Looks like we are all the way to April show announcements now, and it also looks like that on Saturday, April 11th we have a stacked bill for a metal show at Black Sheep featuring six whole bands! That’s right, on this day we have the progressive metal band Sirens coming from Terra Haute, Indiana. Check out their music on the player embedded below. This show will also feature a stacked bill of bands from around the area, including the melodic hardcore band Uncertainties from Champaign/Urbana. We also have the very first show of a brand new metal band called Xenosapien, featuring members from both Springfield and Bloomington/Normal. Make sure to come and catch what they are all about. Before that is another Central Illinois band called Portals, playing some of the best Deathcore around. We also have the return of Central Illinois band Noesis, who recently played at Black Sheep earlier this year. Topping that all off at band number six is the Canton, Illinois metal band called Between Fate and Fearless.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be just $5 for six bands (less than $1 per band). You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a complete look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

It’s time to mix things up again here at Black Sheep headquarters. Here on Friday, March 13th we have a great mixed-genre show that is going to mix things up real good for us all. Headlining this show is a dance/electro-pop act from Texas called The Historians (pictured above). You can check out what that group sounds like by listening to the music on the player at the bottom of this post (it’s dance-y). Also on the show is a Galesburg two-piece pop punk project called Pillow Fight. Pillow Fight features members of plenty of bands that have played at Southtown before including Genovia Forever, Occultonomy, and Rat Storm. Then we have a powerpop band coming from Peoria called Arcade At Midnight. We also have your favorite local ska-punk band, Bad Banshee. We have been told that opening this show up will be a brand new Springfield project called Fel Fae which we know nothing about. Make sure to come early to see what that is all about!

The 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 look at what else is coming up in Southtown in the coming months.

Today we have some updates on a show happening on Monday, February 23rd that we announced earlier last month. First off, you can check out that beautiful flier (pictured above) that was not there the first time we announced the show. Second, the band Cruelster from Cleveland, Ohio has been added to the show’s lineup, making for four great hardcore and punk bands for a super slammin’ good time. For those of you unfamiliar with Cruelster, they were one of the bands who played day one of Dumb Fest 2 last summer. You can check out some of their music streaming below. The other three bands still playing this show are Safety Word, Asthma, and Sgt. Karate.

This show will still start at 7:00 pm and cost $5 for entry. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can look at every show that is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Here at Black Sheep on Friday, February 27th we have show coming up featuring a great all-local band lineup featuring a few bands that we haven’t seen in a little while and also a couple of new ones. Headlining this big gig is the gangly-punk band Mystery Gift, which is a band that we have not yet seen this year at Black Sheep. You can stream some of Mystery Gift’s music on the player below. Another band that we have not seen for a minute and that is also playing this show is the band Say Something. Say Something features members of the old Springfield ska band Don’t Mess With Winkie. Then a newer band on this show is the band called WARRS, playing their second show ever this night. Before that is the German punk band Milchjunge, who we have also not seen perform yet this year. And opening things up we have a first ever performance by a new Springfield rock band going by the name of Southern Roots. Come early to catch them and find out what they are all about.

This show starts 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 look at everything coming up at Southtown in the coming months.