is also available for a name-your-own-price download on bandcamp. Be on the lookout for more War Magic shows coming up in Springfield!
Today we are bringing you a stream of the brand new Nephrons album, Black Bedroom. The album is being released at the show at Black Sheep tonight on 12″ vinyl and is limited to 100 copies. Make sure you come out to the show tonight to hear Nephrons play a few of the new songs live!
Also playing the show tonight is Hank, Cassfield, and Caterpillar Club. It kicks off at 7:00pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Stream the new Nephrons album below!
For those of you who are up-to date on the weekly Springfield publication, The Illinois Times, you may have seen the lengthy article on Springfield alternative/punk band The Seething Coast. They even made the front page! The Seething Coast has been a band since 2007, and features members of Resident Genius, NIL8, and The Favored Nations. This summer they have been active recording material and they have come out with two new releases, one EP and one full length album recorded with help from Steve Albini and Brandon Carnes. You can find the full article here, or also the beginning of it below.
Playing in a rock and roll band is never a casual proposition. Investments of time and money for rehearsal and equipment can be sizable, while financial rewards are often slow to arrive, if they appear at all. If your band writes and plays its own original songs, this can sometimes seem like an uphill battle, if not a quixotic, ultimately pointless endeavor. Why not just work up a set of crowd-pleasing cover songs and save yourself some aggravation?
“For a short while I did the cover band thing and that is a drag,” says veteran Springfield musician Damon Soper, drummer for punk-informed local combo The Seething Coast. “If you’re in a cover band, you’re only doing it for money.” While Soper and his bandmates aren’t exactly averse to making money, financial gain is far from The Seething Coast’s primary goal. Personal expression is closer to the mark. “It’s like a painter who paints in his basement,” says Soper. “It doesn’t do any good if the paintings don’t leave the basement – you wanna get ’em to an art show so people can give you feedback. The same goes for music.”
After slugging away on the local scene since early 2007, things are starting to come together for The Seething Coast (named after a song by indie rock stalwarts The Mountain Goats). The four-piece Springfield band is on the eve of simultaneously releasing two brand new records: Olympia, a six-song EP, was recorded and mixed earlier this year at Electrical Audio in Chicago, during a single all-day session with legendary independent sound engineer Steve Albini (Pixies, Nirvana, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page); in contrast, the full-length We Would Have Saved You If We Could is the result of several frustrating years of fits and starts, recorded in a series of Springfield-area studios.
Check out the full article on the Seething Coast on this week’s issue of the Illinois Times or online right here. We are also bringing you a stream of both of The Seething Coast’s new releases! The first is an EP recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago. It is called Olympia and features artwork by Brian Galecki of Soap Scum. The second is a full-length album that has been in the works for a few years. Artwork for that was done by Springfield’s own Rachel Jennings. The Seething Coast will also be playing at Black Sheep on August 11th along with Mildred and The Greek Favourites.
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Our Lady will be playing in Springfield next at Black Sheep Fest, happening on Saturday. They will also be hitting the road shortly after and heading out to the west coast and back.
New Springfield acoustic/solo project “Good Times” has released a new six-song EP on bandcamp. The EP is six-songs that are pay-what-you-want and you can can find them here on bandcamp or also streaming below. Good Times is the solo project of Clint Kesinger of Springfield/St. Louis metal band Battalion. Clint was recently in on Black Sheep Radio to talk about his new project and he also played a song or two for us in the studio. Below the bandcamp player you can find a short youtube video on Good Times.
Be on the lookout for upcoming Good Times shows in Springfield. Battalion will be playing at Black Sheep next at Black Sheep Fest 2013 happening this Saturday.
Today we bring you a stream from one of Springfield’s many new harsh noise projects, Aporia. Aporia has just released a new EP entitled Brusque Changes. You can head over to Aporia’s bandcamp page, or stream it on the embedded player below. The EP features six brand new songs titled numbers “1” through “6”.
Stay tuned for more on upcoming Aporia shows at Black Sheep. You can also catch one of Jeff Brown’s other projects, And God Said Dance, at Black Sheep on Friday, August 2nd. If you are looking to catch more Springfield noise projects live, there will be some performing at August 12th and August 21st at Black Sheep.
We have some new Springfield and Springfield-related music to show you today! These are both new solo projects featuring members of the bands Worms and Montagh.
First up is a new song from Tara of Worms/Montagh. Her solo project is called “Douglass” and you can check out a new track called “Rut” on the player below. The track comes from a new solo album she has coming soon entitled Out of a Rut.
The second project we are a little late on bringing you news on, but Austin of Worms and Montagh has a new project called “IAMIAM” (pronounced I am, I am). You can find a couple of tracks from the project below.
Montagh (which features both Austin and Tara) will be playing at Black Sheep next on Tuesday along with Unraveler, Highwayyys, Self Proclaimed Narcissist, and Lovecow. They will also be playing at Black Sheep Fest on Saturday, July 27th.
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