Tonight at Black Sheep: Doomsayer, Purgatory, Gutterpriest, Bo Mellado

1377537_731905423503134_1632734487_nThis show tonight is going to be raw. Champaign based Doomsayer will be playing some hardcore, blackened metal. They feature a member of Rvins and will most likely knock our socks off with their rad metal power. We’ll also be seeing Purgatory, a heavy metal band from Lincoln. This metallic hardcore set is sure to be black so make sure to check them out and mosh your wits away! Gutterpriest is another set we’ll be seeing this evening, which features Dogfood of Execution Techniques. He’ll be giving us some entrancingly deliberate noisecore definitely stick around. Bo Mellado of Mildred and Meredosia will also be gracing us with his talents tonight, so as you can see this show is going to rule.

This is all going to be happening right around 7pm, so come out and pay $5 to see these awesome bands! Here’s the facebook event for this show, and make sure to check out our shows page to see what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

November 16th at The Radon Lounge: Filmloom, Mayhew The Traitor, Jess Knight

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Springfield house venue The Radon Lounge are going to be on FIRE this November with three whole shows lined up for the month. For the complete list of upcoming Radon shows, check out the shows page on their site right here. The show we are bringing you news of today is happening on Saturday, November 16th. This show will feature the electronic/pop band Filmloom from Grandrapids, Michigan. The band is pictured above and you can find some of their music streaming on the player embedded below. Also playing this show is an acoustic/folk project from Urbana, Illinois called Mayhew The Traitor. Opening up the show will be Jess Knight of Looming and Mother Leopard. Jess will also be playing a solo show at Black Sheep coming up on November 5th with Two Knights, Our Lady, and Wir Konnen.

The Radon Lounge show will start at 7:00 pm and guess what? The show is FREE! That means you have no excuse not to come. If you want to check out something else happening at The Radon Lounge before this show happens, they will be hosting a Bob Dylan cover show on Saturday, November 9th. For a complete list of shows going on around Springfield, check out our Springfield shows page.

December 8th at Black Sheep: Brandon Carnes, Family Lumber, Jess Knight, Austin Connelly

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December shows are now showing their faces! There’s going to be one on the 8th of December and it’s going to be full of acoustic goodness to warm us from the cold. Brandon Carnes, who is also in Big Storm, The Timmys and Looming, will be playing 666 devil worshiping musik. Michael Tietjen, also in the band Family Lumber, is travelling solo at this time and so he will be giving us some swell acoustic tunes to enjoy. He is pictured above and some of his full band’s music is on the player embedded below. Jess Knight of Looming and Mother Leopard will be singing great songs and playing guitar for us. It’s gonna be great, and Austin Connelly is performing too! He’ll be playing music and he’ll either think about telling bad jokes or he’ll actually tell them. Only time will tell, so come out to this show and make sure to wear your hip winter clothes, even though we should hopefully have a super rad heating system in place by then.

This will be at 7pm, Sunday December 8th. Bring $5. Find a facebook event for this show right here. To see more shows happening before and after this one, check out our shows page.

Calling All High School Newspapers!

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Today we are once again calling out to all you readers and show goers for help! We have tried our darnedest to get in touch with high school newspapers this school year, but have had very little luck.

If you go to a high school and it has a newspaper, we would love to get in contact with the people who run it. If you have any information that points us in the right direction, please email it to blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. Any little bit of info will help!

November 8th at The Poon Lagoon: Hospital Job, Big Storm, The Timmys, Nathan Leigh

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Check it out, there’s a show coming up at Poon Lagoon with a killer lineup. Local pop-punk and well-loved band Hospital Job will be playing their rad, feel-good tunes. Big Storm will be performing their upbeat, powerpop songs to lift the spirits of the downtrodden. The Timmys will also be playing their super-swell punk stuff and they’re surely going to give a good set. Also, Brooklyn artist Nathan Leigh will be producing some rad folk-punk sounds, so check out this awesome show at Poon Lagoon!

Here’s the facebook event, feel free to contact the moderators with questions on where Poon Lagoon is if you can’t figure it out. The show starts at 7:00 pm, so try to check it out because it’s sure to be enjoyable. Make sure to see what other shows are coming up in Springfield right here on our Springfield shows page!

November 2nd at Black Sheep: Dither (Documentary Screening), Caterpillar Club, War Magic

1380320_10151942844100619_1065745078_nSome interesting stuff is going to be happening at Black Sheep at the beginning of November! We are having a show mixed with a screening of a new documentary and that is on Saturday, November 2nd! The documentary is called “Dither: The DIY Sound” and it is “A documentary project on do it yourself music; heightening our sense of community and stimulating positive social change”. Dither features clips from Skeletal Lightning Fest 2013, and interviews with Mark Sarich of the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records and Fugazi, and more. On top of the documentary showing, we are going to have a couple of bands play. We have shoegaze superstars Caterpillar Club playing and also dream pop experts War Magic.

The show and screening will begin at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Also be sure to check out what else we have coming up at Black Sheep this fall on our shows page.

 

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Negative 17

1375317_606661016064594_1799263114_nToday it’s another episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show! Today Brandon Carnes is taking on the job of being our only host, so we know things are going to get interesting. Will there be snow? We don’t know! We do know that we have some great guests coming in and that is the Springfield pop-punk band Negative 17! We will be talking to Negative 17 about their experience winning the Black Sheep Battle of the Bands, and playing Black Sheep Fest. We will also be talking to them about their upcoming show on October 22nd with Stop Drop, RDNT, and Built In A Day.

The Black Sheep Radio show airs today from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can listen online at wqna.org. Also be sure to check out our radio page for links to all of our old episodes up for free download.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Hometown Heavyweights, Old Fox Road, Ashland, In Exile, Capys, RDNT, Austin Connelly

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Tonight’s going to be a big rad show. We’re going to be featuring Hometown Heavyweights as our headliner. They’re going to be playing some pop-punk tunes for us tonight, perhaps mixed in with some ambient and/or hardcore stuff. Come check them out, they’ve never headlined a show before so bring some support! We’ll also be featuring Ashland, which is an energetic alternative pop-punk band that played Black Sheep back in June. If you didn’t get to see them then, come check their stuff out tonight! While they set up, check out Old Fox Road and their acoustic jams!

Another band playing tonight is called In Exile. They’re going to be bringing us some rock tunes all the way from Chicago, so check them out and stick around! Capys (Kathys) will be playing tonight too and they’ll be producing some instrumental glory to change the pace up a little bit. After them, pull up your britches and get ready for the local punkers in RDNT! They always provide an amusing show and a good set. Austin Connelly of Wir Konnen and Montagh will also be giving us some acoustic jams tonight, so come out to the Black Sheep Cafe at 7 pm and pay only $5 to see all of this! Here’s the facebook event, and make sure to check out the other shows coming up in the spooky days to come. Here’s a taste of what tonight will bring!

Updates on New Mother Leopard Material

1004847_609838515723327_1115787664_nEarlier this fall we told you that Springfield chaotic punk/hardcore band Mother Leopard is working on new material with their new lineup. Earlier this week the band posted updates from their facebook page, saying the new album is to be titled Abandoned Lights. From Mother Leopard’s facebook:

We are several sessions in on writing our new record, tentatively titled “Abandoned Lights”. I am very excited because we have let go of the preconceptions and expectations and I am truly drawing from my inner inspirations for these songs. We look forward to a midwinter release. Sorry we won’t be playing any shows while we are writing throughout October. Have a wonderful fall!
-Benny

So far Mother Leopard has released one demo in 2011 with a previous lineup. The band does not have any shows lined up right now, but we plan on posting updates on the band’s new record.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Must Build Jacuzzi, Triple Stitch, Good Times, Joshua Powell

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Here’s the show we’ve got going on tonight! We’re featuring Triple Stitch, who will bring us some hardcore rock n’ roll tunes all the way from Minnesota. Another band we’ve got is the ever entertaining Must Build Jacuzzi, which is a ska-core band from Peoria, so make sure to check them out. Someone else you’ll be able to hear is Clint Kesinger, who’ll be coming from St. Louis to bring us Good Times this evening. He played the September 22 show, so you’ll be able to see him perform if you weren’t able to make that one. He has some rad, loungey, indie-folk tunes to play for us and he has a free EP up for download. Check his stuff out and make sure to catch his set tonight, along with all the others! The fourth set we’ll feature tonight is the super swell and rusty folk-rock of Joshua Powell. This is the brand of folk rock that brings an old time feel to the room, which is not common so check it out at this show tonight!

It’s going to be at 7pm and will cost you $5 so come out to the Black Sheep and hear the rad jams. Here’s the facebook event and make sure to check out the other shows coming up in the weeks to come! Here’s the Good Times EP for your listening pleasure.