Hospital Job: “Never Get Cold”

Posted on October 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a stream of a brand new album from Springfield band Hospital Job, as featured on For The Love Of Punk. The new album is called Never Get Cold being released on It’s Alive and Rad Girlfriend Records. You should be able to stream the album below. This is Hospital Job’s third LP after Downer Downer Downer in 2012 and The Believer last year in 2014. The band also recently got back from touring Europe and they are one of three Springfield bands (along with Our Lady and Looming) that will be playing Fest in Gainesville, Florida this upcoming weekend.

No Hospital Job shows are currently lined up in Springfield or at Black Sheep but keep your eyes/ears peeled! The LP and CD for Never Get Cold should be available at Dumb Records sometime next month.

November 6th at Black Sheep: b00n, Tina Sparkle, Good At Sex

Posted on October 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow last night was insane. Thank you to all who came out and made one of the most memorable nights in Black Sheep history. Time to get back to all of the other normal shows! Yes, we do have a show happening at Black Sheep on Friday, November 6th! It’s a nice 3 band show that will be pretty relaxing, maybe bring some hot cider and some friends. For this one we have the experimental/punk band b00n, who last played in Southtown for an aftershow for Black Sheep Fest 2015. Check out their “Southtown EP” streaming below. The out of town band on the bill for this one is Tina Sparkle from Peoria. Then we have a first ever show for a new Springfield band with a really dumb name- “Good At Sex.” Featuring members of Looming, Garter, and Bad Banshee? Make sure to come out and find out what that’s all about.

This show will be at 7:00 pm and cost only $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where we keep a list of every show coming up in Southtown!

November 2nd at Black Sheep: Set Fire To Salem, Reap And Sow, Noesis, Vacant Skies

Posted on October 24, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a show happening at Black Sheep on Monday, November 2nd! Pretty cool! This show is looking like a pretty solid lineup of a metal show. We have the newer Springfield metal band, Set Fire To Salem. They will be joined by a band touring from Virginia called Reap And Sow (formerly Endeavor). You can stream some of Reap And Sow’s music on the player below. Also on the show is Central Illinois-based metalcore group Noesis, who also just played at Black Sheep last night. Then kicking things off we have another Springfield metal band, Vacant Skies.

This show will begin at 5:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what shows are coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Leftover Crack, NIL8, Days N Daze, All Torn Up, The Incorporated

Posted on October 24, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s not Halloween yet, but it might as well be here in Southtown because we will be celebrating one of the biggest annual events for Springfield punk music, and that is the annual Hobgoblinspookadelic that NIL8 plays every year. This year we have an incredible lineup featuring the legendary New York punk band Leftover Crack. Leftover Crack formed in 1998 following the breakup of similar band Chocking Victim. Stream some of Leftover Crack’s music below. Leftover Crack will be touring with Texas band Days N Daze and New York band All Torn Up. Of course also on the bill we have legendary Springfield punk band NIL8, who have been going since the 1980’s. They will be playing second tonight (around 7:30) so make sure to come to the show on time! Opening things up is The Incorporated based out of Litchfield.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm. If you ordered a ticket online, we will have your name on a list at the door, just bring some sort of ID! If you purchased a ticket at Dumb Records bring it! For those of you paying at the door, the show is $12. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our upcoming show page for Black Sheep right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Sirens, The Fine Constant, Kharybdis, Portals, Noesis, Made From Myths

Posted on October 23, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a metal show happening tonight at Black Sheep! This show will feature the band Sirens from Indiana, who also played here at Black Sheep back in April. Also on tour with Sirens this time around is a band called The Fine Constant from Wisconsin. You can stream some of their music on the player below. We have a pretty stacked lineup other than those two touring bands too. We have local metalcore act Kharybdis. There will also be Central Illinois “down tempo” metal band Portals. Then we have Noesis, who has played here a number of times before, and another band called Made From Myths from Lincoln.

This show will start at 6:30 pm (doors at 6:00 pm) and admission is $10. 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 what else is coming up at Southtown this fall.

Tours: Our Lady / The Foxery

Posted on October 21, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Fest is coming up in Gainesville, Florida at the end of this month and we are lucky enough to have three Springfield bands (Looming, Our Lady, Hospital Job) heading out on the road and playing. Today we are bringing you dates for Our Lady’s tour around the fest – they will be heading out for over two weeks surrounding Fest with The Foxery from Louisville, Kentucky. Check out those dates on the tour poster above, or also listed below.

10/22 – Bloomington, IN – Wash Out
10/23 – Louisville, KY – Sink or Swim
10/24 – Bowling Green, KY – Rocky’s
10/25 – Nashville, TN – The End
10/26 – Murfreesboro, TN – Dad’s Garage
10/27 – Cleveland, TN – Purp Lodge
10/28 – Columbus, GA – House show (4804 Miller Rd)
10/29 – Jacksonville, FL – TBA
10/30 – Tallahassee, FL – TBA
10/31 – Gainesville, FL FEST
-The Foxery – Cursive cover set – 8Bit
-Our Lady – The Atlantic
11/1 – Gainesville, FL FEST – The Foxery -Market Street Pub
11/2 – Odessa, FL – The Goat House
11/3 – Pensacola, FL – Sluggo’s
11/4 – Hattiesburg, MS – nick’s ice house
11/5 – Jackson, MS – Big Sleepy’s
11/6 – Memphis, TN – Found
11/7 – Champaign, IL – Mike n’ Molly’s

There you have it! Find a facebook event for the tour right here. Our Lady were working recording their next full length at South Town Studio earlier this summer coming out some time soon on Mayfly Records. Stay tuned for more information on the record’s release.

Streams: SAP/Person Split

Posted on October 21, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a stream of a brand new split release of Springfield band SAP and Chicago band Person. Each band offers four songs in this new split, which is being put out on cassette by Kuloolu Records. The SAP side of the split was recorded right next door at South Town Studio. Check out the split streaming below, or head over here to the Kuloolu Reocrds bandcamp where you can download the split at your own price.

The cassette release show for SAP will be here at Black Sheep on Saturday, November 14th along with Mary & The Immaculate Rejections, Los Injectors, and Rotten Monster. SAP released Maiden, Mother, Crone on Ooey Gooey Records earlier this year.

November 14th at Black Sheep: Mary & The Immaculate Rejections, SAP, Los Injectors, Rotten Monster

Posted on October 20, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a show coming up in about a month here at Black Sheep that will be a release show for not one, but TWO bands! This show will be happening on Saturday, November 14th. It will be an EP release show for the band Mary & The Immaculate Rejections based out of Downers Grove, Illinois. This will also be a release show for the local band SAP, who will be releasing a split cassette with the band Person based out of Chicago. Also playing the show is long-running Springfield rockabilly/punk band Los Injectors. Stream one of their tracks on the player embedded below. Opening things up is a performance by a hard rock band called Rotten Monster based out of Springfield and Havana. Should be a fun time!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find 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.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on October 20, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

After we have a very successful Cassette Store Day, Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East) is still going strong, and we are still getting plenty of new arrivals in the store! This week we have a good amount of new releases from Lumpy Records based out of St. Louis. Come to the store and pick up some of these releases because they won’t last long! Let’s look at the operating hours for Dumb Records this week before getting into what’s new:

Tuesday (today): 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Aphex Twin – Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt. 2 EP

New 7”s
C.C.T.V. – 4-Track 7”
The Muff Divers – No Muff Too Tuff
Mystic Inane – Eggs Onna Plate
Q – RecQrd

New Cassettes
Cal & The Calories – EP ‘15
Cal & The Calories – Greatest Asssss
Various – Lumpy Mixtape #2

October 30th at Black Sheep: HISO’s Halloween Bash

Posted on October 19, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

This year Black Sheep has nothing planned for the day of Halloween, but we do have NIL8’s big Hobgob event (featuring Leftover Crack) on October 24th (this upcoming Saturday), and now we have a big HISO event happening on Friday, October 30th the day before Halloween. We announced last week that HISO will now be moving to a space in Southtown above Bourbon Street that will eventually become a performance space and recording studio. HISO will continue involvement with booking at Black Sheep, including this Halloween Bash. For this show, we have head of HISO, AYO himself performing, along with Jayy Willis who helped out a lot with the launch of Project Southtown. We also have Dramara, Phileo, Ssain, and P. Marie as our main performers for the night. We also have guest performers such as Kaite Stelivan, Mitch G, SSHS Sensations, Woods G., MZ Feb, and MP5.

All of this will start at 8:00 pm (doors earlier), tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door. For a look at other shows coming up at Black Sheep, check out our shows page.