Black Sheep Band Lotto on November 21st

Posted on September 8, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Ever since the first Black Sheep Band Lotto was a tremendous success last summer, a lot of you have been asking if we will ever do another band lotto. Well guess what, we will be having a band lotto again and it will be happening this fall! The time to put your name in the box for the second ever Black Sheep band lotto is now! There is a box (pictured above) right now inside Dumb Records that is there for band lotto submissions.

What is Black Sheep Band Lotto? For band lotto, we have a box where anyone who is interested can submit their own name. After names are submitted, we will draw names in groups of 4’s and 5’s. The randomly drawn groups then have the task of getting a band together to perform one show. It is up to the groups who plays what instrument or what the band is like.

This year we will have the box inside Dumb Records for anyone to submit their own name, and we will draw the names at the Black Sheep Anniversary show on September 18th. The band lotto show will then be held almost two months from then on Saturday, November 21st.

What’s going to be different about this year’s band lotto? Last year was a huge success, but we had a lot of submissions from people at last year’s band lotto that didn’t follow through with getting together with bandmates, etc. This year we have a nice warning label on our box! It warns everyone that submitting your name to band lotto is a commitment, and it will mean you might get drawn with people you don’t like! You will likely have to know how to play an instrument, or be prepared to have to hunt down gear and spend hours learning one! You will have to communicate with other band members and likely get together with them once a week, and likely figure out practice times, practice spaces, gear, and other things!

Good luck!

Tonight at Black Sheep: G.L.O.S.S., Asthma, Garter, GUSH

Posted on September 7, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Labor Day today, which means a lot of you don’t have school or work! That means you only have one thing to do today, and that is to go to the show happening tonight at Black Sheep! Tonight is going to be a great one, because we have the band G.L.O.S.S. coming all the way from Olympia, Washington. If you don’t know what G.L.O.S.S. is all about, you can stream their music on the player below. We also have a great group of local bands playing tonight, including the hardcore band Asthma who looks like are playing their last show for a while. We also have Garter, who just released their five-song demo online earlier this week and this will be the tape release show for that. We also have GUSH, who also will be releasing a demo cassette at this show.

Tonight the show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $6-8 sliding scale. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can take a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the upcoming months.

Videos: Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes @ Black Sheep 8-21-15

Posted on September 6, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a video of the Indiana-based band Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes performing at Black Sheep a few weeks back in August. The band had played Springfield a number of times before and this was their first time performing at Black Sheep. You can check out the video of them performing their song “That’s Just Gross” streaming below. You can hear the recorded version of this song on the Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes bandcamp page right here.

Also check out our vids/pics page for a number of other videos and many many photos taken from over the course of Black Sheep’s ten years of being a venue.

September 26th at Black Sheep: Abyss, Fill In The Blank, Chemical Twin, 8th Street Ahead, Capitol Chaos

Posted on September 6, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like on Saturday, September 26th coming up later this month we have another show for fans of metal and pop punk alike! This show will feature and is being put on by Abyss as the headlining band, who were also our winners for the crowd-voting portion of the battle of the bands earlier this summer. This show will also feature Fill In The Blank, who put on a great CD release show last month. Also on the bill is a band called Chemical Twin which we do not know much about! Before them is 8th Street Ahead who have also played here once before. And then the fifth band on the lineup is Capitol Chaos, which will be sure to be causing some chaos here in the capitol city.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. You can’t find a facebook event, sorry! You can however check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up in Southtown this fall.

September 25th at Black Sheep: HISO Music Presents “Crowd’s Choice”

Posted on September 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

This fall there are a lot of big shows coming up, and that includes a few hip hop and R&B shows too. We have an event being put on by HISO Music Entertainment on Friday, September 25th. This one is being called “Crowd’s Choice” and it is a contest involving crowd voting. For this HISO is welcoming all kinds of performers and artists, including full bands. They have 12 slots available for acts to claim with a $50 entry. The winner, as voted on by the crowd, will receive a cash prize of $500.

Any band or performer that would like to join the contest can email hisomusicentertainment@gmail.com. We will be following up with a lineup for the “Crowd’s Choice” show once that is set. The door price for this show will be $6, and tickets will be available through HISO for $5 in advance. The show’s start time will likely be 7:00. Check out our shows page for a list of all of the other shows and events coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Dumb Records Featured On WUIS’s “The Scene”

Posted on September 4, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

The weekly feature on WUIS local radio station based out of UIS (91.9 FM) called The Scene has a very special episode this week featuring Dumb Records and Brian Galecki as a guest host. Rachel and Scott of The Scene came into the store earlier this week to record a full episode of The Scene- the first episode outside of the usual recording place at UIS! The three talked about the store, some cool shows coming up around town this week, and also picked out a few records that they like. You can check out a recording of the full episode online right here. Rachel and Scott also talked about plans for a feature audio-documentary coming up on WUIS closer to the time of the Black Sheep 10 Year Anniversary happening in just a couple of weeks.

Tonight at Black Sheep: “The Very Very Very Coo Show”

Posted on September 4, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we have our only show happening of the weekend, and it will feature some local hip hop, and a mix of some other genres. This show is being called “The Very Very Very Coo Show” and is being put on by Cooshit. For this show we have a local electronic project called KaBASS. You can check out some of KaBASS’s music streaming below. We also have everyone’s favorite guitar riffin’ downtown street performer, Nighthawk. Then before that is the local hip hop artist Jar’mar Virider. Other performers for tonight include TJ Bird, The Co-Pilots, Lo-Fi MonstaMartian, and
Dooblavey.

Tonight should be an all around fun time and things will be kicking off right at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can see everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.