Montagh Recording/Plan To Release Split

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A couple weeks ago, local Goth-Folk band, Montagh announced on their Facebook page that they were going to release a new split! We do not yet know what band they have decided to do a split release or what format the new material will be released on. Very few details have been released yet, but there have been pictures posted of the band recording. The top right picture, in specific, was posted with the caption “11/16/13”. What could it mean??

We will keep you posted with more details about this upcoming split. In the meantime, check out Montagh‘s previous releases on their bandcamp page right here! You can also catch Montagh live at Black Sheep next on Sunday, September 22nd along with Good Times, Big Storm, and Jess Knight. Check out a facebook event for that show right here.

Tomorrow on Black Sheep Radio: Hometown Heavyweights (Again)

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1208642_10201281124264258_477805246_nThose of you who were trying to listen to The Black Sheep Radio show last week might have noticed we had a little bit of technical difficulties and an older episode got put on the air instead of our newest one (oops!). The team over at Black Sheep Radio headquarters are very sorry for this mistake and they have promised us here at blacksheepspringfield.com headquarters that they will make it up to all of us somehow. For starters, the episode that was supposed to air on Friday is already on our radio tab. You can download and stream the episode by clicking to the link to it in that tab. Second, the radio crew will be featuring most of last Fridays episode in the new episode that will air tomorrow. This means that we will be airing most of our interview with Central Illinois band Hometown Heavyweights! They played at Black Sheep last night and it was great. This will also be the last episode for a while featuring long time Black Sheep Radio engineer Greg Harvey. We wish Greg the best of luck with all of his future radio engineering projects.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs tomorrow (Friday) from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream the show online at the same time at wqna.org. Did you miss an episode? You can download all of our past 35 episodes from our radio tab.

Central Illinois Music in the 1960s

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ReactionsClippingHere at blacksheepspringfield.com headquarters our team of top archeologists have been hard at work over the past year or so under-covering crucial information on music scenes of our past. Today we bring you some gems of the past that have been pulled out of an old music blog called Garage Hangover. If you head over here to the Illinois section of bands you might find some lengthy entries on some bands that came from our state back in the 1960s. We went ahead and did most of the work for you by pulling out most of the bits that mention Springfield or talk about bands in our great city. You can read those bits below.

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1085488_10201591207049739_1465187633_nFor all of the full entries that go along with those bits, you can head here. Are you interested in digging deeper into music of Springfield’s past? You might want to check out the Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored!

 

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Scott Blacula, Endeavor, Hometown Heavyweights, Deviant, Quincy Curran

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This show is going to be monumental! This is Scott Blacula‘s LAST SHOW, ladies and gents. That’s right, it’s true. Do you want to know why? To sum it up, The Pukester (their frontman) has made it very clear to Black Sheep that Scott Blacula is fed up with the conditions under which they perform (if you could even call them performers). This post explains it all, my friends. They will be gladly missed. Next on the line-up we have Endeavor, a heavy, progressive and melodic band from the beautiful land of Fredericksburg, Virginia. These guys are here to bring the heart back into hardcore, so expect their music to both convey and invoke some intensity and emotion. It’ll be rad!

Following Endeavor is the physical embodiment of pizza: Hometown Heavyweights! Coming from the wholesome area of of Central Illinois, they are sure to bring us some inspiring and grounded pop-punk tunes so stick around and check them out! Following their set, we’ll experience the very first Black Sheep show of Deviant! These fellows come from Central Illinois as well and are happy to bring us some melodic hardcore this evening so look forward to experiencing their devious antics. Last but not least! Quincy Curran will be playing a mysterious acoustic set for us this evening. It may be all at once or it may be scattered and esoteric. Who knows! Come to the show tonight at 7 pm and find out after you pay five bucks!

Looky looky, here’s a song by Hometown Heavyweights! Check out their bandcamp for a free download of their jams. Also, be sure to check out the facebook event for this fine occasion as well as the upcoming shows we’ll be hosting.

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The weather this evening is supposedly going to be partly cloudy. I’ll believe it when it see the clouds. Temperatures are predicted to range from 29 degrees C/ 14 degrees C. This weather forecast was brought to you by me. 

September 12th at Black Sheep: The Outlook, IAMIAM, Aubrey Puyear, Gazeebo

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Look at this interesting show that just snuck its way onto our upcoming shows in September! On Thursday, September 12th we are hosting a show that will be a combination of harsh noise and spoken word. We have The Outlook coming all the way from Boston, Massachusetts. What kind of band is The Outlook? The Outlook is not a band! The Outlook is a spoken word project which raises awareness of various social and political issues such as drug abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence,eating disorders, animal abuse, environmentalism, and child prostitution/exploitation. The Outlook will follow the intense and harsh noise of IAMIAM, a newer noise project featuring Austin Connelly of Montagh. This show will also feature a little bit of Springfield spoken word, as we have Aubrey Puyear doing some of her own spoken word. Then we have harsh noise project Gazeebo playing their second show at Black Sheep complete the show.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page for a look at what else is going on at Black Sheep this fall.

New Band Pages: Looming

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loomingphoto1Today we are bringing you a brand new page for a Springfield band that is so new that they have not even played their first show yet. That band is Looming, which features Mitch Baker, Jess Knight, Brandon Carnes, and Jordan Fein. Members have been active in many other Springfield bands including Lovecow, Mother Leopard, Big Storm, and Our Lady. If you head over to their page right here you can read more about the band and stream one of their songs. Also don’t forget to catch Looming play their very first show ever at Black Sheep on Saturday, September 21st along with The Timmys, Skank, and Built In A Day!

Check out our current bands page here for a VERY long and growing list of local bands that we have been working on over the past year that our site has been around. Do you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered on our site? We need to hear from you! Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you in getting a page set up.

A Message from Scott Blacula

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It looks like in a special message to us, Springfield metalcore band Scott Blacula has decided to declare war on The Black Sheep Cafe. In a message directed to The Black Sheep (below), Scott Blacula frontman The Pukester tells us that he is fed up with their placement on shows, as well as the band never getting paid a dime. He also says that Scott Blacula’s show on September 4th (Wednesday) will be their last. Check out the full video below:

There you have it, folks. Scott Blacula will be playing their last show as a band on Wednesday. The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Also playing the show is Endeavour from Virginia, Hometown Heavyweights, Deviant, and Quincy Curran. You can find a facebook event for that show right here.

Scott Blacula, you will not be missed.

Gateway To The West Fest October 18th and 19th in St. Louis

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531894_551528768228351_1543499129_nThere are lots of festivals to look forward to in Central Illinois and the Midwest this fall. We told you about Pygmalion Music Festival happening in Champaign at the end of September, and today we are bringing you news of a hardcore festival taking place in St. Louis, Missouri. Of course there are many many festivals that happen every year in St. Louis and Chicago (too many for us to cover)! Some of you might be heading to Riot Fest in Chicago later this month.

The festival we are telling you about today is Gateway To The West Fest, which is happening October 18th and 19th (Friday and Saturday) at the Mad Magician in St. Louis. The festival features two days packed with plenty of hardcore punk bands from across the  country. Some notable acts include Bracewar, Ramallah, Bent Life, Black Teeth (reunion), Rival Mob, as well as many others. For the full lineup you can head over to the Gateway To The West facebook event. For ticket info and pre-orders, you can head over to Springfield-related record label Dog Years Records’s website. Weekend passes are going for $45.00, get them before they sell out! You can also check out that cool looking flier designed by Springfield’s own Benny Dewitt of Mother Leopard above. You can even check out a trailer for the festival embedded below.

Good Times: “Patience”

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Screen shot 2013-08-30 at 7.01.15 PMThe newer Springfield acoustic/folk project of Clint Kesigner of Battalion called Good Times has unveiled a brand new video for one of his songs. The video is for the song “Patience” and you can check it out on youtube here or embedded at the bottom of this post. The song comes from the recently released Good Times EP, which you can find and stream on the Good Times band page right here.

If you like what you are hearing you can see Good Times perform live at Black Sheep on Sunday, September 22nd at Black Sheep. The show will also be with Brandon Carnes, Montagh, and Jess Knight. You can find our original post on that show right here and a facebook event right here.

September 26th at The Radon Lounge: Spoken Nerd, Brian Lee & His Orchestra, Cantalouper, Hushpad

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Sept-2013Tomorrow is September! That means there are plenty of great shows coming up in Springfield very soon. Earlier we told you about a bunch of shows coming up soon at Springfield house venue The Radon Lounge. Today we bring you details for a show happening there on Thursday September 26th along with this sweet flier with watermelon on it. The show features Spoken Nerd, who has a cool video with more watermelon embedded at the bottom of this post. The show is also the return of Brian Lee & His Orchestra, who played at The Radon Lounge earlier this year. On tour with Brian Lee is a one-man shoegaze project called Cantalouper! Opening the show up and also playing shoegaze is Hushpad from Lincoln, Illinois.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and there is a $5 cover. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. If you don’t know the address to The Radon Lounge you can email radonlounge@gmail.com. Also don’t forget to check out our Springfield shows page for a look at shows happening outside of Black Sheep.