Cafe Kino

Sell out warning! ‘A savage blast of underground anarchy with scenes filmed secretly inside Disneyland’!? Kino’s new basement grindhouse series kicks off in style with a rare screening of Blonde Death, channelling early John Waters into a one-of-a-kind queer video nasty / psychopathic road movie. June 5th, 7.30PM | Run Time: 1h 38m | 18+

Sell out warning! Unhinged Australian hardcore punk band Shove are a torrent of feedback, noise and galloping muscle. Lead vocalist Bella spews unintelligible panic attack style takedowns of patriarchy and psychopolitical torture. Come thrash away the week’s injustices in a cacophony of buzzsaw and squeal FFO: G.L.O.S.S., Bikini Kill, Slant, indictments of ignorance. Hardcore punk in the Kino basement!

Improv’s Greatest Hits returns with a night of sonic mutations and scene collisions. Edinburgh’s Cowboy Builder weld cranky no-wave drawls to serrated noise jams, while local trailblazer Micheal Gianan spins his rare kind of post-jazz guitar racket and Frannie & Zooey sieve nu-country and drone into longform folk-tech rituals. Essential FFO: The Fall, Gastr Del Sol, Bill Orcutt, Prurient, On The Corner era Miles Davis. new local titan Myk Gianan + Nu Country Frannie + Zooey + Improvs Softer Kicks

SSP returns from their near death experience to shake Kino with sonic oblivion through the Chewing Glass Subs. Inside: Severin Black’s isolationist drone landscapes and Nic Krog’s spoken word hardware confessionals. Delectable outsider clobber FFO: Pan Sonic, Biosphere, Nick Klein, Pavel Milyakov, Dale Cornish. ...are you healed yet?

Love harsh noise and power electronics, but need more queer rage? Eggy Tapes has got you covered, with nail-biting pedal abuse from Distraxi, Genderisthebastard’s grind-jazz blitz and Puddle Brain’s dark ambient feedback tunnels. Savage FFO: Merzbow, Painkiller, Puce Mary, Dreamcrusher, Gnaw Their Tongues. An evening of queer noise at Cafe Kino