Josh Catalano & The Dirty Thoughts to Release “Give Away The Night” May 3rd

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553142_10200955734563407_1839602756_nIt looks like Josh Catalano & The Dirty Thoughts have been working on their upcoming full length Give Away The Night for a while now and they are finally ready to release it to the world! The CD release show for the new album has been announced for May 3rd at Bar None! While the physical release of the album will be May 3rd, the national release of the album will be May 7th. You can’t listen to any of the new album yet (although you might have heard a song or two on Black Sheep Radio), but for some older Josh Catalano tunes you can head over to JC & The DT website right here.

Also playing the show on May 3rd will be Hey Brother and Casino Kings. The show starts at 10:00 pm and is ages 21+. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to check our Springfield shows page for other shows going on outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Battalion, Dreams May Fall, Heavy Arms, Vengeance, Elyse

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563008_501863303210110_78963484_nWe hope that everyone is ready to put on their metal boots tonight so that we can all come out to the show and have a great time together! It will be fun, we promise! Tonight we have metal band Battalion from Springfield and the St. Louis areas, who have also recently released a brand new EP that you can probably pick up at the show. Then we have Dreams May Fall playing metalcore from Pekin Illinois. And we have Heavy Arms from Belleville, Illinois. Did you know that Heavy Arms are also playing day one of Dumb Fest?!? Moving on, we have Vengeance from Southern Illinois playing more metal. Last but not least is Mechanicsburg metal band Elyse.

This packed show starts at 6:30 and admission is $8. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Our Lady: “Tunnel Vision”

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OurLadycover7Today we are very excited to bring you a brand new track from Springfield touring band Our Lady. “Tunnel Vision” is a track off of the band’s upcoming Vessels 7″ to be released on Mind Over Matter Records this summer. To listen to “Tunnel Vision” head over to the band’s bandcamp page, or stream it below.

Our Lady have also recently launched a brand new website which can be seen right here. They also have their April tour dates up on their website. They plan on heading up to the east coast and back during the second half of April and beginning of May. You also can see the band in Springfield on May 22nd at Black Sheep along with Tiger Tank and a few others.

5/20 at Black Sheep: False Light, Emperor Norton, Kaworu, Dusty Fingers, Aporia

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28026_234747433324367_737843932_nLookout! It’s another fast and loud spring show at Black Sheep! This one is going to be on Monday, May 20th and boy is it going to be intense. This show features False Light (no, not the band from Peoria). It’s okay though because there is another Peoria band on the show! Anyways, this False Light comes from South Carolina and they play fast and heavy powerviolence. 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.” Did you know they will also be playing Dumb Fest?  It’s true. 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 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Don’t forget to check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page!

 

Black Sheep Fest Date Change

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7756786544_71fa76a49d_bLook at all of those shorts and trees. Who’s excited for summer? We sure are. Today we wanted to put a tiny mention that Black Sheep Fest will be Saturday, July 27th this year (instead of the first weekend of August). This is because we do not want to clash with Down Home Music Festival happening downtown like last year.

Aside from Black Sheep Fest, Dumb Fest will still be happening June 14th and 15th. We anticipate that we will be releasing the lineup and flier for Black Sheep fest at Dumb Fest.

 

Black Sheep Radio Tomorrow: Drum Fest 2013, Lovecow

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Tomorrow at 4:00 it’s another action-packed episode of Black Sheep Radio! We have some guys coming in to talk to us about Drum Fest 2013 at Donnie’s Homespun featuring Dave Weckl and Paul Wertico. We also have folk punk band Lovecow coming in to talk to us about their upcoming shows, releases, and they might even play a song or two in the studio for us! We will also be playing a few tunes representing Dumb Fest and talk about the finalized lineup for that!

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 also head over to wqna.org to stream the show online. Miss the show? You can always stream or download old ones on our radio page!

Photos: Skeletal Lightning Fest

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This past weekend Skeletal Lightning Fest happened in Champaign (put on by the Skeletal Lightning Label). The Fest was a success, and Springfield band Our Lady took the stage with many other bands including Into It. Over It., Anodes, Alta, Hank, Easter, and many others. From the Skeletal Lightning Fest facebook:

Holy cow, what a weekend! Big thanks go out to EVERY single band that played, EVERY single attendee that showed up, cared, and had fun, ALL of my friends that helped me with EVERYTHING over the past 9 months, and EVERYONE in the Midwestern scene. YOU all make it what it is, and it is certainly something special. This is why we celebrate. This is why we rule. You all are wonderful! See you next year! 😉

You can check out some pictures and videos from the fest below.

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Hospital Job to play Insub Fest in June

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486079_10150596518462245_1966536427_nHospital Job have recently announced their plans to play Insub Fest, which is a festival put on by Insubordination Records in June. This year the fest is three days long and it is taking place in Maryland from June 27th to June 29th. Bands playing that have been announced so far include The Screaming Females, Houseboat, The Copyrights (who are also playing Dumb Fest), and many more. You can find a facebook event for Insub Fest right here.

Hospital Job released their first full-length LP Downer Downer Downer on Insubordination Records late last fall.

 

May 4th at Black Sheep: Scott Blacula, Denouncer, Soap Scum

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MAY4thflierOn May 4th we have a show that is “hard as nails” according to the master of metal, Kevin Bradford himself. On this show we have Scott Blacula bringing us their short and sweet hardcore/grindcore songs that we can all dance around to. Then we have Denouncer on tour from somewhere in Florida. They play music that is somewhere in the heavier genres. Opening things up we have Soap Scum. No one knows where that band is from or what type of music they play.

The show starts at 7:00 and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event very soon. Until then, check out the Black Sheep facebook group. Also check out what other shows we have coming up on our shows page.

 

Dumb Fest Page Updates

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6819_177466438435_6477423_nGood Morning! Late this past Friday night we announced the last of the bands playing DUMB FEST on June 14th and 15th and today we finally got around to updating our Dumb Fest page. If you head over to the page you can check out photos and music from all 24 bands that will playing over the course of the two days.

Dumb Fest will be happening on Friday June 14th and Saturday June 15th this year. Day one features a Renae reunion and day two features 20 bands playing at both Black Sheep and Skank Skates. You can find a facebook page for Dumb Fest right here. You can purchase two day passes for $15 online right here. Tickets are likely to sell out so be sure to purchase yours before the day of the fest!