Ringlets – Whammy Bar: August 9, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey takes in Ringlets as they celebrate their new album at Whammy.
The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey takes in Ringlets as they celebrate their new album at Whammy.
With We’re Only Human, his tenth album, Hayes Carll trades the wry observations of modern absurdity for something more introspective and tender, though no less sharp.
Today we bring to your attention, This City Has Let Our Children Down, the latest from Sivle Talk/Tane Cotton.
The depth of music in this land is extraordinary. A month ago I hadn’t heard of The Response, yet here they are on repeat in my head, playing on he inner jukebox in the most delicious way.
Angelo Munro, Milan Borich, Matthew Berry, Grant Sowerby and Jon Ropiha make up the Erase Everything, a band with members based in Tāmaki Makaurau & Ōtepoti. Here is their new single, New Year New Idea.
Christchurch electro-pop duo The Response have just released their new album, Novel Idea…this after collaborating with Goodshirt’s Rodney Fisher.
In her second album, Pocket Clocks, Hannah Virk stretches her sonic palette and lyrical ambition, as she swaps the domestic interiors of her debut, Upstairs / Downstairs, for a world governed by ticking clocks and algorithmic rhythms. It is a lo-fi, thoughtful, and distinctive meditation on time, technology, and identity, full of charm and intelligence.
Live Nation is thrilled to announce Grammy nominated, platinum certified, singer songwriter Jelly Roll will make his inaugural visit to Australia and New Zealand this October and November on The Down Under 2025 Tour – and he’s bringing Shaboozey and Drew Baldridge along for the ride.
Sulfate the alongside/offshoot/post Wax Chattels (who are seemingly on hold while bassist/vocalist Amanda Cheng makes her mark on the world) entity for Peter Ruddell to indulge/continue his creative affront to the sinister world we inhabit, released two captivating albums pre-Covid (2019’s Sulfate & 2021’s Godzone).
Today, Adam Hattaway and The Haunters release the second single from the upcoming album: Two Roads.