01
Phones face-down.
There's a bowl by the door. We mean it. You came to be in a room with music and people — not to half-listen while you scroll. If something is on fire, step outside.
↳ how we listen · how we host · since 2025
HOUSE
RULES.
We aren't a venue. We aren't an events company. We're people in living rooms, listening to one record at a time. Hosts list the nights. Eight rules keep it that way.
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One record, played in full.
We don't shuffle. We don't skip the slow track. Side A, then Side B. The hosts decide the album; the room sits with it. Forty minutes is not a long time.
03
Twenty seats, no more.
We tried thirty once. The room got polite. The whole point is intimacy — a living room, not a venue. Hosts can go as small as eight.
04
Ask before you bring someone.
Anyone can ask for a seat, and every guest asks for their own. If you want to bring someone, they ask too, and at a night in someone's home the host says yes before the address is shared.
05
Names visible, numbers private.
You see who else is in the room before you go. You don't see anyone's history, follower count, or stack of credentials. That's by design.
06
After the needle lifts.
Sometimes we talk about the record. Sometimes we talk about other things. Sometimes we don't talk at all. The room decides. Hosts won't run a discussion you don't want.
07
Hosts hold the room.
Hosts choose the record, set the time, and write you a personal invite when you ask for a seat. They're members who decided to open a door. They're not staff.
08
If you can't make it, say so.
A seat held for you is a seat someone else didn't get. Decline politely — there's a button for that. No judgment, no fee. Just a quick note so the host can rebalance.
↳ the society
Hosts hold the room.
We hold the grammar.
Hosts and venues run their own nights, at home, in a listening bar or in their own room: they choose the album, set the time and set the price, free or a seat fee they name. Guests pay the host or venue directly; when a seat is paid, Side A keeps eighteen percent so guest lists and bookings exist. The rest stays with whoever opened the door.
Read the longer pieces — culture, format, the host who opens a door — then ask for a seat or list a night.
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