Black Sheep History Page Updated

Posted on September 27, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Along with Black Sheep turning ten years last weekend and many stories being shared on the event page for our anniversary show, we have some updates to our lengthy Black Sheep history page. First off, after many years of assuming it being lost forever, we finally found a photo of a flier for the first ever show at Black Sheep (pictured above). Thank you to Dr. Metz for helping us uncover this long lost flier!

If you head over to the Black Sheep history page you will find a number of added important dates, including a good amount from our building before it was Black Sheep, going as far back as the 1800’s. Be on the lookout of videos from our 10-year anniversary show coming very soon!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Jessica Knight, Patrick Russell, Nick Murphy, Kristin Walker, Clare Frachey, Quincy Curran

Posted on September 27, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we are going to ease into the fall with this nice and relaxing all-acoustic show. We have quite the lineup of local acoustic artists tonight. We have Jessica Knight of the band Looming doing a solo set. Before that is Patrick Russell, who does not play in any bands currently, but is one of the ones behind The Legacy Theater in town, and also used to play in Springfield band “I,Riejah” which played at Skank Skates in the 1990’s. Before Patrick is Nick Murphy of bands Fel Fae and Garter. Before Nick is a solo set by Kristin Walker formerly of Bad Banshee. Then is a set by Clare Frachey of SAP. And kicking things off is a set by Quincy Curran of the band Mystery Gift.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $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 at Black Sheep this fall and after the end of the world.

Photos: Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary Show

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We could not have asked for a better celebration of the Black Sheep 10-year anniversary last weekend on the 18th! Thank you to all who came out and to all of the bands that played. The lineup for the show was Looming, Our Lady, Soap Scum, Unicon Communications, and a surprise band that we’ll call the “10-Year Super Ska Band” ended up playing, doing covers of many different ska bands from Black Sheep’s 10 year history.

Today we have photos from that show. We would like to thank photographers Heiu Luu, AJ Francis, and Miles Fowler. You can check out a handful of those photos above and below, or head over to our Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary Album on flickr for hundreds more. Also check out our vids/pics page for groups of photos from other big events of the past.

Cassette Store Day 2015: October 17th at Dumb Records

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We all know that Record Store Day happens once a year in April and is one of the biggest days of the year for many record stores around the globe. But what about Cassette Store Day? Cassette Store Day is a different event meant to highlight stores that sell music in the form of cassettes, and that is happening this year on Saturday, October 17th. This will be Dumb Records’s second year as a participating store. Much like Record Store Day, for Cassette Store Day, Dumb Records will have a number of exclusively released cassettes just for this special day. Let’s take a look at what some of those cassettes might be:

Beach Slang – Here, I Made This For You
Berlin Brats – Berlin Brats
Bratmobile – Pottymouth
Chris Spedding – Enemy Within
Chris Walla – Tape Loops
Free Kitten – Sentimental Education
Green Day – Dookie
Keep Shelly In Athens – Now I’m Ready
Nadastrom – The Life And Times Of Paphael De La Chette
The Razorbacks – Go To Town
Re-animadores – Me Das Asco
#tcot – #tcot
TSOL – Beneath The Shadows
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin – Brooms
STRFKR – Reptilians
Twin Compulsions – Twin Compulsions
(Various) – BIPPP

Those are the exclusive releases available inside Dumb Records for Cassette Store Day for now, that list is subject to change before the event! In addition to all of those exclusive releases, there will also be a few store-wide sales! The store will be offering 30% off all non-CSD exclusive cassettes, and also 15% off everything else in the store. Wow! On top of all of that, there will be a pretty sweet show happening at Black Sheep that night, which you can find more about right here.

Dumb Records will be open from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm for Cassette Store Day. You can find a facebook event for the day soon. In the meantime check out our shows page for a good look at all of the events coming up in Southtown.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Abyss, Fill In The Blank, Set Fire To Salem, Chemical Twin, Capital Chaos, 8th Street Ahead

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we have a six band mega-show that is being called “The Calm Before The Storm”. What storm are we talking about? We are not sure, it could be the huge Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s show happening in just one week? Tonight for bands lined up we have the hard metal band Abyss headlining. Before them we have the pop punk group, Fill In The Blank that just released their new album the last time they played here at Black Sheep. Before them it looks like we have a newer Springfield metal band called “Set Fire To Salem“. Check out one of their videos below. Before that is Chemical Twin, which is described as an indie/pop punk band. Then we have The Black Sheep debut of a new punk band called Capital Chaos. And opening things up we have the acoustic two-piece act “8th Street Ahead.”

Show up early, because this show starts at 6:00 pm! Admission is $7, and 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 here at Black Sheep.

Black Sheep Open Mic on October 11th

Posted on September 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s time to get ready for the next Black Sheep Open Mic, happening Sunday, October 11th. This will be our fifth open mic of the year, which we are continuing to do on a monthly basis since the open mics are working out well for us. We just announced the open mic, so we are taking submissions for whoever wants to fill 15 minute time slots now! You can post on the facebook event if you are interested in taking a slot, or email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

9:45-10:00 – (open)
9:30-9:45 – (open)
9:15-9:30 – (open)
9:00-9:15 – Mario Cannamela
8:45-9:00 – (open)
8:30-8:45 – Devon Fluelen
8:15-8:30 – (open)
8:00-8:15 – Pete Cassani (from Boston)
7:45-8:00 – (open)
7:30-7:45 – (open)
7:15-7:30 – (open)
7:00-7:15 – (open)

The open mic night starts at 7:00 pm, and for these we ask for donations of anywhere between $1 and $5. Find the facebook event for this open mic night right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary Edition Part 2

Posted on September 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

On this week’s episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show, we are continuing our special Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary edition with another episode focusing on Black Sheep hitting 10 years as a venue. Last week we had original Black Sheep owner Kevin Bradford in for a long discussion, and this week we have Brian Galecki and Jeff Brown in. Jeff Brown is bringing his big garbage bag of Black Sheep fliers from the past for us to talk about and look at. We’ll also be playing plenty of music from years past and more recent times.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream it online during the same time at wqna.org. Download and listen to last week’s episode as well as a handful of few others on our radio show page.

Names for Black Sheep Band Lotto Round Two (November 21st)

Posted on September 24, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

If you were not around for the Black Sheep 10 Year Anniversary Show last Friday, you probably missed us drawing names out of the band lotto box for this year’s Black Sheep Band Lotto show happening on November 21st. For those of you unfamiliar with what band lotto is- anybody who is willing puts their name into a box to be drawn in groups of 4s and 5s at random to perform one show as a band together. This year we had a total of 42 people put their names in the box, which resulted in 10 bands (some with 4 people, some with 5). You can check out that full list of names and bands above.

The band lotto show again is happening on Saturday, November 21st at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5 to see some very interesting bands play one-off shows. Check out a facebook event for this year’s band lotto right here.

October 19th at Black Sheep: SAP, Prude Boys, The Brainstems, Space Alpacas

Posted on September 24, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a show announcement for a rockin’ show happening here at Black Sheep on Monday, October 19th! 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!

Videos: Black Sheep Fest 2015

Posted on September 23, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It has been a while, but we finally have a few videos up of Black Sheep Fest 2015 which happened this past summer on July 25th. You can check out three videos from the festival streaming below. Two are inside Black Sheep during the actual festival- one of hardcore band WARRS, and the other of the new R&B band featuring Sammy Flores and “Varied Results” (which is a part of HISO Music). The third video is of the band boon playing a surprise aftershow up in South Town Studio.

Check out those videos below and also check out videos from past Black Sheep Fests and other events on our vids/pics page. Also be on the look out for videos and pictures from our ten year anniversary show coming very soon!