Black Sheep and Dumb Records Runners Up In State Journal-Register’s Readers Choice Awards

Posted on March 3, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

What do you know, we did not realize that our businesses here in Southtown were big in the running in the State Journal-Register‘s Readers Choice Awards of 2018 until just now. Voting goes from now until March 6th, so you have just three days to vote for your favorite local businesses, bands, and people in these fun categories.

VOTE HERE.

This time around Black Sheep is in the running for “Best House Band Venue” and Dumb Records is in the category of “Best Music Store”. You can find both of those in the “Entertainment and Recreation” and “Shopping” sections. Find a poll to vote for and nominate your favorite local band and musician in the Entertainment and Recreation section as well.

March 10th at Black Sheep: Vonne, Little Death, Marble Teeth, Telephone Junkies, Clementine

Posted on March 2, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Keeping the March show announcements coming! By the way, we just updated the shows page on our site and our March calendar is looking pretty intense! Good luck out there! This one is happening exactly one week from today on Saturday, March 10th. We have the band Vonne performing once again! The band reunited for The Black Sheep Holiday show back in December after not performing together for more than a year. Is the band reunited for good? Probably not. This show also features Springfield band The Little Death. Then we have Marble Teeth from Decatur, Illinois. Marble Teeth is the solo project of Caleb formerly of the duo “Spooky Poo” that played a number of times at Black Sheep before. Check out some of that new project’s music on the player below. We also have Telephone Junkies, the heavy-hitting and young indie rock band that everyone has been raving about. Opening things up is Clementine – the new solo project of Clare Frachey.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $6. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to look at everything we have coming up at Black Sheep this spring!

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Marbin

Posted on March 2, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We do have some special guests coming in on The Black Sheep Radio Show to talk to us and that is the entire band Marbin who will be performing at The Black Sheep tonight! Marbin kicks off at Black Sheep at 8:00 pm and they are the only band lined up for the entire night. We have been promised that all of our faces will be melted off. Join us on our radio program today as we talk to Marbin about what they are all about, as well as play plenty of music from your favorite local groups.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can catch us that same time online at wqna.net. Also check out our radio show page for a few downloadable episodes of the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Marbin

Posted on March 2, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We do have a show lined up for you all happening tonight! It’s a little different than our normal show setup because we just have one band performing for the night. That is Marbin – the progressive jazz-rock fusion band from Chicago. You can stream one of Marbin’s songs on the player below to hear more of what they are all about. We hope you all are ready to get your faces melted tonight.

This show is also a little bit different because there are advance tickets being sold. The show is $12 in advance and $15 at the door (all ages still of course). You can purchase tickets in advance online right here. Also find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else we have coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

March 8th at Black Sheep: Monterrey, Master Bastard, Famous Losers, Mike Butler

Posted on March 1, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s March! Ahh! It’s pretty much spring so that means we are going to start piling the show announcements, starting with this one coming up real quick. This is a week night show happening on Thursday, March 8th in less than a week. For this show we have the band Monterrey coming from North West Indiana. You can stream their music on the player below to see if you like what you hear. They will be joined by local rock band from right here in Springfield – Master Bastard. Then also another band from Jacksonville, Illinois – Famous Losers. Great to see all of these bands from Jacksonville lately! Opening things up is Mike Butler formerly of the band Vonne. Come hear Mike’s beautiful voice.

Things kick off at 7:00 pm and you bet your bottom that this show is $6 to get in. Check out a facebook event for this one 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 spring.

Graveswitcher: “Graveswitcher”

Posted on February 28, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Today we are happy to bring you the debut demo of a new Springfield band that has not yet even played their first show called “Graveswitcher”. You can check out their new six-song self titled demo on the player below. Also head over to the band’s bandcamp page to download the release at your own price. The band features members of countless other Springfield bands including Moondead, Soap Scum, Livin’ Thing, Bottom Bracket, Prowess, Looming, and more.

Graveswitcher does have one show currently lined up in Springfield and that is one coming up on Monday, March 26th at Springfield house basement venue “CFP.” More info on that can be found right here.

Timothy Donavan Russell: “The Sound of Cosmology”

Posted on February 28, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Good evening, it’s midnight on Tuesday night so we figured we’d share with you this new release by local solo ambient artist Timothy Donavan Russell that will take us all into outer space. This is Timothy’s nineteenth release listed on his bandcamp (there are probably countless others through his musical career). This one is thirteen tracks under the title The Sound of Cosmology. According to the description on Timothy’s bandcamp this is “samples of spoken words of scientists set to music. Featuring: Brian Cox, Fay Dowker, Brain Greene, Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, Hiranya Peiris, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson.” You can stream The Sound of Cosmology on the player embedded below.

This release goes along with an upcoming art show at The Pharmacy Gallery at 711 South 5th Street here in town. The art show is called “Cosmos” and features the works of Timothy and other artists and goes the weekend of March 9th and 10th. More info on that can be found right here.

March 4th Open Mic at Dumb Records

Posted on February 28, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Oh goody, we are announcing our next open mic night and it is happening this upcoming Sunday, March 4th at Dumb Records, located at 1107 South Grand Ave East. As with usual Dumb Records and Black Sheep open mics, we have 15 minute time slots throughout the night up to be claimed beforehand on the facebook event, and we will make sure to hold a few to be claimed the day of the show. Here is what the schedule is looking like right now:

10:15-10:30 (open)
10:00-10:15 (open)
9:45-10:00 (open)
9:30-9:45 (open)
9:15-9:30 (open)
9:00-9:15 – Dennis Z Chavours
8:45-9:00 – Michael Hart
8:30-8:45 – Sydney Lynne
8:15-8:30 – Lucy Nora
8:00-8:15 – August Francis
7:45-8:00 – Emasculate Regression
7:30-7:45 – Emasculate Regression
7:15-7:30 – Foam Fingers
7:00-7:15 – Foam Fingers

As you can see the event goes from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm and there are still plenty of slots to be claimed. This one is free, and you can even enjoy a 30% off sale on everything at Dumb Records. Find a facebook again for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in Southtown this spring.

March 3rd at The Radon Lounge: Veseria, Hushpad, Epsom, Alec James

Posted on February 24, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

The next show we have to tell you about happening one week from today is at The Radon Lounge on Saturday, March 3rd. First of all look at that wonderful painting by Chris Martin – Chris will be the featured artist at The Radon for this show. (The Radon Lounge has been featuring different local artists set up at each show in one corner of their basement). The touring act on this bill is a group called Veseria from Indianapolis, Indiana. You can stream some of their music on the player below. Then there’s another band more familiar to The Radon and that is shoegaze project Hushpad from Lincoln Illinois. Lined up before that is Springfield rock group Epsom playing at The Radon Lounge for the first time. Solo Acoustic act Alec James is opening, also first time performing at The Radon Lounge.

That show is at 7:00 pm and is $5 admission. To find out where The Radon Lounge is, you must inquire on their website. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our Springfield shows page for a list of shows going on in Springfield outside of Black Sheep.

Tours: Looming, Yowler, Tigers Jaw

Posted on February 24, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Did you know that Looming are already three days into one of the biggest tours they have ever embarked on as a band right now? We guess now would probably be a good time to tell you about it! The band is currently on tour with big national touring act Tigers Jaw and also Yowler. Unfortunately that tour is not coming to Springfield, but it is stopping through Dekalb, Illinois on March 16th. The band is playing at The Black Sheep as well, but it’s the one in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Looming released their second full length album Seed back in October with a release show at Black Sheep. Be on the lookout for another Looming show to be announced in Springfield happening later this year sometime in the future.