July 20th at Black Sheep: Mama Linda Benefit Show

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For those of you who didn’t read the post about Mama Linda, her house burned down in May. Mama Linda is a very good friend to the Black Sheep, and almost all of the food our beloved punk mom Apryl brings to shows to feed show-goers and touring bands is because Mama Linda gives it to her, thanks to her access to overstock. We want to help Mama Linda out and show her as much generosity as she shows us!!

Therefore, there’s going to be a benefit show in July and everyone who is anyone should come! Why? This show will not only be helping Mama Linda, it’s a Mother Leopard return show. Holy crap, come see the locals in Mother Leopard exhibit all their glory once again! You can hear some of their songs in the bandcamp player below if you need your memory to be refreshed. A really cool band named In Exile will be coming down to play as well in order to bring the love and the hardcore punk to the stage. The rug bugs in Soap Scum are playing too and should bring a horridly killer set as usual, so come see them!! We have even more locals on the bill too, this show will feature the dream-punk tunes of Mystery Gift as well as the emo jamz of Wir Konnen. Check it out, this show should be rad!

It will be held July 20th at 7pm. All donations will go to Mama Linda so save up your change and extra dollars! There’s also a whole Help Mama Linda page! Check that out for sure, and here’s the facebook event for any other information. Keep it real.

Borealis: “Healing Process”

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Springfield solo noise/ambient project Borealis has recently released a new hit single to the world titled “Healing Process.” You can find that seven-minute long single streaming on the player embedded below. Borealis is a solo project of Mario Cannamela of Soap Scum, Meredosia, and Slam Dinner.

Want to catch Borealis live? Borealis does have a show coming up on Thursday, July 10th at Dumb Records along with Adam Balbo, Austin Connelly, and Like… With Jetpacks. Find more info on that one right here.

July 18th at Black Sheep: Kickstart, The Moms, Deviant, Fill In The Blank

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Our summer wouldn’t be complete without that Friday night hot and sweaty pop punk show (although things won’t be as sweaty inside Black Sheep with our new heating/cooling system). On Saturday, July 18th we have a show for local pop punkers Kickstart. The big time touring band on this bill is called The Moms from New Jersey. They are on punk record label Paper + Plastick Records and you can find some of their music streaming below. Other than that we have the mighty Central Illinois-based melodic hardcore band, Deviant. It has been a little while since they have taken the stage at Black Sheep. To complete the lineup we have a performance by pop-punk band Fill In The Blank.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find this show listed along with many more Black Sheep shows on our shows page.

Our Lady / Estates Stream Split 7″ & Announce Show

OLESATESMOCK   Guard Records, Mind Over Matter Records, Estates & Our Lady are all teaming up to release a really neat split 7″ with a release date set tentatively in late August. The 7″ will be on 5 different color variants, as well as having a screen printed cover & a full stapled in booklet! Couch King has been kind enough to bring us our first free stream of both sides of split which you can find here. The record & all its colorful majesty is now up for pre order here. smalll In other new related news the dorks in both bands are having a Springfield show at The Black Sheep Cafe alongside HOT local hardcore acts Mildred & Meredosia. You can find the event for the show here.

July 14th at Black Sheep: King Worm, Blackhole, New Heart, Panzys

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Hey! We have a cool show sandwhich coming up on Monday, July 14th. It’ll be hosting the local tween pop band King Worm, so make sure to plug your nose for that one. Then we’ll hear some hardcore crud from Missouri based Blackhole. Check out some of their music streaming below. Another band playing that night called New Heart coming from Indianapolis will fork out some brutal jamz, then to finish the sandwhich off we’ll have the sensitive crooners in Panzys tie everything up really well. It’s sure to be a great show!

That’ll be coming up on July 14th with the usual 7:00 pm show starting punk time, $5 at the door. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. We have alot of other cool shows coming up both before and after that so check our shows page out! And in the words of Blackhole, keep spitting.

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Big Push Contest

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Who is ready to rumble? Tonight we have a little something different going on at Black Sheep Cafe. We’re hosting an event sponsored by Rich Taste Entertainment and Ozland photography called the Big Push Contest. According to the facebook event for tonight’s big extraveganza,

The contest is designed to give one lucky artist/band a shot at the big time. The winner/s of the contest will receive professional recording, a music video and digital distribution.

With placement on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, the X-Box store and hundreds more digital retailers plus a music video shot by Ozland Photography we will giving you that “Big Push” needed to take your music to the next level.

Wow! Who will win? Come out to the show tonight! Looks like so far we have a lot of underground acts such as Webacksoon, BDoug, Keithen Gardner, The MoonMen and much more. There will be no indie, punk or folk acts tonight because hip-hop has the floor and all the haters should come anyway. Why? Because it’ll be cool that’s why.

Come out at 7:00 pm and check out the tunes, there might be free candy, and entry fee is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Make sure to also check out the other awesome shows we have coming up.

Black Sheep Battle of the Bands 2014 Lineup

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The Black Sheep Battle of the Bands is happening again this year and it’s coming up fast!  The battle is only two weeks from tomorrow (Saturday, July 12th) and tonight we are here with our finalized lineup of five young bands ready to compete in the battle. This year’s lineup features…

Panzys
Blind Social
The Locals
Schnozzberry Jam
Descrate the Kingdom

That’s it! As you can probably tell some of these bands have played the stage at Black Sheep before, and some are entirely new. This year there will be similar awards to two winning bands. The first prize will go to the crowd-favorite band, and that will be a spot on this year’s Black Sheep Fest happening on Saturday July 26th. The second award goes to a band chosen from a panel of judges, and that will be a free four song demo recorded at our very own South Town Studio. Good luck to all of the bands!

The whole thing is going to start at 7:00 pm and will cost $5 like a regular Black Sheep show. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out what else we have coming up at Black Sheep this summer on our shows page.

Today on The Black Sheep Radio Show: Aaron Phillips (Torch Tuesdays)

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Now that Dumb Fest 2 and all of that craziness is over, we can get back into our usual Friday routine of The Black Sheep Radio Show featuring guests from all different areas of Springfield music. Today is a special episode because we have Aaron Phillips coming in as a guest. Aaron is involved with Torch Tuesdays at Bar None and Hip Hop Hump Day on  Wednesdays on 88.3 WQNA FM, and also 217 Hip Hop online. Aaron was also responsible for booking the hip hop “Big Push Contest” tomorrow night at Black Sheep. He will be talking to us about what we can expect to see at Black Sheep this big weekend.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream the show live online at wqna.org. Also be sure to check out our radio page for a long list of downloadable episodes from the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: HISO Music

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For those of you who were not at Black Sheep last night we have news for you- OUR HEAT PUMP IS UP AND RUNNING!! This means we can control the temperature of the main room in the summer and winter. Those of you who were at the show last night felt the cool refreshing breeze if you stood in the center of the dance floor. This weekend is another non-stop weekend this time we have two back-to-back hip hop related shows. Tonight we are opening our doors to a collective called HISO Music. If you are looking for something new, or if you are a fan of rap or hip-hop then this is probably the show for you. We have been told to expect some live music and some type of dancing going on. You might be able to get a taste of what to expect by the video embedded below.

This show is going to start at 8:00 pm and admission is $5. Dumb Records has TONS of new arrivals in and will be open today from 3:00 to 9:00 pm. Check out a list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

Night/Hex: “They Were Watching…” + “The Fear”

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Checkit! Some new information was dug up about the intentions behind well known and loved project War Magic as well as a new spooky project named Night Hex.

Night Hex is a project composed of Alistair Reynolds and his husband Mark Reynolds. According to them, this project was started to attain the mood that their first War Magic album Cyclomancy achieved but with a more techno feel to it. Since War Magic has been going in a completely new direction lately, as can be seen and heard at their next show at Black Sheep Fest, the Night/ Hex recordings are meant to retain their original style. Though Night/Hex doesn’t plan on doing any shows, you can definitely keep your eyes peeled for upcoming releases from them! Definitely make sure to catch War Magic and their new sounds at Black Sheep Fest and check out the fine tunes of Night/Hex in the player below.