Greta O’Leary Crosses The River Dark: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Auckland-based alt.folk singer/songwriter Greta O’Leary talks to us about her long-awaited debut album, River Dark and why she calls it “spook folk”.
May 2025
Chelsea Wolfe – The Powerstation: May 30, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With May coming to a close, we turn our attention to The Powerstation, where Chelsea Wolfe held court last night. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey and Brenna Jo Gotje file these words and images.
VÏKAE – Death Eater: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After conjuring a major moment with SWIPE RIGHT (featured in The Rolling Stone (AUS/NZ) best music picks of the week), Ukrainian-born, NZ-based VÏKAE returns with DEATH EATER — the second searing chapter in her upcoming body of work, DOOMSDAY COLLECTIVE, due November 2025.
Adam Hattaway & The Haunters – Tommy Sees Ghosts: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Just months since the release of their Marlon Williams produced album High Horse, Christchurch’s own Adam Hattaway & The Haunters are back with a new single and video, Tommy Sees Ghosts, accompanied by b-side Roadside Incident.
Swans – Birthing (Mute) (13th Floor Album Review)
Swans are a saga, Micheal Gira the driving element behind the entity has continued to challenge the very paradigm of what post-punk, industrial dance and to a lesser extent gothic metal as the decades have traversed.
Ash Grunwald – Tuning Fork: May 30, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The devil came to the Tuning Fork tonight. He said his name was Ash Grunwald and he spoke with an Aussie accent, but when he sang it was with such power and soul that no earthly being could muster such a voice.
Roachford – Tuning Fork: May 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Andrew Roachford brought his 80s-style r&b to the Tuning Fork while channeling the soul greats of the 60s and 70s.
The Lemonheads – Double Whammy: May 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The Lemonheads returned to Auckland, selling out Double Whammy. Simon Coffey was on the scene and files this report.
Crying Ivy – Fission: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Crying Ivy hail from Auckland, NZ. The 4 piece heavy psych drifters Crying Ivy’s first single Fission sees the band exploring droning, skull-fracturing sludge driven forward by mechanical riffs and grinding instrumentation. Matching the hulking energy of their thunderous live shows, Fission is a celebration of heaving melodies that complement the raging shredding.
Train – Auckland Town Hall: May 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Auckland was in full chaos mode. Rain poured down on a Wednesday at the final days of NZ music month, and just up the road from Auckland Town Hall, a surprise Lorde pop-up gig had fans scrambling to find the right queue. But inside the Town Hall, something entirely different was unfolding — a night […]