Feb 12
3
accolades at dawn
The Singleman Affair’s “Silhouettes At Dawn” found its way onto a handful of Chicago’s “Best Of” list- see the links below. Just wait ’til they hear the new Singleman Affair single we’re releasing later this year…
Dec 11
20
Xmas Mixtape
Here’s some mysterious warbling majesty from just north of Pat Garrett and the even more mysterious Minot, where most of us imagine strip miners goin’ bare-knuckle outside the café for bragging rights and a hit from a few pocket rockets. Perfect mood music battin’ cleanup, I’d say. Our dear friend Micah Scott sent this one along, and it seems like the originals always seem to slay the uncoverable covers for some reason.
Merry Xmas everybody!
Song of Pathos by Cardboard Sangria Records
Get the whole mixtape here!
Nov 11
27
Xmas
Hey Everyone-
We’ve got big plans for the holidays that we want to share- the Cardboard Sangria Xmas is back, and this year we’re posting the tracks as a week-by-week online mixtape, that you can download at the end of 12 weeks (get it?). We just posted the first track, an amazing rendition of Glen Campbell’s “Gentle On My Mind” by Gib, Dan and Jeff Schneider.
Gentle On My Mind by Cardboard Sangria Records
And we’re throwing a little party to celebrate everything, with DJ appearances from some of our luminary strands: DJ Jeffro Tully, DJ Sugarcrash, DJ Dono, DJ Sad-sack, and DJ Dan Gleenutz. We’ll have some Cardboard Sangria gift bags and a few silkscreened posters (a little joynt fromDon Ogilvie and GP)
Here’s the details:
Friday December 9, 9pm, FREE
The Burlington, 3425 W Fullerton, Chicago, IL
Oct 11
10
rock falls west coast tour
Slinking up and down the coast with nothing but a rented rollerskate, 6 hours to get 8 hours away, and a road map of vegan wafflehouses (read as: dispensaries, come on, we know). Rock Falls (aka whispering solo folk megalith Annie Reese) is heading out to California this month for her first West Coast Tour. Here’s the dates and a teaser from the ucoming tour EP we’ll have for sale here on Cardboard Sangria:
monday, oct 17 – alberta st pub, portland, OR
wednesday, oct 19 – blondie’s food & drink, arcata, CA
friday, oct 21 – the mint, santa monica, CA
sunday, oct 23 – amnesia bar, san francsco, CA
wednesday, oct 26 – origami vinyl, los angeles, CA
friday, oct 28 – glashaus gallery, san diego, CA
saturday, oct 29 – permanent records, los angeles, CA
Awful Bliss (Rock Falls covers Guided By Voices) by Cardboard Sangria Records
Sep 11
10
White is Night
The new Darling 7inch will be in stores everywhere on Tuesday September 27th… Intimate and mellow sounds on one side, expansive guitar-driven extro-spection on the other. The record is pressed on limited edition red vinyl and comes with mp3s.
Catch the release party at the new performance space in the Burlington Bar in Logan Square on October 1st with The Father Costume and Architecture. Check out the badass poster here
Here’s a little taste of the new direction:
01 White is Night by Cardboard Sangria Records
Jul 11
28
you don’t know me…
What? Don’t argue with us. You kow damn well you must log one music fest a week thru Labor Dabor. This weekend The Singleman Affair will be performing at The Milwaukee Arts Street Festival This Saturday (Along N. Milwaukee Avenue between California and Kimball) at 5pm. Add a little dusky folk for your sun-stroked bender. And if you’re down south, catch Rock Falls at the Ahhhh! Pilsen Music Festival at 2pm! Here’s the details:
Saturday, July 30th
Milwaukee Arts Festival
Cole’s Stage
9pm – The Eternals
8pm – Pet Peeve
7pm – Soft Speaker
6pm – Kelroy
5pm – The Singleman Affair
4pm – JR Blac
3pm – Matadora
2pm – Birdlace in the Dogfight
Pilsen Music Festival
Simone’s Bar at 960 W. 18th St.
2:00 pm- Rock Falls
3:00 pm- Bob Rok and DJ Mar
3:45 pm- Close Hits
4:45 pm- Natalie Grace Alford
5:45 pm- Lechuguillas
6:30 pm- Philip Morris
7:30 pm- Moonrises
8:30 pm- Magic Milk
Apr 11
27
The Part Five release party
I’m ecstatic. It’s finally here, after thousands of silkscreen pulls, pdf proofs, and out-turned pockets. This Saturday is the release party for the new record from The Part Five, ‘The Tightening’. This is our spring album, our pre-party rave-up, our fight song. And it’s on clear blue vinyl and hand-numbered. It’s still available for free download, but we’re taking it down on Sunday, so don’t dawdle. Here’s the details:
This Saturday, April 30
Quencher’s Saloon, 2401 N. Western Ave, Chi
5$, 9pm, 21+
The Part Five (11pm)
Geronimo! (10pm)
Dick Wolf! (9pm)
Apr 11
22
Singleman Affair – West Coast Tour
We finally got to get over the hump (Denver)! This weekend The Singleman Affair
will inaugurate our Trans-Coastal label with a round of West Coast dates. Here’s the details:
Sat Apr 23 Portland at The Woods w/ The Wine Birds and Slow Skate
Tues Apr 26 Portland at Mississippi Studios w/ Yours and Eastern Conference Champions
Thur Apr 28 San Francisco at Hemlock Tavern w/ Mitchell & Manley and Sean Smith
Spread the word, and follow Dan and crew on The Singleman Affair’s Facebook and Twitter for live updates and ticket giveaways.
Apr 11
13
Record Store Day
Hi Chicago- Mount up your bikes Saturday and come celebrate Record Day with us:
The Singleman Affair will be playing an amazing free show at the Reckless
Records store on Milwaukee Ave this Saturday at 4pm. Here’s the full info:
Sat Apr 16, 1532 N. Milwaukee Ave
1PM TYLER JON TYLER
2PM JOAN OF ARC
3PM CANDY GOLDE (with Bun E Carlos of CHEAP TRICK!!)
330 JEFF PARKER (of TORTOISE, solo guitar)
4PM SINGLEMAN AFFAIR
5PM CAIRO GANG
Darling will be playing a free acoustic set across town at Record Breakers
(2105 S. State Street) Sat Apr 16 at 11:30 AM.
They’ll also be Playing the free early show at the Empty Bottle on Monday Apr 18th:
Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave (7:00pm; Free)
Darling(8pm)
Diamond Doves(7pm)
Rock Falls will also be playing the You Me Them Everybody show at The Hungry Brain
on Monday April 18th, Hungry Brain 2319 W Belmont, Chicago, IL
Rock Falls 9pm
Antony Ablan 8pm
Doors at 8pm, 21+, donations appreciated
The Part Five is busy preparing for the big Record Release Party at Quenchers on Saturday April 30th, but the new LP has been delivered to all Chicago Record stores, so check the racks for the colored vinyl. If you want to check out the record in advance, “like” our Facebook page and get the download for free: http://tinyurl.com/4abob8o
Apr 11
5
The Tightening
This is what happens when you put one of these babies atop the staff of Ra! at dawn (right now it’s pointing to Saki)
Stream C-Clamp
The new LP from the Part Five, ‘The Tightening’ is available everywhere April 5, especially here. It’s in a limited edition of 200 copies on clear blue vinyl, with covers silkscreened by the band, and jacket design by Gary Pyskacek. These took us a long time to make, and they’re already moving, so don’t hesitate. Once they’re gone, there’s nothing but 1s and 0s left to sell.
Speaking of which, want to taste our 1s and 0s? like the Part Five on Facebook, and download the LP for free.
The Part Five will play a record release show on Saturday April 30th at Quenchers, with Geronimo! and Dick Wolf!