Today on Black Sheep Radio: The Complaint Line

Posted on May 16, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Did you forget that The Black Sheep has our own radio show? Well now is a good time to remember, and tune in today to hear our show from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Today on The Black Sheep Radio Show we have guests John and Shawnda from The Complaint Line coming in. The Complaint Line will be one of five bands performing in tonight’s Black Sheep Cover/Benefit show, and they will be performing as The Pixies. Aside from that, we will be talking to them about their recently recorded EP and also about another show they have coming up at Black Sheep on June 5th with a lot of cool bands.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream the show online at wqna.org. Also check out our radio page where you can find an archive of downloadable episodes of the past.

Black Sheep Fest 2014 on July 26th

Posted on May 14, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow, look at that it’s already that time of year. The summer is pretty much here, Dumb Fest 2 is just one month away, and it’s time to talk about Black Sheep Fest 2014. Today we are announcing that Black Sheep Fest is happening on Saturday, July 26th this year. Now you can make sure you can schedule all of your family vacations and request off of work accordingly. This will be Black Sheep Fest number 6 for those of you keeping count. The first Black Sheep Fest was in 2008 and was three days long (it sounds like a big deal but it wasn’t that great). The lineup for this year’s Black Sheep Fest will be announced along with the official flier at Dumb Fest 2.

For some photos of last year’s Black Sheep Fest you can go right here to our Black Sheep Fest 2013 flickr group. If you can not wait for this summer fest to come any closer, that’s okay because Dumb Fest 2 is going to be just as fun and it is less than a month.

June 23rd at Black Sheep: Two Knights, Our Lady, Leaky Soups, Christopher Walking, Wilt Candy

Posted on May 14, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

On Monday, June 23rd we have THIS show coming up. What show is this? It’s a pretty good one. We have the band Two Knights coming back from Denton, Texas. Two Knights played here late last year and they were great. This time around they have a new album out and you can stream that below. Also on this show is the Springfield powerhouse Our Lady. Our Lady will also be playing Dumb Fest 2 on June 13th. Other than that we have a couple of other touring acts from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One is Leaky Soups, a female-fronted emo group. They will be touring with Christopher Walking also from Philly. The show will open up with Wilt Candy, a new Springfield folk project.

This show will be at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Dumb Fest One Month Away, Single Day Passes For Sale

Posted on May 13, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

We don’t know where the time is going, but today marks one month until Dumb Fest 2, the two-day summer festival happening all over South Town on Friday June 13th and Saturday June 14th. Dumb Fest 2 is going to be a big deal. There are nearly 40 bands playing from 8 different states, and many are traveling from far and wide to play Dumb Fest. This year the fest is happening inside Black Sheep, Dumb Records, and Skank Skates.

In honor of Dumb Fest 2 being one month away, we are putting tickets for single-day passes online right now. You can purchase single-day passes now at Dumb Records during store hours or online right here for $12 each. Two-day passes are still on sale at Dumb Records or online for $20. Tickets at the door the day of Dumb Fest will be $15. For those of you who purchase tickets online, we will have your name on a will-call list at the door.

PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE RIGHT HERE

The first 50 of you who purchase a single-day or two-day pass will still receive one free hand screen printed poster. We still have a few of these left, so if you plan on getting tickets you better act quick! The posters will be at Dumb Records or will be given out at the fest if you order online.

For a full look at the lineup of Dumb Fest 2, go to our Dumb Fest 2 page. You can also find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 2 right here. Dumb Fest 2 day one (Friday June 13th) will begin at 3:00 pm and Dumb Fest 2 day two (Saturday June 14th) will kick off at 1:00 pm. You can expect some intense Dumb Fest 2 coverage and information from us over the next month leading up to this big dumb event.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on May 13, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

This week we have a great new batch of goodies over at Dumb Records, located at 1107 South Grand Ave, right next to Black Sheep. You can find that list of stuff below. If you see something you like you might want to stop by Dumb Records today, which will be open from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Dumb Records will also be open Friday from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. This week is also your last chance to sign up for Black Sheep Band Lotto at Dumb Records. You can find a box to submit your name at Dumb until the end of the Black Sheep Cover/Benefit Show this Friday. The names for Band Lotto will also be drawn at the end of that show.

Don’t forget you can also pick up tickets for Dumb Fest 2 at Dumb Records during store hours.

New 12”
Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism
Mates of State – Mountaintops
Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love
Tela Melos – X’ed Out

Used 12”
The Psychedelic Furs – All Of This And Nothing

7”
Diarrhea Planet – Aloha

Used Cassettes
Dokken – Back For The Attack
Huey Lewis And The News – Hard At Play
Fat Boys – The Fat Boys Are Back
Loudness – Lightning Strikes
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood
Quiet Riot – Condition Critical
Quiet Riot – QR II
RATT – Dancing Undercover
Rollins Band – The End Of Silence
Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry
The 2 Live Crew – As Nasty As They Wanna Be

New Cassettes
Bubblegum Octopus – Critters
Hale Of Koth – Hale Of Koth
Femoral – Femoral
Mouthsex – Demo
Yatagarasu – Weaponization

Give Back To Mama Linda

Posted on May 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

On this past Saturday night a big friend and supporter of the Black Sheep’s, Mama Linda and her family lost their home and possessions in an intense and unexpected house fire. The house was located in Lilly, Illinois and played a key role in housing bands during Cornerstone Music Festival as well as other times. Mama Linda also frequently provides food for bands at shows, including plenty of the food that Apryl brings to shows. Here’s a message from Black Sheep owner Kevin Bradford:

Hello everyone, our prayers and hearts go out to our friend “Mamma” Linda Olsen. Linda has been a longtime supporter of Black Sheep and of many other bands and people throughout the years. Linda’s home and all of her possessions were lost in a fire that happened May 10th. Many do not realize that it is usually Linda that gives Apryl the food she uses and prepares for the wonderful meals she gives to our community. The Audiofeed Festival that we are a part of emerged from her generosity and love for all the motley wanderers who were hard up for food that she would dish out in abundance. There is a “Go Fund Me” that is open if you would feel so inclined to donate to. We will also be doing a benefit in late June for her as well. At Black Sheep we always have, and will look out for our own. Thanks everyone. -Kevin

You can find a link to the “Give Back To Mama Linda” fund right here. We will be back with more info later on about a benefit show happening in June.

June 17th at Black Sheep: PJ Famicom, F///\\\M, King Worm, Swamp Rat

Posted on May 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

There is some real deal serious fun time stuff that will be happening on Tuesday, June 17th at Black Sheep. We will be having the great and famous PJ Famicom from Florida coming to play at Black Sheep for the first time in a long time. PJ plays solo black metal pop and you can check some of that out below. Also on this bill is Springfield’s most ridiculous solo project, F///\\\\M featuring Brandon Carnes of Looming, Big Storm, and The Timmys. Then we will all be bowing down to the great and powerful King Worm, which is a brand new Springfield punk band that will be playing their first show May 31st here at Black Sheep. If that’s not enough for you we also have sludgy hardcore band Swamp Rat.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for other stuff coming up this summer at Black Sheep.

New Band Pages: Wilt Candy

Posted on May 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a brand new band page on our site for the new folk duo that’s got everyone talkin, Wilt Candy. Wilt Candy has a few shows coming up, including June 10th at Dumb Records, June 23rd at Black Sheep, and July 18th at Black Sheep. Wow, this band is doing stuff. You can check out the new band page and learn more about Wilt Candy right here.

Springfield has been recently exploding with new bands every minute. We have a hard time keeping up with every band, but you can see the current bands we have band pages for right here. If you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered we would love to hear from you. Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

June 10th at Dumb Records: Wilt Candy, Tim Williams, Real Live Tigers, Alex Glasnovic, Austin Connelly

Posted on May 11, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

On Tuesday, June 10th we will be having a real dumb show happening just three days before Dumb Fest 2. This show will be all-acoustic and inside Dumb Records. We are mixing it up BIG TIME here in South Town. For this show we have the new two-piece folk project, Wilt Candy. We also have Tim Williams of Our Lady playing a solo set. Then we have a couple of touring musicians from Texas. Real Live Tigers will be playing. You can check out some of their music below. You might remember a certain show about one year ago at Black Sheep that Real Live Tigers played at. They will be on tour with other solo artist Alex Glasnovic. To top it all off we have Austin Connelly performing some acoustic songs by his main band Swamp Rat.

This show kicks off at 7:00 pm at Dumb Records and costs $5. Be there. Also check out our shows page for other shows coming up in South Town.

June 28th at Black Sheep: “The Big Push Contest”

Posted on May 10, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

On Saturday, June 28th at Black Sheep we will be opening our doors to some more new and interesting things. There is going to be a “Big Push Contest” put together by some of the people involved with Torch Tuesdays at Bar None. Here’s some more info about this contest:

Rich Taste Entertainment and Ozland Photography have teamed up to bring you “The Big Push” showcase/contest. 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.

Cool. In addition to all of that, there is a $7 entry fee to all watching the event, and this will start at 7:00 pm. You can find a facebook event for this Big Push Contest right here. Be sure to also check out other things that are coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.