The Radon Lounge have posted an album of photos from their recent Christmas Explosion show. You can find the photos on the Radon Lounge facebook page, here. The show featured plenty of bands and acoustic acts, ugly sweater contests, and more. The show was also a re-opening of the Radon Lounge after some remodeling this fall.
You can check our Springfield shows page for any upcoming shows at the Radon Lounge or other house venues in Springfield.
While we try adding photos to our flickr page every day, there are a few photos added from recent shows we would like to take note of. We have a few photos from the show at Black Sheep on December 14th featuring Lumpy & The Dumpers and Say Something. We also have a few photos from a Thanksgiving house show somewhere in Springfield. We would like to thank our photographer Lisa Marie for both sets of photos. You can check out some of those pictures above or head over to our flickr page to see more photos of the shows and other Springfield shows.
Have any show photos that you would like us to add to our site? Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com!
All of us here at Black Sheep would like to wish all of you a safe and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and Kwanzaa. See you all at the holiday show on Saturday!
We are happy to announce that we will be hosting the recent Springfield music compilation “Patchwork 2012” on blacksheepspringfield.com for free download starting January 1st 2013. The compilation will be streaming and up for free download on our site as well as on the Springfield based music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored. The compilation features 20 Springfield bands playing original songs.
Since the world ended yesterday, today we have a grim harsh noise and mixed-genre show for you all. Opening the show tonight is a brand new Springfield band called War Magic. Then we have the second show of the harsh-noise project Ylem. Then we have two touring acts from Milwaukee. xALLxFORxTHISx is described as “straight-edge power electronics.” Then we have Peter J. Woods, described as “theatrical harsh noise.”
The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show here. Also be sure to check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep over at our shows page.
We have just received some very exciting news that members of old Springfield ska legends The Goofs will reunite on stage joining The Timmys to perform some of their old songs! From The Timmys’ facebook page:
At some point in our set this Saturday night (12/22/12 at Catch 22 in Springfield IL) we will be playing a couple of songs by The Goofs and joined by a few of their members. Merry Xmas!
For those unfamiliar with the band, some old Goofs recordings can be downloaded for free at the Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored.
The show at Catch 22 tomorrow will begin at 9:00 pm after our mixed genre/harsh noise show at Black Sheep. At Catch 22 bands playing include The Timmys, Fast Orange, and Our Lady. The show is $5 and is also ages 21+. You can find a facebook event for the show here. Also be sure to check out what other shows are coming up in Springfield outside of Black Sheep on our Springfield shows page.
Today is the end of the world and we are having the last acoustic show the world will ever know to celebrate! Tonight we have the newer duo Austin & Austin (the band) kicking things off. Then folk punk five piece Lovecow will be taking the stage. Then Jessica Knight of Our Lady will be performing her first solo acoustic set of some covers and Our Lady songs, so that is something not to miss! Finally we have Brandon Carnes of Big Storm and also five other bands in town playing some acoustic solo music.
The show is at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show here. Also feel free to check out what other shows we have coming up over at our shows page.
Although a lot of our fall cleaning at Black Sheep is done, we are still having meetings to talk about how we can make our space and our music scene in Springfield better. Here are a few things that were discussed and decided upon at the last meeting.
– Progress was made on putting our radio show together. We are wanting to start the show early in 2013.
– Some big shows of the upcoming year were discussed. Be on the lookout for some big shows and festivals for Black Sheep in 2013.
– Other details on the Black Sheep website and our end of the year music poll were discussed.
If you missed the last meeting and want to come, don’t worry! There will be plenty more. Keep checking our news section to find out when the next meeting will be. Everyone is welcome to come to our roundtable meetings.
Tonight Donnie’s Homespun Pizza will be hosting the monthly Third Thursday Art Show. The event begins at 6:00 pm and goes until 12:45 am. Although the focus for Third Thursday is art, there will be a few musical acts performing including Yoshi, Alyssa Del Fargo, and Cocked & Locked. The event is also all ages. You can find a facebook event here.
For more art related things going on in Springfield, check out our community page. For events and shows going on in Springfield going on outside of Black Sheep, also see our shows page.
Look at that! It’s another January 2013 show at Black Sheep! This one is on Friday January 11th. We have Brandon Carnes coming at you with a solo set. Then from West Virginia we have a couple of touring acts. The Business Fairy is described as “acoustic ska”on their facebook, so that is definitely something worth checking out. Then we have The Disappearing Man also from West Virginia. And last we have local emo punks Our Lady headlining the show. This is not one to miss!
The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event here. Also be sure to check out what other shows we have coming up over at our shows page.
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