Black Sheep Radio Tomorrow: Nephrons

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IMG_6154Tomorrow is another episode of Black Sheep Radio! And this time around we have local punk band Nephrons coming in to talk about their next release and also their show on Saturday at Donnie’s Homespun with Josh Catalano & The Dirty Thoughts, and Witchfeet! You can tune in at 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm to 88.3 WQNA fm or also stream the show online at wqna.org to hear. You can also stream old episodes of Black Sheep Radio and download them on our radio page.

You know what else? The Black Sheep Radio Show has a facebook page now! You can find that right here.

 

Elyse Complete New Album

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306878_385902208152336_1549689248_nLocal/Mechanisburg metal band Elyse have completed recording their new ten song album entitled From Pieces To Portraits. You can head over to the band’s facebook page to check out some of the new tracks off of the album. If you like what you hear you can also catch Elyse play at some shows coming up at Black Sheep. They will be playing Friday, March 15th at Black Sheep with The Convelescence, Kleos, Skywalker, and Scott Blacula and also on April 13th along with Battalion, Heavy Arms, Dreams May Fall, Vengeance, and Brave|Heart.

 

New Band Pages: The Gunga Dins, Neon Rebels

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222141_10150226774255395_5855197_nToday we bring you two new band pages! One for an active band and one for an inactive one! The inactive band (inactive aside from reunions, that is) is The Gunga Dins! We recently told you about some rumors online of a Gunga Dins reunion show. Now you can learn more about the band and stream some of their music! Head over here to check out their band page. Then the active band that we have a new band page for is Neon Rebels! We also recently announced that Neon Rebels will be playing the show at Donnie’s Homespun on May 3rd with Michale Graves and his backing band. You can check out the page for Neon Rebels right here.

And as always, feel free to check out some of the hundreds of thousands of band pages we have set up for current bands right here, and past bands right here. Do you play in a band or have played in a band from Springfield that does not have a page on our site yet? Well we would love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Lumpy & The Dumpers, Say Something, Trauma Harness, Earth Witch, Soap Scum

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2-24FINALFINALWe have one heck of a show for you all tonight. It’s five intense hardcore and punk bands from Springfield and other surrounding areas! Kicking things off we have Soap Scum, which is a brand new Springfield hardcore/punk band featuring members of Kick To Tha Head, Bastognes Best, Don’t Mess With Winkie, and Intricate Collapse. Wow! Then next we have Earth Witch from Champaign featuring members of RVINS and Dino Bravo. From Belleville, Illinois we have Trauma Harness playing ghoulish garage punk. Then we have new local band Say Something, also featuring members of Don’t Mess With Winkie. Last we have the return of slimy St. Louis punks Lumpy & The Dumpers!

The show starts right at 7:00 so get there early! Admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. And as always, be sure to check out what other shows are coming up over on our shows page.

 

Error Records Update

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With only five days left on their indiegogo campaign, we thought we would give you one last update on how the launch of the new Error Records all ages music venue in Champaign Illinois is going. There is currently five days left for them to reach their $3000 goal and they are currently at $2500! Go here to help them out!

In other news, Buzz Magazine in Champaign recently published an article about the launch of the new Error Records. The article included a nice little tidbit on The Black Sheep. From the article:

The Black Sheep Café, run by Kevin Bradford, regularly hosts shows in a thriving local scene. Entertaining local acts such as Our Lady and Foxtail, the venue also draws national acts such as Andrew Jackson Jihad and famed actor and puppeteer David Liebe Hart, exhibiting its success as a national attraction and a support system to the area’s local music scene.

Aaron Shults, a veteran musician in the CU scene, recognizes Black Sheep’s success and hopes to see a similar situation arise from the birth of Error Records.

“As much as I like going to house shows, I think a public all ages DIY space is vital for a scene to thrive, something we’ve seen evident in venues like Black Sheep Cafe and many others across the state and nation,” Shults said. “It’s really cool for Nathan to take the reins that were set up by the CU Collective and take the ultimate push that it needed. It shows great leadership and responsibility.”

You can check out the full article here.

Bands Recording

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With the high number of Springfield bands who have all recently announced plans for recording, we thought we would sum up all of the bands who have told us they are hard at work in the studio all in one post.

One of the biggest bands that we are all excited about recording right now is Our Lady. The band posted this from their facebook page last night:

Tonight the final bit of recording will be finished, and then on to mastering!

One band that has recently announced plans to record is The Transatlantic. From their facebook page:

We hit the studio this coming weekend! Can’t wait to visit Bloomington, Indiana! So pumped to put some new material out! Maybe a new video in the works? Maybe some photoshoots? New merch designed by Benny D. Lots of cool things to come!

If you are a fan of ska punk, Obi-Wan Kanblo Mi has been talking about their plans for recording for a while now. From their facebook page:

Recording is brewing for later this month, we’ll most likely have a cd release show in March that you can certainly get a free copy at, and hopefully into for free also. With that said, we will also probably have NEW merch for sale also.

Another mysterious new Springfield punk band called Soap Scum will be on Black Sheep Radio today to talk about their new recordings and their show on Sunday. Recording master Brandon Carnes had this to say recently:

Did some tracking for a new Springfield band that’s hard as nails tonight.

Speaking of hard and heavy music from Springfield, Pound For Pound is also finishing up work in the studio and they hope to release new music soon.

We also talk to metal act Battalion on the radio today about their newly recorded material. Battalion have recently released a brand new CD entitled “Resilience.”

Speaking of metal, younger metal band from Mechanisburg Elyse have announced that they have finished recording. From their facebook page:

Our album is 100% done! Tracks will be uploaded shortly! One person who likes this status will get the FIRST copy printed, and signed by all of us, with Anthony’s nub traced on the back. HUGE thanks to our producer Pete Rock! Thank you for ALL the work on our album!

There are plenty of other bands who have recently recorded new material awaiting to be released including Nephrons, Caterpillar Club, and a ton more we are probably forgetting about. If you play in a band that we missed feel free to email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com so we can set up a post for you!

Dave Weckl at Donnie’s Homespun on April 13th and 14th

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Dave_WecklLegendary drummer and musician Dave Weckl will be coming to Donnie’s Homespun in Springfield on April 13th and 14th. He will be performing as part of “Drum Fest 2013” at Donnie’s. Also performing as part of the fest will be Paul Wertico, another big name drummer in the rock and jazz genres and also Jay Oliver. You can find a facebook event for the first night of Drum Fest here. That show is considered to be a benefit concert for Jeff Davidson. Keep checking back with the Donnie’s Homespun website for more information on door and show times and ticket prices.

Michale Graves coming to Donnie’s Homespun May 3rd

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Those of you who saw and loved Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg Bop play at Donnie’s Homespun in October will love to hear that Michale Graves himself (Misfits, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, etc.) and backing band will be heading to Donnie’s Homespun to play a show on Friday, May 3rd! The show will be a part of Michale Graves’s CD release tour for his new album Vagabond. Graves recently launched a kickstarter campaign for his new CD, which he has since made the pledged $20,000 goal.

Bands also playing the show on May 3rd will be Sunnyvale and Neon Rebels. The show will be ALL AGES, and starts at 8:00 pm. You can find more ticket info and preorder tickets here. A facebook event for the show can also be found here. Also be sure to check out our Springfield shows page for more shows going on in Springfield outside of Black Sheep.

Black Sheep Radio Tomorrow: Battalion, Soap Scum

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IMG_1538Tomorrow on Black Sheep Radio we will be talking to two bands! That’s double the bands and double the fun! First we have local metal band Battlaion, who have just recently released a new EP entitled Resilience. Battalion will also be playing Black Sheep on April 13th. Then for the second half of the program we step away from the metal and go into the punk and hardcore genres and talk to Soap Scum, who will be playing their first official show on Sunday along with Lumpy & The Dumpers, Say Something, Trauma Harness, and Earth Witch. We also might be debuting new songs from both bands? You’ll have to listen to the radio show tomorrow hear those!

Black Sheep Radio airs tomorrow and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 fm WQNA. You can stream the shows online at wqna.org and can also download and stream old episodes on our radio page.

 

Talk of Gunga Dins Reunion

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216260_10150226773960395_3450632_nThere has been some recent speculation on the internet of a Gunga Dins reunion show particularly on the social networking site facebook. Chris Yeager formerly of The Gunga Dins posted this to facebook along with a link to this page:

yeah so if this page gets 100 likes, THE GUNGA DINS will play a reunion show, as an act of solidarity.

The page is a “Rally for a Rainer Maria Tour” and is currently at 43 “likes.” Rainer Maria was an emo band formerly from Madison Wisconson, and they were active from 1995 to 2006. If you would like to contribute to the likes of the page and increase the chances of a Gunga Dins reunion show, you can find that page right here. Keep checking back here for more updates on any news of a Gunga Dins reunion show.