SGL003 The March edition of the Self Group Live Series is out!  This month features Portland's own System and Station, a long-time influential local band of the math/indie rock ilk.

The SG Live Series is released on the first Friday of every month featuring an exclusive live recording of a selected SG family or satellite artist who inspire and amaze us.  We love live music and this is one way we are able to salute amazing artists who put on amazing shows and hone their craft on the stage.

Check out more via the official series page and download SGL003 for free in the Mart.  Find more information and support System and Station via www.systemandstation.net.

"The album’s closer notwithstanding, “Gravity Wins” offers the deepest trance on Mothertapes’ debut record. And in this particular synthetic audio nest of Portland duo Pete Bosack and Tommy Franzen, there’s sensuality, nostalgia and, on the back of a trickling mid-song bassline, an influx of sadness. Even if, for era, the technology-voiced jam doesn’t match the video’s (tastefully edited) ’70s pornography, it’s suitably alien.
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Director Jonathan Fine builds toward trysts in the song’s first half before the old, over-exposed film unwinds and rewinds in collage, as the song’s electronics and instrumentation eventually flood over themselves. Even with the cutting and re-editing of the historically distasteful, the direction is thoughtful in its obscurity." - Eleven Magazine

http://elevenpdx.com/new-music/premiere/video-premiere-gravity-wins-mothertapes

A new collaborative effort and the latest in the Yardsss singles series teaming up this time with Self Group roster-mates, Seattle's moody instrumentalists, Scriptures.  Wire explores in both an audio and visual sense (via the video) the ease of the advancement of technology in a communications sense, as well as its confines and the detachment of individuals and the human relationship to that communication.

Check it out in the Mart!

Yardsss Granfalloons | SG020 | 2/19/2016

01. Granfalloons I
02. Granfalloons II
03. Granfalloons III
04. Granfalloons IV
05. Granfalloons V

Stream & download in the SG Mart

Two tracks from 'Granfalloons' have officially been premiered by New Noise Magazine and Heavy Blog Is Heavy!

"Soaring drone noise and melody as cacophony reminiscent of late-80s/early-90s Swans, Emeralds and Popul Vuh" -- New Noise Magazine // More

"A weird mix of Swans, post-rock, and orchestral music. It’s not nearly as harsh or abrasive as No Wave or other experimental noise or drone projects, but it definitely has elements from those genres." -- Heavy Blog Is Heavy // More

Portland, OR band Yardsss -- ethereal music brainchild of Southerly and Sndtrkr leader Krist Krueger -- share their new album Granfalloons today.  The 5-track piece is the second in a three part Kurt Vonnegut inspired series following the critically acclaimed Foma, which also became a short film of the same name.  Hear and share the full album via  Soundcloud / Bandcamp. 

Heavy Blog Is Heavy recently reviewed and premiered "Granfalloons II" HERE.  New Noise Magazine featured "Granfalloons III" and the full album stream HERE. Granfalloons is performed by Krueger with fellow Southerly member Eli Savage, joined by Sarah Saturday of Gardening, Not Architecture on guest vocals.

Self Group is presenting two kickoff parties in Portland for Treefort Music Festival in Portland on March 3rd and 4th in partnership with Eleven Magazine and Payette Brewing.  Win prizes both nights including two festival passes and we'll also be tapping a keg each night of Payette's new Axe Handle IPL.

Thursday, March 3rd
1939 Ensemble
Mothertapes
Ritchie Young of Loch Lomond
@ The Liquor Store
9:00 PM doors, 9:30 PM show
$5.00 advance & day of show
21+
* free SG download cards at the door and a raffle of free prizes from Eleven Magazine and Payette Brewing.

Friday, March 4th
Krist Krueger of Southerly
Bud Wilson of Aan
@ EastBurn
8:00 PM doors, 9:00 PM show
$5 suggested donation
​21+