September 29th at Black Sheep: Lord Snow, Our Lady, Sword Swallower, Yusuke, Mystery Gift

1009831_702451463115197_717712863_nIt looks like we have a great show coming up at the end of September featuring all types of heavier emo/screamo and punk music. This show is Sunday, September 29th! It features Lord Snow from Chicago. They play some very intense screamo and this will be their return to Black Sheep after playing here early last summer. Stream a few of their songs below! Also on the show is the mighty Our Lady. This is their first show scheduled at Black Sheep since Black Sheep Fest so let’s come out and show them some love! Next up and also from Chicago is Sword Swallower. This newer Chicago band features members of My Dad and The Valenteens. Next up is Peoria/Bloomington band Yusuke who will be making their return to Springfield after their set at Dumb Fest. Opening the show up is a newer local band called Mystery Gift which features members of Mildred.

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

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Mildred, The Greek Favourites, IAMIAM

998188_10151758782435619_1229899858_nTonight our four-show mid-August streak continues with a Sunday night super-show! The show is going to be super because there are three great bands on it! Who are those three bands? Well most of the lineup on the flier up there ^^ is wrong. Sorry. We DO have Mildred playing the show tonight. Come catch the three-piece slow punk/emo play their first show since Black Sheep Fest. We also still have Pennsylvania indie/post-punk band The Greek Favourites! They played Black Sheep a couple of years ago and they are GREAT. Stream a few of their songs below. Opening up the show we now have the debut of a new Springfield noise project called “IAMIAM” which features Austin Connelly of Wir Können and Montagh.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event page for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page for other upcoming shows at Black Sheep.

 

September 7th at Black Sheep: Folk Y’All, Southtowne Lanes, Lovecow, Montagh, Mystery Gift, Paqui

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The September show announcements keep rollin’ in! All you kids are going to be plenty of busy once the school year starts with all of your homework and all of these shows. Now we have this six-band show in early September to tell you about. This show is the return of Folk Y’All from Connecticut. They play acoustic old-timey folk music. Also on the show is Southtowne Lanes from Portland, Oregon. They play emo/pop-punk type stuff. On to the local bands! Acoustic folk-punk local band Lovecow will be playing. Then we have the other acoustic-folk band Montagh. Before them we have a couple of newer Springfield acts. This will be the first show for Springfield band Mystery Gift, which features a few members of Mildred. Opening things up is Paqui, which is the acoustic solo project of Scott Blacula‘s arch nemesis.

The show will start at 6:30 pm (doors at 6:00) and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Dead North, Meredosia, State Lines, No Good News, War Magic

1072290_10201928281315677_314692266_oTonight we continue our streak of four shows four nights in a row with this really good pop-punk/mixed genre show. There are some great bands playing tonight! We have the pop-punk band Dead North coming from Columbus, Ohio. You should check out some of their music on the player below! Then we have the newer local post-rock band Meredosia. The band features members of Dream Eater, Mildred, and Soap Scum. Let’s see what we have for other touring bands! We have State Lines from New York, who played at Black Sheep last back in January for a last minute show we had with Run, Forever! With State Lines also from New York is No Good News, playing some catchy pop-punk. Also on the show and opening things up is the debut of a brand new Springfield band called War Magic! War Magic features Alistair Reynolds of Harm House Record of the Night fame as well as a  few others.

The show starts right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can see all shows coming up at Black Sheep.

 

September 22nd at Black Sheep: Brandon Carnes, Lovecow, Montagh, and Good Times

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Later on in September we have a great laid back and mostly acoustic show coming up! Local beautiful-voiced indie rock band, Brandon Carnes, will be playing at the Black Sheep for what feels like the first time in forever. Joining them will be local folk punk heroes, Lovecow, who very recently released a great tape that they have up their band camp for you to learn all of their lyrics with. And the folk punk sad boy/gal group Montagh will also be playing. The Battalion vocalist Clint will also be giving his two cents with his new solo acoustic act, Good Times. You can stream some of those songs on the player below.

The show kicks off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event page for the show right here. We have a lot of shows coming up in August and September! Check out the full list on our shows page.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Sleeping Cranes, Jess Knight, Mr. Chandler, Atlast At His Finest, Wir Konnen

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Ladies and blokes, we are going to have a loaded show tonight and it’s going to be TASTY! The Sleeping Cranes, composed of A.J Ward, is an awesome indie folk band rooted in Wyoming. A.J’s main influence is living, which is something we can all relate to so look forward to hearing some full hearted tunes from him! Following The Sleeping Cranes will be the lovely, local Jess Knight, performing some acoustic tunes for our listening pleasure. Jess is currently the bassist of Mother Leopard and has a new project called Looming. Her voice is as clear as a songbirds so I’m sure she will be a pleasure as always. As for Mr. Chandler, he makes music that he hopes makes people love life. And guess what?! He’s local! He’ll be dishing out some rap stylings for us, so look forward to it! There’s another local band called Atlas At His Finest, who produces some alternative jams. They are starting to show their face more and more so check them out and get to know the guys, they’re pretty cool. Last but not least! An emo band has emerged called Wir Konnen. They have members from the local catchy bands Montagh and Lovecow, so make sure to stay and give them a listen.

Thanks in advance to all the bands and thanks to all of you guys for reading! Come out to the show, it will be $5 at 7:00 pm. The weather is predicted to be partly cloudy between 24 degrees C and 15 degrees C. You guys rule! Find a facebook event for the show right here. Check out our complete list of upcoming shows at Black Sheep here.

September 27th at Black Sheep: Estates, Gazeebo, Whenskiesaregray, Ghost Key, Blank Gravestone

1098457_10201096302041137_1459135976_n736068_508842582472307_1864596539_oYa like skramz? Ya like gettin’ sad? Ya like gettin’ mad? Well, this sure is the show for you. We have three bands not from around these parts. Headlining the whole shindig, we have Estates, an Emo group from Milwaukee that played at the Harm House on New Years! Check their stuff out down below! Also from outta town, we have Whenskiesaregray, a screamo band on tour ALLL THE WAY from Baltimore. The last outta town band we have playing is Ghost Key, also a screamo group but from Peoria. They will be touring with Our Lady in the fall. Also playing, we have Gazeebo, a local noise project, and Blank Gravestone, which played the Battle of the Bands a while back.

This show starts right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page where you can see what other shows are coming up this summer and fall at Black Sheep.

Black Sheep Radio Tomorrow: George Sinclair

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radioshow1Tomorrow on Black Sheep Radio we have a very special episode for you all! We have George Sinclair of Skank Skates and Springfield’s Southtown Neighborhood coming in to talk to us. Listen from 4:00 to 6:00 pm tomorrow to hear us talk to George about his 25 years of running Skank Skates and his involvement in our neighborhood. We will be talking to him about how the early years were as well as everything that has been going on in the neighborhood in more recent times. We also have Black Sheep owner Kevin Bradford and Brian Galecki coming in to talk to us about Black Sheep and big plans for this fall. It’s going to be a great episode!

Black Sheep Radio airs Fridays (tomorrow) from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream the show online at wqna.org. Also head over to our radio tab to check out more info on the radio show as well as links to download any of our 31 old episodes!

 

Our Website Is One Year Old!

websitepartyIt’s our birthday today (or yesterday) here at blacksheepspringfield.com! We are celebrating one full year since we officially launched the site on August 6th, 2012. That’s pretty cool! Since our start we have added a few different things to the site:

– a radio tab where you can catch up on all episodes of Black Sheep Radio!
– a page for our two big summer festivals, Dumb Fest and Black Sheep Fest
– a FAQ section
– many many current band and past band pages
– a booking page for anyone interested in setting up shows with us
– a “get involved” page where you can find out what you can do to help our music community

The anniversary for Black Sheep itself is coming up very soon too! It will officially be eight years since Black Sheep’s first show on September 17th. Expect an announcement on an anniversary show and some other surprises very soon.

Battalion Cancel Tour, Release Music Video For “Resilience”

1069279_656342354394723_151676616_nSpringfield and Central Illinois metal/hardcore band Battalion have canceled their upcoming tour with Heavy Arms. Here is the official statement from the band’s facebook page:

After a lot of unforeseen set backs, we are forced to drop the tour with HeavyArms. We will be playing local shows, writing, and doing smaller weekend tours until after the next album. We’re very sorry to anyone who was looking forward to this tour and hope you guys enjoy the new music video and keep coming out to shows. -Clint

Along with the bad news is some good. The band has released a brand new music video for their song “Resilience,” which is the title track to the album the band came out with earlier in the year. You can check out the music video here or embedded below. Battalion played Black Sheep Fest a few weekends ago. We plan on keeping you updated on any upcoming Battalion shows in Springfield.