July 11th at Black Sheep: Black Sheep Battle Of The Bands

Posted on June 17, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

This summer on Saturday, July 11th we will be hosting our annual Black Sheep Battle Of The Bands. The purpose of this show each year is to reach out and give some new and younger bands the opportunity to play our stage, and to try and get many younger fans of music out to Black Sheep for the first time. This year we only have four bands, but we are planning for the battle to be just as successful as the past couple of years! Here is the lineup of bands playing the battle this year:

100 Acker Wood
Caleb Johnson
Abyss
Girlboy

We are also looking for more bands if any are interested! If your band has members that are high school or college-aged, and have not gotten the chance to play very often at Black Sheep we want to hear from you! If you also have any good suggestions on good bands that would fit well for this, email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. Once again this year there will be two prizes awarded to two top voted bands- one time slot on Black Sheep Fest 2015, and one free recorded demo at South Town Studio.

The Battle Of The Bands will start at 7:00 pm, and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on June 16, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Southtown record store Dumb Records, and there are plenty of new arrivals in. A good amount of vinyl and cassettes were picked up from some bands that played Dumb Fest 3-D just in case you were unfortunately not able to pick up certain releases at the merch tables. We also have a few things in from Deathwish, Inc. including some new releases that are just out today. Let’s go over Dumb Records’s operation hours for the week and then get into the new arrivals:

Tuesday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 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
Ceremony – The L Shaped Man
Cold Cave – Full Cold Moon
The Coneheads – LP
Dowsing – It’s Still Pretty Terrible
Fucked Up – Year Of The Hare
Kittyhawk – Hello, Again
Oathbreaker – Eros | Anteros
Tidemouth – Velvet & Stone

New 7”s
Dowsing – All I Could Find Was You
Pregnancy Test – Pregnancy Test
Run Forever – A Few Good Things
Short Stories About Their Distance / A World At Glance – Split
Short Stories About Their Distance / The Truth About Dreaming – Split

Cassettes
Leech – Leech
Mayfair – Demos / Singles

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Convalescence, Kharybdis, Noesis, Abyss

Posted on June 16, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We are all cleaned up from Dumb Fest 3-D here in Southtown and are ready to jump back into a summer full of good shows, starting with this rockin’ metal show happening tonight! Tonight we have quite the bill of a metal show, featuring the Toledo Ohio death metal band The Convalescence, who played here just earlier this year. Once again they will be joined on stage with local progressive deathcore band Kharybdis. Stream some of their music on the player below. Also on the show is progressive metalcore band Noesis, from Central Illinois. And then opening up this show we have the metal band Abyss from Athens, Illinois.

The show tonight will start a tad bit earlier at 6:30 pm, and admission this time around is $7. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

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July 25th at Black Sheep: Black Sheep Fest 2015

Posted on June 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

As we just got done with an incredible Dumb Fest 3-D this past weekend (be on the lookout for pictures and videos soon), today we are announcing our other summer festival- Black Sheep Fest 2015! This will be the eighth Black Sheep Fest in Black Sheep’s ten years of being a venue. (Flier above done by Clare Frachey of SAP). Black Sheep Fest this year will be happening on Saturday, July 25th. There will be 15 acts performing, all of which are local to Springfield. Ready to hear who those acts are? Here we go:

OUR LADY
LOOMING
THE TIMMYS
ASTHMA
HOSPITAL JOB
KING WORM
SAP
TEEN FREAK
WIR KONNEN
HISO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
THE LOCALS
DIAPER RASH
(Spot reserved for Battle of the Bands winner)
WARRS
PANZYS

What a lineup! Once again we have a spot reserved for the Black Sheep Battle of The Bands winner- the battle will be happening on Saturday, July 11th (lineup announced soon). This is also the first Black Sheep Fest in many years where we have brought some hip hop related acts, and there will be a 30 minute block set aside to HISO Music Entertainment. The festival will be starting this year at 3:00 pm and admission is just $5. Find a facebook event for the fest very soon! In the meantime check out our shows page for a look at all of the other shows coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

New Band Pages: Sgt Karate

Posted on June 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a brand new band page on our site for the one-man black metal act, Sgt Karate. Sgt Karate, also called “Sargent Karate,” “Sargent Karate- Everyone Is So Pretty,” or “S.K.E.I.S.P.,” was a project forged from the Black Sheep Band Lotto which happened last summer. You can learn more about the project and stream some of the band’s music on the newly created page right here.

Check out many of the current band pages we have set up on our site right here. Do you play in a band local to Springfield that has not yet set up a page with us? We would love to work with you in setting one up! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we can get something together.

What A Weekend!

Posted on June 14, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow! Somehow we all just pulled off an incredible weekend and just finished up what was probably the best Dumb Fest yet! THANK YOU to all of the bands who played, the volunteers who helped run the festival, and to all of you who came out to the fest or who stopped by even just for a little bit. We couldn’t keep this going without you! We’ll be back sometime soon with a better re-cap of the weekend along with plenty of photos and videos. Stay tuned for the Black Sheep Fest lineup (happening July 25th) being announced later today. Don’t forget we also have ten days left of the Project Southtown Kickstarter Campaign, were we are continuing to collect funds to launch a new non-for-profit organization to protect Southtown!

Today at Black Sheep/Skank Skates: DUMB FEST 3-D DAY 2

Posted on June 13, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Here we are in the middle of our biggest event of the summer- Dumb Fest 3-D! Yesterday was incredible- thank you to all of the bands who played and everyone who came out making the first day of Dumb Fest the best it could possibly be! Today there are even more bands lined up and this time around bands will be playing in both Black Sheep and on the ramp of Skank Skates. Let’s take a look at the full schedule today, including what stage the bands will be playing at and set times:

TOYS THAT KILL (Black Sheep) 10:30
TENEMENT (Skanks) 10:00
KING WORM (Black Sheep) 9:40
COMMON IGNORANCE (Skanks) 9:20
BIG ZIT (Black Sheep) 8:50
SAP (Skanks) 8:20
NUBILES (Black Sheep) 8:00
BENNY THE JET RODRIGUEZ (Skanks) 7:30
CAL & THE CALORIES (Black Sheep) 7:10
WARRS (Skanks) 6:50
PARANOID CHANT (Black Sheep) 6:30
SLUGBUGS (Skanks) 6:10
THE BUG (Black Sheep) 5:50
BUGG (Skanks) 5:20
THE DRIP (Black Sheep) 5:00
ANIMAL TEETH (Skanks) 4:40
LEECH (Black Sheep) 4:20
GENOVIA FOREVER (Skanks) 4:00
FOREIGN LAWNS (Black Sheep) 3:40
PIGEON (Skanks) 3:10
PREGNANCY TEST (Black Sheep) 2:50
REDUCED TO INSTINCT (Skanks) 2:30
SINGLE PLAYER (Black Sheep) 2:10
WIR KÖNNEN (Skanks) 1:40
NECTAR (Black Sheep) 1:20
DIAPER RASH (Skanks) 1:00

Today will be very fast-paced and we plan on keeping as close to the schedule as we possibly can, so make sure to come out early and catch as many bands as you can! Admission today is $15 for those who have not pre-ordered tickets online. Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 3-D right here.

Today at Black Sheep: DUMB FEST 3-D DAY ONE

Posted on June 12, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

The day has finally come. For today and tomorrow, Dumb Fest 3-D will be taking place all over Southtown, with bands playing at Black Sheep and Skank Skates. Today and tonight is the first of the two days of the festival, and all of the bands will be performing at The Black Sheep. Let’s take a look at today’s lineup and what time the bands will be playing:

CLOAKROOM (North West Indiana) 10:30
RUN FOREVER (Braddock, PA) 9:45
LOOMING (Springfield) 9:00
DOWSING (Chicago, IL) 8:15
ICE HOCKEY (Quad Cities, IA) 7:45
STUCK LUCKY (Nashville, TN) 7:00
MIMISIKU (Denton, TX) 6:30
BAD BANSHEE (Springfield) 6:00
MAYFAIR (Memphis, TN) 5:30
KNIVES (Springfield) 5:00
RESINATER (Champaign/Urbana, IL) 4:20
SHORT STORIES ABOUT THEIR DISTANCE (Blo/No, IL) 3:55
LAVENDER (Central IL) 3:30
DRAINED (Peoria, IL) 3:00

Things will be sticking pretty close to schedule, so make sure to come out early and catch as many bands as you possibly can! Admission to Dumb Fest (for those that did not pick up pre-orders) is $15. Find a facebook event to Dumb Fest 3-D right here. For the full Dumb Fest lineup including bands playing tomorrow, check out our Dumb Fest 3-D page.

Some Things Can’t Be Ignored: NIL8 “Sheep” Acoustic Live

Posted on June 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

In honor of NIL8 recently doing a full acoustic set at Donnie’s Homespun earlier this spring, Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored has featured an older recording of NIL8 performing their song “Sheep.” The recording is from an unknown date at some point live on Springfield radio station 92.7 WQLZ. You can check out that song streaming below, or head over to the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored bandcamp page to download the song for free. From The Some Things Can’t Be Ignored blog:

I decided to dig up this old gem I’ve had for a while to share with you all just to give you a little taste of what Thursday night might sound like. This is Jeff & Gary Brammer (Piss Pot Pete) performing “Sheep” live with just an acoustic guitar on WQLZ’s Bandemonium show. I’m not sure when this was done, but certainly a rare performance!!

Sgt Karate: “The Frost Giant’s Lament”

Posted on June 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield one-man black metal project Sgt Karate has released their first ever recording in the form of a 13-minute long song: “The Frost Giant’s Lament.” Sgt Karate (has also called “Sargent Karate, Everyone Is So Pretty,” or S.K.E.I.S.P.), came about during the first ever Black Sheep Band Lotto last summer. It is the solo project of Chris Yeager of old Springfield punk band The Gunga Dins. You can head over to Sgt Katate’s bandcamp page to listen to the song or download it for free.

Sgt Karate will be playing their next show on Wednesday, July 1st along with Appalachian Terror Unit, Occultonomy, and SAP. Find more info on that show right here.