12/8 at Black Sheep: Up In Arms, Kickstart, Hometown Heavyweights, Fill In The Blank

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Saturday, December 8th we have a great local pop punk show for you all. The show will mark the return of Up In Arms, the pop punk explosion of fun. Then we have the other great pop punk band of Springfield, Kickstart. Hometown Heavyweights will then be playing their first show at Black Sheep. And finally we have Fill In The Blank, which is a new band based in Taylorville who will also be playing their first show at Black Sheep. Come out and support our young and talented musicians! The show begins 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.

Big Storm: “Not Long Ago”

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Feel-good neapolitan rock group Big Storm have released a new song entitled “Not Long Ago.” The song comes from an upcoming release of some sort that will be available at Saturday’s show at Black Sheep they are playing along with Brother George, Tyler & Asa, and War Magic. The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. Big Storm will also have hand printed and hand numbered posters for sale. You can stream the new song below.

New Our Lady Single: “Opened Up”

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Happy Monday! Today we have a stream of the new Our Lady single, “Opened Up.” The song comes from an upcoming full length that won’t be out for a while according to the band’s facebook. The band recently got back from playing Octoberfest in Bloomington, Indiana. They also have a couple of shows coming up at Black Sheep, one being the Hospital Job record release show on November 10th, and the other on November 30th with Scott Blacula, Skywalker, Suffer The Wrath, and DB Cooper. You can stream the new song below.

 

Illinois Times Best Ofs

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The Illinois Times have finally released their results from their Best Ofs poll earlier this fall. The Best Ofs feature a wide range of categories such as Springfield local businesses, restaurants, bands, people, and more. You can find all of the results in this weeks publication of The Illinois Times which you can pick up for free at numerous local businesses around town. You can also find the results online in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. We will mention some of the winners for the music related polls here!

First off we would like to congratulate the Curve Inn for winning the category of the best music venue! The runner up was the Hoogland Center for the Arts.

As far as local bands go, the best new band of 2012 got awarded to Brushfire.  The runner up for that one was Big Daddy Jasper. For best local rock band, first place went to KFD, and the runner up was Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.  The Debbie Ross Band won best jazz group, and the runner up was Dave Littrell. Hipbone Sam won best blues artist, and runner up was the Debbie Ross Band. And finally for the best country band Still Kick’n won first and Brushfire was the runner up.

We would also like to mention that our neighbors at Clay’s Popeye’s Barbecue won best soul food! Great job everybody!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Vengeance, Elyse, Trepidus, Tormented Faith

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It’s been a while since we have had a good metal show at Black Sheep and tonight the metal is coming BACK to melt your socks off! Opening off the show tonight will be Tormented Faith from Jacksonville. Then we have Chatham heroes Trepidus. Elyse will also be playing, possibly playing new songs they have been recently recording in the studio. And finally Vengeance will be playing a heavy set. The show will start right at 7:00 and is $5 entry. You can also check out what other shows we have coming up over on our shows page!

 

Brandon Carnes on Bandemonium Tomorrow Night to Premier New Big Storm Songs

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Brandon Carnes (Big Storm, The Timmys, The Transatlantic, Tiger Tank) will be on WQLZ’s Bandemonium radio show tomorrow night at 9:00 pm to talk about new Big Storm material. You can tune in to 92.7 FM to listen or you can go to www.wqlz.com to listen online. We have been told that some new Big Storm music in some form or another will be released at the Big Storm show at Black Sheep next Saturday, November 3rd. The show also features the bands Brother George, Tyler & Asa, and War Magic.

Posters for the November 3rd show have also been hand screen printed and numbered by Brandon Carnes and Brian Galecki! Limited prints will be for sale at the November 3rd show and also the art show today.

Today at Black Sheep: Free Art Show

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Our autumn art show is finally here! There is a lot going on at Black Sheep today, and there will be plenty of art and music in our space for you all to check out.  We have a long lists of artists who are involved right here:

Megan Craddock
Tater Cronin
Ashley Davis
Benjamin Dewitt
Ashleigh Echevarria
Randi Freshour
Brian Galecki
Mike Gritmacker
Cody Jones
Aubrey Puyear
Alex Rumble
Mike Tirehaus
Tony Tomkins
Christopher Umhoefer
Kristin Walker
Melanie Edmondson
Matthew Schultz
Michael Mayosky

Wow! On top of all of the artists we also have a few musicians performing tonight starting at 7:00 pm. Those include Austin Connelly, Derrick Streibig and Tom Irwin. The art show will be an afternoon/evening event starting at 4:00 pm and going until 10:00 pm.  And guess what else?  It’s free!  You have no excuse not to come and check out the neat art going on in our community.  See you there!  You can also find a facebook event for the art show here.  And be sure to check out what other upcoming events we have going on over at our shows page.

After the art show be sure to head over to Donnie’s Homespun and catch NIL8‘s ALL AGES HOBGOBLINSPOOKADELIC show! We had a lot of fun at the all ages Hobgob at Black Sheep last Friday so there is no reason this one won’t also be a blast!

SJR: “The Timmys Celebrate New Music With Show”

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(Above: The Timmys perform at last Friday’s Hobgob at Black Sheep) The State Journal Register recently talked to Robbie Kording, vocalist of The Timmys about the band’s recent album Sangamon County Minefield. The band is scheduled to play the second all ages Hobgob tomorrow at Donnie’s Homespun with NIL8, The Seething Coast, and boon.  From the article:

For a lot of people, punk rock remains pretty simple: short songs, played fast and loud. The formula has worked since the mid-1990s for Springfield’s the Timmys, who celebrate the release of their new album with a show Saturday.

You can find the full article here.  The Timmys have also launched a new bandcamp website where they are streaming Sangamon County Minefield in its entirety along with a couple of older EPs.  You can find the new bandcamp here, and we also have their bandcamp player streaming Sangamon County Minefield below.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Gardening Not Architecture, Lovecow, Yards, Dream Eater

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Tonight at Black Sheep we have a great indie/pop show featuring Wisconsin act Gardening, Not Architecture and Portland post-rock band Yards. Gardening, Not Architecture features Sarah Saturday, member of Van’s Warped Tour and instigator for Earn It Yourself. And as a special surprise we have a couple of bands added to the show at the last minute.  Folk acoustic punk Lovecow will be playing. Also recently added is a brand new band called Dream Eater featuring members of Nathan & The Sheep and Mildred. The show will start at 7:00 pm and is $5.  You can find a facebook event for the show here. You can also check out what other shows we have coming up over on our shows page.

New Band Pages: Say Something

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Hey look! We finally got around to adding a new new band page. It is of the brand new hectic and fast punk band Say Something. They played their first show at Hobgob this past Friday. You can find their page here.

You can also check out our growing list of current band in Springfield over at our current bands page.  And if you play in a band here in Springfield that we have not yet set up a page for then get ahold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.