Cardboard Sangria Records

poor lister

Gary Pyskacek — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:16:01 +0000

Nostalgia is dead to us. Time to crawl out from the rafters and belt a new tune… Enter Poor Lister, the latest group to join the Cardboard Sangria family. The trio plays hazy experimental pop with flourishes of paranoia and pedal steel. Catch their debut show Monday, December 10th at the Hungry Brain with the Singleman Affair, and expect new recordings in 2013.

Pedal Steel Transmission

Gary Pyskacek — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:46:19 +0000

Aye. So this year has been the breath between fits, a little repose. Easy times. Kick out a couple more kids and contemplate our reason to be. What better time could there be to dust off the vehicle that served as the catalyst for our collective and plan the first (and only) public Pedal Steel Transmission show in 8 years? Join our nostalgia bender on Sunday August 26th for an early evening filled with celebrity chefs, amazing food, Ommegang beer, and sets from Black Bear Combo, Sundress, Communist Daughter, and the Pedal Steel Transmission at this year’s Food Truck Social. The outdoor stage will be on Chicago Avenue between Wood and Wolcott streets in West Town.

Here’s a refresher to get you situated:

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Gary Pyskacek — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:15:25 +0000

The woodshed is on fire! Here’s what’s cooking at Cardboard Sangria:

The Singleman Affair is playing a rare solo sitar set at Comfort Station Tonight!. Sharing the bill with Dan is amazing guitarist Victor Villareal (Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc). This free show starts at 7, and seating is limited.

Speaking of The Singleman Affair, the band is hard at work on the video for their new digital single, “In Response”, which we’ll have for sale everywhere later this year.

We’re actually pretty crazy about streaming music these days, especially looking for new bands on YouTube, so we decided to post all of our catalog to the Cardboard Sangria YouTube channel and link it to every album on this site (I’m almost done- look for the “Stream The Whole Album” link above every record)- you can check our progress and jam out all day long to your favorite non-country space-rock mathy emo-prog hits… Case and point:

Oh, and after the success of the 40-year-old Leebones Birthday Party Band, the Pedal Steel Transmission will be playing 2 more reunion shows this summer… one reprise 40 party for Bry, and a Saturday in the city. More details on their way.

accolades at dawn

Gary Pyskacek — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:07:11 +0000

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…

Xmas Mixtape

Gary Pyskacek — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:44:12 +0000

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!

Xmas

Gary Pyskacek — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:17:56 +0000

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

rock falls west coast tour

Gary Pyskacek — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:03:01 +0000

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

White is Night

Gary Pyskacek — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:50:53 +0000

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

you don’t know me…

Gary Pyskacek — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:46:28 +0000

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

The Part Five release party

Gary Pyskacek — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:43:41 +0000

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)