New Band Pages: Soap Scum

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soapscumSurprise! Today we bring you a new band page for a new Springfield punk band called Soap Scum. Soap Scum features members of Don’t Mess With Winkie, Intricate Collapse, Kick To Tha Head, and a few other old Springfield bands. If you are lucky you might find some Soap Scum recordings hidden somewhere on the page ;). Check out the new band page right here. You can also find a ton of other band pages we have compiled for Springfield bands on our current bands tab.

Soap Scum will be playing Friday at Black Sheep and also releasing their demo on cassette tape. Speaking of the show at Black Sheep on Friday there have been some new additions! The bands My Dad and Pisces At The Animal Fair had a show fall through in Iowa, so they have been added to the show at Black Sheep on Friday. The show will now be six bands all playing short sets, and things are still starting off right at 7:00 so come early! The full lineup now includes Pisces At The Animal Fair, My Dad, Caterpillar Club, Gas Up Yr Hearse, Chain’s Gang, and Soap Scum. You can find a facebook event right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: John Davey, Picardy III, Big Storm, The Transatlantic

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301596_10151554432145619_1226477509_nIt’s Wednesday night and there is still snow on the ground but we think it is a good night for a good old-fashioned rock show! Don’t you? At the show tonight you can check out some sweet acoustic touring bands and some local feel-good rock. We have John Davey from Indiana playing. Picardy III from Autstin, Texas will also be performing. The two are touring together as a part of their “Men, Waves, and Savior Tour.” Local support will be provided by rock n’ roll band Big Storm featuring Brandon Carnes of Black Sheep Radio fame. We also have The Transatlantic playing some more feel good rock n’ roll.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can check out a facebook event right here. Can’t make it to the show this Wednesday night? We have a ton of other shows coming up!

 

The Timmys Part Ways With Wes, Pick Up New Drummer

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486574_10151335565992055_538579359_nLong running Springfield punk band The Timmys (who also won our 2012 end of the year poll for best song and best album) have parted ways with their long time drummer Wes. The Timmys released this statement on their facebook page:

Welp.. the time has come. Our drummer Wes has hit the ol’ dusty trail. He is expecting his 2nd daughter next month and is hanging up his Timmys hat. We thank him kindly for 16 blunderful years and we will love him always. So many memories. Thanks, old friend.

Wes Selinger, ladies and gentlemen! Mr. Wes Selinger.

Along with the departure of Wes, The Timmys will be gaining drummer Gary Swagerty III (Pound For Pound, Obi-Wan Kanblo Mi). Gary was not named the new drummer from The Timmys right away. The band posted updates of drummer tryouts on their facebook page throughout most of last week. There seam to have been plenty of characters who tried out. You can see all of those on The Timmys facebook page right here.

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Saturday at Black Sheep

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554863_564929283532360_1534478140_nLooks like there is a show coming up on Saturday that we almost forgot to tell you about! It’s the return of pop punk local band Kickstart! They will be making their return after a four month long break from playing shows. Also playing the show is another Central Illinois pop punk band, Hometown Heavyweights. Then we have metal/punk band Oblivion Oasis from Arthur, Illinois. Opening things up is the solo act Kweeza, making his Black Sheep debut!

The show starts off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. There is a facebook event. You can check out what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

DUMB FEST Announcement #3

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Today we are announcing five more bands that will be playing Dumb Fest this summer on June 15th at Black Sheep and Skank Skates! If you are out of the loop as to what Dumb Fest is and why it’s happening, you can check out our original post and first announcement on the fest right here. We also have a page up on the site just for Dumb Fest! You can find that right here.

Ready for the five bands? Here they are…

TENEMENT from Appleton Wisconson
MOTHER LEOPARD from Springfield
LUMPY & THE DUMPERS from St. Louis
NEED from Champaign/Chicago
GAS UP YR HEARSE from Bloomington/Normal

Wow wow wow! Exciting stuff. We will have one more announcement coming before all 20 bands are revealed so stay tuned. In the meantime you can check out the Dumb Fest page right here and also a facebook event right here.

Commodity Reunion Show Happening April 6th at Skeletal Lightning Fest in Champaign

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Commodity DiscogrophyThe old Champaign (Springfield-related at one point) hardcore band Commodity have announced that they will be playing one reunion show for Skeletal Lightning Fest in Champaign on April 6th. The band called it quits in 2010 and played their last show in Springfield at Black Sheep. You can see some videos from that show right here and here.

Skeletal Lightning Fest will be happening at The Red Herring Restaurant in Champaign on April 5th and 6th. The main day of the fest is Saturday, April 6th. Some bands playing that day include Our Lady, Into It. Over It., The Reptilian, Northless, and Dowsing. For a complete list of bands, you can check out the Skeletal Lightning Fest website right here. You can also check out a flier for the fest done by Kamila Glowacki below.

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Our Lady Launch New Website, Post Tour Dates

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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

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IMG_3310Tomorrow 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, ???

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529885_473105209410155_1798584233_nSomething 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

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423498_381353658560052_261163857_nHave 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!