Black Sheep Art Show on August 23rd

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Black Sheep’s next art show is just around the corner! On Friday August 23rd we will be hosting an event a little different than the typical show at the Black Sheep. If you’ve never been to one, art shows at the Black Sheep are great outlets for art that isn’t focused around music. Paintings, drawings, pottery, etc from local artists will all be on display, and some even possibly for sale! Here is the complete list of artists that will be participating:

Heidi Abegg
Catherine Black
Tater Cronin 
Clare Frachey
Brian Galecki
Rachel Jennings 
Cody Jones
Keeley Mills 
Aubrey Puyear
Dani Sakach
Mike Tirehaus 
Tony
Chris Umhoefer
Priten Vora
Kristin Walke

As well as visual art, there will also be four spoken word/rap performances. If great paintings and drawings aren’t your thing, then stop by to check out:

Keegan Otwell
Austin Duffie
Connor Stanberry
Aubrey Puyear

You can find the event page here. Also check out the complete list of shows and events coming up at Black Sheep here on our shows page. If you are interested in helping or participating in the art show then contact us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

Re-packaged Gunga-Dins 7″s to be Sold at Black Sheep Fest Tomorrow

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Ladies and gentleman, tomorrow is the big day. Black Sheep Fest is upon us! In case you had no idea, Black Sheep Fest will be gracing us with the punkest kids in town, an epic flea market, good times and of course EIGHTEEN local bands giving us their awesome jivy jams. This will all be attainable through the astounding price of 5 dollars, so start digging for change under your couch cushions because this is something you won’t want to miss. For the full lineup of bands check out the list of set times below.

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The results of the Black Sheep Fest T-shirt contest are in and here’s what’s going down folks: we are going to have TWO shirts. You’ll have to see which two won our contest at Black Sheep Fest tomorrow! The shirts will be sold for $10 each.

Another special item that is going to be sold at Black Sheep Fest is a newly re-packaged Gunga Dins 7″! While you are enjoying Blacksheep Fest, check out the new Gunga Dins 7” by either buying it or admiring it. This band is a gem of a band that’s been sparkling in Springfield for at least 15 years, so not only will you be supporting local music by giving them a gander, you’ll be supporting local punk rock music history! How about that.

Money from the sales of these 7” records and shirts will be going to the Black Sheep so get them while they last and rock on! Money will be going to support our venue and possibly go towards getting new monitors put on our space. Check out the Gunga Dins here to see just what these folks are made of.

August 22 at Black Sheep: Naughtalus, Flamingo, 64 Squares, Haircut Actual

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We have a bunch of fun shows coming up in August! This is one of them!!! This show’s full of some great local bands, but not all of them are from here! we have an art-punk band from La Crosse, WI called 64 Squares. You can check out their stuff by clicking the link right here, or stream one of the songs on the player embedded below! Opening things up, we have local rock group Haircut Actual, who will be making a return to Black Sheep after their set at The Black Sheep Battle of the Bands. Closing up the show, we have local/Jacksonville psychedelic rock group Flamingo, and ambient rock and rollers, Naughtalus.

The show starts 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 what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page! And remember that Black Sheep Fest is in 2 days!!!!!!!!! NIGHTHAWK!!!!, NIGHTHAWK!!!!, NIGHTHAWK!!!!!

 

Tomorrow on Black Sheep Radio: The Gunga Dins

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Tomorrow on the Black Sheep Radio Show we have a very special guest coming in. It’s Chris Yeager of The Gunga Dins and Like… With Jetpacks! Chris Gunga will be talking to us about The Gunga Dins playing a reunion show at Black Sheep Fest this year (happening in two days)! It looks like Chris and the radio crew will be mapping out some sort of chart on how they thing Black Sheep Fest is going to go… He might also talk to us about having a special repackaged version of a certain 7″ for sale at Black Sheep Fest. We’ll be playing tunes from The Gunga Dins, Chris’s current band Like… With Jetpacks, and plenty of other Black Sheep Fest related music. It is sure to be two hours of fun.

The Black Sheep Radio show airs on 88.3 WQNA fm from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Fridays. You can also stream the show live on wqna.org during the same time. Did you miss a show? We have a collection of old episodes available for download on our radio page! Are you interested in coming in as a guest on our radio show? Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com!

Nephrons to Release “Black Bedroom” on Vinyl on August 1st

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1014436_10151460432602237_1379200955_nThat up there is the new cover art for a brand new Nephrons album that is coming out very soon called Black Bedroom. The new album will be coming out on a 12″ vinyl and limited to 100 copies. The LPs will be out in time for their show on Thursday, August 1st along with Hank, The Cassfield, and Caterpillar Club. For the complete track-listing of the new album, go here or check it out below:

1. It Doesn’t Matter
2. Houston
3. Lady With The Light
4. Moon and Mars
5. Better Part
6. Strange Weather
7. Burners
8. Song To Break Something
9. Sea Death
10. See, Life!

Nephrons also released a self-titled album in 2011 and also two tracks “Strange Weather” and “Heartbreaker” earlier this year. Both of those can be streamed on Nephrons’s bandcamp page right here.

August 10th at Black Sheep: Dead North, Meredosia, State Lines, No Good News, War Magic

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We have ANOTHER show in August coming up soon! This one is jam-packed full of great bands! Opening things up, we have War Magic, a local ambient, folk band playing their first show at the Black Sheep! Next up we have No Good News bringing the pop punk and State Lines bringin’ the sad jams, both hailing from Long Island. Then, we have local post-rock anthem makers, Meredosia. Closing things up, we have North Dead, a pop punk band from Ohio! You can check out their stuff below!

The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Before the show, though, there is a short “manitee” show (which is free) that Execution Techniques is performing starting at 6:00 pm so make sure you get there early! 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 over on our shows page. Black Sheep Fest is in 3 days! GET SET TO SWEAT!

Our Lady: “Vessels”

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After receiving the test presses for their new 7″ in the mail, Springfield emo/heavy band Our Lady have decided to stream all of the three new songs on the 7″ Vessels on their bandcamp page. You can head over here to check out those songs, or stream them on the player embedded below. Vessels is being released under Mind Over Matter Records, and you can go here to the Mind Over Matter site to pre-order the 7″, which will be out on August 13th. The pressing is limited to 200, which includes 100 transparent red and 100 opaque lavender. All pre-oreders for the record are also entered in a contest to win a copy of one of the test presses, which are limited to 12 copies.

Our Lady will be playing in Springfield next at Black Sheep Fest, happening on Saturday. They will also be hitting the road shortly after and heading out to the west coast and back.

August 9th at Black Sheep: Sleeping Cranes, Jess Knight, Mr. Chandler, Atlas At His Finest, Wir Konnen

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We got a realllll mellow show for you all coming up in a couple weeks! First up, we have touring from Wyoming, an indie/folk band called Sleeping Cranes. We’ve got some of their stuff streaming down below. Then we have good ol’ Jess Knight performing her solo set! We also have the rap stylings of Mr. Chandler from right here in Springfield, IL. We also have local acoustic/alternative duo Atlas At His Finest. Then, opening things up, we have a new local emo group called Wir Konnen, which features members of Montagh and Lovecow!

The show starts 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 what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page. Black Sheep Fest is in 4 days!!!!!!! GET PUMPED

Videos: Hospital Job at Insubordination Fest

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A video has surfaced of Springfield pop-punk band Hospital Job playing their full set last month at Insubordination Fest. Insubordination Fest takes place in Baltimore, Maryland and is organized by Insubordination Records, who released Hospital Job’s LP Downer Downer Downer late last year. You can check out the video of the full set above, or here on youtube. To find more live videos of other bands playing Insubordination Fest, you can head over to the Insubordination Records facebook page.

Hospital Job will be playing at Black Sheep next at Black Sheep Fest happening this Saturday.

New Band Pages: The Seething Coast, Negative 17

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Negative17_fullWe have TWO new pages up on our site for two active Springfield bands! Isn’t that spectacular? The two bands are The Seething Coast and Negative 17. You can check out The Seething Coast’s page here and Negative 17’s page right here. On the pages you can find links to music, band bios, and more. Negative 17 recently won crowd voting for our Black Sheep Battle of the Bands earlier this summer, which means that they will be playing Black Sheep Fest on Saturday. The Seething Coast have recently finished up recording some new material, and they also have a show coming up at Black Sheep on August 11th with The Greek Favourites.

You can check out any of our 2,000 band pages right here. Do you play in a band in town that doesn’t have a page set up with us yet? We would love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to get one set up.