Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

                 
Luggage Store Creative Music Series
1007 Market Street
San Francisco California   
(415) 255-5971

1st and 3rd Wednesdays 8-10pm
Admission $10-20 sliding scale
All ages welcome, no one refused for lack of funds.

The LSG New Music Series was the longest standing experimental music series in the Bay Area and California, with weekly Thursday night shows since 1991. The venue aims to be a welcoming, inclusive space for musicians of all backgrounds and levels - from artists trying a new project in public for the first time to well-known international acts. Founded by LSG Gallery Directors Laurie Lazer and Darryl Smith, the series has been curated by several Bay Area musicians. Since 2002 it's been curated by Outsound Presents and improviser/composer Rent Romus. They presented a wide cross section of sound artists from every experimental genre.
The series ended on January 8, 2025
http://www.outsound.org

Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, December 11 2024 8:00 PM
8:00 pm Josh Allen solo saxophone
8:40 pm Ed Lloyd/Eli McDonald
9:15 pm Evidence Trio will present their sonic explorations of the unknown, with Kersti Abrams on sax & flutes, Andrew Joron on theremin, and Michael Wilcox on electric bass.
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Wednesday, January 8 2025 8:00 PM
VENDETTA RETREAT Ensemble

In 2006, Jon Brumit‘s ensemble realized his Vendetta Retreat score (and celebrated its release on Edgetone Records) at the Luggage Store Gallery. Collective memory of it was that it cleared not only the club but the block. This review confirms aspects of that recollection. It’s time to realize the score once more with creative and non-violent alternatives to revengeful feeling.
Expect a double duo of drums (Jacob Felix Heule, Suki O'Kane) and guitars (Melne Murphy, Jas Stade), with electronicist Adria Otte.

The audience is invited to prepare by answering the following questions. Do you prefer

talking about weather, astrology, world events, culture, yourself, or others?
silence, some noise, total noise?
solitude, small, medium, or large crowds?
doing only one thing at a time or multitasking?
sleeping or staying awake?
communicating with others using paper, computers, phones, other?
fiction or nonfiction?
people or animals?
grown-ups or children?
friends or strangers?
live or recorded music?
tv or radio commercials?
meeting people or isolating?
hard rock, jazz, easy listening, death metal, instrumental, experimental, world, other music?
using a bicycle, car, public transit, walking, bumming a ride, or skateboarding?
following rules or breaking them?
accepting or avoiding consequences?
responding immediately to an insult or waiting and responding?
swearing or crying?
expressing yourself to something living or non-living?
smiling or laughing?
altering, creating, or destroying when you’re angry?
throwing pianos?
planning or enacting revenge?
listening to stories or telling them?
being successful or being unsuccessful at revenge?
talking about or getting revenge?
sharing your plans for revenge or hoping they will go away silently?
looking good or feeling good?
being right or being OK?
liquid or solid food?
would you describe yourself as predominately alpha, beta, both, or neither?
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