September 29th at The Radon Lounge: Ratboys, Knotts, Yung Magic, Flunkie

Posted on September 26, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Yesterday we told you what we have lined up at Black Sheep this Saturday – a 217 Showcase featuring hip hop and R&B from the area. Looks like you all have options for great shows going on in town that night! Our friends over at The Radon Lounge are putting on a big event, which will also be the first show of the season for them since last spring. (The Springfield house venue usually takes a break during the summer). This time the basement venue is bringing in big Chicago Topshelf Records band Ratboys. Stream the newest music by Ratboys on the player below. This show also features quite the lineup of other groups. This includes Knotts from Cincinnati, Ohio. Also a newer local singer/songwriter called “Flunkie“. Opening things up is a new local hip hop project with a live backing band called Yung Magic. Also The Radon Lounge has been throwing featured artists and local businesses into the mix with their shows – this one features art and books by “Two Long Ears“.

All of that starts over at The Radon Lounge at 7:00 pm this Saturday. Admission is $10. Check out a facebook event for that one right here. Also be sure to check out our Springfield shows page for a list of shows going on outside of Black Sheep that we will hopefully update later today.

State Journal-Register “Dumb Records Uses Mayor Langfelder’s Likeness In Web Ad”

Posted on September 25, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Looks like once again Dumb Records has made the news. This time it’s for something a little on the wacky side. In yesterday’s paper (Monday) the paper published an article: “Dumb Records Uses Mayor Langfelder’s Likeness In Web Ad”. The article is a reference to this online video advertisement ran by our store on facebook, created by Evan Mitchell that premiered during his showing of Star Wars fan fictional film “The Lost Sandwhich” which premiered in our store at the start of this month. A newspaper reporter interviewed store owner Brian Galecki, video creator Evan Mitchell, and also the mayor himself. From the article:

“If they feel like I can sell some records, you know how I love music,” Langfelder said. However, that doesn’t mean Langfelder wants to see a barrage of ads using his image to sell products. “I don’t want a bunch of people out there doing that,” Langfelder said. Langfelder has a collection of albums on vinyl. His favorite song is “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin.

Check out the full article online right here. Will there be any sort of follow up with us reaching out to the mayor to team up somehow in the future? We will see. Stay tuned to find out what happens next.

Saturday, September 29th at Black Sheep: 217 Showcase

Posted on September 25, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Look at those fancy tickets! Those are for a show that we’ve got going on at our place this upcoming Saturday, September 29th! You better be there! This event is a showcase of what looks like some of the best hip hop and R&B artists in the 217 area right now. Let’s look down the list:

Brandon Austin Entertainment
Pytch
Shawn Push Freligh
Vinal Luciano
Meezy Killafield
Alex Whitehurst (YT)
Breed

with Special Guests:
Bethany Bantner
Kate Reynolds

Cool! You can stream some music from Vinal Luciano who is performing on the player below. Vinal was also featured on the cover of the July issue of Activator Magazine if anyone remembers or has that issue.

The show on Saturday starts at 7:00 pm. Admission is $10, and you don’t have to have an advance ticket to come out. Check out 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 fall.

September 28th at Black Sheep: Spell Breaker, Graveswitcher, Mike Butler

Posted on September 25, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a couple of shows coming up this upcoming weekend that we are going to tell you about today! Yes, we do have a show this upcoming Friday, September 28th that is going to be short and sweet. Believe it or not we hear that it is supposed to be the band Spell Breaker‘s last show or something like that (pictured above). Also on this show is Graveswitcher (is it their tape release or something? we don’t know). Opening things up is a solo set by Mike Butler, and that’s it! Stream Spell Breaker’s music on the player below.

This show will start at 7:00 pm or 7:30 pm and probably literally be over in an hour. Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

September 23rd at Black Sheep: Lo And Behold, Starving The South, Polterguts, Eyes From Above

Posted on September 21, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

What else do we have going on at Black Sheep this weekend? Glad you asked! Well, Sunday September 23rd (in two days) we have this metal show going on. Hip hop tonight, nothing Saturday, and metal on Sunday. That’s right. For Sunday we have touring act “Lo And Behold” coming from Springfield, Missouri. As crazy as this is if you can believe it, the band actually played at Bourbon Street Bar across the street earlier this summer and they are coming back to Southtown to play Black Sheep and get the whole experience. Stream their music on the player below. This time around the band is coming through with “Starving The South” – a hardcore rock n’ roll group also from Southern/Central Missouri. Joining us on the bill is St. Louis metal band Polterguts. Opening things up and the only Springfield band on the bill is Eyes From Above.

This show starts at 6:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out 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.

Tonight at Black Sheep: “Where Da Cash At?” Hip Hop Contest

Posted on September 21, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight! At Black Sheep we do have a pretty big hip hop event going on. That’s right, tonight twenty different performers are going to be competing for a big $500 prize, a free video shoot and more. Judges will be Springfield hip hop performers Cornbread and Vinal Luciano themselves. The event will be hosted by Alexa Redd. Sounds like there may be open slots as well, so come out at 7:00pm if you are interested in performing.

All of this tonight starts at 7:30pm tonight. Admission is $5. Check out 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 fall.

October 20th at Black Sheep: The Shadows of Knight, Rockford, Tom Irwin

Posted on September 20, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a big show we are announcing to you all this afternoon! Exactly one month from today on Saturday, October 20th we are pleased to be bringing 1960’s garage/psychedelic group The Shadows of Knight to Black Sheep. If you can believe it, this band was formed in 1965 and are originally from the suburbs of Chicago. Original vocalist Jimy Sohns will be performing with the band. They have a good number of albums under their belt, and you ALL know their rendition of the song “Gloria” which you can find on the youtube player below.

We do have two openers on this grand concert and that includes the younger garage group Rockford, and also Springfield legendary musician Tom Irwin. This will be one not to miss! The Shadows of Knight will hands down be the longest running band to ever perform at Black Sheep in our 13+ years as a venue.

This show is happening exactly one month from today. There are ticket pre-orders. Tickets are $12 in advance and you can find a link to purchase them online right here, also they are for sale at Dumb Records at all times. (We have a link to purchase tickets on the sidebar of our home page too). Tickets at the door are $15. The show will start at 7:00 pm. 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 this fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Double Grave, Bottom Bracket, Nectar, Kate Laine

Posted on September 17, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s Monday, but we do have a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! This one features three-piece rock group “Double Grave” from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out their newest EP streaming below to hear what they sound like. This show will also feature Springfield’s own home grown noodle rock emo group Bottom Bracket. And friends from Champaign/Urbana, the wonderful Nectar. You know you can’t go wrong with a lineup like that. Opening things up we have a solo set from local musician Kate Laine.

This one starts at 7:00 pm and admission is a nice $6. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018 Lineup (Show November 16th)

Posted on September 16, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Good morning! Last night names were drawn for Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018 – the fifth year we have ever organized such an event at Black Sheep. For those of you who do not know what band lotto is, willing participants had a week to place their name into a box, and last night names were drawn out in groups of fours and fives at random. It is the task of these randomly selected groups to form together and create a band to perform a show two months from now. That show will be happening on Friday, November 16th. Here are the groups as drawn:

BAND #1:
Brice Jackson
Noah Faingold
Hannah Tolan
Thad Lolling
Phil Rath

BAND #2
Austin Connelly
Zack Karraker
Dennis Chavours
Tater Cronin
Angie Tonucci

BAND #3
Devon Fluelen
Evan Mitchell
Mike Reisinger
Mario Cannamela

BAND #4
Drew Kodrich
Matthew Welchel
Justin Tabatabai
Johari Idusuyi

BAND #5
B.J. Pearce
Samaiyah Williams
Carter Bibb
Brian Galecki
Laura McKinney

BAND #6
Liam Coffey
Jake McNamara
Emily Kunce
Mike Butler

BAND #7
Mateusz Serafin
Dalton McKinley
Jameson Bullock
Matt LaMarca
Nighthawk

There you have it! See any wildcards in there? Again the show is happening exactly two months from now on Friday, November 16th. It starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here.

Black Sheep, Dumb Fest Finalists in The Illinois Times’s “Best of Springfield 2018”

Posted on September 15, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s that time of year again (you know what’s up), once again The Illinois Times are in the middle of gathering votes for their annual “Best Of” series where you get to vote for your favorite local businesses, bands, musicians, and public figures here in Springfield. This year just like every year now for a good number of years, The Black Sheep has made it on a list of finalists for best “small music venue.” Dumb Fest has made it on a list of finalists for “best music festival”. Dumb Records does not fit into any category, sorry. There are also a few band categories this year, although a notable one “best punk band” is not even a category this year, neither is “best all ages band” which have both featured bands frequently playing Black Sheep in the past. We won’t tell you who to vote for for any of these categories, but you can find the link to vote below!

VOTE HERE.

The Illinois Times will be posting their results for their polls in their October 25th issue later on next month. Our own “Best of Springfield Music” poll is ran on this site in December, so look forward to that as a poll that highlights more local bands, shows, and releases for 2018.