Black Sheep Open Mic on December 30th

Posted on December 24, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

We all had a great time at the Black Sheep Holiday Show last night, and great seeing Brandon Carnes rock it with his big F*&#///\\\Mountain project once again. Now it’s time for us to tell you about the next show we have coming up at Black Sheep- it’s an open mic happening next weekend. This open mic is already jam packed with artists and musicians. It starts at 6:00 pm and goes until 9:00 pm so that some of us can get over to a show at Bar None later that night. Let’s take a look at the schedule:

8:45 – 9:00 = Nighthawk
8:30 – 8:45 = DB Cooper
8:15 – 8:30 = Ian Winterbauer
8:00 – 8:15 = Zach Goriszewski
7:45 – 8:00 = Jeff Williams
7:30 – 7:45 = Nathan Powers
7:15 – 7:30 = Jessica Knight
7:00 – 7:15 = Jordan Durham
6:45 – 7:00 = Heptanes
6:30 – 6:45 = (keeping open to be claimed at the show)
6:15 – 6:30 = Emma Wilson
6:00 – 6:15 = Andrew Marshall

Wow! As you can see, looks like this open mic has turned into a solid show. Featuring Emma Wilson who was recently our guest on The Black Sheep Radio Show, also Jeff Williams of NIL8, the return of Jessica Knight of Looming, hip hop from DB Cooper, and also closing with a rare on stage Nighthawk performance. We just have one slot left open to be claimed the day of the show.

The open mic starts right at 6:00 pm (early) and for admission we are just collecting donations of anywhere between one and five dollars. 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 in the near future.

Lincoln’s Legends: Southtown Sound Interview + Holiday Walks

Posted on December 23, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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Our good friend Jeremie Bailey who hangs out on the Dumb Records couch and does the creative content podcast and vlog – “Lincoln’s Legends” has recently featured a few interviews and videos worth noting! First one is an interview with Mario Cannamela of Southtown Sound– the new Southtown recording studio that is launching early 2017 if everything goes as planned with their kickstarter campaign. You can check out that video interview below. For those of you who do not know, the Black Sheep Holiday Show happening tonight is also a benefit for the new studio.

The second video below that is a walkthrough of Downtown Springfield Inc.‘s “Holiday Walks” featuring Downtown Springfield director Lisa Stott. Also in the video you can spot a segment with a pop-up art shop on the old State Capitol Square put together by Clare Frachey of Black Sheep. You can find that video on the bottom. For more Lincoln’s Legend videos check out the Lincoln’s Legends youtube channel.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Santa Claus

Posted on December 23, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a very special episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up at our normal time of 4:00 to 6:00 pm. With The Black Sheep Holiday Show happening tonight, we wanted to get into the Christmas spirit and ready for the big show, so we invited Santa Claus himself (pictured above) to come on the show with us. Santa will be joining us as guest host and playing all of your favorite local tunes as well as some Christmas classics.

Tune in from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm to hear this true Christmas miracle. You can also tune in online at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for a list of a few downloadable episodes of the past.

Black Sheep Holiday Show + Benefit for Southtown Sound Tonight

Posted on December 23, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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We have a very special night lined up in Southtown tonight! Tonight will be the annual Black Sheep Holiday Show! Bring that egg nog, hot chocolate, and Christmas cheer if you have any. If you don’t like any of that holiday or Christmas stuff you can come too. Tonight is going to be a great return of our friend Brandon Carnes and also a benefit for the new recording studio coming to Southtown – Southtown Sound. That’s right, tonight we have the one and only ambient solo project of Brandon: F///\\\M, whose music you can find streaming below. We also have the new hit Springfield indie/punk/pop band Attic Salt on the bill which we are excited about. Up before that is the incredible noise artist “Emasculate Regression.” Then opening things up we have the debut of a brand new Springfield band put together by Mario Cannamela- called “Roman Candle Drive By” or “Christmas Cannamela” or something like that.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and go quick so that some of us can get over to the NIL8 show happening at Bar None. Admission is $5 and a good portion of proceeds will be going towards with Southtown Sound kickstarter. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

The Studio Show: Season 2 Finale

Posted on December 22, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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As sad as we are to see the second season of The Studio Show come to an end so quickly- we have to also say that those of us at Black Sheep headquarters are BLOWN AWAY by this finale of another successful season of the Springfield-based web series. The Studio Show kicked off their first season at the beginning of this year and have since completed another season, featuring regular hosts Arlin and Keil interviewing and exploring local Springfield artists, musicians, and community events.

In the final episode, which totals a little over 37 minutes long, you can find a breathtaking segment of drone footage from all over Springfield (pictured above). Also interviews with representatives of Downtown Springfield Inc., and an interesting musical guest Jeff Williams of NIL8. Also catch some guest appearances by Jeremie Bailey of Lincoln’s Legends and also Brian Galecki again as a “Go-lacky.” Check out the new episode below, and also head over to The Studio Show’s Youtube Channel for all videos and past episodes.

Also notable is that The Illinois Times featured an article covering the show today which you can find right here. Also Rachel and Scott from The Scene covered The Studio Show on WUIS which you can listen to right here. Along with this season finale, it looks like The Studio Show team have announced they are putting the show on hold for some time and will likely be focusing efforts on different things in the future.

Deadline for Springfield 2016 Music Poll Extended

Posted on December 22, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Since we’ve got more releases than ever this year and there’s still more days left in the year – we are extending the deadline to vote in our year end poll for 2016 Springfield Music. The original deadline was going to be tonight, but we are going to push things back now to a nice Monday afternoon (December 26th) to 3:33 pm. Now you have a few extra days to vote in our poll – and if you play in a band that has released something this year or played any important shows, get your pals to vote!

Go vote in our year end poll right here.

Check out our original post for links to listen to all 34 Springfield releases that we can think of that came out this year. If you heard any of these at all, or went to any shows this year in Springfield- let us know your favorites!

Vote in Our Best of Springfield Music 2016 Poll

Posted on December 17, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

After much careful research on what was released in local Springfield music this year, we finally have our year end survey together for 2016! We came up with a grand total of 34 Springfield releases this year, which is much more than we had last year in 2015! Great job all of you creative artists and musicians out there! Our survey includes your favorite local releases of the year, also a question to list off your favorite songs, and also your favorite shows that happened in town. We’ve also included a suggestion box if you have any input on the types of things you want to see in 2017 around Southtown or on our website.

Check out that survey RIGHT HERE. We’ll be taking responses from now up until EDIT: 3:33 pm on the dot on Monday, December 26th.

Again, here is the list of local releases from this past year with links for you to listen to all of them if you want to study up on this year in local music! And if we are still forgetting something, you can still comment below or email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will add it to the survey as soon as possible.

Alec James – Carried By Cold Water
Alec James – Cold River, Wide River & Winds of the West
Animals With Human Names – The First Tape
Austin Connelly – I’m Sorry
Caterpillar Club – Theosis
Epsom – Serf’s Up, Hose Down
Eric Marvel – Spaces EP
Diaper Rash / Gnargoyle – Shitty Splitty
Dog of Panic – …Of All Ambition
Fill In The Blank – I Heart Mom
Fuck///\\\\Mountain – The I Love You Project
Good Times & Company – Different Things
GUSH – Unreleased Stuff
Hospital Job / Capitalist Kids – Split 7″
Livin’ Thing – It’s A Livin’ Thing
The Nine Elevens – Never Forget Us
Moondead – Moondead
Our Lady – Lure
Our Lady – Unreleased / Unrefined
Pretend I’m Not There – Transient
Pryss – I Fear No Man
Rustocrat – Chromatose
Sammy & The Punk – Abducted Alien
Say Something – Black Coffee Black Hearts
Set Fire To Salem – 2016 Demo
Shark Week – Demonstrations
Slacker Tapehead – Schappy
Starlorde – Starlorde
Stereo Static – The Neat EP
The Suction Cups – The Lost Tapes
The Suction Cups – Do They Walk Among Us?
Sweet Bippy – Cosmic Filth (When I Fell)
Synzu – Synzu
Xtortion Tha Don – Smoke In The City

Tonight at Black Sheep: Old Fox Road, Lavender, Vonne, Gadget, Spooky Poo

Posted on December 17, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

The weather outside is very frightful. We are supposed to be having our one show of the weekend tonight at Black Sheep – and it’s an “Ugly Christmas Sweater Show!” Fingers crossed on the roads not being too bad tonight and this thing not being canceled! We’ll be sure to let you know on our pages if it is canceled. But for now let’s plan on it happening and come out and bring a sweater! Five bands all from the area bringing you that holiday cheer. For this show we have Vonne– the chill pop band perfect for this time of year. We also have Lavender featuring Kyle Noonan- one of the ones busy heading up the new Southtown Sound project. Before that is the Central-Illinois based electric folk punk band Old Fox Road. Check out some of their music streaming below. We also have our close Decatur friends rolling through in the bands Spooky Poo and Gadget. Should be a good time!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5. 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 coming up at Black Sheep in the next few weeks.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: The Dandelion Pickers, Emma Wilson

Posted on December 16, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Friday so today from 4:00 to 6:00 pm as always we have another exciting episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show! This week there are once again multiple guests fit into our two hour time slot to make for a great episode. There are no shows at Black Sheep tonight, but there IS the “Christmas Explosion” going on at The Radon Lounge. To represent that we have The Dandelion Pickers (pictured above) coming in to the studio to talk about what to expect at The Radon tonight, and we might even have them attempt to play a song or two live for us in the studio. Our second guest is local poet Emma Wilson. Emma is one of the creative minds behind season 2 of The Studio Show which is also gearing up for a season finale within this next week. We will get to talk to Emma about that and some other things.

Check out our show from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on WQNA 88.3 FM. Stream it live online the same time at wqna.net. Also head over to our radio page for a look at some downloadable episodes of the past.

January 3rd at Black Sheep: GUSH (Last Show), Acrylics, Fussy, Pryss, Livin’ Thing

Posted on December 15, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s time for us to announce the first show of the year happening at Black Sheep, and it looks like it’s going to be smokin’ hot happening on Tuesday, January 3rd. This show will be the first for 2017, but will also unfortunately be the last for local hardcore band GUSH. See them perform one final time. For this show we have touring punk bands Acrylics and Fussy coming all the way from Santa Rosa, California. You can find some of Acrylics music streaming on the player below. This show will also feature the heavy hitting Springfield punk band Pryss. Opening things up we have the over the top rock band Livin’ Thing. Both Livin’ Thing and Pryss will be close to turning one whole year old.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $7. You can find 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 this winter at Black Sheep.