Tonight at Black Sheep: Set Fire To Salem, Reap And Sow, Noesis, Vacant Skies

Posted on November 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Now that Halloween and all of that jazz is over, it’s time to continue on with our November shows starting with this one happening tonight being called “Day of the Dead.” 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. Then kicking things off we have another Springfield metal band, Vacant Skies.

This show will begin 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 what shows are coming up at Black Sheep.

Illinois Times “Best of Springfield 2015” Results

Posted on November 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Weekly Springfield publication The Illinois Times have released the results to their annual “Best of” polls for the year 2015. Voting was open to everyone starting back in September, and this year the polls were done a little bit differently this time in two rounds with the second round featuring 3 of the top runners up for each category.

You can find the best of local music & entertainment section right here where you can find all of the bands and musicians who were selected as winners. Some notable winners from bands that more frequently play Black Sheep include NIL8 (once again best punk band), and The Locals (best underage band).

This year Black Sheep fit under the category for “small music venue” but sadly we did not even make it to the next round as a runner-up :(. Boondocks (pictured above) got the title of best small venue this year. We were able to win best “all ages venue” in town in 2013, which was the only year in which that category was featured.

We will be kicking off our own annual “Best of Springfield Music” year-end poll here on this site in mid-December.

November 28th at Black Sheep: Nethersphere, Green Messiah, Social Werq, The Gator

Posted on November 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Happy November! We hope everyone had a safe and spooky Halloween last night. Now it’s time to get back to more November show announcements. This one is happening on Saturday, November 28th here at Black Sheep. This show will feature Jacksonville-based metal project Nethersphere. Then we have another metal project Green Messiah. The show will also feature the band Social Werq– a band from Michigan that we are pretty sure features at least one member of Chinese Happy- a band that used to frequently play Black Sheep a long long time ago in our earlier years. Stream some of Social Werq’s music on the player below. Then last but not least is another band from Michigan coming with Social Werq called The Gator.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. 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 coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Videos: Leftöver Crack at Black Sheep 10-24-15

Posted on October 31, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today may be Halloween, but last weekend was the big annual Hobgoblinspookadelic at Black Sheep featuring NIL8 and Leftover Crack. The show last weekend ended up being the most attended Black Sheep show that we have ever recorded, probably our biggest show in all 10+ years of being a venue! Things were definitely crazy, and today we are bringing you a video of a song from Leftover Crack’s set. You can check out a video of the song “One Dead Cop” being performed live inside Black Sheep below.

Also be sure to check out our vids/pics page for plenty of more pictures and videos from shows of the past at Black Sheep and around Springfield.

November 15th at Black Sheep: Open Mic Night

Posted on October 31, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like our next Black Sheep Open Mic is coming up quick! The next one will be happening in just half a month on Sunday, November 15th. Like the other open mics, for this one we have a number of 15-minute slots set aside for anyone who wants to claim them. Right now the schedule is pretty wide open, if you want to claim a slot just head over to the facebook event and post what time you would like. Or you can email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com for those of you who don’t use facebook. Here is the schedule so far:

9:45-10:00 – (open)
9:30-9:45 – (open)
9:15-9:30 – (open)
9:00-9:15 – (open)
8:45-9:00 – (open)
8:30-8:45 – (open)
8:15-8:30 – Ian Winterbauer
8:00-8:15 – Matthew Brewes
7:45-8:00 – Ethereal Dweller
7:30-7:45 – (open)
7:15-7:30 – (open)
7:00-7:15 – (open)

We will make sure to leave a few slots open the day of the show so that anyone can still show up at Black Sheep and claim them. You have to get there early though! For this open mic there will also be a 15% off sale going on for everything next door at Dumb Records! For admission into the open mic we are just asking for donations of anywhere between $1 and $5. Check out a facebook event for all of that right here, and also don’t forget to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

November 11th at South Town Studio: Secret Tombs, No Brainer, The Suction Cups

Posted on October 30, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like we have another South Town Studio show lineup up for this fall! This one is going to be happening pretty soon on Wednesday, November 11th. It will feature three bands – one of which is Pittsburg Pennsylvania’s Secret Tombs who played here a little over a year ago. You can stream some of Secret Tombs’s newer material on the player embedded below. Also on a separate tour and also playing here for the studio show on 11/11 is a band called No Brainer from Milwaukee (pictured above). They play some type of hardcore/powerviolence. And then opening the show up we have a brand new Springfield band called The Suction Cups. We have been told the new band features members of Bad Banshee and Ragna Rye.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up in South Town for the rest of this year.

Tonight at Black Sheep: HISO’s Halloween Bash

Posted on October 30, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Halloween weekend is here! We will just be having one show this weekend, and that will be HISO‘s Halloween bash happening tonight. 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. Make sure to bring a costume, or maybe mix things up by trading some old Hobgob costumes with friends.

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.

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.