The new Springfield music does not stop coming in! Today we have a five-track EP by Vincent Sgro, also going as Vincent Sebastian with some experimental / “chill” electronic music. Vincent was also behind the project “Opposite Good” which had another release come out earlier this year. Stream Vincent Sebastian’s newest release: A New Rhode on the player below. Also head over to Vincent’s bandcamp page where you can download the full release.

No current live shows are lined up for Vincent Sebastian – he is currently attending school over in another Springfield – Springfield, Missouri!

You may have thought the Springfield dream folk project War Magic was long dead but oh no no that is not the case. Earlier this summer the project released a brand new EP and thought no one would notice! That is five new tracks under an EP called War Magic (2017) which you can find streaming on the player below. Head over to the War Magic bandcamp page where you can download the EP at your own price. There is not a physical release for this EP as far as we can tell.

No, War Magic does not have any shows lined up. Will we see another War Magic live performance in the future?

Today we bring you some new local music from Central Illinois metalcore band Noesis. The band released a new EP, Sin Splitter earlier this summer before they embarked out on a tour to the west coast. You can stream that 5-track release on the player embedded below.

Noesis do not have any shows currently lined up at Black Sheep.

Oops, we may be a tad late to the game on this one again but today we bring you a new demo from a new Springfield-Toronto straight-edge hybrid group called “Small Man.” Featuring members of bands Mace and Pryss. You can stream that new four-track demo from Small Man on the player below. The demo is being released by Prescience Tapes, local cassette label. You can expect physical copies of this release to appear at some point inside Dumb Records. Head over to the Prescience Tapes bandcamp to download the demo at your own price.

Small Man does not have any live performances lined up in Springfield or anywhere announced right now, but be on the lookout for some more Small Man in the future.

Springfield / Pittsburg hit band Looming released a second single from their upcoming album Seed yesterday via New Noise Magazine online. You can check out that song called “Queen” on the player streaming below, or the full article from New Noise Magazine right here.

Seed is being released by No Sleep Records and is officially out on September 29th. We very recently announced the official release show for the album happening at Black Sheep on Monday, October 2nd along with Screaming Females, Street Eaters, and Choir Vandals. Better get your tickets for that now if you haven’t already. Looming also released another single, “Down” through Brooklyn Vegan off of the album earlier this summer.

Today we bring you a couple of new demo tracks from a new project that popped up earlier this summer featuring a new Springfield duo of Kate Ridge (Kate Laine) and Kiki Walker of Moondead, Bad Banshee, etc. The project is called “Glower” and they have played at least one live show over at Bar None downtown in the past few months. You can check out two demo songs they have released – “Fish Hook” and “Smile To Forget Me” on the players below. Also head over to the Glower bandcamp page to download the songs for $1. Be one the lookout for more shows from Glower soon.

It is an exciting day indeed because the rising band Looming have officially announced their new album today through website Brooklyn Vegan. The new album is officially titled Seed and the release date is scheduled for September 29th. The album is being put out by No Sleep Records, who also released the band’s first full length album Nailbiter in 2015. Artwork was once again done by Milk Tirehaus of the band King Worm. Check out the Brooklyn Vegan article right here. The article also lists out solo tour dates for Jessica Knight throughout the months of August and September this year before the album is released. In addition to announcing the album, the band is also releasing the first track off of Seed – and that is the song “Down” which you can find on the youtube player embedded below.

Looming does have two shows currently lined up in Springfield – this includes Thursday, July 27th later this month along with Aviator, Lume, and Moondead and also Downhome Music Festival on Saturday, July 28th.

Today we bring you some new Springfield-ish music that was released a couple months ago now but we feel is very worthy of mentioning here on our site! This one comes from  a new project called “Robot Bachelor” who recently put out a debut full length album called The Third House Boat Album which you can find streaming below. The band features Springfield’s own Luke McNeil of Hospital Job, Starter Jackets, and The Copyrights. The group is fronted by Grath Madden of Houseboat and The Steinways (not from Springfield). The album was recorded right here in Springfield by Luke. The group is not playing any live shows as far as we can tell! Head over to the band’s bandcamp page to download the full album for $7.

We might be a little late to the game on this one, but new Springfield project “Heptanes” put out their debut release online late last year it looks like. You can check out the band’s six-song release Demon Stratus on the player embedded below. Heptanes a new Springfield duo featuring Scott Faingold (Epsom) and Jason Perry (Seething Coast). The band is an interesting take on poetry written by Joseph Kallinger while in prison. The band’s description from facebook:

Heptanes dare to answer the never-posed musical question: What if notorious murdering psychopath Joseph “The Shoemaker” Kallinger had submitted his awful prison poetry to one of those “We’ll Turn Your Poem Into A Song!” ads that used to run in the back of magazines?

Hetanes do not have any shows lined up as of right now as far as we can see! Be on the lookout for shows in the future.

Look what it is just in time for the holidays! Local pop punk all star band Hospital Job have released some brand new material in the form of two songs on a split 7″ record with Capitalist Kids from Austin, Texas. The split is being released by Rad Girlfriend Records and you can find it streaming on the player below. Head over to the Rad Girlfriend bandcamp page to download the record for $5 or also order the physical copy.

Hospital Job do not have any local shows lined up right now as far as we know! They will be playing a pretty sweet show in February in St. Louis it looks like with The Lillingtons and more. Hospital Job also released their third full album Never Get Cold last year.