Remember the band Caterpillar Club? Well we barely do! Looks like the band which features former Black Sheep owner Kevin Bradford along with members of Our Lady will be playing again at Black Sheep on Saturday, April 23rd after over a year since they played their last show here. And even better news is that for this show it looks like they will have a new cassette of unreleased material! This show will also feature a touring band and that is Staghorn from St. Louis. Stream some of their music on the player below. In addition to those bands, we also have a couple more from nearby. We have the emo / melodic hardcore band Drained from Central Illinois. And opening things up we have the incredibly heavy band Orator from Champaign/Urbana.

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 will be coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.

Yes, the April show announcements are still rolling in hard! This one is happening on Tuesday, April 12th at Black Sheep. This show will feature the band Free Kittens & Bread from Austin, Texas (pictured above). You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Also on this show we have everyone’s favorite Champaign/Urbana alternative ice cream pop band Nectar! Then we have a couple acts local to Springfield. The first of which is pop punk goodness Fill In The Blank! And then opening things up we have the second ever show for Springfield’s newest space-themed hardcore super villain band called “Starlorde.”

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

Time for another April show announcement! This one is happening on Wednesday, April 13th and it will be a rocker. We have the band Violence Creeps coming all the way from Oakland, California for this one. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. How neat. Also Livin’ Thing will be playing this show, we hear it will be the release show for their debut cassette and they will be kicking off a little 5-day tour. Opening things up for now is Springfield hardcore band Pryss, keep your eyes peeled for a possible fourth band added to the lineup!

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

Like we said earlier, the April show announcements are going to start rolling in pretty hard! Tonight we have an announcement for a show happening here on Saturday, April 9th. For this show we have local emo band Wir Können headlining the bill. The touring band on the bill is called The American Jobs. You can stream some of their music below, they come from Columbus, Ohio. Also on this show we have the avant-guard explosion noise band known as TANG. And opening things up we have a solo acoustic set of Paqui, who also plays in TANG. DANG.

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