July 27th at Black Sheep: Looming, Aviator, Lume, Moondead

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Well hot dang looks like we haven’t made an official announcement post for this show which is happening in just a little over two weeks from now at Black Sheep!  On Thursday, July 27th we will be blessed once again with another Looming performance – and the first since early March of this year. Looming will be performing at Black Sheep this night and then also two days later on the 29th as part of Downhome Music Festival. Check out their first single they dropped off their new upcoming album right here. Aside from Looming playing, this show lineup is already looking great on it’s own. We have the return of the band Aviator from Massachusetts for the first time in over two years. Check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We also have the band Lume from Chicago, who played here last later last year as part of one of Our Lady’s last shows. Opening things up we have a special treat and that is the local band Moondead… playing their final show? Come out to see them one last time!

This show starts at 7:00 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 summer!

New Band Pages: Stick People

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Today we bring you another band page that is long overdue, and that is from the Taylorville-based 90’s but now rock group Stick People. Sure they are from Taylorville, but we love this band as if they are one of our own. We hope you do too. If you head over to the band’s newly created band page right here, you can stream their newest song “No Fun” and also find out a little more about the band. Stick People will be playing here next on July 22nd along with RASH and Undone, and they will also be playing Black Sheep Fest this year on August 5th!

Check out any of our 60+ current band pages right here. Do you perform in a Springfield band or are a solo musician who has not yet gotten a page set up with us? Send us an email to blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you in setting something up!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Pretend I’m Not There, Leche, Grady Drugg, Say Something

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This one is happening tonight, and completes a long streak of 5 shows we’ve had over here in Southtown in the past 6 days. Come out and say “hi”. Tonight we’ve got a couple of touring acts from Texas as well as a couple of locals. Pretend I’m Not There is headlining the bill tonight, B.J. Pearce’s solo ambient stuff. Then from Austin, Texas the touring band we’ve got lined up tonight is the band “Leche.” Stream two of their tracks on the player below. Leche will be touring with another solo act called “Grady Drugg” who will also be playing the show tonight. Opening things up tonight (or going second) is a rare performance by energetic punk band Say Something.

This show tonight starts at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. 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 summer.

July 25th at Black Sheep: Outlier, Noesis, Abyss, Crown The Martyr

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Usually the summer brings plenty of metal at Black Sheep and we have this pretty big one coming up before the end of the month on Tuesday, July 25th! This will be happening a few days after another metal show we recently announced on Friday, July 21st. This one features heavy big time touring act Outlier from San Jose, California. We are happy to have them. You can stream some music from Outlier on the player embedded below. Also on this show is heavy hitting Central Illinois metalcore act Noesis. They are actually heading out on tour themselves pretty soon! We also got the hard rock act Abyss on board for this one. Opening things up looks like we’ve got Crown The Martyr from Peoria, Illinois.

This show will start right at 7:00 pm, admission is $8 for this big metal gig. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Videos: Food & Money at Black Sheep 7-1-17, Stream Full Food & Money LP

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We can still not get over how incredible it was to have bands Food & Money and Backwards Day perform at Black Sheep for the first time in 35 years and 23 years together here at the beginning of this month. Today we bring you a video of one of the songs from Food & Money’s set, which you can find on the player below. The song is called “No Bones” and is the first song the band ever wrote as far back as the 1970’s. Thanks to Gordon Chang, video of Food & Money’s entire set from that night is also available right here. We have a few photos from that night compiled onto a flickr album right here.

Also within the past few days, the entire new Food & Money LP that has been released by Alona’s Dream Records has been made available online! You can stream all 21 songs of the record (some unreleased) right here or also on the player below. The record will be available very soon at Dumb Records.

Stick People: “No Fun”

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This past week the Taylorville grunge punk band Stick People released a new recorded track called “No Fun.” The band has been working with new studio in Southtown – Southtown Sound on a new release, however this song was NOT recorded up in Southtown Sound. Instead it was recorded by Kevin Carman of Track 5 Productions. Stream that track on the player below.

Stick People will be performing next at Black Sheep in around two weeks at a show on July 22nd with RASH and Undone. They will also be playing at Black Sheep Fest 2017 on Saturday, August 5th. We’ll be sure to keep you all posted on new music recorded in Southtown Sound as soon as that is released!

Hip Hop Matinee Show Today at Dumb Records With L-Smooth, Mainframe, Nefarious Cloud, DJ Tariq

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We hope you all are having a great weekend. If you don’t have anything going on this beautiful Sunday afternoon we have just the perfect thing. And it’s free! Happening inside Dumb Records (1107 South Grand Ave East) today only – we have a few hip hop acts – two from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and one local. The two from OKC are “L-Smooth” and “Mainframe.” Check out a music video from L-Smooth at the bottom of this post to get an idea on what that’s all about. In addition to those two touring acts, we also have local performer Nefarious Cloud on the bill. Nefarious is also playing Black Sheep Fest this year on August 5th. Last but not least we have DJ Tariq playing some mixes throughout the duration of the show. Tariq actually put together the flier for the show!

The show again starts at 3:00 pm and is free (just donate to the touring acts, okay?). Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a peak at what else is coming up in Southtown this summer. See you today!

July 22nd at Black Sheep: RASH, Stick People, Undone

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“PUNK SHOW” – that’s what we have going on here at Black Sheep on Saturday, July 22nd in just two weeks wether you like it or not. We got just three bands comin’ at ya all with pretty short and fast sets. This includes the band RASH from Chicago, you can stream some music from them on the player below. We also have a couple of local acts from right here in Springfield of course. You like Nirvana? Well you are in luck because we’ve got the hit Taylorville grunge / alternative band Stick People on board for this one. They are good as heck. Opening things up is somewhat of another return of the almost lost and forgotten Springfield punk band Undone!

This show will start a little later at 7:30pm, admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Of course you can also check our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up this summer at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Runaway Brother, Farseek, Bottom Bracket, Jessica Knight

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The shows over here just don’t stop!! We’ve got a pretty good one lined up tonight. For this one we have the band Runaway Brother returning from Ohio – the band last played here over two years ago in the spring of 2014 along with Looming. Stream some of Runaway Brother’s newer music on the player embedded below. Runaway brother will be touring with the solo project “Farseek” also from Ohio and also familiar to the Black Sheep stage. For this one we have local band Bottom Bracket on the bill. Opening things up is also a rare solo performance by Jessica Knight of Looming.

This show will start at 7:00 pm on the dot, and admission is $6. 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 we have coming up at Black Sheep this summer!

July 21st at Black Sheep: Kryosis, Eyes From Above, Robot Army, Bloodsoaked Boogie Bandits

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Are you ready for a big night of metal at Black Sheep? Well this one is happening exactly two weeks from today on Friday, July 21st and features plenty of that. This show features the newer Springfield metal group Kryosis. Check out their brand new EP streaming right here. We have another metal band new to the Springfield area called “Eyes From Above” who played at Black Sheep for another show late last month. Stream a song from them on the player embedded below. Then we’ve got a metal band from Jacksonville, Illinois lined up called “Robot Army.” Opening things up we’ve got an act called Bloodsoaked Boogie Bandits- get ready to boogie with them!

This show will be starting at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out an event page for that 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 the rest of this summer.