On Thursday, May 30, The Lab in San Francisco will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Noise Conference. The event will tour the U.S. through June, led by Rat Bastard and his headlining band Laundry Room Squelchers. Rat recruited a curator from each stop on the tour to organize the noise acts for the night. The San Francisco show is curated by The Lab's Executive Director, Sarah Lockhart. Each installment of the International Noise Conference must follow a set of rules: the acts chosen to play must perform for 15 minutes or less with no laptops or droning allowed. [...]