A new Springfield band War Magic has debuted a new 3 song EP called “Cyclomancy.” You can stream the track “The Days Explode In Heat” below, or check the whole EP on their Bandcamp.
War Magic: “Cyclomancy”
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Photos: May 22nd at Black Sheep
Hey everybody, we’ve uploaded some pictures from our May 22nd show to our Flickr page. The show featured Tiger Tank, Our Lady, Gospel & The Wolf, and Jessica Knight. We have posted a few in this post, but we recommend checking out the Black Sheep Flickr page. They changed the layout, and it’s pretty neato.
New Album from The Copyrights
Illnois native punk band The Copyrights (ft. member of local Hospital Job) have a new rarties collection called “Shits Fucked” coming out via It’s Alive Records. The Copyrights are one of the featured bands on the upcoming DUMB FEST this June. You can check the original Punk News article here, or stream the record below.
Pound For Pound Debuts New Song
Local hard-hitting legends Pound For Pound have debuted a new song off their upcoming album. A mainstay of Springfield heavy music scene since 1999, “Ripped Apart” is nothing short of heavy. Check the song out on their Bandcamp, or stream it below.
A full release is expected sometime this summer.
Champaign Metal Fest
Our all-ages sister venue Error Records is hosting the brutal Champaign Metal Fest coming up on July 13th. The line up includes For What It’s Worth, Slaughter Camp, Pit Fiend, From Cities Above, In Name Of Suffering, Øde Vinter, Empyrean, and Eminent Slaughter. The door is $7, and they open at 2:30pm. The event is all-ages.
Our Lady “Dawning” Review
Music blog Voltage Music has posted an awesome review of Our Lady’s most recent release “Dawning.” The record is hit amongst us Black Sheepsians, and this review does it justice. Read the review HERE, and then listen to the 6 track below!
Here is also a little blurb about Our Lady about their set at the recent Skeletial Ligthening Festival in Champaign which can be read HERE.
Park Plan “It Won’t Snow” Ten Year Anniversary Show
Ten years ago in 2003 Springfield indie/rock band Park released their album It Won’t Snow Where You’re Going. Now it’s 2013 and Park have announced that they have reunited as a band and are currently working on a brand new album. When Ladd Mitchell came on to Black Sheep Radio a couple of weeks ago he talked to us about Park’s reunion and told us that Park will be playing SOHO Music Festival downtown this year and also a show in St. Louis on August 17th.
The Park show at the Fubar in St. Louis on Saturday August 17th and it will be a ten year anniversary show for the album It Won’t Snow Where You’re Going. Park will be playing their 2003 album in it’s entirety for the show. Bands also playing include Blackwater 64, Big Storm, and Clockwork. A facebook event can be found here. Tickets can be purchased for $12 each right here.
Black Sheep Radio Tomorrow: Jeremie Bailey
Tomorrow is another episode of Black Sheep Radio! For this episode we have Jeremie Bailey of the other local radio show on 92.7 WQLZ FM’s “Bandemonium.” Will there be some local radio show rivalry going on? We don’t know! We will also be talking about and playing tunes from some of the bands that will be playing Dumb Fest at Black Sheep and Skank Skates on June 14th and 15th. Make sure to tune in tomorrow from 4:00 to 6:00 pm!
The Black Sheep Radio airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Fridays on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can tune in to 88.3 FM on your radio dial or you can head over to wqna.org and stream the show live. We also have our lovely radio tab set up so that you can stream and download some past episodes of Black Sheep Radio.
Dumb Posters
It looks like some screen printing elves have delivered some dumb posters to us just in time for Dumb Fest! Hand printed posters will be available at Dumb Fest for $5. They are limited to 50 orange posters and 5 red posters. Posters are also currently being sold across the country at shows by Our Lady and Need who are both on tour. You can also check out a video of the posters being printed by Brandon Carnes and Brian Galecki below!
Dumb Fest is only 16 days away. It is happening June 14th and 15th at Black Sheep and Skank Skates. Day one features a Renae reunion show and day two features twenty bands including Tenement, Our Lady, Big Eyes, The Copyrights, and more. You can find a facebook event for Dumb Fest here.
Tonight at Black Sheep: Big Storm, Idly, Yogi Beara
Tonight at Black Sheep is a folky rock show. And it is ANOTHER Wednesday night show at Black Sheep. We may have had a show every Wednesday of this month. Tonight the show features Big Storm, the feel good rock n’ roll band local to Springfield. This show will also feature stringsy melodic folk rockers Idly from Austin, Texas. You can stream some of their music below. The show will also feature the heavy rock two-piece Yogi Beara (who have yet to set up their Black Sheep band page). And did we mention that Big Storm is playing?!
The show starts off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. And don’t forget to check out our shows page for more going-ons here at The Black Sheep.
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