February 8th at Black Sheep: Jess Knight, Jordi, Dustin Sendejas, Rella, Honey/Suck

Posted on January 26, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Coming up on Saturday, February 8th we have another “big and bad” Black Sheep acoustic show! This will be a great time for all, and hopefully the weather will be also getting warmer. There will be some sort of potluck going on, and also Dumb Records will be open until 9:00 pm that night. Acoustic acts playing include Jess Knight of Looming and Asthma, and also Jordi, or Jordan Fein of Looming. Also on this show is Dustin Sendejas formerly of the band The Transatlantic. This show also has two newer acts. This will be the second show of Rella, which features Clare Frachey’s solo work and also Honey/Suck which is the spoken word of Aubrey Puyear.

This show begins at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to stay updated with all of the shows coming up at Black Sheep by looking at our shows page.

Meredosia Recording New Material

Posted on January 25, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like Springfield post-rock band Meredosia are in the studio working on recording some new material. And by “studio” we mean our very own South Town Studio, which we made a new page for yesterday. This will be the band’s first official release, while they have released a few songs on their bandcamp before this. The new release is tentatively seven to nine songs in length. We will keep you all updated when more info about the release is known or when the songs are streaming online.

Happy Birthday Kevin Bradford

Posted on January 25, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we would like to wish Black Sheep owner for eight and a half years, Kevin Bradford a very happy birthday. If it wasn’t for Kevin sticking it out through many, many shows over the eight and a half years none of this would exist. Happy Birthday Kevin!

There is no show happening tonight at Black Sheep due to this national holiday, but Dumb Records will still be open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm tonight. Stop by and hang out or pick up a record for Kevin’s birthday!

New Pages: Recording Studio

Posted on January 24, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

You might remember a while back when we announced that Brandon Carnes (Looming, The Timmys, Big Storm) has started his own home studio right here in South Town. Today we are bringing you a new page on our site so you can learn more about the studio, which has been named “South Town Studio” and find out how you can contact Brandon if you are looking for affordable rates on quality recordings for any band. Check out the new page right here, or hover over the “studio” tab where you can now find the recording studio page and also the page for The Black Sheep Radio Show, which is now recorded inside South Town Studio.

Today On Black Sheep Radio: Austin Connelly, Brian McCormic

Posted on January 24, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It has been a little while since we have had an episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show with not one but TWO special guests. Today is going to be one of those special episodes. If you tune in to our radio program today you will get to hear our hosts interview Austin Connelly of Montagh, Worms, and Wir Können. Austin will be talking about upcoming shows and releases he has coming up, and might also play an acoustic song live in our very own South Town Studios. Guest number two is Springfield tattoo artist Brian McCormic of Redbird Electric Tattooing. Brian will be talking about how he views art in Springfield and maybe a little bit on the music scenes of Springfield past.

Tune in to 88.3 WQNA fm from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm today to catch our radio program. You can also stream the show at the same time at wqna.org online. Don’t forget to check out our radio page where we try and keep an updated archive of all of our downloadable episodes.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Corcid, Deviant, Your Phobia, Loses the Mighty, Airacobra, Trapped In a Painting

Posted on January 24, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

This show will be brutal! The band we know as Corcid will be playing this evening- will they play their technical death jams or their or their monstrous heavy beat down jams? Who knows, come find out! Then we’ll be graced by some melodic hardcore stuff from the midwestern folks in Deviant. The Litchfield metal band Your Phobia will also be taking a place on the black sheep stage tonight and are sure to create a blackened circle pit so don’t miss out! Loses the Mighty is a band from Shipman, IL and their ambient hardcore jams are sure to be inspiring. Then there is going to be a good old fashioned rock n’ roll metal band called Airacobra to grace us with some lusciferian tunes. Decatur based Trapped In a Painting will be playing some classic metal styled jams. They are also looking for a vocalist- so come to this show and try your luck with these guys! Check out all these other sets because it’ll be a raw show!

Come to the Black Sheep at 6:00 pm, pay 8 bux and mosh all your hair out. Here is the facebook event, make sure to check out the other rad shows we have coming up!

Asthma: “Egg Sac”

Posted on January 23, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a Black Sheep exclusive stream of a brand new song by a brand new Springfield band called Asthma. The song is called “Egg Sac” and it comes from the band’s upcoming demo, Broke & Violent being released along with a show at Black Sheep on February 15th. You can find the song streaming below, or head over here to bandcamp where you can download the song for your own price. Asthma features members of the bands Looming, Table Drama, and Mildred.

Asthma will be playing at Black Sheep on Saturday, February 15th which is also the release show for their demo cassette. Also playing the show is Soap Scum, Chain’s Gang, and Animal Teeth.

New Arrivals At Dumb Records This Weekend

Posted on January 23, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

For those of you who do not know about recent happenings in South Town, there is a new record store located at 1107 South Grand Ave called Dumb Records. They carry tons of stuff from new to used records, 7″s, CDs, and cassettes of all types of bands and genres. Here is a sneak peak at some of the new arrivals that will be inside Dumb Records this weekend:

LPs
The Max Levine Ensemble – OK Smarty Pants
Expectorated Sequence – The Prolonged Disaster
Locketender – Kafka
Grand Detour – LP
Burning Bright – Domesday
Polina/Todos Caeran/Kaddish/Bonehouse – 4 Way Split

7″s
Bikini Kill – New Radio
Stranded – Broken Bottles and The Way We Live
Downpresser – Age Of Ignorance
The Sticklers – s/t
The Jinkies – Road Trip/Mixed Message
Real Lulu – One Verse/Wate My Time
Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right

Cassettes
Ramshackle Glory – Live The Dream
The Disappearing Man/Business Fairy – Split
Dessa Sons – s/t

Dumb Records will be open from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. If you plan on attending the Black Sheep show Friday night, be sure to sneak over to Dumb Records in between bands and see what the store has to offer.

Mario Cannamela: “Drinking Gasoline” (Montagh)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like Springfield acoustic act/guitarist of punk band Soap Scum Mario Cannamela has released a version of a popular Montagh song “Drinking Gasoline” through Springfield label Patch Records. The track is available for free stream and download at bandcamp right here, and you can also stream it at the bottom of this post. Cory V of Patch Records had this to say about the song:

I was like going to not talk about this until I was more ready for it to be done (I’m seriously so far from being done), but Springfield is too talented. Patch is doing a covers compilation of Springfield musicians covering other Springfield musicians. Here is Mario Scum playing a Montagh song. More songs slowly over the next three month? Guess so, because Austin’s cover is so good.

So by the sound of it, Patch Records should be releasing a compilation of Springfield musicians covering other Springfield songs. Cory hinted at another cover coming soon being performed by Austin Connelly of Montagh. More info about the compilation and possibly other songs will be posted soon.

February 27th at Black Sheep: Hank, Capys, Austin Connelly

Posted on January 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Check out this show coming up at the end of February! Looks like Hank and Capys are going on an epic tour that WE are included in. Hank is a Champaign based pizza-core math-party band and Capys are really just out to rock everyone out of their socks, so come check out this show! It’s sure to be pleasing. Austin Connely is Goku will be the official designated anime rock band of the evening, so get ready to toon-goon slam. Additional acts are welcome.

This show will be on a Thursday some come in your work clothes at 7:00 pm and pay $5 for a grand old time. Observe here the facebook event and make sure to check out our other shows happening before and after this one!