Today we bring you a new song from Springfield/Chicago area project Worms. Worms features Austin Connelly of Montagh and Wir Konnen. The new songs is called “No Parson Listens” and you can check it out below. The song is also available for free download on bandcamp.
Worms released a split CD with Montagh earlier this year.
The end of October is going to be supernatural. Not only will there be the spine-chilling spectacle of Hobgob 2013, there will also a 2 day Halloween extravaganza happening at Error Records in Champaign, Illinois! You’ll get the chance to see a bunch of awesome bands play some rad and spooky cover sets! Here are the gory details:
Day One: Thursday, October 31st
Ode Vinter will be playing as Burzum (black metal)
Orange Soda will be playing as Devo (weirdo Sci-Fi punk)
Teenage Martians will be playing as Misfits (spooky horror punk)
Refused Party Program will be playing as Refused (thunder punk)
Earth Witch will be playing as Black Sabbath (heavy sludge rock)
Day Two: Friday, November 1st
Nick Brannock (from Enta) will be playing as Laura Jane Grace (from Against Me!)
(folk rocky punk)
Cassius will be playing as Sufjan Stevens (indie rock jams)
Hometown Heavyweights will be playing as Brand New (emotional pop-punk)
Bookmobile will be playing as The Cure (dream rock)
Doors will open at 7pm and the shows will start at 8pm. Feel free to check out the facebook events (day one/ day two). This is an all ages show and will be free to anyone who shows up with a costume on, otherwise it’ll be $3. At the end of it all there will be prizes awarded to those with the best costumes, so start planning now! This is all happening at Error Records in Champaign, IL, so be there and get scared!
Just when you thought festivals in Springfield were done for the year, here is another festival happening downtown this Saturday (October 12th). It is “Candemonium” which we also told you about last year, happening at The Tin Can Pub downtown. Candemonium is put on as a benefit for the Access 4 Producers Group. For more info on that you can go to www.a4pg.org. Ready for the lineup and set times? Here they are:
12:30pm – Défense de Fumer
2:00pm – Pet Names (acoustic)
3:30pm – A-Bomb Nation
5:00pm – Grocery Store Ninjas
6:30pm – Flight
8:00pm – The Luzhin Defense
9:30pm – Dead Zebbra
11:00pm – “Black Queen” A Tribute to Queen
12:30pm – Epsom
2:00pm – Solar Cadet
That’s a lot of music. As you can see, Candemonium kicks off at around noon at The Tin Can Pub (225 East Monroe). The event is ages 21 and up. There is a suggested donation of $10. You can find a facebook event right here. Also be sure to check out our Springfield shows page for a look at other shows happening around Springfield.
It’s always cool to see new things and changes happening in the South Town Neighborhood that Black Sheep is a part of. Some of you may have noticed the beginnings of a new mural that is being painted on the East wall of Clay’s Popeye’s Barbecue located on 11th Street East of Black Sheep. What we have pictured right now is just the beginning to a new art piece. We have been told that some of the artists involved with this new piece were also responsible for the long mural that was recently put in behind the D & J Cafe on Laurel Street. Be on the lookout for some more photos once the mural is complete!
Springfield emo/rock band Our Lady has been a very busy band in the past year, and we have an update on what they’ve been doing (as you can see by the posted photos of their recording session in the studio above). After the band pushed back plans for touring through most of August, they decided to start working on recording new material and planning their next releases. Our Lady released their Vessels 7″ through Mind Over Matter Records earlier this year and also “Dawning” on cassette through Turn of The Century Records. Rumor has it there will be updated versions of old songs and maybe even another one added on to Dawning thanks to this recent recording session, so make sure to check out their new and perfected releases!
Our Lady will be playing in Springfield next on November 5th at Black Sheep along with Two Knights, Wir Konnen, and Jessica Knight. Make sure to check that show out, hear Our Lady’s new stuff, get a fresh Wir Konnen tape and listen to the good show.
On Saturday a few of us met at Black Sheep and had another one of our roundtable meetings. We met up with and talked to Skank Skates owner George Sinclair to discuss a few things, and that was followed by painting some serious art and doing some serious flyering for upcoming shows around town. For those of you who weren’t at the meeting here is what you missed:
– We discussed some possibilities of what could become of some open spaces around South Town.
– We put up fliers.
– We painted.
– We are also still looking on leads for a roofing contractor so that we can figure out our heating and cooling situation for this winter. If you know of anybody that would be able to help us please don’t hesitate to get ahold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.
That’s about it! Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, October 19th at 1:00 pm. Looking for other ways you can get involved with the Black Sheep community? Check out our get involved page for a list of plenty of ways you can help!
You may have noticed that we do not have any shows this weekend at Black Sheep. This is very sad. We do have plenty of shows lined up though (our next one being a last minute show on Thursday, October 10th). If you are still looking to get your Springfield show fix this weekend there still is this cool show happening tonight at Springfield basement/house venue The Radon Lounge. It features the three-piece folk band Families from Chicago. Before them there will be a performance by Kevin Schlereth. He is a touring solo folk-rock musician from St. Louis. There has also been an awesome later addition to the show! That is the band Bear Grass, coming all the way from Albany, New York. You can check out some of their music below. Opening the show up will be Lyzza Barth, who will be performing some real spoken word.
The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t know where The Radon Lounge is? You can email radonlounge@gmail.com and they will get back to you with the address as soon as possible. Want to stay more in the loop with Radon shows? Then you should check out this newly created Radon Lounge facebook group. To stay more in the loop with other shows in Springfield happening outside of Black Sheep, you can check out our Springfield shows page.
Our team of top archeologists and paleontologists are working hard continuing to uncover more secrets about Black Sheep’s mysterious past. Earlier this fall we brought you photos from our very first Black Sheep Fest in 2008 and photos from Black Sheep Fest 2010. You can check out all of those photos and more on our flickr page, which now has over 2,000 photos.
Today we are bringing you a mix of photos of around Black Sheep in our earlier days. These photos would have been taken sometime around the ancient years of 2006-2008. You can check out a few of the photos below, or see all of the new photos that have been added at our Black Sheep flickr set.
It’s already time to start thinking of November shows here at Black Sheep and today we are bringing you news of a nice and sweet three-band show happening on Thursday, November 7th. Don’t you just love three band shows? This show will feature the shoegaze band Cantalouper from Columbia, Missouri. You can check out some of Cantalouper’s music embedded on the player below. This show will also feature Springfield shoegaze/sludge project Caterpillar Club, which features members of Soap Scum and Our Lady. They might have a release planned soon, so be on the lookout for some new songs. Opening things up we have a newer Springfield band called Mystery Gift, which features members of the bands Mildred and Meredosia.
This show will start at 7:00 pm and costs $5. There is no facebook event for this one yet, but you can still check out our shows page to see what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep.
Hey what are you doing tomorrow? Well tomorrow’s going to be a great day and if you don’t have anything going on you should check out the Black Sheep roundtable and street team meeting happening at 1:00 pm! We will be meeting to discuss big plans for our new heating and air system inside our space, upcoming shows, and more. Anyone with any fresh ideas for The Black Sheep is welcome to come out and bring them to the table. Even if you don’t have anything to say, feel free to come out! After meeting we will split up and flier all around town for all of our upcoming shows. If you have fliers for a show you have coming up bring them to the meeting and we can do some flier-trading!
The meeting is at 1:00 pm and everyone is welcomed to join. If you can’t make it to the meeting and want to know more about what you can do to get involved check out our get involved page!
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