It’s been a little while since we have gotten a new band page together. Tonight we are bringing you a brand new page for Springfield’s newest metal band called Set Fire To Salem. You can check out Set Fire To Salem’s new band page right here where you can learn more about the group, and also stream some of their music. Set Fire To Salem played their first Black Sheep show last month and will be planning something for later this fall very soon.

Check out any of our 60+ current band pages of Springfield bands right here. Do you play in a Springfield band that has not yet set a page up with us? We would love to hear from you! Send us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

As we venture into our second decade as an all ages venue in Springfield, we have our first band coming from across seas since Black Sheep hit the ten year mark. This show is happening on Saturday, October 10th, and it is going to be an earlier show starting at 5:00 pm. For this show we have a triumphant return of the alternative/indie band Mystery Gift which might be coming back with a new and improved lineup. Then the international band playing is “Nicoffeine” coming all the way from Germany. They play a type of experimental/instrumental noise rock that you can check out streaming below! On tour with Nicoffeine is the band “Complainer” from St. Louis, which features the same members of previous band Spelling Bee. Opening things up will be a performance by the extreme noisecore act Gutterpriest.

Again, this show will be starting at 5:00 pm, and we will be asking for $5 at the door. 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 this fall.

We have a little bit of a last minute show to announce today, happening this upcoming Friday, July 3rd. It is also looking like this will be the only show at Black Sheep next weekend, so make sure to come out and have a yourself a ball! For this show we have the local instrumental project Fel Fae. Then on tour from Memphis, Tennessee we have a band called Forrister coming to play for us. You can check out some of Forrister’s music below. Opening up the show we have a rare solo performance by Mario Cannamela of the band Wir Können.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5 to get in. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to see everything we have coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep we are having a show filled exclusively with rap battles! Those of you who have been around for previous rap battles at Black Sheep know just how intense they can get, and this show will be no exception. Here’s what is lined up as far as who will be facing who on the stage:

Twitch and Cerius Barz face off in a battle of #3BL vets,
Decatur’s Yella takes on Peoria’s Iydiss,
Peoria’s Get Em Bo takes on Missouri’s Malado,
and two newcomers Rick Slick and Zach Gilbert match up in a battle of rookies!

DJ for the night will be DJ Juice Ortiz, and “Uncanny” himself will be the host for the night. There also might be a non-battle performance or two snuck in from 2 Live Nation, We Back Soon, and possibly more!

Doors for this show will kick off at 6:00 pm, and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Follow the 217 hip hop facebook page to stay more updated on hip hop shows in town, and also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Southtown.

This Saturday night (tonight) we have a show for all of you alternative rockers out there.

For this show we have the punk band Inner Outlines from Carrollton, Illinois. They play a type of pop punk. This show is also the return of local band The Complaint Line to Black Sheep, since their last show here last August. Then we have the indie-pop band called “Because Reasons” coming from St. Louis to play this show. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Opening things up is a performance by the pop punk local band Kickstart, who are also playing the Black Sheep stage of SOHO Music Festival downtown this upcoming weekend!

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

Wow! Somehow we all just pulled off an incredible weekend and just finished up what was probably the best Dumb Fest yet! THANK YOU to all of the bands who played, the volunteers who helped run the festival, and to all of you who came out to the fest or who stopped by even just for a little bit. We couldn’t keep this going without you! We’ll be back sometime soon with a better re-cap of the weekend along with plenty of photos and videos. Stay tuned for the Black Sheep Fest lineup (happening July 25th) being announced later today. Don’t forget we also have ten days left of the Project Southtown Kickstarter Campaign, were we are continuing to collect funds to launch a new non-for-profit organization to protect Southtown!

Time for the summer show announcements to start rolling in! Today we have news of a hardcore show happening on Monday, June 29th here at Black Sheep. For this show we have the San Francisco-based hardcore band SCALPED coming as a part of their big U.S. tour. Stream SCALPED’s new EP on the player below. Then we have a lineup of three great local hardcore punk bands. This includes the mid-tempo Ooey Gooey band Asthma. We also have the thrashy hardcore band Diaper Rash, who have already put out three demos in the short time they have been around. Opening things up is a performance by a newer band called “Garter” featuring members of Nighthawk, Big Storm, and Teen Freak.

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

April 20th keeps getting cooler and cooler. We’re proud to announce the performance of Wrest, an experimental art trio from Pennsylvania. The trio’s features saxophone, drums and double bass focusing the creative aspects of improvisation, which is the act of performing music without prior preparation. Each Wrest performance is unique to that evening’s show. This will be a truly unique experience.

The show will start at 7:00 pm inside of Dumb Records. The door cover will be $8. If you are participating in the other events happening this evening, entry will be only $3. Be sure to keep up with this and other shows right here.

There is a lot happening at Dumb Records! There are plenty of new arrivals in the store this week and it looks like the store’s open hours will also be changing. On top of that we are getting ready for one of the biggest days of the year for the store and that is Record Store Day happening Saturday, April 18th. As far as store hours go, some days Dumb Records is going to be open for less hours, but we are also going to be open on Mondays! This means the record store is going to be open at some point every day! Make sure to also check our Dumb Records page for regular store hours. Here are our hours for this week:

Tuesday (today): 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday (show): 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm

New LPs
Blacklisted – When People Grow, People Go
Cold World – How The Gods Chill
Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
Cursed – Two
Drown – Dispossession
The Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ
Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
WYE Oak – Civilian

New 7”s
Dangers – Five O Clock Shadows
Eternal Sleep – Belief In The Truth Of Nothing
Loma Prieta / Raein – Split
Purge – Sewage
Touché Amoré / Pianos Become Teeth – Split
Touché Amoré / Title Fight – Split

New Cassettes
Drown – Dispossession