July 12th at Black Sheep: Battle of the Bands 2014

Posted on May 25, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Remember last summer when we had our first Black Sheep Battle of the Bands in a while and it was a blast? (There was one in the very early years of Black Sheep but times were very different back then). Today we are announcing our Black Sheep Battle of the Bands “2.5” or 2014! It will be happening this year on Saturday, July 12th. We need your help in hunting down bands for this! If you are young and play in a band that has not played Black Sheep a whole lot, we need you! If you are in a high school or middle school band, talk to us! If you are neither of those things, we still might be interested in having your band on the roster for the Battle of the Bands this year. Here are some of the criteria we are looking for in bands:

– bands that have high school, middle school, or even college-aged members.
– bands that have not yet played Black Sheep, or have only played once or twice.
– new bands that have formed within the last year

If you are in a band that falls into any of those criteria and are from Springfield or the surrounding areas, we would like to hear from you! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will talk with you more about Battle of the Bands details. Of course this year there will also be big prizes for two selected winners for the Battle of the Bands. One winner will receive a spot on Black Sheep Fest 2014, and another will receive a few songs recorded for free in South Town Studio.

Tonight at VFW 2211 Old Jacksonville Rd: Asylum Reunion

Posted on May 24, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight there will be no shows at Black Sheep. We are holding off on a show this Saturday night in honor of one of Springfield’s older music venues, The Asylum. The Asylum will be having a reunion of sorts at the VFW hall on 2211 Old Jacksonville Road tonight. With this reunion will be a show featuring Springfield punk band The Timmys and there will be a reunion for old Springfield punk band The Gunga Dins. Feel free to come out and enjoy the show even if you never got the chance to make it out to The Asylum in the 1990s. We can all rock together. For more information on the reunion show go here.

Activities will begin at 3:00 pm and the show will kick off at 7:00 pm. Admission for this is $5, and any extra money raised will go to the St. Jude Children Hospital. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Check out more Springfield shows outside of Black Sheep on our Springfield shows page.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Roger Smith (Asylum Reunion)

Posted on May 23, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today on The Black Sheep Radio show we will be blasting back in time and talking to Roger Smith about the upcoming Asylum Reunion show. The Asylum was a Springfield venue and coffeehouse around for a few years during the late 1990s. Roger Smith is one of the organizers for the Asylum reunion show which is happening tomorrow at VFW Post #755. As a part of the reunion Springfield bands The Timmys and The Gunga Dins will be performing. For more information on that you can head over to a facebook event right here.

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.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Rella, Austin Connelly, Kristin Walker, Wilt Candy

Posted on May 23, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey humans, we’ve got some super fly, locally grown acoustic jams coming at us tonight in Southtown. Rella‘s Clare Frachey of JAG will be weaving webs, Austin Connelly of Swamp Rat, Montagh and Wir Konnen will be howling at the moon, Kristin Walker of Akaname and Lovecow will be trilling like windchimes, the fierce ladies of Wilt Candy will be killing demons, all done in a musical fashion! It’ll be quite the show.

Come out to Dumb Records at 7pm to experience this acoustic explosion, and bring $5 please. Here’s the facebook event. Enjoy your food.

July 19th at Black Sheep: Akaname, Looming, Wilt Candy, Ego And The Ids

Posted on May 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Bam, it’s another summer show announcement. This time it’s for a show on Saturday, July 19th just one week before Black Sheep Fest 2014. This is going to be a solid all-local four band show and it would be a shame if you missed it. For this show we have Springfield’s new ska-punk band Akaname. We also have the power indie pop rock band, Looming. Sing and skank along to those bands. Up next we have the new folk duo, Wilt Candy. Wilt Candy already has a lot of shows lined up this summer. To top off the show there will be a performance by new pop rock band Ego And The Ids. Come to the show and find out what they are all about.

This one is going to be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Bass Line Bums, Carnivores At Grace, Lifer, Epsom, RDNT

Posted on May 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we are in for a wild and crazy ride. It’s a Thursday but the shows don’t stop here as we gear up for summer. Tonight we have Bass Line Bums coming from Austin, Texas. You can check out some of their tunes on the player below. Also on tour from Chicago is the experimental post-hardcore band Carnivores At Grace. The last time they came through was earlier this year when they played with Japanese punk band Ultra Bidé. This time Carnivores At Grace will be on tour with Lifer from Arkansas. Then we have a couple of great local Springfield bands. We have Epsom, the fun and weird rock band that will get you moving. There is also a performance by punk band RDNT so get ready to circle pit.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page where you can see everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Dan Potthast (MU330) Playing Harm House July 1st

Posted on May 21, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow! Today we have quite the surprise for you Springfield music fans! It looks like today that Springfield punk house the Harm House are announcing that they will be hosting a rare and special show for Dan Potthast of the popular ska-punk band MU330 on Tuesday, July 1st. For those of you who don’t know, MU330 is an old ska band from St. Louis active from 1988-2008. They used to play in Springfield in the 1990s with bands such as The Timmys and NIL8.

Dan Potthast will be playing at The Harm House as a part of his “Living Room Tour” this summer, where he will be playing a number of living rooms across the country. Also playing the show on July 1st will be Springfield experimental punk band boon, and also acoustic act Dustin Sendejas. This show will begin right at 7:30 pm and they are asking for $5-10 sliding scale at the door. If you are feeling up for it, also bring some food for a potluck. You can find a facebook event for this show soon. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a good look at some Springfield shows happening outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Convalescence, Sykosis, Eminent Slaughter, Sweet Intoxication, Caecus

Posted on May 21, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight’s a big night for metal fans in Springfield. Why? Because we have this great metal show happening at Black Sheep! 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. Don’t forget about Sweet Intoxication from Decatur, Illinois.

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.

July 11th at Black Sheep: Mikey Hash, D.B. Cooper, Co-Pilots, Habilis Riccardo

Posted on May 20, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Look at that, it’s another hip hop show at Black Sheep presented by Coosh*t! You can keep your eyes out for a few hip hop and rap shows at Black Sheep this summer. This one is being called the “Have You Seen Mikey” show and features Mikey Hash. We will also have another performance by D.B. Cooper, the brains behing Coosh*t. Then we will be joined again by the hip hop duo, Co-Pilots. Then we have a very special guest and that is Habilis Riccardo. On top of all of that, there will probably be more artists to be added later on. Key your eyes and ears peeled.

This show is going to start at 7:00 pm and admission is $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 else going on this summer at Black Sheep.

Hospital Job: The Believer

Posted on May 20, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield touring pop punk band Hospital Job have their brand new LP, The Believer, streaming via New Noise Magazine. You can find link for the full album stream below (with album art [above] featuring Springfield’s own Carillon at Washington Park). The new album is being released through It’s Alive Records on CD and 12″ vinyl. You can already find the CD for sale at Dumb Records, and we expect the vinyl for the album to be in soon.

LISTEN HERE

Hospital Job are currently on tour out to the west coast in support of their new album. They will return later this month and have a show lined up on Friday, May 30th at Skank Skates along with Masked Intruder and The Timmys.