Tom Cunliffe – Nightingale: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
New Zealand songwriter Tom Cunliffe returns with Nightingale – the first single off his soon-to-be-released fourth album SPIT OUT YOUR GUM.
October 2025
Bilders – Neverlasting (Carbon/Grapefruit) (13th Floor Album Review)
As Bilders, Builders, and many other constructs, Bill Direen started (and continues) his journey aiming for the stars, a genesis of releases on Flying Nun, was followed by some self-released (South Indies), many on others local (onset-offset) and much on overseas labels (Grapefruit and Siltbreeze).
The Bats Take Another Corner Coming Up: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Bats have just released their 11th studio album, a little beauty titled Corner Coming Up.
Great Barrier – Repetition (Zelle) (13th Floor Album Review)
On Great Barrier’s new album Repetition, the sea is restless, the heart is beating, and something elemental stirs beneath.
The Blasters – American Music/Non-Fiction (Liberation Hall) (13th Floor Reissue Review)
The Blasters pour the heart of Saturday night into every song on American Music, their vivacious 1980 debut, pressing against the corners of rockabilly, a genre that can easily be mistaken for a time capsule.
Hazlett (AUS): Indie-Folk Troubadour Announces the Coming Home Tour
Frontier Touring is excited to announce indie-folk singer-songwriter, Hazlett, will bring his Coming Home Tour to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in January and February 2026.
Greta Van Den Brink – Alpine State of Mind: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Indie-pop artist Greta Van Den Brink has today released Alpine State of Mind – the second single from her forthcoming album This Wasn’t Planned, set to drop in May 2026.
Of Monsters and Men – All Is Love And Pain In The Mouse Parade (Skarkali / Virgin)
Of Monsters and Men’s fourth studio album is ripe with poetic imagery, vulnerable confessions and the complexities of intimacy.
Jim White – Inner Day (Drag City) (13th Floor Album Review)
Jim White, a (drumming) force within the experimental music community, has, though his expansive musical endeavors have reached wide and afar, touching such groups as Cat Power, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Beth Orton and Ed Kuepper.
Babe Martin – Summer Fruit (13th Floor New Song Of The Day)
Today, Babe Martin releases Summer Fruit, the third single from Not a Bee, but a Wasp (out November 14, 2025), and announces a release show at Auckland Unitarian Church on November 20 with support from Schofield Strangelove.