Members of Our Lady form “Onward,” Playing Poon Lagoon on 12/28

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Speaking of house shows, there is a house show in Springfield at the Poon Lagoon coming up on December 28th with an exciting lineup of local bands. A new solo act called “Everyone Is So Pretty” will be playing. Then the full-band Big Storm will be playing. They will be joined by local bands Scott Blacula and Nephrons.

Also on the show is a brand new band featuring members of Our Lady called “Onward.” From facebook:

Jessica Knight, Jordi Lafein, and I are playing our first show in a new band called Onward in Frederick E Malcom’s basement with Big Storm, The Nephrons, and the ugly Scott Blacula. Prepare for a grind core/pop/folk/punk/acoustic fuckhouse.
-Tim

The show is at 7:00 pm and is free. Ask a friend for the address. You can find a facebook event for the show here. Also you can find a list of upcoming shows outside of Black Sheep over on our shows page.

12/22 at Black Sheep: Peter J. Woods, xALLxFORxTHISx, Ylem, War Magic

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Peter+J+Woods+l_a1c341a58c1ac39fca3cb31846b7The show announcements for the winter keep rolling in! Today we are here to tell you that there will be another harsh noise and mixed-genre show at Black Sheep on the 22nd of December. Non-harsh noise band and new local band War Magic will be playing one of their first shows. Then we have the second show of harsh noise project Ylem. And from out of town (Milwaukee) we have straight-edge power electronics act xALLxFORxTHISx. Also from Milwaukee we have Peter J. Woods, also playing theatrical harsh noise.

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 on our shows page.

Mother Leopard Announce Return From Hiatus

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Mother Leopard announced their hiatus earlier this fall after playing some shows in Springfield with a heavy and instrumental 3-piece line up. Now they are announcing they are back and are being joined by vocalist Kyle Rohweder formerly of Peoria harcore band Black Teeth. From the band’s facebook page:

We played an impromptu house show last week and had a ton of fun, so we decided to have a little more fun.

We are back to writing and Kyle Rohweder(ex Black Teeth/Street Cheetah) has returned. When Mother Leopard formed winter of 2010 the original contributing writers were myself, Kyle Rohweder and Brad Pigg. After becoming a barber and a father, Kyle is in a place where he wants to kick out the jams again. Brad now resides in Seattle so the new lineup is set. The Mother Leopard is now myself, Kristian Kyle Ratliff on the drums, Jordan Fein on the bass, and Kyle Rohweder as a contributing writer and frontman.

It feels good after a few months (years) off.

expect some new shit soon.

-Benny

 

Well, I’ve been bitten by the music bug again recently and it looks like today will bring me a remedy. I’ll be Springfield bound in the next hour or so to jam with my old friend Benny DeWitt and company to see if we can finish what we started a couple of years ago. I can’t tell anyone what to expect, because we have no clue what this project will sound like, but I can assure all the punk rockers, rock ‘n rollers, indie nerds and hardcore kids that it will be entertaining and weird.
-Kyle

Mother Leopard will be playing the show on New Year’s Eve at the Harm House still as a three piece. Be on the look out for new Mother Leopard shows with Kyle as a vocalist.

New Year’s Eve show at New “Harm House”

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It looks like Springfield has been seeing quite a handful of new houses putting on shows in recent times! Today we bring you news of a New Year’s Eve show going on at a fairly new “Harm House”. The show features Estates, on tour and playing 90’s emo punk from Milwaukee. Local bands playing include Mildred, Our Lady, and Mother Leopard. This will be one not to miss!

The show starts at 9:00 pm and is free (donations for the touring band). You can head over to the facebook event here. If you do not know the address, ask a friend or email bggalecki34@gmail.com. Also be sure to check out what other shows are going on in Springfield over at our shows page.

12/9 at Black Sheep: From The Eyes of Servants, No Longer Bound, Ghost Key, Scott Blacula

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On Sunday (December 9th) we have a nice little last minute show for you all. From The Eyes of Servants from Rockford, Illinois will be coming down to play the show. We also have No Longer Bound playing melodic hardcore all the way from Michigan. And then from Peoria we have the return of Ghost Key. All of that will have local support from wrestling villains Scott Blacula.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show here. Be sure to check out what other shows we have coming up over on our shows page.

New Band Pages: Kick To Tha Head

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We have a new band page up for an old Springfield hardcore band Kick To Tha Head. You can check out the page here. Don’t forget to check out some of the other past band pages and current band pages that we have up on the site!

Do you play in a band in town but don’t have a page up on our site yet? Then we would love to hear from you! Email blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com so we can set something up.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Skywalker, Scott Blacula, Suffer The Wrath, DB Cooper

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Wow! We have one heck of a mixed show for you all tonight on this last day of November. Pop punk folk punk band Our Lady will be playing. Also playing is Skywalker, a new death metal band featuring at least one member from Scott Blacula. Speaking of Scott Blacula, they are also playing the show! Go here and check out some songs from their latest demo.  Then we have Suffer The Wrath, the most brutal band in all of Springfield. And finally we have DB Cooper, which is a hip hop/rap project from Springfield.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. Come out and support local music! You can find a facebook event for the show here. Also be sure to check out all of our other upcoming shows at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

Reverend Horton Heat Tonight at Donnie’s Homespun

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Tonight is another huge show at Donnie’s Homespun Pizza! Reverend Horton Heat is coming to town and from the looks of it the show is likely to sell out quick! Order your tickets here if you haven’t already. The show starts at 9:00 pm, is all ages, and is $20 to $60 depending on the ticket. You can find a facebook event for the show here. Also be sure to check out what other shows are happening around Springfield over at our shows page.

Dog Of Panic: “Big Fat Hissy Fit”

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Dog of Panic have released a new song off of an upcoming full-length album entitled “Tip Of The Tongue“. You can also check out the artwork for the new album above. You can find the song right here or on the band’s soundcloud. If you would like to see the band live, Dog of Panic will be playing the Brewhause on Sunday, December 30th.

In addition to the new song the band launched a new kickstarter campaign to help them release their new CD and some merch. You can find the kickstarter here.