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

4/10/2017

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

'Yardsss launches 'Epithets ØØØ' song-a-week series

3/5/2017

Yardsss launches a new, and first for the project, song-a-week series titled Epithets ØØØ as of March 1st 2017. The series, as with Krueger's six prior such series' features new material written, recorded and uploaded each week. The process is intended as a writing and skills exercise while also purging creatively. Epithets ØØØ will lead directly into writing and studio prep for the second full-length album to be titled Osia. In the meantime a new collection of all singles and collaborations is slated for release as of March 31st 2017 and the first full-length album Quietus is due out on June 9th 2017.

Stream and download the series on a donations basis via the Self Group Bandcamp Mart.

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Yardsss & wrtch tour the Mountain States and Midwest US

11/12/2016

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]

Yardsss releases new '333' single on November 11th

8/25/2016

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Yardsss // 333
November 11th 2016
Digital

Avant-garde composer Yardsss is set to drop a new single, "333", the first release since 'Granfalloons' in February. An introspective effort crafting two thirty minute guitar sessions recorded between Krist Krueger and Sarah Nienaber (of Candace), each in one take. Then Krueger put his producer's skills into play, editing those guitar tracks down to three minutes and thirty seconds, picking particular melodic segments and fleshing out additional instrumentation to mold it into two different tracks that follow the same melody line and base.

Release Page | Artist Page

Yardsss & Wrtch announce Chicago performance in August

7/23/2016

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.

Yardsss & Wrtch collective label package tour in May & June

5/11/2016

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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SG025 // KING WHO release latest extended-play effort, 'Body'

5/9/2016

The re-release of KING WHO's self-titled debut album with SELF Group dives head on into their dark/heavy pop sound. As a band they continue to evolve through live performance, life on the road, and working hard as a DIY tight-knit group of friends. Their goal is to create music that thrives as an energetic live performance before taking it into the studio. Once they start recording the band tries to keep it as “live” as possible to maintain the music’s raw energy. The songs on the new EP contain a dark play on lyrics featuring themes of mental and physical ailment, the re-examination of good, evil, love and hate, and the separation of spirit and body.

Stream & download in the Mart

Artist Page

SGCP005 Cathedral//Park Monthly | May Edition Announced

4/22/2016

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
21+

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

Live Blahg | April 15th 2016 Update

4/15/2016

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.

March edition of the Live Series is out featuring System and Station

3/19/2016

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.

Eleven Magazine premieres new Mothertapes video for "Gravity Wins"

3/19/2016

"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.

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

Yardsss & Scriptures release collaborative single, "Wire"

3/17/2016

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' officially premiered by New Noise Magazine and Heavy Blog Is Heavy

3/4/2016

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 Presents two Treefort Music Festival PDX kickoff parties

3/4/2016

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+

New and second EP from Yardsss in the Vonnegut series 'Granfalloons' out now!

2/21/2016

We are pleased as punch to bring you the second EP from Yardsss in the Vonnegut series, just released on February 19th 2016! You can stream or download the record via your favorite site and service now as well as grab it from our very own SG Mart!

Release Page | Artist Page

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

2/17/2016

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

C^VES debut album Bleeding Rainbow out Feb 5th

2/4/2016

The debut C^VES album, Bleeding Rainbow, is set for release on February 5th and we couldn't be more ecstatic to share this incredible record with the world! The first two track premieres are live for your streaming pleasure.

"Mafic" via The Spill Magazine
"Black Shore" via New Noise Magazine

Artist Page | Release Page

Mothertapes - Western US Tour Jan/Feb 2016

1/31/2016

Mothertapes (Self Group, Portland OR) hit the road in support of their self-titled debut album throughout the western US in January and February, see below for dates! Feel free to post photos from the shows, comments or just a hello in the comments section of this, we love updates from the road!

1/31 - San Francisco, CA - Amnesia
2/1 - Los Angeles, CA - The Satellite
2/3 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
2/4 - Tucson, AZ - Sky Bar
2/5 - Santa Fe, NM - Iconik
2/6 - Albuquerque, NM - TBA
2/7 - Amarillo, TX - The 806
2/8 - El Prado, NM - Taos Mesa Brewing
2/9 - Denver, CO - Lion's Lair
2/10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro
2/18 - Portland, OR - Bunk Bar

www.selfgroup.org/mothertapes.html
www.facebook.com/mothertapes
www.twitter.com/mothertapesband

Astute listeners will notice the influence of artists as varied as Animal Collective, Radiohead, Matmos, St. Vincent, Battles, and Maps and Atlases. But such comparisons serve only as reference points for this thoroughly original duo. After ten years of collaboration, Bosack and Franzen regard Mothertapes as the culmination of their work together, a breakthrough project resulting in forward-looking music that is both artistically ambitious and highly accessible.

Krist Krueger covers "Helpless" by Neil Young

11/26/2015

Krist Krueger continues along in the Desolation Sessions song-a-week series and throws in another bonus cover, this one of "Helpless" by Neil Young.

Krist Krueger launches new solo Song A Week series, Desolation Sessions

10/21/2015

SG head honcho and main projecteer, Krist Krueger, has launched yet another new Song A Week series, Desolation Sessions. The direction of this one is to focus specifically on acoustic-based songs, with all the bells and whistles removed, just simple bare bones songwriting at its purest. The one follows directly on the heels of Aestheticism, the solo full band and wide ranging instrumentation project focused predominantly on slower subdued rock songs. Stream and download the entire series gratis via http://kristkrueger.bandcamp.com/album/song-a-week-desolation-sessions