New Music From Bailout and Earth Witch

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a3817763777_10Today we have new music to bring you from two bands coming from outside of Springfield who are both playing Dumb Fest at Black Sheep and Skank Skates in June. The first of those bands is Bailout from Champaign and Chicago Illinois. Bailout play fast and aggressive hardcore punk. Their new release Adult Body is streaming below. Bailout is also currently on tour in the midwest. They will be playing at Black Sheep or Skank Skates as part of Dumb Fest day two on June 15th.

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The second band is Earth Witch from Champaign. Earth Witch features members of bands RVINS and Dino Bravo. They have just released a song entitled “Aggregate” on their soundcloud page. You can stream the song below. Earth Witch will be playing day one of Dumb Fest along with Renae.

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Dumb Fest is taking place on June 14th and 15th at Black Sheep and Skank Skates. You can find a Dumb Fest page with the full lineup right here. A facebook event for Dumb Fest can be found right here. And if you have not ordered Dumb Fest tickets yet, then you might want to click this link.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: False Light, Emperor Norton, Kaworu, Bubblegum Octopus, Dusty Fingers, Aporia

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65100_641327865894224_488981208_nThere is quite the show happening at Black Sheep tonight! There will be six bands playing for only five bucks. That is quite the deal. The first band we have to tell you about that will be playing tonight is False Light. They come from South Carolina and play fast and intense hardcore. Next up we have Emperor Norton, Springfield’s finest hardcore punk band. And coming from Peoria we have the new Kaworu. Kaworu play “blackened hardcore.” A newer addition to this show is Bubblegum Octopus from New Jersey. They play noisy electronic/dance-y music. Now moving on to the noise. This show will feature St. Louis noise project Dusty Fingers. Opening the whole thing up will be the first show of a brand new Springfield noise project called Aporia. Aporia features a member of the band And God Said Dance!.

The show starts off at 6:30 pm so come early! Admission is five dollars. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Interested in what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep? Then check out our shows page.

 

Big Eyes: “Almost Famous” / Tenement Sign To Don Giovanni Records

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a0618485110_10Big Eyes, who will be playing Dumb Fest day two, have released a new album entitled Almost Famous through Grave Mistake Records. You can find a stream of the album on bandcamp right here or also below. A link to purchase the CD or vinyl of the new album can be found here.

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Another headlining band from Dumb Fest day two, Tenement, have just signed to Don Giovanni Records for a new album to come out later this year or early 2014. From the Don Giovanni website:

We’re really excited to be working with one of our favorite bands of the past few years, Tenement, on a new album later this year.  Tenement, from Appleton, Wisconsin have toured extensively over the last 5 years and released two albums in 2011, Napalm Dream, and The Blind Wink.  They will be entering the studio soon for an album out by the end of the year or early 2014 on Don Giovanni and we couldn’t be more excited.

Tenement also recently released a few new singles, one being “Freak Cast In Iron” out on Cowabunga Records. You can find a few of those new songs streaming on the player below.

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Both Big Eyes and Tenement will be playing Dumb Fest next month at Black Sheep and Skank Skates. You can find the full lineup on our Dumb Fest page. You can find a facebook event right here. If you plan on going to either day of Dumb Fest, don’t forget to pre-order tickets right here!

New Music From Gas Up Yr Hearse and Dino Bravo

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dinobravogasupDumb Fest next month is featuring over twenty bands that are active right now in Central Illinois and the midwest. Last week we brought you news that one of the Dumb Fest bands, HeavyArms have released a new album. It looks like a few more of the bands playing Dumb Fest are releasing new music! Gas Up Yr Hearse and Dino Bravo have both recently put out cassettes.

Gas Up Yr Hearse from Bloomington/Champaign released their cassette “A Banner Year For The Sum of Our Losses” earlier this year. You can find that streaming below. Gas Up Yr Hearse is currently planning a tour around Dumb Fest, and they will also be on tour from July 12th through the 26th. You can check their facebook page for more info on those dates. Aside from the cassette, GUYH is also planning on releasing a split 5″ and a square-cut 7″ vinyl later this year.

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Next is a brand new cassette from the two-piece wrestle band Dino Bravo from Champaign. “Planet Madness” was released earlier this spring on Error Records and you can find those songs streaming below.

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Dumb Fest is happening June 14th and 15th at Black Sheep and Skank Skates. You can find a Dumb Fest page with the full lineup right here and a facebook event right here. Tickets are on sale (both two-day and single-day passes) right here.

Our Lady: “Buque”

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Springfield touring emo/indie band Our Lady have just released a new song up on their bandcamp. The song is called “Buque” and it comes from the band’s upcoming release Dawning out Turn of The Century Records. You can find the song here on Our Lady’s bandcamp or also find it streaming below.

Our Lady will be playing Black Sheep this upcoming Wednesday, May 22nd. They will be playing the show along with Tiger Tank, Gospel & The Wolf, and Jessica Knight. You can catch singer/guitar player Tim Williams perform an acoustic set at Black Sheep tonight. Our Lady will also be heading out for tour at the end of the month. Dawning will be released on May 25th on cassette through Turn of The Century Records. The band will also be putting out a seven-inch record called Vessels through Mind Over Matter Records later this summer. You can find a song off of that called “Tunnel Vision” right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Kirk Donely, Real Live Tigers, Dan Mariska, Tim Williams

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428615_10200805620210559_1873519476_nTonight we have a summertime acoustic show tonight at Black Sheep! The weather is beautiful so you have no excuse not to come! Tonight we have Kirk Donely of The Transatlantic doing a solo acoustic set. We also have the country/folk act from Austin, Texas Real Live Tigers doing a combined set with another solo act Julie Byrne. That should be fun! Also on the show is Dan Mariska from Minneapolis! Last but not least Tim Williams of Our Lady will also be doing a solo acoustic set.

Things start off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to check out what else we have coming up on our shows page!

 

Park Reunite, Begin Working on New Album

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Springfield indie/rock band Park have announced that they are a band again. Singer Ladd Mitchell came on to Black Sheep Radio yesterday afternoon to tell listeners that Park is reuniting and also working on a new album. Ladd also talked about his plans to move to Chicago, and confirmed that his other project Tiger Tank will continue to be active.

Along with the announcement Park announced that they have two shows lined up- one at Soho Fest downtown Springfield on June 8th and another at Fubar in St. Louis on August 17th. You can also catch some of the members of Park in the band Tiger Tank at Black Sheep this Wednesday along with Our Lady, Gospel & The Wolf, and Jessica Knight. We plan to post updates when more Park shows are announced, or when more information is known about the new Park album.

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July 2nd at Black Sheep: Capsize, No Omega, Ghost Key, Brave|Heart, Scott Blacula

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934654_10151372758617721_760193095_nGet ready for summer, because we are already announcing shows for July! Get ready for those hot and sweaty mosh pits and outside hang-outs. This show is on Tuesday, July 2nd and it is going to be great. We have California melodic-hardcore band Capsize playing. Then we have No Omega coming all the way from Stockholm, Sweden! That is a long way. Then on the show we have Ghost Key from the friendly city of Peoria, Illinois. This show marks their return to Black Sheep. Also returning to Black Sheep is Brave|Heart– the hardcore band from Bloomington, Illinois. Where are the local bands? Scott Blacula will be playing this show, battling out any band that dares to cross their paths.

The show will begin at 6:30 pm and admission is $6. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page!

 

Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting Sunday

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IMG_2643Good morning everyone. It looks like this Sunday (May 19th) we are due for another roundtable meeting at Black Sheep. This time we will be meeting at 4:00 pm at the Black Sheep itself. We will be discussing things like Dumb Fest preparation, where we are at with our bills, and other upcoming shows. Everyone and anyone is welcomed to come to our roundtable meetings. We might be cleaning up the inside of our space a bit as well.

Can’t make it to the meeting? That’s okay! We have a get involved page set up for those of you looking for what else you can do to help out.

 

Audiofeed Music Festival in Urbana

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audiofeedHere at blacksheepspringfield.com, we always have some music festival going on somewhere outside of (or in) Springfield to tell you about. Today we bring you news of a new festival called “Audiofeed Music Festival” happening in Urbana this summer on July 5th and 6th. This festival may be taking place miles away in Urbana, but there is a “Black Sheep Stage” being ran by Kevin Bradford of Black Sheep himself! Bands playing this stage include Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, The Scurvies, The Skies Revolt, and many more. The festival is being put together by those who were involved with putting together Cornerstone Music Festival in previous summers.

For the complete lineup of bands playing, you can go here. Audiofeed Fest also has a website which you can check out here. Here is a list of other things going on from the website:

We will have music.  Good music.  Maybe some big names yet to come, maybe all the kinds of bands that made Cornerstone great – the underground and unknowns that are, frankly too creative, too intensely passionate to receive broad market appeal,

Camping – RV and tent sites.

Speakers – you’ll know that we are doing what we’re doing because we are passionate about following the example and teaching of Jesus.

Community.  We were created for community. The combination of everything above, experienced with friends old and new.  That feeling… if you’re one of “us”, I don’t need to explain it.  If you’re not, we welcome you to experience it with us.