Film Review: Bel Canto Dir: Paul Weitz
Starring: Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert Is Bel Canto a hostage crisis film, a romance or a musical? Well, it’s a little of all three.
July 2020
Album Review: The Bobby Lees – Skin Suit (Alive Naturalsound)
Young four-piece band from Woodstock New York throw out a grenade of an album coming from the spiritual heart of the Los Angeles Punk scene of the Eighties.
Dave Dobbyn Announces Open Up Tour
Dave Dobbyn celebrates the return of live music with the Dave Dobbyn is welcoming New Zealanders’ freedom to come together in music by hosting a series of shows in August.
Reb Fountain Announces 2nd Auckland Show!
With her Auckland show sold out, Reb Fountain announces a second show at Auckland’s Mercury Theatre on Sunday, November 15th.
Watch NOW!: Jarv Is Streaming a Live ‘Beyond the Pale’ for 24 Hours
In celebration of their new album, Beyond The Pale, released last Friday on Rough Trade Records, JARV IS… have announced a free live performance of the record. It will only be available for 24 hours & then come down from YouTube, from 8AM NZT – Wednesday on 22.7.2020. That’s NOW!
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Jesse Dayton
Direct from Austin, Texas, here’s Jesse Dayton talking to The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda about his soon-to-be-released EP, Gulf Coast Sessions.
Album Review: Sparks – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (BMG)
At the 50-plus year mark of making parallel world Pop Art Prog Rock, the brothers Ron Mael and Russell Mael take us on a theatrical journey of music packed with humour and philosophy, most of which you can dance to and feel moved.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: METZ – A Boat To Drown In
Take a few minutes out of your busy Wednesday to check out this intensely bizarre and somewhat disturbing song and video from Toronto band METZ.
Watch: Kerryn Fields at The 13th Floor
Here’s someone we at 13th Floor are very excited to present to you…Kiwi folk singer Kerryn Fields. We first ran across Kerryn at one of the early post-lockdown shows at The Wine Cellar and were blown away. So we invited her up to play a few songs and have a chat with Marty Duda.
Watch: On The Road With The Bobby Lees
American rock & roll band The Bobby Lees released their Jon Spencer-produced album, Skin Suit, this past Friday. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda tracked the band down as they were on the road returning from a gig in Ohio. So watch as lead singer Sam Quartin takes the wheel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike as they […]