Black Sheep Tonight: Herbivore, End Times Trio

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Tonight we are hosting our first jazz show at Black Sheep!  End Times Trio will be playing featuring the jazz master Frank Trompeter and also Ben Jacob on violin.  Then we have Herbivore from Chicago, which features Max Beckman originally from Springfield.  It is sure to be a fun night.  The show starts at 7:00 pm and is $5.  You can find a facebook event here, and also be sure to check out our other upcoming shows on our shows page.

Also don’t forget that we are having our first Black Sheep roundtable meeting at 3:00 pm today.  Anyone is welcomed to join and voice an opinion.

Black Sheep in 1902

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A team of some of the world’s top archeologists and paleontologists have just discovered what appears to be a photograph of Black Sheep and Skanks Skates in the year 1902. Skanks, which was built in 1899, is referred to as “McGaffery Saloon.” Black Sheep appears to be a house, which we can only assume held punk shows in the late 1800’s which Abraham Lincoln more than likely attended.
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New Black Sheep Web Store!!!

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It’s here!!!  We have a new webstore that is up and running!!!

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Wow!  Now all of you who missed out on getting shirts during Black Sheep fest can pre-order new shirts of any size!  We also have Patchwork 2012 CDs and Black Sheep fest posters for sale!  Any items ordered can be picked up at Black Sheep during any show, just email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com when you would like to pick orders up, or talk to Kevin.  If you wish to purchase items on our webstore at a Black Sheep show that can also happen.  If you live far away and can not pick orders up at a show then we can ship them to you!  It all works out!

Hopefully our new web store is something that will continue to grow.  If you are a band that would like to donate any CDs, tapes, or merchandise to the web store then get a hold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.  All money made from the new web store will be going to fund future projects and running costs at Black Sheep.

Have any ideas on what future projects we can take on?  Don’t have any ideas but just want to help do something?  We are holding a roundtable meeting this Sunday at 3:00 pm at Black Sheep before the 7:00 show.  Anyone is welcome to join.

Henry Rollins at Hoogland Center For Arts Tickets On Sale

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This is really old news for a lot of you, but since we have not really mentioned the fact that Henry Rollins is coming to Springfield in October, we thought we would go ahead and share.  From the Hoogland‘s website:

Henry Rollins hits the campaign trail this fall for a two-month tour hitting all 50 state capitals – starting September 6 at Hawaiian Brian’s in Honolulu, HI – and wrapping up on the eve of the Presidential election at the 9:30 Club in the nation’s capital. Titled Capitalism, Henry’s latest talking tour offers not so much a voting guide as an outside viewpoint – an unflinching quest for truth that’s sadly lacking in the profit-driven American mass media.

Rollins will be coming to The Hoogland on October 11th.  Tickets have already gone on sale for $32 in advance and $35 at the door.  They can be purchased here.

Test Patterns Unreleased Album Featured On Some Things Can’t Be Ignored

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Springfield music blog “Some Things Can’t Be Ignored” has featured a new and unreleased album from old Springfield hardcore band Test Patterns.  You can find the recordings here.  From the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored blog:

For those of you who don’t know, or maybe just weren’t involved with “the scene” at the time, Test Patterns were an unfortunately short-lived hardcore band from Springfield.  Composed of Cory Howell (217 Skate Shop owner) on vocals, Aaron Freeman on guitar/vocals, Dave Hinc on bass, and Andy Harmon on drums.  I was fortunate enough to see these dudes perform a handful of times.  I think ALL exclusively at the Asylum (I miss that place), if I remember correctly.  To sum up their music in three words — intense, fast, LOUD!  Like any proper hardcore band, they didn’t waste time with long, drawn out songs.  Most clocked in at under a minute and got their point across just fine!

The unreleased recordings come from 1997 and are intense as ever.  You can find more albums and recordings from more old Springfield bands at the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored website.

Two New September Shows at Black Sheep Added!

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Two new September shows have been added!  The first is a show on Sunday, September 16th.  This time Chicago punks The Please & Thank Yous are teaming up with Illinois indie pop band Easter and coming to Black Sheep the day after they play Never Forgot Fest in Bloomington.  Locals Our Lady and Intricate Collapse are joining them for an all around fun time.  The show is at 7:00 pm and is five dollars.

Happening the night before on September 15th we are having an all local back to school show!  This show features pop-punkers Up In Arms and Kickstart, and also post-rock band Nathan & The Sheep.  The show is at 7:00 pm and is five dollars.  You can find a facebook event here.  You can also check out more of our upcoming shows on our shows page.

Black Sheep Gets More Black Paint!

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Yesterday our wonderful handyman Miles Fowler painted the remaining exposed plywood on the front of Black Sheep.  Thank you Miles!  Our storefront has undergone a few changes and improvements since last summer.  You can check out some more pictures below!  More photos of Miles painting Black Sheep can be seen in our “Black Sheep” flickr album.  Also, if anyone has any ideas on what future projects we can take on to make our venue a better place then you are all welcome to come to our first Black Sheep roundtable meeting this upcoming Sunday at 3:00 pm!

New Band Pages: Up In Arms, Emperor Norton, Action Bastard, Intricate Collapse, Big Storm, Elyse, Dog Of Panic

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We have a TON of new band pages up and ready for all of you to check out.  Our list of bands keeps growing and growing each week.

First we have the newer pop-punk band, Up In Arms.  Then we have the magic and skate boarding-themed thrash band, Emperor Norton.  (Check out their sweet photo!)  We also have a page for one of the newer bands playing along with Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg in early October, Action Bastard.  We have a page for the young and Rochester based experimental metal band Intricate Collapse.  Then we have Mechanicsburg based metal band Elyse. And we have jam/funk/metal/punk act Dog of Panic.  And finally we have the feel good rock band Big Storm.  That’s a lot of bands.

Check out our thirty-some other current and past band band pages here.  If you play in a band here in Springfield or have played in a band we would love to set up a page for you! (No matter what the genre)  Get a hold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com

Last Minute Show Tonight at Black Sheep!

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Last night we all had a great time at the last show of the summer and guess what?  Tonight there is a last minute show and it is going to be the first show of the new school year!! (At least for some of you students out there.)

This show is very last minute and full of surprises.  We have hardcore/metal act Cove on tour all the way from Nashville Tennessee.  AND new three-piece emo project from members of Our Lady and Mother Leopard, Foxtail are playing their first ever show.  Come see them and wish them luck on their upcoming week-long tour!  Then we have Brandon Carnes (who just released a new EP) and also Kirk Donely of The Transatlantic doing some acoustic sets.  The show starts at seven and is $3-5 “sliding scale” according to the facebook event.  Also be sure to check out our other upcoming shows here.