Wow, pretty cool that it’s the first of May right now and we are about to tell you about a show happening on the very last day of this month on Tuesday, May 31st. This show features a couple of acts touring from West Virginia. The first of those is called Rat Ship, and they play a type of melodic hardcore that you can find streaming on the player below. Rat Ship will be touring with a band called “RHIN” which can be described more as stoner/sludge punk music. Those two bands will be joined on the bill by the local three piece punk band Moondead.

This show will start 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 where you can find a list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

What’s up everyone it’s time for us to tell you about another show coming up in May. This one is going to be a heavy one, and it is happening here at Black Sheep on Tuesday, May 24th. We have the doomy hardcore band “Nihil” coming all the way from Boston, Massachusetts. You can check out a couple of their tracks streaming on the player below. They will be joined by local support from GUSH, the meanest band on the roller rink. We also have the Black Sheep debut of a new local band called “Torture Trend” which features members of GUSH and Livin’ Thing. Opening things up we have another newer band from the Central Illinois area called “All Gore.” Make sure to come early to find out what that is all about.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what all is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

It’s maybe been a minute since we have had a band come from outside of the country to perform at Black Sheep. On Wednesday, May 18th (just three weeks from today) this show is happening an it features the band An Atomic Whirl coming all the way from Japan. You can check out their music streaming below to hear what they are all about. This show also features a few local bands. We have the hardcore punk band Pryss on the show. We also have Peoria-based screamo band Kelut, who will also be playing Dumb Fest 4 happening here in June. Opening things up we have a new project Ceiling Lust, which just played their first show this past weekend at Black Sheep.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

We have a little bit of a last minute metal show happening one week from today that almost slipped through the cracks from us, whoops! This one is happening on Wednesday, May 4th. It will feature four metal groups, the touring act is Mothersound from Los Angeles, California. Mothersound actually played here at Black Sheep back in November with a similar lineup. This time around we have three bands on band for local support. We have the Staunton, Illinois-based progressive metal band, Accents. You can find some of Accents music streaming on the player below. We also have familiar Springfield metalcore band Set Fire To Salem. And then opening things up we have the band Noesis from Carlinville, Illinois, who also just performed at Black Sheep this past weekend.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in the near future at Black Sheep.