Today we are bringing you a brand new band page for a newer Springfield band called JAG. JAG is Springfield’s newest all-female sea urchin rock band. You can find out more about the band on their new band page, which you can find right here. The band currently does not have anything recorded but we have been promised that recordings will come eventually. JAG will be playing their next show on Friday, April 18th at Black Sheep.

Check out any of our current band pages right here. We now have close to 70! Are you in a Springfield band that we do not yet have listed? We want to hear from you! Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set up a new page.

Springfield punk band Say Something are now streaming their very first eleven-song release up on bandcamp. We have the release, titled Fred Hampton streaming below. You can also head over to the band’s bandcamp where you can download the whole thing for $5.

Say Something will be playing at Black Sheep tonight along with Stuck Lucky, Muldoon’s Clever Girls, and Akaname. That show is at 7:00 pm and $5. They will also be playing at Black Sheep as part of Record Store Day on Saturday, April 19th. There is a good chance that the Say Something cassette for Fred Hampton will also be the released at Record Store Day!

Today we are bringing you a show announcement for Monday, May 19th. If you are a fan of screamo music then this is the show for you. If not, then this is the show for you anyways. We have the band Flesh Born coming from Denton, Texas for this show. Flesh Born features a member of the Texas band Two Knights who also recently played at Black Sheep. Also on this show is Gas Up Yr Hearse! from Bloomington/Normal, Illinois. The last time they played at Black Sheep was for the first Dumb Fest last summer. Then we have another Dumb Fest band Yusuke coming from Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois. Both of those bands play fast screamo. To top this show off we have the first show of a brand new Springfield screamo band called I’m Dead Inside. Make sure to get there early to find out what they are all about.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a better look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.

Hey this is cool! We have another big show announcement today at blacksheepspringfield.com headquarters. If you like folk, folk punk, indie rock, punk, or pretty much any type of music then this is the show for you. This show is happening on Sunday, April 27th and will feature the two-piece folk project Ghost Mice from Bloomington, Indiana. Ghost Mice features Chris Clavin of indie/folk-punk label Plan-It-X Records. Ghost Mice will be touring with another band that will be announced later. Also playing this show is Springfield favorites Looming (full band). Also on this show is the return of Nephrons, who have been busy recording a new album. Opening things up is a brand new Springfield folk project called Wilt Candy. We are very excited to see what they are all about.

This show will be at 7:00 and $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this year.

Hey fine folks check it out, there’s gonna be a fun show tonight at the sheep! Bring your sunglasses to watch the uncool dudes in the rad band The Timmys. They’re gonna fill your ears with years of rocky asphalt punker jams. Then the folks in D.I.Y punk band Better Days are coming down from St. Louis to give us some hardcore melodic sass, so don’t forget to wig out. The Oswalds are going to be playing too this evening. Inspired by only the most classic of punk, this local set will refresh your earhairs for sure. Then to put the wax back in those suckers will be Mystery Gift, another local band inspired by video games and cloud sitting.

Come out! Tonight! 7pm! It’ll be fun! Bring some money – $5 to be specific- so the power doesn’t go out.  Check out DumbRex too and for more information on this show you can view the facebook page right here. Also, here are some other shows coming up.

Here we have an announcement for the Audiofeed 2014 Lineup! For those of you who don’t know, Audiofeed is a music festival founded in 2013 that takes place in Champaign/Urbana, IL. Not only does it feature dozens of rad bands of all genres and styles, it also features seminars as well as activities for people of all ages. With all of that being said, take a look at some of the musical acts that will be featured during the course of this year’s festival!

Steve Taylor and the Perfect Foils
Flatfoot 56
Sean Michel
Peter Furler Band
Listener
Spoken Nerd
The Overseer
Shane Claiborne
Kid Dead
Timbre
Grave Robber
6’10
The Skies Revolt
VON Strantz
The Burial
Comrades
Harry Gore
Aaron Lee Martin
Nathan Stiteler
Analecta
Cantalouper
The Scurvies
Must Build Jacuzzi
Fight Before Surrender
Reckless Mercy
Sick/Sea

So there we have it! There are going to be some cool acts coming around Audiofeed this year, which will be taking place July 3-5 this year in the Champaign County Fairgrounds. For those of you looking to road trip away from your every day and possibly mundane activities, there will be early camping access on July 2nd. Therefore, road tripping is encouraged. For any other details, check out this very nicely put together website. It has all the information you will need, and there is also a facebook page available to give you videos, pictures and updates if that catches your fancy.

While we’re talking about midwest fests, make sure to get the 411 on Springfield’s Dumbfest this year! It will be taking place in mid-June and is sure to be a super fun fiasco. Till then, creep it real!

Look at this! We have a great show coming up in the wonderful month of April. This time we have King Of Prussia (Kindercare Records) and Sweden’s own Case Conrad. This show brings the dangerously 90s pop sounds of King Of Prussia (not real kings, I asked) and Case Conrad’s take dream pop, and gets all mixed up with locals Meredosia and Full Chroma.

The show will be starting at 7pm and will cost $5. You can find more info for the show on it’s Facebook Event Page. Looking for more shows to check out? Here’s the link!

Ladies, gents and its, it looks like the local psycho/rockabilly band Los Injectors is reuniting after being apart for some time. Originally, they were founded in 1999 and now this trio is BACK to bring us more hard rock tunes (with an upright bass included). So check out one of their videos here and stay tuned for possible shows they may have coming up within the confines of the many venues we have here in Springfield. (To see other springfield shows happening, check this page out too).

Hey people! Join us for another rad show at Black Sheep on March 14th. Springfield/Rochester pop punk band Kickstart is headlining! They are releasing a 10 track album soon, this summer or late spring. Also playing at this show will be: The Affair, Cold Wind Calling (listen to their bandcamp below), and Doggystylez. The show will be on Friday, March 14th at Black Sheep. Show starts at 7:00, and is $5, be there, mixed genre shows are really cool!

Cold Wind Calling is an Ambient Spoken Word group from Normal IL, they released their debut EP: Tired Eyes, this Febuary! As promised, here is their bandcamp stream, free to download (You should do that!):