Skeletal Lightning Fest Announces Full Lineup

Posted on January 28, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Skeletal Lightning Fest happening in Champaign/Urbana on April 11th, 12th, and 13th this year have announced their full lineup consisting of forty-something bands from all over the country. The festival focuses on DIY bands and ethics of the Midwest and this will be the second year of the fest. For some photos of last year’s fest head over here.

Notable acts playing this year include Circle Takes The Square, Weekend Nachos, Enabler, Joie De Vivre, Dumb Fest’s Tenement, and Springfield’s very own Our Lady. The festival will be taking place over the course of three days between Friday, April 11th and Sunday, April 13th. This year the festival will be held at Error Records in Champaign and the Independent Media Center in Urbana, Illinois. You can go here for more information on ticket pre-orders for single-day and three-day passes for the fest.

Mystery Gift: “Link Together With All”

Posted on January 27, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you another brand new stream of music from a newer Springfield band. Today the band is Mystery Gift, and they have released some sort of an acoustic four-song EP on their bandcamp entitled Link Together With All. You can find the songs on the Mystery Gift bandcamp right here, and also download the songs for free, or also stream them on the player embedded below. Keep an eye out for any upcoming Mystery Gift shows at Black Sheep.

New Band Pages: Owen Davis

Posted on January 27, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a brand new page here at blacksheepspringfield.com for Springfield noise artist Owen Davis. Owen Davis has yet to perform live at all at this point, but he has released many many things on various labels. Owen also runs his own label called Clouded Sky Recordings, where he has released music and noise from artists from various parts of the globe. You can check out Owen’s new page right here, where you can stream some of his noise and find out more about Owen’s project.

Check out any of the sixty-something band pages that we have set up for bands local to Springfield here on our current bands page. Do you play in a Springfield band that we do not have a page for yet? 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 page.

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.