Our Lady: “Vessels”

Posted on July 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

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

Posted on July 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

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

Posted on July 22, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

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

Posted on July 22, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

We 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.

Go!Tsunami Release “The Tsultry Tsounds of Go!Tsunami”

Posted on July 21, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like Springfield’s favorite instrumental/surf rock band Go!Tsunami have came out with a brand new eleven-track album entitled The Tsultry Tsounds of Go!Tsunami. You can find a link to buy the mp3s or CD of the new album here on the Deep Eddy Records site.

Right now it does not look like Go!Tsunami has any shows lined up in Springfield, but they will be playing “Fong Fest” in North, Riverside Illinois. You can find the flier to that with the list of other bands playing below.

Good Times: “Good Times EP”

Posted on July 21, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

New Springfield acoustic/solo project “Good Times” has released a new six-song EP on bandcamp. The EP is six-songs that are pay-what-you-want and you can can find them here on bandcamp or also streaming below. Good Times is the solo project of Clint Kesinger of Springfield/St. Louis metal band Battalion. Clint was recently in on Black Sheep Radio to talk about his new project and he also played a song or two for us in the studio. Below the bandcamp player you can find a short youtube video on Good Times.

Be on the lookout for upcoming Good Times shows in Springfield. Battalion will be playing at Black Sheep next at Black Sheep Fest 2013 happening this Saturday.

Black Sheep Fest One Week Away/Preparation

Posted on July 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s hard to believe, but Black Sheep Fest 2013 is now only one week away. That means one week from now things are going to be pretty crazy inside of Black Sheep (see above picture of last year’s fest). With the fest being only one week away, we could use your help with some preparation!

– We could always use more help getting the word out about Black Sheep Fest and other shows! You can find fliers to print right here and here. It also helps to share the Facebook event around.
– Cleanup for Black Sheep Fest will be going on at 6:00 pm on Friday. This cleanup won’t be as intense as getting ready for Dumb Fest, but we could always use some help. Anyone who wants to come early the day of the fest to help us set up (around 11:00 am) is also welcome.
– We are having another flea market this year! This means feel free to bring stuff that you want to get rid of, or come prepared to take other people’s old stuff home with you!

Black Sheep Fest is on Saturday, July 27th and will be going on from 1:00 to 11:00 pm. Admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the fest here, and a special page we set up for the fest right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Off With Their Heads, The Timmys, NIL8, RDNT

Posted on July 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight’s the big one! (Of course Battle of the Bands last weekend was also the big one, and Black Sheep Fest next weekend is another big one). The show tonight should still be one of the biggest and most fun shows this summer! Why? Because we have really awesome bands playing! We have Off With Their Heads from Minnesota coming! They were supposed to play here back in March but sadly had to drop. Tonight they are going to make it back to Springfield with a great set filled with tons of fun. They will be joined by a great lineup of local bands! The Timmys will be playing the show before Off With Their Heads. Before that is long-running punk band NIL8! NIL8 have not played a show in Springfield since December. Opening up the show is the teenage punk band RDNT.

The show kicks off at 7:00 pm and doors are at 6:30 pm. Admission is $8 unless you have already pre-ordered tickets for $6. If you pre-ordered tickets online, just bring a photo ID to the show and we will have your name on a will-call list. A facebook event for the show can be found right here. Also don’t forget to check out what other shows are coming up this summer over on our shows page.

Douglass “Out of a Rut”

Posted on July 19, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

We’re a bit late on bringing you this news, but remember when we told about how Tara from Worms & Montagh was releasing a solo album a couple weeks back? Well, it’s out! It’s called Out of a Rut and features 8 tracks. You can pay whatever you want to download the album (You can even download it for free!)

Want a physical copy of it? Well, you’re in luck! Tara plans on handing them out to anyone who wants one at Black Sheep Fest!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Withershins, Werepire Day, Dibiase, Boon, Kickstart