Tonight at Black Sheep: Brendan Wells Plant Music, Plants With Human Names, Emasculate Regression, Rella

Posted on October 9, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight is a very special night. Tonight will feature a show unlike any other show before at Black Sheep. That is because this show, is not for us humans. It is for the plants. That’s right, music for plants. A concert for plants. Plants. Tonight we have Brendan Wells Plant Music coming from Minneapolis, Minnesota. What is that? It is music for plants. Have a listen on the player below. We also have hip hop project “Plants with Human Names“, formerly “Animals with Human Names”. Emasculate Regression is also performing a special farm sounds set for this show. Before that is solo project of Clare Frachey, “Rella.” And opening things up we have Brian Galecki goofing off on the omnichord.

This show will start at 7:00 pm. Here is the big kicker – the show is $7, BUT if you bring your own *living* plant, the show is $3. So bring your plants! 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.

October 20th at Black Sheep: Poets, Artists & Storytellers – Take 2

Posted on October 8, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Back in June we hosted a night called “Poets, Arists & Storytellers” at Black Sheep. Well, now on Friday, October 20th we have another one of those coming up! The Poetry Fight Club event that was held in Black Sheep this Friday was a good one too, we are happy to do what we can to support a growing and thriving poetry scene here in Springfield!

The lineup for this event is more of an open-mic format. Everyone comes and pays a $5 admission, and the floor is open to any poets, artists, or storytellers who would like to perform as far as we know. There is 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 in Southtown this fall.

Evan Mitchell: “Busted Cigarette”

Posted on October 8, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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Taylorville American solo one man band artist Evan Mitchell has done gone country! Earlier this fall Evan dropped his first country music single called “Busted Cigarette.” The tune comes from an upcoming full length country album by Evan, which we may have more info for you on soon. You can check out “Busted Cigarette” on the youtube player embedded below.

Evan Mitchell does not have any shows lined up in town right now as far as we can tell.

October 19th at Dumb Records: Holy Gallows, P.I.N.T., Jeff Williams, Glower

Posted on October 7, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Let’s not get behind on our show announcements! The next show happening inside of Dumb Records is coming up fairly quick- this one will be on Thursday, October 19th. It features the touring ambient project Holy Gallows from Memphis, Tennessee. Check out Holy Gallows music on the player below. We also have local solo ambient project inspired by Holy Gallows himself, Pretend I’m Not There on the bill. We also have a solo performance by Jeff Williams, local artist and frontman for long running punk band NIL8. Jeff’s solo set is always a treat. Opening things up we have a newer Springfield project featuring Kate Ridge and Kristin Walker of various other projects. Their new group is called Glower.

This show starts inside the record store at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. Find 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 in Southtown this fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Scary Movie Night

Posted on October 7, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Happy Saturday everyone! If you don’t have anything to do this October night, we have the perfect solution for you. Tonight at Black Sheep we are hosting a scary movie night. As you can see, we have a projector screen hooked up to a VHS player all hooked up and ready to go, along with state of the art stadium theater seating and sound. Tonight we will be showing two films – starting at 7:00 pm. The fans have voted for their top picks on the facebook event here. Maybe we will be taking another poll at Black Sheep tonight to see if the polls line up?

This is tonight at Black Sheep – first movie starts around 7:00 pm, the second movie starts at some point after the first movie is done. We’ll just be taking donations for Black Sheep. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else we have coming up this fall.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Devin Hayes

Posted on October 6, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Today is another Friday, so that means another episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show. Today we are pulling out a surprise special guest from here in town far beyond the usual scene of Black Sheep artists and performers – and that is NBC’s Boy Band™ finalist Devin Hayes. Devin is an active musician who currently tours the country and is determined to hit it hard now that his time on Boy Band is done. He had a hit single come out last month, “Right Here” – and will also be performing at Boondocks on this Sunday, October 8th. We’ll be talking to Devin about how far he’s gotten and where he plans on taking his career from here! Wow!

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

Tonight at Black Sheep: Poetry Fight Club

Posted on October 6, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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We have a pretty busy schedule this weekend at Black Sheep, and you can expect these next few events we have lined up to be a little bit different from the ordinary for us starting with a “Poetry Fight Club” tonight! Then we have a scary movie night tomorrow night and a plant show on Monday! The Poetry Fight Club is a newer group in Springfield we are allowing to to take over our space tonight. What’s this all about? Here’s a description of what to expect from a facebook event:

Poetry Fight Club is an intimate monthly event hosted by Johari Idusuyi and Emma Wilson. Each month, we propose a question, and then at the event, we all share a poem that centers around that month’s question. The goal is to promote the creation of new work through these prompts, and also to encourage attendees to get comfortable sharing what they’ve written.

For October we ask: What are you harvesting? This prompt is extremely open and flexible! Interpret it how ever you would like. To participate in Poetry Fight Club, bring a poem that answers this question to share with the group.

Bring a pen and paper too for a writing exercise.

This will kick off at 6:30 pm on Friday, October 6th. Feel free to come out if it sounds like something you would be interested in! Admission is $3. Find 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 autumn.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Looming (Album Release), Screaming Females, Street Eaters, Choir Vandals

Posted on October 2, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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Can you believe it, we have finally made it to this mega-huge show going on at Black Sheep tonight. This will be one to remember. Tonight we have Looming‘s big album release for their second full length album “Seed” – and also the return of SCREAMING FEMALES from New Brunswick, New Jersey since their spectacular appearance at Black Sheep in the Spring of 2015. Check out music from Screaming Females on the player below. You can stream Looming’s new album, Seed in its entirety right here. This time around Screaming Females will be on tour with the band Street Eaters from Berkley, California. Then Looming have their friends in Choir Vandals in town to open up the show. Choir Vandals also performed at the Looming album release show for Nailbiter along with Park at Black Sheep two years ago.

This will be a very big show. Come early so you can find parking, etc. If you did not get a ticket in advance, it is $15 at the door. The first band goes on tonight at 6:30 pm. Find a facebook event for the show right here. And of course check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Hobgoblinspookadelic 2017 at Bar None Saturday, October 28th: NIL8, Fragile Porcelain Mice, Parasites

Posted on October 1, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Since it is now October a lot of you might be starting to think about those Halloween plans! We WILL be having a Black Sheep Halloween show this year on October 31st. Be on the lookout for that announcement soon. NIL8‘s annual Hobgoblinspookadelic will be taking place this year as well on Saturday, October 28th at Bar None for the 21 and up crowd. This should be a fun one – a legendary St. Louis rock band – Fragile Porcelain Mice (formed in 1991) will be performing. Check out some of their music on the player below. Opening this thing up is the band Parasites from Chicago.

This show will start at 8:30 pm, admission is $10, and the show is ages 21+. Find a facebook event for the show right here. Without giving too much away, we will also say that Dumb Records is working on something special for a certain Halloween parade happening earlier that night also downtown!! Wow!

Exclusive Streams: Kate Laine: “Folding,” New Album “Recurring Dream” Out October 14th

Posted on October 1, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

After our doing our *exclusive* full album stream of Looming’s new album Seed this past week, we want to make sure we keep that *exclusive* content coming in hot on our website right here. Today we bring you a brand new exclusive track from Springfield solo artist Kate Laine. This is a brand new song called “Folding” – which comes from a new album Kate has coming out on October 14th called Recurring Dream (artwork pictured above). The album was recorded here in Southtown at Southtown Sound. This track also features Mario Cannamela (Bottom Bracket, Livin’ Thing) on guitar.

Kate will be performing two shows in the area to coincide with the album’s release. One of which is on Saturday, October 14th in Curran, Illinois at Trails End. The other is on Friday, October 20th at Bar None. The album will also be available on CD at Dumb Records starting October 14th.