Our Lady Launch New Website, Post Tour Dates

Posted on March 24, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield emo/punk band Our Lady have recently launched a brand new website and it looks great! On the new site you can check out the band’s upcoming shows, photos, releases, play games, and get to all of the bands other social website. Just kidding, you can’t really play any games (but it’s still a great site!!). You can find the new website here or you can type in “ourladyband.com” into your browser.

Our Lady have also posted their upcoming April tour dates along with a tour poster (pictured above). They will be traveling to the east coast and back in the course of two weeks. Did you know Our Lady will also be playing Dumb Fest which is June 15th at Black Sheep and Skank Skates? The band has also recently announced that they will be releasing a 7″ entitled Vessels through Mind Over Matter Records this year.

Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting Tomorrow

Posted on March 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Tomorrow evening at 7:00 pm we will be hosting another roundtable meeting at Black Sheep (not at the HARM HOUSE). We might be doing a little bit of spring cleaning and gearing up for the very big summer that we have ahead of us. We will be discussing game plans for Dumb Fest and Black Sheep Fest and also some other big shows we have coming up. Anyone is welcomed to come out!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Lighthouses, Short Stories About Their Distance, Naughtalus, ???

Posted on March 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Something is happening tonight! It feels like it’s been a minute since we’ve had a show and tonight is a great Saturday night for a rock show. Tonight we have the band Lighthouses coming on tour from Nebraska. They play a post-hardcore type of rock. Then from the nearby city of Bloomington/Normal we have Short Stories About Their Distance. The band features member of Gas Up Yr Hearse (who will be playing here on the 29th). Those bands will be joined by local support from Naughtalus. Naughtalus will be playing their Black Sheep debut. The band features members of Dream Eater. Opening things up tonight we have ???. No, that does not mean the opening act is a surprise. ??? is some sort of rap project by Bo Melado, vocalist of Mildred.

Things start off tonight right at 7:00 pm and the show is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Did you know you can also see what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page?

Dumb Fest Page Updates, Black Sheep Fest Page Created

Posted on March 22, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Have you checked out the new page for Dumb Fest we have up on our site? Well you can find it by clicking this link, or also by hovering over the “shows” tab up there ^^^. We have made a few updates to the page since the last announcement. Links and photos have been added for all ten of the announced bands. Ten bands have been announced for Dumb Fest and there are ten more to go!

Dumb Fest will be taking place at Black Sheep and Skank Skates on Saturday, June 15th this summer. It is one of two major festivals Black Sheep will be putting on this summer, the other being Black Sheep Fest on August 3rd. Speaking of Black Sheep Fest, did you know we created a page for that too? It isn’t much right now, but you can find that page right here.

A Dumb Fest facebook page can be found here. Be on the lookout for another dumb announcement in the coming days!

May 1st at The Radon Lounge: Lucius, Tall Tall Trees, Derrick Streibig

Posted on March 22, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like The Radon Lounge will be having another show thing spring! This one is on Wednesday, May 1st. The show will feature Lucius, a five-piece band from Brooklyn, NY. They will be joined by the band Tall Tall Trees also from New York. They play an Americana type of folk rock. The third and final act that will be opening things up will be Derrick Streibig from St. Louis.

Sounds like a fun show! You can find a facebook event right here. Things will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $10. If you are looking for an address to The Radon Lounge, you will have to email radonlounge@gmail.com and they will help you out.

The Radon Lounge has also been gearing up for a show on April 4th featuring the ten-piece band The Soil & The Sun. The Radon Lounge also will be putting on a festival called “The Horse Show” on June 15th at the Refuge Range. We know, we know, it’s the same day as Dumb Fest, but there is no reason you can’t stop by both!

Black Sheep Radio Tomorrow: Anthony Bollero of Some Things Can’t Be Ignored

Posted on March 21, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

There’s the Black Sheep Radio crew, working hard at doing what they do. Tomorrow is Friday, and that means it’s another episode of Black Sheep Radio! Tomorrow we will have Anthony Bollero of Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored coming in to talk about his blog and also play some tunes from some old Springfield releases he has featured on his blog. We also have Brian Galecki in to introduce some songs by some dumb bands that have been recently announced to be playing Dumb Fest on June 15th.

As always, the Black Sheep Radio show will be airing from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on WQNA 88.3 fm. You can listen on the radio or also online at wqna.org. If you head over to our radio page you can stream and download some old episodes that have aired in the past.

Photos From 3/11 at Black Sheep: Teenage Bottlerocket, The Timmys, Hospital Job

Posted on March 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

We all had a blast at the Teenage Bottlerocket/Timmys/Hospital Job show that was a little over a week ago. Off With Their Heads had to drop the show but they have promised us that they will be back sometime in the future. It was the biggest turnout we have had for a show since Black Sheep Fes t 2012 last summer! There are a few pictures that we have gathered together from the show, some of which you can check out below. To see more pictures from the night and other photos of bands playing Black Sheep you can head over to our “bands” album on our flickr. And if you have any more photos from the night send them to us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com!

The Transatlantic Added To Show on March 27th at Black Sheep

Posted on March 20, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

An addition has been made to our show happening on Wednesday, March 27th. It’s Springfield’s own The Transatlantic! The show now being four bands features Big Storm, The Transatlantic, John Davey, and Picardy III. You can see our original post about the show right here.

The show still starts at 7:00 and is $5. You can check out a facebook event right here. Also be sure to check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

April 26th at Black Sheep: Mitch The Champ, Garrettsucks, Alex Glasnovic, Brandon Carnes, Paqui

Posted on March 19, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Looking for another fun acoustic show? Well, there is the Sean Bonnette/Ian Graham show happening on April 14th but today we have ANOTHER fun acoustic show happening at Black Sheep to tell you about! It looks like acoustic acts Mitch The Champ and Garretsucks will be performing at Black Sheep on Friday April 26th. They are on tour from Bloomington, Indiana. Joining them on the show will be Solenodon from Louisville, Kentucky. Then we have local support from Brandon Carnes and also a new acoustic act called “Paqui”. You may recognize Paqui as Scott Blacula’s nemesis.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Also be sure to check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

More Radon Lounge Photos