Today we bring you a stream of a brand new EP by the folk punk band Lovecow, local to Springfield. The EP is called More Afraid of You Than You are of Us. You can find the stream of the EP on the band’s bandcamp page, their Black Sheep page, or also below.
If you didn’t pick up a physical copy of the new EP at one of Lovecow’s three shows this past week, you can catch them tomorrow and pick up their CD at Black Sheep tomorrow (4/23). Also playing that show is Cottontail, Montagh, and Borealis.
Today we are bringing you a stream of ANOTHER EP that is a split between two Springfield bands. There’s been something like one new EP every day this week! The split is of bands Worms and Montagh. Both bands are acoustic duos of sorts. For the Worms side of the split, you can stream the EP on a bandcamp page here and also below. For the Montagh side of the split, you can head to bandcamp here or also stream below. Montagh (formerly Austin & Austin) recently played at Black Sheep Sunday along with Sean Bonnette of Andrew Jackson Jihad and Ian Graham of Cheap Girls. They also have a show coming up on April 23rd and will also be doing an Andrew Jackson Jihad cover set for our cover show on May 25th.
It’s finally here! Caterpillar Club‘s first release “Path On The Sea” has finally landed on this planet, and we are debuting the stream for the whole album! “Path On The Sea” has been in development for a few months now, and will finally be released on tape this Saturday. It can be heard below, or on their Bandcamp page.
Caterpillar Club can be caught live Saturday at the Radon Lounge with Indiana’s Analecta, New Yorks’ The Traditional, and local Lovecow. More info for the show can be found at the facebook event here. The physical tape of “Path On The Sea” will be available at the show.
Long-running Springfield ska-punk band Obi-Wan Kanblo Mi have released two new songs from their forthcoming EP entitled Episode VI: Return of the Red Eyes. They have posted the songs “I Believe in Science” and “I Hate Cops” to their bandcamp page, which are both tracks on the new EP. You can stream those songs on the Obi-Wan bandcamp here or also stream them below. Artwork for the new EP is pictured above. Singer/Saxophone player Chuck had a few words to say on a facebook event page:
Episode VI is mostly inspired by my everyday life and the things I’ve thought about in the past two years since we put out Episode V.
This EP is charged with emotional conflict, progression, and general worriment for the future of our human race.
If you feel like you can get behind some of the ideas that are talked about on this record, that’s great. And if you feel like some of these songs are about you, and you take offense, just do what I have done in the past two years:
Work on becoming a better person.
I’m very excited about this release because of our line-up especially.
I’m sad to tell all of you that this is in fact our saxophone player Drew’s last show with us, as he’ll be moving to Portland soon to start a Master’s program and hopefully make music with our old bass player Earl, but I have to say I’ve had a great time playing music with Drew this past 8 Years, and it’ll will be a very surreal moment when we get on that stage together for the last time.
Along with Drew; Gary, Johnny, and Will all started the band with me in 2009 and here we are 4 years later along with some of the greatest people on Earth: Cody, Elly and Anthony. And it means a lot to me that this wonderful bunch of people has kept the band alive as long as it has been!
We are very excited for you to hear this Record, please come party with us Friday and pick up a free copy, it’ll be a great way to help us celebrate.
Obi-Wan Kanblo Mi will be releasing the physical CD for their new EP at Black Sheep on Friday. Also playing the show will be Coward’s Way Out from St. Louis, Must Build Jacuzzi from Peoria, Lovecow, and a brand new Springfield punk band called RDNT. The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find the facebook event for the show right here.
Today we are very excited to bring you a brand new track from Springfield touring band Our Lady. “Tunnel Vision” is a track off of the band’s upcoming Vessels 7″ to be released on Mind Over Matter Records this summer. To listen to “Tunnel Vision” head over to the band’s bandcamp page, or stream it below.
Our Lady have also recently launched a brand new website which can be seen right here. They also have their April tour dates up on their website. They plan on heading up to the east coast and back during the second half of April and beginning of May. You also can see the band in Springfield on May 22nd at Black Sheep along with Tiger Tank and a few others.
This afternoon we bring you another bit of news we are a little late on from a newer and younger band. A new Springfield band called Naughtalus have released a three-song demo on their bandcamp! They play experimental-type rock and their first show at Black Sheep was last month. The band features members of local post-rock band Dream Eater. We’ll be sure to update you all on any upcoming Naughtalus shows, and until then you can stream their three-song demo below or stream it or download it for free directly from their bandcamp page.
We’re a little late to the news on this one, but for those of you who have not heard, the Springfield folk duo “Austin & Austin” have now changed their name to Montagh. The band will continue with the same two original members (Austin & Austin).
Along with the name change, Montagh has recently released a song on a newly created bandcamp page. The song is called “Drinking Gasoline” and it can be streamed or downloaded at your own price. You can check out that song below or on the Montagh bandcamp page.
Montagh will be playing at Black Sheep next on Sunday, April 14th along with Sean Bonnette of Andrew Jackson Jihad and Ian Graham of Cheap Girls. You can find a facebook event for that show here. Montagh will also be playing another show at Black Sheep on Tuesday, April 23rd along with Cottontail from Arizona. Find a facebook event on that one right here.
Today we bring you a brand new song from the Springfield metal band Skywalker. The song is called “From Love To Lacerations” and it is available to stream below, or you can stream or download the song on the band’s bandcamp page. The track comes from the band’s upcoming full length album Mind of a Martyr which you can view the artwork of right at the top of the post.
Skywalker will be playing in Springfield next on this Saturday at the Tin Can Pub along with Clenched Fist, What Thou Will, and Tradition of Torture. You can find a facebook event for that show right here.
National touring act Off With Their Heads are now streaming their new album Home on youtube. Home is the band’s third studio album and is set to be officially released on Tuesday (March 12th). Why are we telling you this? Because Off With Their Heads will be playing Black Sheep TOMORROW NIGHT along with Teenage Bottlerocket, The Timmys, and Hospital Job! You can check out the full stream of the album Home on youtube right here.
Did you also know that today is the last day to pre-order tickets for the Teenage Bottlerocket/Off With Their Heads show? You can do that online today up until midnight right here. Tickets are $8 beforehand and will be $10 at the door. If you would like to buy tickets today at Black Sheep we will be having a roundtable meeting at 5:00 where tickets will be available. You can also find a facebook event for Monday’s show right here.
St. Louis based project Cave of Swords have recently released an album of remixes featuring various artists including Springfield’s very own Luzhin Defense. You can stream the entire album here on Cave of Sword’s bandcamp with a name-your-price download or check it out below. The Luzhin Defense are also playing Springfield next on February 11th at The Radon Lounge along with Mr Nasti, Runaway, Like… With Jetpacks, and Hushpad.
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