Tonight at Black Sheep: Run Forever, Hospital Job, Our Lady, Lovecow Rih

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Right up there is an invitation to a spectacular punk show going on tonight at Black Sheep. We have Run, Forever making a return to Springfield on tour all the way from Pennsylvania. Hospital Job will most likely be playing some songs off of their upcoming full length. Come wish Our Lady luck as they play a hometown show before going off to play a lot of other midwest towns in the upcoming months. And come sing along to the all-acoustic Lovecow.

The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. Black Sheep will be taking a trip back to 2007 tonight because there is no stage (the carpet will not be there though). A facebook event for the show can be found here.  Also be sure to check out our other upcoming shows over on our shows page.

 

Hospital Job Discuss Upcoming Album In Interview

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Bloomington-Normal website The BN Groove recently interviewed Springfield musician Luke McNeil of Hospital Job and The Copyrights to discuss Hospital Job’s upcoming full-length: Downer, Downer, Downer.  The album is scheduled to come out later this month on Insubordination Records on 12″ vinyl.  You can check out the interview here.  The BN Groove also talked to Adam Fletcher about the Carbondale-based band The Copyrights.  Find that interview here.  Both bands have a show in Bloomington Normal on Friday.

The BN Groove also reviewed Hospital Job’s upcoming album Downer Downer Downer.  From the review:

Hospital Job is simply a different band – and that’s a good thing.
What’s offered with “Downer, Downer, Downer” is a collection of 11 songs that follows similar concepts and thought processes as past Copyrights recordings, but the music is different; more melodic, allowing for serious breathing room and offering some change-ups reminiscent of math rock.
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Check out the full review here.  Hospital Job will also be playing with Run, Forever, Our Lady, and Lovecow at Black Sheep tomorrow.

11/3 at Black Sheep: Big Storm, Brother George, Tyler & Asa, War Magic

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We have a neapolitan show coming up on Saturday, November 3rd featuring some of the most neapolitan feel-good rock you have ever heard.  Big Storm is bringing the big strawberry flavor of fun.  Brother George from Chicago is coming down for a very vanilla rockin time.  Check out Tyler & Asa for some chocolatey surprises.  And then we ran out of flavors for the new Springfield band War Magic.  They are their own flavor.

You can check out a facebook event for the show here.  It starts at 7:00 pm and is $5.  Feel free to check out some of our other upcoming events here.

Today at Black Sheep: “Magic The Gathering” Tournament

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Game nights at Black Sheep has evolved into other fun events and today we are hosting a “Magic: The Gathering” tournament.  Those of us running the site do not know much about how Magic cards work, so I am just going to insert the description from the facebook event:

$5 entry fee, all participants will receive one Return to Ravnica booster and the top 4 finishers will win additional boosters. The format we will be using will be Pauper Legacy, meaning your deck may contain cards from any set except Unhinged or Unglued, but your deck must be constructed with only COMMON cards (minimum of 60 cards in a deck). Limiting everyone to common cards should allow everyone, whether a new player or veteran, to be able to put together a decent deck. If you aren’t sure if a card is common or not you can look it up on deckbox.org or gatherer.wizards.com

If that sounds like it might be something you are interested in then come out today!  The Magic begins at 1:30 pm.  Come join the Magic happening at Black Sheep this fall.  Check out what other events we have coming up here.

More on October 27th Free Art Show at Black Sheep

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(Flier by Cody Jones)

Earlier this fall we announced our second art show to be happening at Black Sheep on October 27th.  Well guess what, we are back to tell you what artists and musicians will be involved.  We have a long list of artists participating this time around.  Ready?  Here we go:

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!  What a long list.  On top of all that, we have some musicians doing acoustic performances as well.  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.

Can’t make it on the 27th?  Check out what other events we have going on other days here.

Exclusive Timmys Stream

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The Timmys, a classic Springfield punk installment, is releasing a new full length album this month. The guys graciously allowed us to host an exclusive stream of the tune “With Head In Hands” off the upcoming “Sangamon County Minefield.”

Pumping out punk jams since 1997, The Timmys dish up a rowdy song just in time for the Halloween. You can check out The Timmys at the All Ages Hobgoblinspookadelic featurting Nil8, Tiger Tank (ex-Park), and Say Something (ex-Don’t Mess With Winkie) followed by the 21+ Hobgoblinspookadelic also featuring Nil8.

Photos: Renae Reunion, Marky Ramone

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Just look at that!  It’s the all the members of the original Renae line up reunited here in 2012!

And that is a terrible photo of Marky Ramone playing in Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig last night at Donnie’s Homespun.  If you have any more pictures of the show last night or other Donnie’s shows we would love to feature them on our site!  Send them to blacksheepspringfield.@gmail.com

Say Something Added To All Ages Hobgob 2012

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We have a little surprise addition to the upcoming Hobgoblinspookadelic show at Black Sheep this year!  Say Something, a new band featuring members of the recently disbanded Don’t Mess With Winkie has been added to the show.  We are not sure what the band sounds like but we have been guaranteed it will get you dancing.  Don’t forget the show is Friday, October 19th.  A facebook event for the show can be found here.