David Huckfelt – I Was Born, But… (Don Giovanni) (13th Floor Album Review)
David Huckfelt’s I Was Born, But… unfolds as a carefully shaped narrative built from the songs of others, drawn together into a coherent and immersive statement.
Half Dizzy – Yard Sale (Punkerton) (13th Floor Album Review)
Long Island punk-rockers Half Dizzy have recently released their latest love-letter to nineties Epitaph Records punk releases in their album Yard Sale.
Alice Merton – Visions (Paper Plane) (13th Floor Album Review)
Alice Merton‘s third studio album Visions is a darkly beautiful piece of her soul. Brooding yet uplifting, it’s deep and powerful, her most intimate album yet.
Langhorne Slim – The Dreamin’ Kind (Dualtone Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
On his latest album Dreamin’ Kind, Nashville transplant Langhorne Slim takes a slight detour from the Americana sounds steeped in folk, roots, blues and country of his previous 8 albums with a plugged-in rock and roll feel and what might be termed a more commercial treatment of his familiar excellent songwriting.
Sleaford Mods — The Demise of Planet X (Rough Trade) (13th Floor Album Review)
There’s a particular eccentric electricity that East Midland’s Sleaford Mods generate-the feeling that someone has kicked open a door to modern working class reality and is narrating the mess from a position close to, but not right in, the action.
Barry Adamson – SCALA!!! (Mute) (13th Floor Album Review)
Barry Adamson’s SCALA!!! arrives as a love letter to a building that introduced, educated and immersed many in non-mainstream cinema.
Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel – Celestun (Duo Quest) (13th Floor Album Review)
Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel open Celestun with intent and momentum, two acoustic guitars tumbling over one another in music shaped by interplay, response and craft.
Jana Horn – Jana Horn (No Quarter) (13th Floor Album Review)
Jana Horn’s decision to self-title her third album lands with the quiet assurance of an artist settled into her sound.
Sassy 009 – Dreamer+ (Heaven-Sent/PIAS) (13th Floor Album Review)
Dreamer+ is the new album from Oslo producer and musician, Sassy 009. This concept-album’s runtime is packed with a variety of beats, synths and dark melodies, straying into the genres of grunge and shoegaze.
Jenny On Holiday – Quicksand Heart (Transgressive) (13th Floor Album Review)
Jenny is Jenny Hollingworth and she’s on holiday from Let’s Eat Grandma, the duo she formed with her friend Rosa Walton when both were teenagers.
Robert Stillman – 10,000 Rivers (Orindal Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
If, like me, your brain is yet to kick fully into gear after the summer break then it’s in for a rude awakening when you encounter Robert Stillman’s 10,000 Rivers.
Dry Cleaning – Secret Love (4AD) (13th Floor Album Review)
Dry Cleaning’s Secret Love builds on the band’s established approach to emotion, one shaped by distance, observation, and restraint.
Egregore and I — Songs From A Window (Bandcamp) (13th Floor EP Review)
Egregore and I/Elliot Tremlett — is Ōtautahi/Christchurch–based musician and writer who exists in two worlds: music and poetry.
The Cribs – Selling A Vibe (PIAS) (13th Floor Album Review)
After a five-year hiatus bought on by the strain of touring, The Cribs are back with Selling A Vibe. The Jarman boys have produced yet another bold statement of indie rock brilliance in their ninth outing.
13th Floor Top Albums of 2025 as Selected by Marty Duda
With 2025 done and dusted its time to think back and pick 10 albums that stand out among the thousands that were released over the past 365 days.
SCRAN – Living Room (13th Floor Album Review)
Tāmaki Makaurau five-piece post-punk band SCRAN follow up their stunning 2024 debut EP To Your Heart’s Content with their debut album Living Room.
Mono Watt – words + noise (13th Floor Album Review)
Mono Watt is a trio comprising James Littlewood, Ross Cunningham and John Pain, collectively encompassing the arts in their visual, aural and written forms.
Displeasure – ANNIHILATION/BILLIONAIRE DEATH DRIVE (13th Floor Album Review)
Displeasure is a toru piece Whanganui/Te-Whanganui-a-Tara based side-project of stalwart Pōneke punk band Unsanitary Napkin.
Electric Tapestry – Orbiting Bodies (13th Floor EP Review)
Wellington alternative-rock band Electric Tapestry released their fourth EP Orbiting Bodies. The extended-play takes a deep dive into the void kaleidoscopic journey through sound in its sixteen-minute runtime.
Juliana Hatfield – Lightning Might Strike (American Laundromat) (13th Floor Album Review)
Lightning Might Strike is studio album release number 21 for Juliana Hatfield as a solo artist, the latest in a long career that includes 10 more LPs under various band entities including the Blake Babies, The Lemonheads, Some Girls and Minor Alps.