Tonight at Black Sheep: Estates, Our Lady, Meredosia, Mildred

Posted on August 1, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight is going to be a great show at Black Sheep! Estates, a rad emo band from Wisconsin, is playing- which is always a great occurrence here at Black Sheep. They definitely deserve praise (you can listen to some of their tunes below). Our Lady is also playing– Our Lady is the raw local sadness that has been oozing all over the scene for many years now; if you haven’t seen them, you better be out to this show! Mildred is playing their first show in almost a whole year, bringing back some old tunes, and some new post-rock ones! Making it even better Meredosia is playing, with their new “Midnight” release in hand! This show is all the sadness you need to end the summer with!

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm. The door charge is $5, which will support the touring band! You can find the facebook event here (make sure to RSVP)! Also, make sure to watch out for other upcoming shows, like the last Lovecow and Montagh show tomorrow!

The Illinois Times: “You Had To Be There”

Posted on July 31, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield weekly newspaper The Illinois Times have debuted a new feature this week called “You Had To Be There.” The article is a recap of some notable events in Springfield local music of the past week. This week’s article is by Times writer Scott Faingold and it covers Donnie’s Homespun’s event “Under The Covers” which happened last weekend as well as Black Sheep Fest. More in particular, the article focuses mostly on the Table Drama/Soap Scum/Nighthawk/F///\\\\M battle set that occurred during the fest. From the article:

Soap Scum (which features Black Sheep proprietor Kevin Bradford on drums) set up their equipment on the floor near the back of the room, with the second band, Table Drama, assembled on the venue’s stage. The proceedings got underway with WWF-worthy ranting by Table Drama vocalist The Pukester proclaiming that Soap Scum was “going down” and with them the entire Black Sheep Café, clearly placing Table Drama as the bad guys in a giddily over-the-top pro-wrestling-style scenario.

You can check out the full article on the Illinois Times site right here. Be sure to also check back in the following weeks for more of the “You Had To Be There Feature.”

August 23rd at the Radon Lounge: Filmloom, Zaxxson Nation, Honey/Suck, Clarke Edward Andros

Posted on July 31, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Happening on Saturday, August 23rd, the Radon Lounge is going to be hosting a lovely garden party. This fine party will feature the dynamic talent of the folk-core band Filmloom, hailing from Grand Rapids Michigan. Next they’ll have an act called Zaxxson Nation & the post-funk, which is definitely something that everyone should be able to get jiggy to if you dig the spirit of funk. Local emotional spoken word act Honey/Suck will also be playing this cool show. California based act Clark Edward Andros will be gracing the party with his independent country tunes as well, so overall this show should be super fly.

Come to this show at the Radon Lounge on August 23rd, it’ll be at 7pm with a $5 suggested donation. There will be free ice pops as well as iced coffee for sale so don’t miss out! Here’s the facebook event for more information, make sure to check out other shows happening in venues around Springfield as well as other shows at Black Sheep!

Photos: Black Sheep Fest 2014

Posted on July 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Anyone who was there knows that Black Sheep Fest 2014 was an extremely wild time. It was the most action-packed Black Sheep Fest we’ve had yet with a total of 23 bands (including surprise sets by F///\\\M and Nighthawk), and also an extremely rowdy crowd. Today we are bringing you photos of the day-long festival which took place this past Saturday. You can find a few of those photos below or you can head over to our Black Sheep Fest 2014 album on flickr. Also head over to our flickr page to see more show photos and other albums for other festivals of the past.

Bad Banshee: Skitter/Skitter

Posted on July 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like the new music will NOT STOP coming out of Springfield. Did you know that the ska-punk band Akaname recently changed their name to Bad Banshee? Well, they did and now they have a brand new release under that name. It’s an 8-track CD called Skitter/Skitter and today we are bringing you a stream of that release. What a treat! You can stream those eight songs below or head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can get the whole thing for just $5.

Bad Banshee does not have any shows currently lined up at Black Sheep, but members do play in folk-punk band Lovecow who will be playing their last show this Saturday at Black Sheep. You can find more information on that one right here.

I’m Dead Inside: “Rather Be Judged By Twelve Than Be Carried By Six”

Posted on July 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield keeps cranking out more and more new music this year, and it looks like the bands are not about to stop. Today we have a stream of the new EP from new Springfield screamo/scramz band I’m Dead Inside. The band features members of many Springfield bands including Our Lady, Soap Scum, Montagh, and Paqui. The EP is called Rather Be Judged By Twelve Than Be Carried By Six. You can stream it below or head over to the band’s bandcamp page and download it at your own cost.

Rather Be Judged By Twelve Than Be Carried By Six is also available for pre-order on the Guard Records web store and also at Dumb Records, which is open today from 3:00-8:00 pm.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on July 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

In case you have not heard, Dumb Records is the place to be. Especially on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The new South Town record store located at 1107 South Grand East won’t let you down. There are new items coming into the store every week. Below is a list highlighting some of those items this week. Let’s also take a look at when Dumb Records is going to be open this week:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

New LPs
The Front Bottoms – The Front Bottoms
Green Day – Nimrod
Misfits – Walk Among Us
Portugal. The Man – Church Mouth
Sigor Ros – Kveikur

CDs
Night/Hex – Night/Hex

Cassettes
Dad Jr. – Dad Side Of The Moon
Foxtail – Foxtail
I’m Dead Inside – Rather Be Judged By 12 Than Carried By 6
King Worm – No Future City
Knives – In From The Stills
Night/Hex – Night/Hex
Various – Summer Of Fuzz

October 23rd at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Alaska, Twin Cities, Loses the Mighty

Posted on July 28, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

October is coming up in a couple of months! This means fall shows will be upon us soon and times will be cool. Check out this show on Friday, October 23rd, it has a rad lineup lineup that will be full of heart and flannels. The local sobsters in Our Lady will be starting off the night with their emotionally riveting tunes. It’s sure to be a treat. Hailing from Nevada, touring band Alaska will have some alternative and progressive tunes for everyone to enjoy- so make sure to support them and check them out as well as the other touring band Twin Cities, who will be coming from Vegas. Their indie tunes are sure to please so if you want to hear a morsel of what well done Vegas indie sounds like, come see this band! Last but not least we have our good friends in Loses The Mighty playing this show as well so come check out their hardcore tunes! The night should be a super-fly-heart-string-sandwhich for yer ears.

All of this will be taking place at 7pm–to get spooky, bring $5 for the door charge. Check out the facebook event for other info and updates, and be sure to check out our other upcoming shows! Remember to stay weird.

New Band Pages: I’m Dead Inside

Posted on July 28, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a new band page for newer Springfield screamo/scramz band I’m Dead Inside. The band just played Black Sheep Fest 2014 this past weekend and it sure was loud. You can check out that new page right here. I’m Dead Inside also recently released a new cassette under Springfield label Guard Records. You can find those cassettes at Dumb Records and expect the songs to stream online real soon. You can also order the cassette online right here.

I’m Dead Inside isn’t the only band we have a band page for. You can find the long list of 70-something band pages we have built here on our current bands page. Do you play in a Springfield band that hasn’t yet set up a page with us? We would love to hear from you! Get ahold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

Black Sheep Fest 2014: Success!

Posted on July 27, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

We want to say thank you to each one of you amazing individuals for making it out to Black Sheep yesterday for the most action-packed Black Sheep Fest that we’ve had yet. Thank you to all 23 of the bands that played (including the surprise Nighthawk and F///\\\M sets). This was the most bands we’ve had play at Black Sheep Fest and there are more great bands coming out of Springfield right now then ever before.

You can be on the lookout for photos and videos from the fest later this upcoming week. You can also be on the lookout for a Black Sheep nine year anniversary show announcement in the very near future. We are almost into our tenth year as an all ages space in Springfield and it has been a wild ride. Our next big event at Black Sheep is our Band Lotto show on August 16th, but there are also plenty of other great shows happening here in the near future that you should check out!