New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: April 4, 2025
It’s an all-Kiwi New Music Friday with new releases from Marlon Williams, Tom Lark, Neive Strang and more!
Marlon Williams – Te Whare Tīwekaweka (13th Floor Album Review)
Marlon Williams, of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tai descent, skillfully weaves his Māori heritage with his diverse musical experiences in his fourth album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka.
No Cigar – Best Behaviour: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
With their previous single, Problem, debuting at #4 on the Hot 20 Aotearoa Singles Chart and their 4-date NZ tourselling-out, NO CIGAR return today with a brand new single; the gritty, addictive track Best Behaviour.
Midge Ure Announces October 2025 New Zealand Tour
UK legend Midge Ure brings his band and extensive catalogue to New Zealand for an unmissable national tour this October 2025, with all the hits from his superb solo career plus favourites from his bands Ultravox, The Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy and Visage.
The Nightingales – The Awful Truth (Fire) 13th Floor Album Review
The Nightingales have never been ones for nostalgia, but they’ve earned theirs. Formed in the embers of The Prefects, they emerged as part of the original UK punk explosion, appearing on the legendary White Riot tour in the late ’70s alongside The Slits, The Clash, and Subway Sect.
Mekons – Horror (Fire) 13th Floor Album Review
UK Punks The Mekons were born in 1976, during 1970s crisis Britain, their resistance narrative was steeped in Cultural Marxism (think Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century) and shaped by music, art and literature.
13th Floor Video Premiere! Keira Wallace – Lambs Aren’t Waking Yet
2024 Play It Strange National Secondary School Songwriting Competition winner Keira Wallace, unveils a haunting new video for their winning song Lambs Aren’t Waking Yet – a deeply personal and ethereal reflection on the fleeting nature of innocence.
The Sex Pistols ft. Frank Carter – Auckland Town Hall: April 2, 2025
Three out of four Sex Pistols can’t be wrong…and when the fourth one is not Johnny Rotten, they prove to still be a very good band.
The Bats – Loline: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Look out, it’s The Bats! These New Zealand indie rock royals have had their heads down recording new music and are now ready to share the first offering; Loline.
Miki Berenyi Talks Tripla: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
With the debut album from the Miki Berenyi Trio just days away, here is the former Lush vocalist to tell how this new band and album came together.
Dua Lipa – Spark Arena: April 2, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Dua Lipa brought her Radical Optimism Tour to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night, delivering a tightly choreographed 2-hour set filled with glitter, glamour, and glorious music, proving she is not only well on her way to becoming an immortal entertainer – but that her meteoric rise is only just beginning.
MJ Lenderman & The Wind – The Powerstation: April 1, 2025
April blows in with MJ Lenderman & The Wind at The Powerstation and that’s no foolin’.
Fiona & The Glow – Domestic: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following on from their debut single, You Wouldn’t Know, and keeping up the momentum after a run of sold-out shows & festival appearances supporting Shihad, Black Comet, Tiki Taane and Jon Toogood – Fiona & the Glow continue firing with their second single, Domestic.
Liberty – Are We Dead? 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Hawkes Bay singer and songwriter Liberty continues to turn heads with her unique and catchy style of pop, which shines through on her latest single, Are We Dead?, proving why she’s been touted as ‘one to watch’.
Anglebox Talks About Dark Days In The Sun: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Anglebox is a new band from Christchurch made up of seasoned veterans and led by Ian Cartwright. Their debut EP is titled Dark Days In The Sun.
Lucy Munro – Seventeen: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lucy Munro is back! After taking a year’s hiatus to develop her sound and fanbase, Seventeen is Lucy Munro’s first single release of 2025.
Stand Together With Aloe Blacc: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Aloe Blacc has just released Stand Together…12 songs that he hopes will encourage open engagement with others.
Novocaine – Dir: Dan Bert & Robert Olsen (13th Floor Film Review)
To say that a film moves at breakneck pace is an overworked trope, but this movie really earns the accolade.
Scar Vision – Hoops & Threads: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tāmaki Makaurau band SCAR VISION drop powerful new track Hoops & Threads, an epic blend of deep, smooth vocals, scabrous yet melodic guitars, dark, menacing basslines and sonorous, driving drums.
Dungeon #25: Clementine, Warm Leather & The Shelves – Whammy: March 27, 2025
While Tamaki Makaurau may have lost a mighty Totara of live music venues several years ago, The Kings Arms Tavern. We are living in a post-covid time of an abundance of cozy, small and intimate venues: 605 Morningside, Cupid, Goblin, Big Fan, Small Gods, The Button Factory, Audio Foundation, are a few, and the latest […]