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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It looks like we have another post-Dumb Fest show announcement to make. On Friday, June 21st we have this show filled with noise, punk, and craziness. Headlining it all and ready to take on any band or wrestler that steps in their path is Scott Blacula. Next up is Merciless Game is a solo project of some chaotic noise punk. You can check out one of those songs below. Then we have Cabbage Heads from Michigan who will be playing a type of punk that is noisier than ever. Then a few more locals are starting things off. We have the second Black Sheep performance by Aporia, who surprised us with some interesting harsh noise last time they played. And opening things up will be Gutterpriest playing some intense noisecore.
The show starts off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here, and the flier is right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page for other upcoming shows at Black Sheep.
Local Springfield rock band Josh Catalano & The Dirty Thoughts are streaming seven songs of their new eight-track album on their reverb nation. The new album is called Give Away The Night and it was released earlier this spring along with a release show on May 3rd at Bar None. From the Josh Catalano & The Dirty Thoughts website:
Our Cd release party was a success! Thanks to everyone that came out to support. Thanks you to Bar None and all it’s staff for the amazing job they did handling the big crowd.
Get ready midwest. The boys and I are hitting the road. Except to see us. More shows to be posted soon.
Today we are bringing you a stream of the brand new full length album by Springfield experimental/electronic act The Luzhin Defense. The eight-track album is The Luzhin Defense’s self-titled, which they say took a few years to make. It is also available on the band’s bandcamp for free streaming and a name-your-price download.
To celebrate the release of their new album, The Luzhin have a release show lined up on Friday, June 14th at the Tin Can Pub. Also playing that show is Suit & Tie Guy, and Cory Flanigan. You can find a facebook event for that show right here.
We are trying something new this summer at Black Sheep. We have talked a lot about their being two major festivals at Black Sheep this summer with Dumb Fest in June and Black Sheep Fest at the end of July. Today we are bringing you news of another big summer event for us.
On Saturday, July 13th we will be hosting the first ever Black Sheep Battle of the Bands. The event will feature young and new bands, as we hope to welcome in artists who have not had many opportunities to play at the Black Sheep.
Prizes will be awarded to TWO winners:
– One band will win a studio recording of 4 songs for FREE! (Worth $400)
– One other band will win a spot on BLACK SHEEP FEST July 27th. (Usually this is one of the biggest shows of the year for us)
There will be crowd voting and a panel of judges to determine the winners. Right now a few bands are lined up to compete in the battle, but we are currently looking for other acts. Any bands interested in playing can contact Brandon Carnes (of Big Storm and The Timmys) at brandonmf@gmail.com or call 217-415-7775. We plan on keeping you all updated when the bands for this event are announced.
We look forward to welcoming some new bands and faces out to the Black Sheep this summer!
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