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Pryss: “I Fear No Man”

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Get ready for the latest batch of new Springfield music! This one is a demo from the newest Springfield hardcore band Pryss– featuring members of Mouthsex, GUSH, Table Drama, Wilt Candy, and a few others. Pryss has a new three or four song demo called “I Fear No Man” that just went up online tonight. You can check it out streaming below. You can also head over to the Ooey Gooey bandcamp page and download the demo for free.

Pryss will be playing at Black Sheep for their cassette release show this upcoming Friday! The cassette is being put out on Ooey Gooey Tapes for the show, along with a new cassette for the Champaign rockers in Wolf Luv. Check out more information on that show right here. They will also be playing at Black Sheep on March 19th along with The Bug, Livin’ Thing, and Moondead.

New Band Pages: Livin’ Thing

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Today we are bringing you a new band page on our site for a new rock band that has been causing quite the stir lately in the rock and roll underground. They are Livin’ Thing – a new Springfield punk band featuring members of just about every other Springfield punk band that you can think of. You can read up more on the band and check out one of their live performances on their new page right here. Livin’ Thing will also be playing next at Black Sheep for a show on March 7th along with Rik & The Pigs and SAP. They will also be playing March 19th along with The Bug, Pryss, and Moondead.

Check out any of our 70 or so band pages for active bands in Springfield right here. Do you play in a band or project from Springfield that we don’t yet have a page for? We would like to hear from you! Send us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to get something set up.

Discontent Fest in Peoria June 25th-26th

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Summer may still seem like a ways off but there are a few summer festivals being announced in the area, including us just recently having announced dates for Dumb Fest 4 happening June 10th, 11th, and 12th of this year. Here is a festival called “Discontent Fest” happening in Peoria on Saturday and Sunday June 25th and 26th this year. It will be hosted at The Rail II in Peoria and features some of the heaviest bands from all over the midwest including Springfield’s own GUSH. Primitive Man (pictured above and on the player below) will also be playing the first day of the fest.

Day 1 (June 25th)
Suppression
Primitive Man
Cold Grip
Guilty Minds
Triac
Forced Opinion
Of Feather & Bone
Cult Leader
Na’Kay
Sea Of Shit
xABRUPTx
Falter
Moral Void
Rings
Oaf
Mace
GUSH
Angelust
Reduced To Instinct
Better Half
Infirmary

Day 2 (June 26th)
Cloud Rat
Ostraca
Kaoru Nagisa
Lifes
Dakhma
Closet Witch
Soul Glo
Gas Up Yr Hearse!!
Time Cube
Drained
Under A Sky So Blue
Clouded
Marcy
Take My Bike… Please
Astronomy Class

For the full lineup for Discontent Fest along with links to bands’ music and more info on tickets and set times, go to the facebook page right here. There might be more bands announced later on!

Black Sheep Game Night March 16th

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At the past Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting earlier this month, one of the topics discussed was the idea of having more non-musical events held at Black Sheep. Yesterday we told you about our clean-up day happening on March 2nd. Today we are telling you that Black Sheep Game Night will be happening on Wednesday, March 16th! How fun!

The big game night is going to kick off at 8:00 pm that night, of course it is open to anyone who wants to join and is free. Bring a board game if you want! No rules! Let’s play hide and go seek inside Black Sheep! You can find a facebook event for game night right here. There might be some sort of musical type event happening at Dumb Records earlier in the afternoon/evening. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a long list of all of our events coming up in Southtown.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Teen Freak, Shark Week, La Louve, Doby Watson, Atom Lax

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Get ready for our third show of the weekend and an exciting night! Tonight is going to be a wild one- we have Springfield’s original band lotto superstar band #1 “Teen Freak” taking the Black Sheep stage for the first time in about a year and a half. They will surely rock the house hard. You can stream Teen Freak’s demo on the player below. This show also has a  couple of touring acts. We have Doby Watson performing as a full band, who is no stranger to The Black Sheep. This time around Doby will be coming with another band called Atom Lax from Dover, Ohio. Pretty neat. Up before that we have a newer Champaign/Urbana hardcore band called La Louve which features members of Kowabunga! Kid. Then some very exciting news is that we have the first ever show for a brand new Springfield band called “Shark Week” which features members of SAP, GUSH, and Moondead.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for tonight 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.

Black Sheep Yard Crew Day March 2nd

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One result of the Black Sheep roundtable meeting that happened at the beginning of this month was discussion of cleaning things up the best we can here at our space and in our neighborhood! It’s time to announce that we will be having our first Black Sheep yard crew cleanup day on Wednesday, March 2nd from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Come out and get your hands dirty and help us clean up our area! Bring your old clothes, gloves, and get ready to get dirty!

You can find a facebook event for cleanup day right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a full listing of shows and other events such as this one in the months coming up at Black Sheep. And check out our get involved page for more listings on roundtable meetings and things you can do to get involved with helping run our space.

 

Videos: Vacant Skies at Black Sheep 1-19-16

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Today we are bringing you a video of the Springfield metalcore band Vacant Skies performing their song “Nothing Close to Family” at Black Sheep last month on January 19th. The show was a part of the eight-band “Winter Wreck” that happened featuring bands of all genres and quite the crowd. Check out the video on the player below.

Vacant Skies currently do not have any shows lined up at Black Sheep but we will make sure to let you know when they do! Also check out our vids/pics page for a look at more videos of local and touring bands performing at Black Sheep throughout the years.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Looming, Lavender, LifeWithout, Krelboyne, Pretend I’m Not There

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We have a pretty big show at Black Sheep happening tonight! There are a few twists too- well, actually just one twist. Unfortunately Our Lady had to drop the show tonight. In their place we are getting a rare performance by Springfield’s own Looming who have not played on the Black Sheep stage since September. Wowee. This show is also the EP release show for central-Illinois shoegaze band Lavender. You can stream their new EP on the player below, and then purchase it at the show tonight. Also on the bill is post hardcore band LifeWithout from Alton, Illinois. Then we have Champaign friends and emo band Krelboyne, who have played here many times. Opening things up is the solo project of BJ Pearce called “Pretend I’m Not There”.

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 for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Today on The Black Sheep Radio Show: “The Dumb Records Radio Hour”

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Today we are trying something very new on The Black Sheep Radio Show just for the heck of it. For the first time ever we are actually bringing the show to the Capital Area Career Center where we will be actually be recording the show live. Brian Galecki is going to be hosting this shindig this time around instead of Brandon Carnes, and you can expect to hear a few guests come on. Instead of playing all local music and bands that are coming to town, Dumb Records will be taking over the airwaves this time around and will only be playing vinyl records that you can find for sale in the store.

The Dumb Records Radio Hour will be from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can listen on your radio dial then or also live at wqna.net. Be sure to also check out our radio page for a few old episodes that you can download.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Set Piece, Green Messiah, Black Ops Agency

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It’s Friday and there is a show happening at Black Sheep tonight! Tonight We have the local band Set Piece playing this show, who describe themselves as “heavy indie rock.” You might be able to stream some of their music on the player below. There has also been a slight change to the lineup since we first announced the show. The show will still be just three bands, but instead of Governor Street as previously announced, we now have the Springfield sludge band Green Messiah on the bill. Then the third band on the bill Black Ops Agency, which is a long running rock band featuring members of TANG.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. We might have heard a rumor about their being food at the show!? We’ll see! You can check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.