Cafe Kino

Cambridge shoegazers Lemondaze play swooning, washed-out guitar-pop for the romantically concussed! Their woozy songs swell and shimmer with slow-release euphoria – tailor-made for acolytes of: Slowdive, Drop Nineteens, Just Mustard, They Are Gutting A Body Of Water. Lemondaze at Cafe Kino.

Fabulous and filthy queer pagan-punk ritualism takes over the Kino basement as anarchogoth provocateurs Rites of Hadda bring their sax-fuelled psychedelia to town. Augmented by Hermeticus’ noise-rock + new wave, dub and punk from DJ Pete Webb on the decks to keep the punk spirit burning. Rites of Hadda, Hermeticus, DJ Pete Webb at Cafe Kino.

Huge huge treat for the DIY indie scene as beloved lo-fi balladeer Perkie makes a rare live outing; their melodic anti-folk-meets-avant-pop is in prime company with ex-Sissy power-punk Leigh Arthur, Permapup’s tender-hearted twee pop and Dyke Mother’s emerging experimental grunge. Essential session FFO: Emmy the Great, Erica Freas, This Is The Kit, Darren Hayman, Trust Fund. Perkie, Leigh Arthur, Permapup, & Dyke Mother at Cafe Kino.

Cacaphonous bass-and-drums duo Peacelily head up punk blowout DIY 4 LYF: prep yrselves for a doom-punk pulverisation full of muscular instrumentals and bilious rant vocals. They rattle Kino’s walls flanked by grungey queercore goths Witch Hook, Bother’s melodic post-hardcore anthems and heavy emo up-n-comers Funeral. Heeeauge! DIY 4 LYF 2025 - PEACE LILY, WITCH HOOK & MORE at Cafe Kino.

Essential lo-fi basement bricolage ft. prolific experimental tape-slinger Ravetank, bringing Olivia Tremor Control/GBV-style power-pop doused with fuzz and distortion. Plus there’s sweet sample-addled avant-folk from Stephen Lane, melodic post-rock minimalism from Motes and Thinking With Sand’s heady shoegaze tsunami. Top choice FFO: Elephant 6, Beat Happening, Tortoise, Steve Gunn, early King Creosote. Noise pop / lo fi / krautrock / shoegaze at Kino!