New Recording Studio In South Town

Posted on December 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you news of yet another new installment in the Black Sheep neighborhood. It looks as if our very own Brandon Carnes (Big Storm, Looming, The Timmys) has opened up a recording studio and practice space for bands right next to Black Sheep! This also means we have new headquarters for The Black Sheep Radio Show (which airs today from our new location at 4:00 pm).

Brandon will be offering very cheap and affordable recordings and practice space rentals for all kinds of bands and musicians. If you are curious about what Brandon can do to help your band don’t hesitate to get ahold of him at brandontcarnes@gmail.com.

This is very exciting news for South Town and the Black Sheep community. With Dumb Records opening next month, South Town will soon include Black Sheep, Skank Skates, Dumb Records, and Brandon’s Recording Studio (yet to be named). Once a name for the new studio is established we will set up a new page on our site for general info and FAQ’s.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Miles Fowler

Posted on December 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Today is our special 50th episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show! It is hard to believe that we have been on the air for almost one full year now. To celebrate this special event we have Miles Fowler, Black Sheep “janitor” for close to eight years coming in to talk to us. We also might have a few special guest surprise appearances such as George Sinclair and Brian Galecki. It also looks like we have a new studio for our radio show? Listen at 4:00 pm to find out more about that.

You can tune in to The Black Sheep Radio Show from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. If you don’t have a radio you can stream the show on the internet at wqna.org. If you missed a few shows dont’ forget that we have them all up for download on our radio tab.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Caterpillar Club, Cinema Verite, Meredosia, and The Science Of

Posted on December 19, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Kicking off the Winter Party Weekend tonight we have the Belleville dream pop punkers coming through, the Cinema Verite, as well as locals Caterpillar Club, Meredosia, and The Science Of making their first Black sheep appearance.

The show starts at 7 p.m. and will be five bucks. The event page can be found here. Come out and have a good time bearing down for the ensuing permafrost of winter. Don’t forget that tonight will be the first of THREE holiday weekend shows at Black Sheep happening back-to-back-to-back, and for info on the other shows and all other shows coming up head over to our shows page.

WUIS: “Epsom Offers Music Scene Shock Rock & Sarcasm”

Posted on December 18, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like Springfield public media provider WUIS has begun releasing segments that they have been working on focusing on bands local to Springfield. Their first segment features Springfield weirdo-rock band Epsom. If you head over to the WUIS site right here you can find an audio track of some band performances and an interview. From the WUIS site:

Local band Epsom is Steven Sgro on vocals and guitar, Scott Faingold on vocals, Timothy Harte on drums, and Kristopher Zander on guitar. The group describes their music as “gratuitous shock rock.

Be on the lookout for more WUIS segments on local bands soon! We sense that they may have a few coming up featuring local bands War Magic and boon.

Dumb Records Facebook Page

Posted on December 16, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Dumb Records now has a facebook page! Give it a like and keep up with everything that’s going on in Dumb World. We will be taking donations of all sorts, including cds, tapes, band shirts, and band merch! Also, make sure to check out the Dumb Records page we just recently added here on the blacksheep website, and email dumbrecs@gmail.com with any questions.

Dumb Records will be opening on January 10th and 11th, 2014. The grand opening celebration will be held at Black Sheep and Dumb Records along with an art show going all day on Saturday, January 11th. For more information on that you can go here. Thank you and have a dumb day.

Calling All Local Bands: Dumb Records

Posted on December 15, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey! Did you know that early next year there will be a new record store in South Town? Yeah, it’s going to be called Dumb Records! We really want to make sure that Dumb Records is full of great music and releases once we open, which is something that we can use your help on. If you play in a local band or ANY band and you have records, cassettes, or CDs we are interested in carrying your music in our store! We will be willing to take donations, buy wholesale, or work with you on a consignment basis. You can get a hold of us by coming out to any Black Sheep show, or through email at dumbrecs@gmail.com. This includes older bands that are broken up!

We are also still interested in taking donations of used records, CDs, cassettes, and band shirts. If you have anything of the sort for us we will be accepting donations at Black Sheep during shows.

Dumb Records will be opening January 10th and 11th in South Town. For more information on our big grand opening celebration happening January 11th, go here.

New Champaign Label: Kuloolu Records

Posted on December 15, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Our friends over in Champaign who are also involved with Error Records are soon to have a brand new label to put out cool tunes. They are a “Midwestern label focusing on releasing cassettes,” which sounds pretty exciting to us. They even have their first release announced, but they are keeping the release date under wraps for now. It’s going to be called The Presidents of the KULOOLUnited States of America, and will feature a variety of central Illinois bands such Looming, Kowabunga Kid!, and Bad Catman. From the Kuloolu facebook page:

“The idea here is we are putting out a track by track cover cassette of the self titled Presidents of the United States of America album.”

Check the Kuloolu facebook page if you are interested in more information. You can expect to see Kuloolu releases inside Dumb Records as soon as we are able to carry them. You can also check out our community page for a long list of small labels and local businesses in the area that we put together.

New Pages: Dumb Records

Posted on December 14, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Things at Black Sheep headquarters and Dumb Industires are getting dumber by the minute. Today we are bringing you a whole new page of Dumb on our site. It is a brand new page for Dumb Records, the newly announced record store coming to Black Sheep in January of 2014. Check out or original announcement post for Dumb Records here, and our post on our January 11th grand opening right here. Go here to check out the new Dumb Records page, or click on the “dumb” tab located above.

On the Dumb Records page you can find out a little more about what Dumb Records is, as well as our store hours (once we are open), and any other general info. The page is still a work in progress, so keep checking back for any updates!

Tonight at Poon Lagoon/Radon Lounge

Posted on December 14, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight there are two Christmas-themed shows that are at two other venues in town. The show at the Radon Lounge is called the CHRISTMAS EXPLOSION, and will feature a potluck, free arcade games, and the musical stylings of Von Stanz and Aaron Lee Martin. An event page can be found here.

Meanwhile, the Poon Lagoon will be having their Winter Fiasco which will feature locals Like…With Jetpacks and The Science Of, as well as Bloomington’s Werepire Day. The event page for the Poon Lagoon show can be found here.

For more information on both of those shows you might want to check out our original Christmas Explosion/Winter Fiasco post. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a look at all of the shows going on around town outside of Black Sheep.

Vote For Best of Springfield Local Music 2013

Posted on December 13, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

The end of 2013 is finally approaching and we have to say that it has been an outstanding year for local music in Springfield. Last year we had a lot of fun with our best of polls for Springfield music in 2012. You can check out the results for those polls here, here, and here. We want to hear what your highlights were for this year! We have a poll going for favorite local shows, albums, and songs from the year 2013. Keep in mind that this is not just a poll for Black Sheep- we are interested in votes for all different types of local Springfield bands as well as shows that happened at other venues! We want you to pick five songs, albums, and shows that may have stuck out to you in the year 2013. You can find the link to the poll below. Polls will be open from now up until Sunday, December 22nd. Then we will post the results before the end of the year!

VOTE HERE