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.

Tonight at Black Sheep: SAP, Prude Boys, The Brainstems, Space Alpacas

Posted on October 19, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Yes, there is another show happening at Black Sheep tonight, and yes it is our fourth show in a row!! Tonight will be a good mix of punk and rock n’ roll stuff, and we have touring and local bands alike. This show will be a good time and will feature the three-piece indie/grunge band SAP (flier above by Clare Frachey of SAP). Then coming on tour from Hamtramck, Michigan is the band Prude Boys. You can check out some of Prude Boys’s music streaming on the player below. Also on this show from out of town is the band Brainstems from St. Louis – featuring at least one member of Lumpy & The Dumpers. Then opening things up is wacky rock band Space Alpacas from right here in Springfield.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $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 this fall!

Animals With Human Names: “Gravelines / Mighty Healthy”

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

A brand new Springfield hip hop project called “Animals With Human Names” debuted for the first time at Black Sheep earlier this weekend on Friday night. The project is put together by Jim Whitehead of Say Something, Don’t Mess With Winkie, HK-47, etc. Today we are bringing you two recorded tracks from Animals With Human Names. One is “Gravelines” and the other is “Mighty Healthy (Bong Bong Terrorist Remix)” You can stream “Gravelines” below. Check out the Animals With Human Names bandcamp page to stream both of the songs or download them for free.

Animals With Human Names currently does not have any more live shows lined up, but keep and eye and ear out for more in the future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: New Heart, Ice Hockey, NOxThanks, Diaper Rash, Orator

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a show happening at Black Sheep tonight, and it’s our third show in a row in a four-show series! This show will feature Indiana band on tour New Heart. New Heart has played here back in July of last summer. Also on tour and on this show is Ice Hockey from Quad Cities, Iowa. You might remember Ice Hockey from day 1 of Dumb Fest 3-D earlier this summer. The third touring band on this bill is a band called “NoxThanks” from Oklahoma. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Then up before them we have the wild and crazy hardcore baby-band, Diaper Rash from right here in Springfield. And kicking things off we have the heavy sludge band Orator from Champaign/Urbana.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and for admission we are asking anywhere between $5 and $7. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Cassette Store Day Today at Dumb Records, Show Tonight at Black Sheep

Posted on October 17, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

There are a lot of different events happening today all around Southtown! Today is a big day at Dumb Records for those of you who are fans of cassette tapes, because today is annual International Cassette Store Day! For this day there will be a number of exclusive releases available at Dumb Records, much like Record Store Day. Check out the full list of exclusive releases that will be available on the Cassette Store Day facebook event. In addition to all of the exclusive releases, there will also be sales going on for the whole store which includes 15% off everything new and used in the store, and 30% off all new and used non-CSD exclusive cassettes. Dumb Records will be open today from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, so be sure to stop by and take advantage of the sales!

Then later tonight there will be a show happening at Black Sheep, being called “Pumpkin Slack”! There will be bands playing as well as some sort of pumpkin painting contest! For this show we have the heavy experimental band, The Black Ops Agency. Before that is a newer Springfield project featuring members of The Black Ops and I’m Dead Inside called The Avant National Guard. Before them is the experimental-jam band Flamingo from Jacksonville, IL which you can find streaming on the player below. Kicking things off will be the rock n’ roll group, Blind Social.

The show at Black Sheep starts at 7:00 pm tonight and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for that 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.

HISO Music Coming to Southtown

Posted on October 14, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have some exciting news for all of our Southtown neighborhood located on the corner of South Grand and 11th Streets in Springfield. Ayo Abitogun and HISO Music Entertainment are announcing that they will be moving to Southtown in a space above Bourbon Street Bar, and also will now be involved with a new partnership with Bourbon Street. The new space will be a performance hall/dance studio as well as a recording studio for HISO artists and more. This will be another space for artists to record and perform in Southtown and we are thrilled to welcome Ayo and the rest of HISO Music to the neighborhood.

My dad always told me work hard be patient and blessing will come I guess he was right. I was offered a partnership opportunity and a chance to invest in Bourbon Street. As well as helping run the establishment i will be building 2 NEW establistments upstairs called HISO Music. This will be a performance hall/dance studio for parties and events and i will also be building a recording studio. This will all be open to the public. This is a new journey in my life and i hope I can share it with you all. If your an Artist or someone looking to throw an event at Bourbon street inbox me or email me at hisomusicentertainment@gmail.com i will be doing all the booking for inside or outside events.

-Ayo

Does this mean HISO will no longer be setting up events at Black Sheep? Nope! In fact, there will be a HISO Halloween event happening this month on Friday, October 30th that we still have yet to announce the details for. This will also mean more exciting collaborative projects to come between HISO/Bourbon Street and the rest of Southtown.

Expect more updates soon on when we can expect the new space up and running and when the first events will be taking place. For those of you that are ages 21+ there is a HISO appreciation party taking place at Bourbon Street this Saturday at 9:00 open to the public. (The new space above Bourbon Street will be all ages when it is open!)