Tonight at Black Sheep: Akaname, Ego & The Ids, Meredosia, Matt Hill, Kyle Gietl

Posted on May 10, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep this will be our second show of this lovely spring weekend. If you were not at the show last night, be sure to come out tonight and hang out in South Town! For this show we have a completely new lineup since the show was first announced. We have Akaname, the new Springfield ska-punk band (song below). There is also a brand new band called Ego & The Ids featuring members of Naughtalus. Then we have shoegaze/post-rock project Meredosia. This show will also feature and start off with two solo performances by Matt Hill and Kyle Gietl.

Come check out this show at 7:00 pm and bring $5. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Don’t forget to also check out our upcoming shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Mouthsex, Q, Yatagarasu, Femoral, Aporia

Posted on May 9, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey cool cats and rad rats, you’d better believe it- tonight is going to be quite the show. We’ve got some goopy tunes comin around from the local mongrels and Mouthsex. The band Q will be playing some deliberate and hardcore punk tunes, and they’re coming here from O’Fallon so definitely check them out and support their fine force. To change the pace, Yatagarasu will have some hardcore, oldschool video-game jams to crunch up the night. Then, bringing some dope-dark-manic-hardcore punk tunes all the way from Austin, Texas will be Femoral, so definitely support those guys as well as Yatagarasu and Q. The last act we have on the bill is the local interactive noise set Aporia, so ultimately this show is gonna be tight.

It’ll be this fine night, $5 at the door, 7 pm. Come slam with the ghouls. Here’s the facebook event in case you get scared. Check out our other shows coming up!

June 7th at Black Sheep: Big Storm, Monster Heart, May The Peace Of The Sea Be With You, War Magic

Posted on May 8, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Look at this show, kids. We have a show announcement today for Saturday, June 7th. This show will be the very first show of the year for big time rockers Big Storm. You won’t want to miss that. This show will also feature two touring bands from Arkansas. The first of those bands is electronic/shoegaze band Monster Heart. You can find some of their music streaming below. On tour with Monster Heart is a band with a band name that is way to long. They are called May Of The Sea Be With You. Kicking things off will be the new and improved War Magic, bringing the dreamy rock.

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

Estates and Ski Mask Added To Dumb Fest 2

Posted on May 7, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Just when you thought we were done announcing bands for Dumb Fest 2, we are back with two more! Today we are here to announce that we have two more bands added to the long list of those playing Dumb Fest 2- and those are Estates from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Ski Mask from Columbia, Missouri. Estates will be playing day 1 of Dumb Fest on Friday June 13th and Ski Mask will be playing day 2 on Saturday June 14th. You can check out some of Estates’ music below.

Dumb Fest 2 will be happening on June 13th and 14th at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, and Dumb Records. You can still purchase two-day passes right here for $20, and the first 50 pre-orders come with a free hand-screen printed poster. Single day passes will go on sale soon for $12, and admission at the door will be $15 per day. You can also purchase tickets anytime at Dumb Records. Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 2 right here.

May 21st at Black Sheep: The Convalescence, Skyosis, Eminent Slaughter, Caecus

Posted on May 7, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Look here at this metal show at Black Sheep that is coming up very fast on Wednesday, May 21st. This show will be sure to be heavier than you can imagine. We have The Convalescence on tour from Toledo, Ohio. They have played at Black Sheep before in recent times, but this time The Convalescence will feature hometown hero Blake Perry formerly of Kharybdis. Don’t miss this touring band now with our former Springfield music scene guitarist and supporter. Also on tour with The Convalescence is Skyosis also from Ohio. This show will also feature the Champaign death metal band Eminent Slaughter. Then we have another Champaign act called Caecus, and they play progressive deathcore.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page where you can see a lot of what is coming up this summer at Black Sheep.

June 4th at Black Sheep: Benny The Jet Rodriguez, War Magic, JAG

Posted on May 6, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

On Wednesday, June 4th we have this nice summer treat of a show happening at Black Sheep. If you like the summer then you’ll like this show. We have the band Benny The Jet Rodriguez coming all the way from Los Angeles. Benny The Jet Rodriguez is a newer band on popular punk/indie label Recess Records. You can check out some of their music below. This show may be the first Black Sheep performance for the full-rock-band version of everyone’s favorite dream poppers, War Magic. We are keeping this one a short and sweet at three bands. The third band on the bill will be the tricksy and alternative pop band JAG. Yeah, yeah yeah it’s going to be great.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event sometime soon. Until then check out our shows page for a complete look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on May 6, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

This week is another new and exciting week over at Dumb Records, located at 1107 South Grand Avenue. We have a little but good stack of new arrivals in this week for you to take a peak at. You can find that list below.

Dumb Records will be open today from 3:00 to 8:00 pm. Today is the first day you can go and put your name in the box for Black Sheep Band Lotto, and submissions will continue from now until the Black Sheep Cover Show on the 16th. Dumb Records is also open Fridays from 3:00 to 9:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm.

New LPs
The Elsinores – Dreams Of Youth
Nephrons – Black Bedroom

Used LPs
Janis Joplin – Pearl Procol
Harum – Live In Concert

New 7”s
Acousma – Acousma
Disgusti – Disgusti
The Valenteens – Fun In The Sun With The Valenteens

Used 7″s
George Burns – I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
George Michael – Faith
Hall & Oates – Everything Your Heart Desires
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance

Cassettes
Earth Girls – Demo 2014
Gidim – Gidim
Rash – Rash

May 23rd at Dumb Records: Acoustic X-Splosion!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Hello Earthlings! We are happy to share with you that there will be one awesome acoustic show on Friday, May 23rd! This one will be happening at Dumb Records, which is located at 1107 South Grand Avenue, right next to Black Sheep. Playing this acoustic show we have Rella featuring Clare Frachey of JAG. Also on this show is Austin Connelly of Swamp Rat, Montagh, and a bunch of other bands. You can check out some of his music below. Other than that we have Kristin Walker of Akaname and Lovecow performing some acoustic tunes. To top the show off we have the new Springfield acoustic folk project Wilt Candy.

This show will be at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out what else is coming up in Southtown on our shows page and get ready to leave your earplugs at home and enjoy some tubular tunes from some cool bands!

New Band Pages: Akaname

Posted on May 5, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a brand new band page for the new Springfield ska band Akaname. Akaname are one of the many new Springfield bands to form this year. You can learn more about them and listen to some of their music on their new page right here. Aakaname will be playing their next show next at Black Sheep on May 31st along with Asthma, Swamp Rat, Panzys, and King Worm.

Check out our constantly growing list of current local Springfield bands right here. Do 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 up a new band page.

Black Sheep Band Lotto

Posted on May 4, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Are you all ready for a BIG game changer in Springfield, Illinois ROCK?? Have you always wanted to play in a band but never got the chance? Today we are announcing a big curve-ball in Black Sheep summer events and going-ons that we have never tried before. Today we are introducing the Black Sheep Band Lotto happening this summer. What is band lotto? Okay we will explain it.

Any volunteers will put their name into a hat, or bucket that we will have at Dumb Records. Then, we will draw names out of the bucket in groups of threes, fours, or fives. The drawn groups of people have the task of forming a band, and three months after the names are drawn there will be a show just for band lotto bands. Does all of that make sense? Good.

You might have a few questions. Can you participate if you don’t know how to play an instrument? That is entirely up to you, but be prepared to learn one. What if you don’t have musical equipment to participate in band lotto? That is something you will have to figure out. What if you get picked with somebody you don’t like or isn’t pulling through? Sorry, the show must go on. Sometimes you didn’t get along with the other kids in the group projects in sixth grade science class either. Does this have to be a band from now on? No, the purpose of all of this is for just one show, but you are welcome to continue your band lotto band after that show if you want to.

So here’s all of the details. The band lotto volunteer bucket will be inside Dumb Records starting right now until May 16th. Putting your own name into the bucket will be the only way to sign up for band lotto. Anyone who wants to is welcome to sign up. Do not put other people’s names into the band lotto, or else this won’t work. Anyone caught breaking the rules will receive one detention after school. We will draw the names for band lotto on May 16th at the very end of the Black Sheep Cover/Benefit Show. From then on the band lotto bands will have three months to get one set or original music together. We recommend sets be 10-40 minutes in length. The band lotto show will be held at Black Sheep on Saturday, August 16th. There are no winning bands, but if bands are successful and are willing they are welcome to continue playing shows.

Good luck out there.