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Unfair Fair PDX // 6/28/2025

6/7/2025

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The first annual Unfair Fair is happening on Saturday, June 28th 2025!

A coalition neighborhood bloc party on SE Belmont (SE 27th - SE 29th) including The Nest, Bare Bones, The Vern and SGC Haus featuring bands, DJ's, art, graff demo, mutual aid and orgs tabling, vendors, food pop-ups, flash tattoo pop-ups and more.

Starts at 1:00 PM at SGC Haus (NE corner of SE Belmont & 28th), everything else launches at 3:00 PM.

Though this is a free vent SGC Haus is encouraging donations to and benefitting Street Roots: www.streetroots.org.  Founded in 1999, Street Roots is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization in Portland, Oregon, that publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

More details, lineups and full schedules to be announced, stay tuned!  Follow SGC on Instagram for announcements.

In love and solidarity,

SGC
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Self Group Collective 14th BDAY Bash!

1/24/2024

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GET TICKETS HERE • Sunday, February 4th • Holocene
We are celebrating 14 years of DIY collectivism!  Since 2010 the collective has been working together in an anarcho-syndicalist practice sharing resources, access to the means to produce and maintain full control and agency over the methods, direction and creative output of each member’s own labor and art.  No lone straw holding the cup.

This also marks the return and first Yardsss ∅∀‡ show since Rx Fest in February of 2020.  As with all SGC events this is a benefit for local PDX nonprofits.  Profits from B14 go to Outside In and Sisters of the Road.


Additionally SGC will be collecting non-perishable food and cold weather supply donations during the event to distribute to our houseless neighbors.  All are encouraged to bring any items they would like to donate and have distributed.

Music by
Yardsss ∅∀‡ • www.selfgroup.org/yardsss
"Regarding Yardsss: If you read about it before listening, you'd likely mistake it for a liberal arts master's thesis.  Where most bands play "shows," Yardsss puts on "performance case studies" and multimedia installations, including a collection of songs inspired by—not covers of!—avant-garde composer John Cage.  All this could be completely obnoxious except for one thing: Yardsss is transcendentally, earth-shatteringly gorgeous. If you can make music like that, you get to call your show a case study.

Glacial Fall • www.glacialfall.bandcamp.com
Glacial Fall is the collaborative effort of Jeremy Hooton and Heidi Elise Wirz, two earth humans from Portland, Oregon. Hyper aware of their own limited life spans and imminent mortality, these are recorded chronicles and visual artifacts of their lives.  Sonically Glacial Fall currently consists of two bass players and an Elektron Octatrack.

Ellipsism • www.selfgroup.org/ellipsism
The solo project of Eli Savage, (Small Skies, Southerly, Yardsss) Ellipsism tries to capture the essence of a moment passed, a moment that no longer exists, the moments that will pass long after we become bones, and eventually stardust. Mixing dark textures of synthesizers, pianos, drum machines, and found sounds with the unison of a chorus of voices that exhort the heartache and uncertainty of the human experience, Ellipsism attempts to reassemble and share these sonically dense echoes of those stories passed and the stories that will be.

Visuals by Easy • www.instagram.com/its_easy_ok

About Sisters of the Road • www.sistersoftheroad.org
Sisters of the Road exists to support low-income and houseless individuals through charitable and educational programs, including providing affordable, healthy, and delicious meals in a space that welcomes all to come dine with dignity. Sisters of the Road uses this space and other programs to build authentic relationships and alleviate the hunger of isolation in an atmosphere of nonviolence and gentle personalism that nurtures the whole individual, while seeking systemic solutions that reach the roots of homelessness and poverty in an attempt to end them.

About Outside In • www.outsidein.org
Since 1968, Outside In has supported youth experiencing homelessness and other marginalized people as they move toward improved health and self-sufficiency. Driven to meet the changing needs of those it helps, the agency has created an all-inclusive and integrated system of cutting edge and sometimes controversial wraparound services that has transformed and saved thousands of lives over the years.

Sunday, February 4th 2024
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison)
7:00 PM Doors / 8:00 PM Show
$10 AD / $10 DOS
GET TICKETS

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Want to help promote and share on socials or directly with friend fam via text or email?  Graphicsss below!
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Yardsss ∅∀‡ announce dates in Bellingham and Seattle on October 26th & 27th

10/23/2019

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Yardsss ∅∀‡ have announced new dates in the pacific northwest including stops in Bellingham and Seattle!  These are likely to be the last two shows of the year, both all ages and sliding scale.

10.26 Bellingham, WA • Make.Shift
​EVENT/RSVP

10.27 Seattle, WA • Teatro de la Psychomachia
EVENT/RSVP

​Yardsss tends toward the dark and droning and bombastic, with heady, swelling orchestrations.  Perhaps because human voices appear so rarely and the music is so evocative, it occasionally brings to mind Emeralds' Does It Look Like I'm Here?  It doesn't take many listens to understand that Krueger is breaking boundaries not for the sake of being (or seeming) transgressive, but to make sounds that awaken actual feelings—uplifting, inspiring emotions. - Portland Mercury
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Rx Fest Quarterly on June 12th in Portland

5/24/2019

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Yardsss ∅∀‡ announces first full band tour dates in April and May throughout the northwest

4/24/2017

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Yardsss ​∅∀‡ in its newly full band formation as a three-piece including Krist Krueger, Paul Michael Schaefer and Robin Allen Levy hit the road in April and May throughout the pacific northwest.  Dates and event page links belooow.

29.04  Bellingham, WA  Make.Shift
w/ Ever Ending Kicks, Pizza Wizard, Cat Positive
RSVP & INFO

30.04  Seattle, WA  LoFi Performance Gallery
w/ Party Store, Uneasy Chairs, Blue Sky Black
RSVP & INFO

01.05  Portland, OR  The Know
w/ Polygris, Glacial Fall
RSVP & INFO

((( STREAM AUDIO )))
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Creative Sign-Ups from (((Sound|Sight))) on March 30th at The Projection Museum

4/10/2017

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The creative sign-up sheet, an effort to help promote and discover all of the amazing artistic endeavors by members of our creative community who happen to be participating as attendees for our events, was full for the (((Sound|Sight))) March 30th multidisciplinary event at The Projection Museum in Portland!  The event included visual art from Heidi Elise Wirz, Leslie Dorcus and Krist Krueger, sound art from Healersss, Institute for Creative Dying and Masonique and visual by Cari Gummer.  Thank you so much to Colin Manning and The Projection Museum for hosting and keeping our rare all ages DIY event spaces alive.  Links below!

Eran Haas (projection, video, animation) - www.vimeo.com/eranhaas
Mrrranda L Tarrow (collage, cutouts, shadow puppets) - no URL
Ezekiel Brown (The Lyric Project) - www.thechocolategiant.com
Ian Lucero (document, shorts, pieces for projection in theaters - www.ianlucero.com
Gabriel Huston (Windy Tooth) - www.windytooth.bandcamp.com
Deepwoods Music Collective - www.deepwoods.bandcamp.com
Madisyn (Witch Princess) - www.witchprincess.ink
Josh Young (shorts, experiments, music videos) - www.joshyoungdirector.com
Tim Sternat (visuals, audio, sound) - www.awefull.net
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Yardsss & wrtch tour the Mountain States and Midwest US

11/12/2016

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Yardsss & wrtch traverse the Eisenhower together once more throughout the Mountain States and Midwest.  RSVP via the official tour event page HERE.

November 2016
17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Diabolical Records (Yardsss w/ Jeffrey Lewis)
18 - Denver, CO - FaceMan's 100 Year Storm Festival [Info]
19 - Denver, CO - FaceMan's 100 Year Storm Festival [Info]
20 - Omaha, NE - Reverb [Info]
21 - TBD
22 - Minneapolis, MN - Reverie [Info]
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Yardsss & Wrtch announce Chicago performance in August

7/23/2016

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Yardsss and Wrtch announce Chicago performance in August.

August 8 - Chicago, IL - Township - Info

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Artist Pages: Yardsss | Wrtch

"[Yardsss] Granfalloons is a masterfully cohesive listen not for the faint of heart; immerse yourself in chaos and find wabi-sabi in the soothing ferocity of an album straddling shoegaze, electronica and psychedelia as one unifying tone for the present day.Granfalloons will blow your fucking mind." - Echoes and Dust 

Ambrosia Bartośekulva transcends the reality of time and space with other-worldly imagery, installation, performance and sound.  Their masterminding reviles the commonplace and creates grandiose spaces for Man's mind to wander.  Currently based in Chicago, they have also been extensively involved in the nitty-gritty underground of Seattle, WA, and toured the world over with their gutteral-yet-stained-glass-crystal sounds as wrtch and Stalebirth. 
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Yardsss & Wrtch collective label package tour in May & June

5/11/2016

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SG Family label-mates Yardsss and Wrtch embark on a package tour of the western US in May and June.  Yardsss will be supporting the latest 'Granfalloons' release and Wrtch will be previewing the forthcoming and debut SG album, 'Sympathy For The Creator' due out this fall.

Dates (updated as new dates are confirmed)
5/29 - Portland, OR - Valentine's​
5/31 - Oakland, CA - Night Light
6/1 - San Francisco, CA - Honey Hive (all ages)
6/4 - Los Angeles, CA - Coaxial (all ages)
6/5 - Tucson, AZ - Sky Bar
​6/6 - El Paso, TX - Bowie Feathers
6/7 - Santa Fe, NM - Ghost (all ages)
6/8 - Albuquerque, NM - Tannex (all ages)
6/9 - Denver, CO - Lion's Lair
6/10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Albatross Recordings
6/11 - Boise, ID - MING Studios
6/12 - Spokane, WA - The Observatory
6/13 - Seattle, WA - Office Space (all ages)

More via the artist pages | Yardsss | Wrtch

You can donate to the tour and RSVP directly as with all Self Group Presents tours.  Touring is expensive, this helps cover the costs of promotion, gas, food and the many other expenses.  DONATE HERE

Download the special tour sampler including tracks from both artists via the SG Mart.

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SGCP005 Cathedral//Park Monthly | May Edition Announced

4/22/2016

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Cathedral//Park is an eclectic multi-genre monthly showcase curated and presented by Self Group in Portland, OR. The venue changes as with the music every four months and we take special care in bringing you showcases of new and emerging bands, mainstays as well as cross-genre exposure providing a space where the listener has the opportunity to be exposed to new methods and ideas while bridging musical communities often separated by genre.

May // SGCP005
Sunday, May 15th
Self Group Presents
Ice Queens (PDX)
Celebration Guns (Phoenix)
​Mothertapes (Self Group, PDX)
@ The Liquor Store (3341 SE Belmont, PDX)
9:00 PM doors, 9:30 PM show
Entrance is based on RSVP & Donation
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RSVP & Donations | Facebook Event Page
** Please note that capacity is limited. Admittance is only guaranteed when RSVP'ing in advance via Self Group's Eventbrite ticketing platform.

More info via the Series Page

Artist Links
Ice Queens - Bandcamp
Celebration Guns - Bandcamp
Mothertapes - Official
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Live Blahg | April 15th 2016 Update

4/15/2016

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There are a slew of new show and tour announcements at Team SG including regional Portland and Seattle shows as well as North American and European tours.  Check the Tour page for details and dates as we begin to populate the Live Blahg here.
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Self Group Presents two Treefort Music Festival PDX kickoff parties

3/4/2016

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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
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Dual record release show with Yardsss, C^VES & Mothertapes in Portland

2/17/2016

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A dual record release show in Portland, OR for Yardsss 'Granfalloons' EP and C^VES 'Bleeding Rainbow' along with fellow label-mates Mothertapes.

Thursday, February 19th 2016
Self Group & Eleven Magazine Present
A dual Self Group record release show featuring
Yardsss (Granfalloons EP release)
Mothertapes
C^VES (Bleeding Rainbow album release)
@ Bunk Bar (Water Ave, Portland)
9:00 PM doors, 9:30 PM show
$6 advance, $6 day of show
21+

Advance tickets via Mercury Ticketing HERE

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