Taylor Rae – The Void (Missing Piece) (13th Floor Album Review)
Before diving into the introspective themes of her sophomore album The Void, singer-songwriter Taylor Rae had already established herself as a rising force in the Americana scene.
April 2025
Sinners – Dir: Ryan Coogler (13th Floor Film Review)
The Cotton Club crossed with from Dusk to Dawn…the bodacious, bold, and brilliant Sinners will pull you in and whirl you around the juke joint, leaving you breathless, blood spattered and extremely satisfied.
Peter Holsapple Presents The Face Of 68: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
A stalwart of the fertile North Carolina music scene that bred the likes of Don Dixon and Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple is a founding member of The dBs and the Continental Drifters. His latest solo album, due out tomorrow, is The Face Of 68.
Bad Manners – Tuning Fork: April 16, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
50 years! Well the genesis was there in 1976, however their first live show wasn’t until 1978. But really, that’s just splitting hairs (pun intended) Bad Manners were a 100+ weeks feature in the British Singles Charts in the early 1980’s, with their take on two-tone and ska. While the onward decades have seen breakup, […]
Warfare – Dir: Alex Garland (13th Floor Film Review)
Warfare is director Alex Garland’s latest boots on the ground account of a Navy seal operation gone awry, based upon the memories of Iraqi veteran and co-director Ray Mendoza, its an endurance test that lacks emotional payoff.
Danica Bryant – Buzz: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Te Whanganui a Tara indie-pop sweetheart Danica Bryant has today shared her latest banger Buzz – a delectable taster off her debut album FEAST – out August 1!
Icelandic Electronic Duo Kiasmos Announce New Zealand Show
A new chapter is on the horizon for the highly influential electronic duo Kiasmos. Consisting of longtime friends and collaborators Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen, their seminal self-titled debut album was released to critical acclaim in 2014, followed by a series of EPs which have since continued to find fans all around the world.
Drop – Dir: Christopher Landon (13th Floor Film review)
Drop picks you up and carries you along for the ride dragging your reservations about all those yawning plot holes behind you.
Nadia Reid – Enter Now Brightness New Zealand & Australia 2025
This December acclaimed songwriter Nadia Reid journeys back to New Zealand and Australia in celebration of Enter Now Brightness; her critically lauded fourth album which was released on Chrysalis in February 2025.
People Of The Sun – Last Song (Keep Burning): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
People of the Sun deliver a unique sound for Aotearoa with their soulful second single, Last Song (Keep Burning).