Springfield punk folks Our Lady have made a tumblr post explaining line up changes and future plans for the band. The band has parted ways with drummer Gary, who will continue to drum in Pound for Pound. Kyle Ratliff (Caterpillar Club, Mother Leopard, Foxtail) will take Gary’s place as the new drummer. The band also touched up on plans for their next tour and full length. From the band’s tumblr:
Our Lady is planning an upcoming release for which we have already started the writing / recording process. The only details we know about this release is it will hopefully be out before Spring of next year. We will be playing a lot more new songs at shows, and there is a possibility of a special release before our 16 day tour in January.
You can read the full post here. You can also see Our Lady play at Black Sheep on Tuesday, October 9th with the band Run Forever, which is a week from today.
Last night was Black Sheep’s last roundtable meeting before we take on our next and biggest construction phase of the fall. Big things are ahead for Black Sheep and we need all the help we can get.
First off, thank you to everyone who has donated so far towards our stage fund. We are approaching our goal but we still haven’t quite made it yet. If this stage is going to get built we need the funds for it. Donate here.
In the upcoming weeks we need help in the form of donations and also time. If you would like to come and help with construction and remodeling projects in the upcoming weeks, listen up! We will have people working at Black Sheep in the upcoming weeks every weekday evening starting Tuesday (tomorrow) at 5:00 pm. We will also be there working other weekdays starting at 5:00 and Saturdays sometime during the day. Anyone is welcome to come and help.
We could also use your help in the form of tools and materials. If you have any extra plywood, or any other type of wood that you are willing to get rid of, we could use it. If you have any extra carpet or curtains, we could use it. If you have any tools we could borrow, we could probably use them too.
We also need your help getting the word out about upcoming Black Sheep shows, mainly the Hobgoblinspookadelic show on October 19th. Our goal is to have a lot done by this show, so it is a huge show for Black Sheep. Help getting the word out by printing out some of the fliers below and passing them out to friends.
Emperor Norton have put up their new “2012 Demo” for name-your-price download on their bandcamp. The demo is eight songs in less than nine minutes. We have a stream of it via bandcamp on a player below:
The demo itself was recorded inside of Black Sheep.
This weekend Donnie’s Homespun Pizza has officially opened as Springfield’s newest music venue and pizza restaurant. Today there is an article in the State Journal Register about Donnie’s Homespun. You can find that online here.
Along with the debut of Donnie’s Homespun as a new venue in Springfield, they have also launched a new website: www.donnieshomespun.com. The site includes all info on upcoming shows and events in both Donnie’s Springfield and Decatur locations. We also keep a list of upcoming Donnie’s show and other Springfield shows on our shows page. One of the bigger upcoming shows at Donnie’s is Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig, which is an all ages show happening this Thursday.
The Southtown art shop Artifacts will be reopening on Monday, October 1st and they will be having a big celebration to go along with it. From the facebook event:
We will be having an Opening Celebration on Oct. 1 with a music set by MonDope between 7pm and 9pm to kick it off, So stop by and check out our new selection of hats from Grassroots California, Clothing from the likes of Seedless and Whoopzip, Prints and Paintings, and of course the finest collection of glass in Springfield, IL. Art bazaar to be held the following Saturday in the lot. Thanks and please tell your friends about us so we can keep this stuff up. Thank you …Grit!
The celebration will kick off at Artifacts and the Southtown common grounds at noon on Monday and continue on until 9:00 pm. Live music will take place at 7:00 pm from acts MonDope and Killinoize. There will be live painting and art from acts Dreams Manifesting in Technicolor and more. Artifacts has also undergone some remodeling so you should come and check out the new place!
We have a lot of things coming up at Black Sheep including the construction of a new stage among other inside projects that need to get done. Are you wanting to help out at all with the construction of the new stage or anything else? Then come to the Black Sheep roundtable meeting at 7:00 pm on Sunday! The meeting will be held at Black Sheep. We will be going over our list of what needs to get done before the end of October and we will set some times to execute what needs to get done. Any volunteer work helps us out a TON.
We are also 80% of the way to achieving our $400 goal for the new stage! A big thank you to all of you who have donated so far, and for those of you who are interested in donating some more to help us reach our goal, you can go over here to our big cartel. There is also a donation jar set up at the bar during shows. Together we can reach our goal! Any extra money left over from the stage will also go to fund more projects such as better lighting and sound.
Big show tonight folks! David Liebe Hart of the Tim & Eric Awesome Show is making a stop at Black Sheep so don’t miss it! He will be performing two sets- one with his puppet show and one with his punk rock band. We should all be in for a treat tonight.
Also playing is the ska band Obi-Wan Kanblo Mi. Then we have wrestling champions from Champaign, Dino Bravo. Sounds like a great time. You can check out any of our other upcoming shows on our shows page.
And hey! After the show at Black Sheep tonight you should all head over to Donnie’s Homespun, where they are having their first show as Springfield’s newest music venue! The Timmys and The Good Year Pimps are playing. You can see other upcoming Springfield shows over on our shows page.
Get your apple cider and hot dogs ready. We have a show coming up in October for you all. Hank from Champaign is making a stop in Springfield as a part of their latest midwestern tour. They are a three piece playing some fun and noodly math rock. You can stream their brand new demo below.
Also playing is the new and great three-piece emo project from some of the members of Our Lady, Foxtail. Then we have the video game themed band Like… With Jetpacks. And Brandon Carnes will be playing some songs solo for you all. You can check out a facebook event for the show here. Also be sure to check out all of our other upcoming shows over at our events page.
Monday, October 22nd we have a special show for you all, and that is one featuring Black Mask from Pennsylvania and also the return of Bubblegum Octopus. Black Mask is a heavy hardcore grind band featuring members of Dead Horse. Bubblegum Octopus is an electronic solo project, this time also touring with a full band called Ultra Death Men.
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Heavy. Other bands playing include the ex-Renae project Mother Leopard and local thrashaholics Scott Blacula (who recently released a demo). The show starts at 7:00 pm and is five dollars. Our other upcoming shows can be seen over at our shows page.
