Tonight at Black Sheep: Hobgob 2013

Posted on October 25, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Ladies and gentleman, ghouls and its, tonight is the night! Hobgob 2013 is here to take us away to eerie and faraway lands. Prepare to experience a show that will leave you spookified for weeks, my friends. It’s gonna be great!

The founders of the fest will be playing this evening, and they are NIL8. These are the hooligans that rounded up this fest way back in the day, and it’s still going strong! Their heavy punk music is rad and they’re sure to bring us a good show as always! Accompanying them this evening, we also have Soap Scum! These ghostly street rats are sure to fill the whole place with grime, trash and dirty punk tunes, so prepare to SLAM. Check it out, we’re also going to be featuring Looming this year! Their upbeat, heartwarming jams are going to balance everything perfectly so get ready to hop and stomp to their awesome new songs. To darken things up again, we’ll have Execution Techniques give us some crafty, spine-chilling harsh noise that’ll make your hair stand straight up. After that, we’ll be encouraged to find our inner ghoul as we hear from the fun punk band Orange Soda from Champaign. Featuring members of Dino Bravo and Kowabunga! Kid, they’re sure to play songs that’ll make you wiggle and shake till your bones wanna break. It’s uncanny how great this show is going to be! Check out the facebook event to see any other gory details you may desire to know.

There’s going to be a free clothing drive at Hobgob this year so bring all of your winter apparel and accessories that you don’t want anymore and let others enjoy them! Try to put some extra change in the donation jar if you can (all proceeds go to Blacksheep).

Costumes are encouraged but optional! Bring $5 and come to Black Sheep at 7:00 pm to kick it and slam out to the sounds of Hobgob 2013.

Montagh to Release Split With Unraveler in November

Posted on October 24, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

We finally have an update for the split local goth-folk band, Montagh, announced a while back! The artwork for the split has been released, which you can see above. The other musician that will be apart of this is Unraveler, a solo artist that describes herself as “Pittsburgh solo bummer jams”. You can check out a double EP that she just put out entitled “I Will Ferment” and “A Worm In The Dirt”, as well as the rest of her releases, here.

This split between Montagh and Unraveler will be released November 16th. There will also be a release show which is still being planned, so keep your eyes peeled for that. To keep up to date with all things Montagh, click here to go to their Facebook page and check back here for more updates, and be sure to pick up the split when it comes around!

Calling For Show Photos!

Posted on October 24, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey there all you showgoers! Do you find yourselves snapping pics on your phones whilst experiencing a good show at the Sheep? That’s great. You should keep doing that, because we want to see them too! If you share those priceless snippets of time on the internet, you will grant people the gift of sight and that’s rad. People will get to see what kinds of things happen at Sheep shows, whether it’s a shot of a band performing, a moshpit caught in mid-motion or some mad face making (or all three put together). Why not share those things with all the people you listen to good music with?

All you need to do is post the pictures you take on the Black Sheep Facebook group or email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. It’d be greatly appreciated! You can also post pictures on event pages. Try to tag people and bands if you can help it!
Check out our super swell Black Sheep Photo archive to see all the people who have contributed to this noble cause thusfar, and come to Hobgob 2013 tomorrow! It’ll be the best, spookiest place to get started.

Updates on South Town Murals

Posted on October 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Some progress is being made on the South Town mural on the side of Clay’s Popeye’s Barbecue facing East. We told you about the mural a few weeks ago and since then The Illinois Times has done a nice article on graffiti in Springfield which also mentions the mural. Today we are bringing you a few new pictures showing the progress of the mural (top) and also some other art that has popped up inside South Town recently (bottom). Check out both of those photos below.

November 15th at Black Sheep: The Timmys, The Rackatees, The Haddonfields, Guy Morgan & The FT Crew

Posted on October 22, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Show announcement for November! This one is happening on Friday, November 15th at Black Sheep and it is going to be a swell punk rock show. This show features Springfield’s own The Timmys. They will be fueling the circle pits at maximum power at the end of the night. Then we have The Rackatees coming all the way from Pratt, Kansas (pictured above). If you want to hear what they sound like you can check out the bandcamp player embedded below. Next up we have the return of St. Louis, Missouri’s Haddonfields. The Haddonfields played at Black Sheep last when we had our punk rock cookout in June. First but not least we have a band called Guy Morgan and the FT Crew coming from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Come on time so you can see them.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can’t find a facebook event or a flier. You heard about this show here at blacksheepspringfield.com FIRST. Check out some other shows coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Table Drama: “Hangin’ With Mr. Benoit”

Posted on October 21, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Yesterday we brought you news that Springfield’s band of villains and heels Scott Blacula have somehow come back from the dead and have evolved into a new band called Table Drama. You can find our post about that with a video of what happened at the show last weekend right here. Today we are bringing you a brand new song from the new band Table Drama featuring the same members of the band that once was Scott Blacula. The song is called “Hangin’ With Mr. Benoit” and you can stream it below. The song comes from the band’s upcoming Heel EP which does not yet have a release date.

Roundtable meeting Wednesday (10/23)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

This week we are taking our roundtable meetings a step out of the usual Saturday afternoons that we have been doing. This week we will be meeting on Wednesday (October 23rd) at 7:00 pm. We are mixing up the meeting time this week because there are some big things that have been bubbling around in the behind the scenes at Black Sheep. Come out to the meeting so that we can tell you what’s been happening and you can offer us some input!

The meeting is at 7:00 pm Wednesday at Black Sheep. Anyone and everyone is welcomed to come. If you can’t make it and would like to offer some help don’t worry! You can check our get involved page for when the next meeting will be and a list of other things you can do to help or volunteer.

“Scott Blacula is done. We are TABLE DRAMA”

Posted on October 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Those of us that were at the show at Black Sheep last night were taken by surprise as The Pukester and his gang of villains stormed their way onto the stage for a whole new level of shenanigans. They appear to be a part of a new band that shares the same members as the recently disbanded Scott Blacula, but they are now calling themselves “Table Drama.” You can check out the video of what exactly went down last night below.

The people you knew as Scott Blacula have evolved into a new beast. A whole new level of terror that none of you could ever understand or comprehend. Ladies and gentlemen… you know who we are but you don’t know why we are here. We have a mission to accomplish. This shithole needs to go up in flames.

Scott Blacula is done. We are TABLE DRAMA.

There you have it folks. Scott Blacula has evolved into Table Drama and The Pukester is back.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Free At Last, Say Something, Naughtalus, Schnozzberry Jam

Posted on October 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Last night was a lot of fun and tonight we get to go back to Black Sheep and do it all over again! This show is going to be tons of fun. We have Free At Last making their return from Springfield, Missouri right after they have played Gateway To The West Fest in St. Louis. You might have seen Free At Last play at Black Sheep this past July. If you missed that show, check out some of their music on the player embedded below! This show will also feature Springfield ska/punk all-star rockers Say Something. They will be sure to fire up the circle pit to a near maximum speed. Also playing this show is Naughtalus, who will be bringing the experimental and post rock. Then opening things up we have a brand new band called Schnozzberry Jam. Come find out what they are all about!

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out what else is coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page!

Our Lady to Release “Dawning II”

Posted on October 19, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Today Springfield emo/hardcore band Our Lady have announce that they will be releasing some sort of new and revamped version of their EP previously released this sumer, Dawning. Dawning was released earlier this year through Turn of The Century Records. Our Lady also released their Vessels 7″ through Mind Over Matter Records earlier this summer. It looks like the new version of Dawning will be released on It’s A Trap! Records and the release for the new cassette is scheduled for November 15th. From Our Lady’s website:

Hello friends! We are really excited to say that the reason we have been recording is that we will be doing a very “special”, limited run cassette re-release of our E.P. “Dawning” through It’s a Trap! Records ! The reason we say “special” is the entire E.P. has been revised, re-recorded, remastered and it will also come with all new artwork as well as two new songs! We are very excited to put out a version of “Dawning” that not only makes a jump in recording quality but more closely resembles our original idea for the E.P. “Dawning” will be out on cassette November 15th and pre orders will be up within the next week through: Itsatraprecords.com. Check out the artwork and also Its a Trap! and all of their awesome releases.

Our Lady will be playing in Springfield next on Tuesday, November 5th at Black Sheep along with Two Knights, Wir Konnen, and Jessica Knight. They have also announced tour dates for most of the month of November, where they will be heading out to the West Coast and Back. Check out those dates right here. You can find preorders for the new cassette coming up within the next week at itsatraprecords.com.

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