Pavement – PAVEMENTS OST (Matador) (13th Floor Album Review)
Legendary indie-rockers Pavement have made their way to the silver screen with the Alex Ross Perry directed experimental-musical-concert-biopic film Pavements. While the soundtrack has been floating around on streaming services for a few months, it is making its eventual release to LP and CD this Friday.
The Saints – ’73-’78 – Live Nights In Venice Vol. 1 (In The Red) (13th Floor EP Review)
The Saints ’73–’78 is an initiative driven by Ed Kuepper, focusing on the first three albums and debuting in Australia in November 2024.
Dick Move – Dream, Believe, Achieve (1:12 / Flying Nun Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
Unfiltered, Explosive, Political, Punk. Dick Move’s latest album Dream, Believe, Achieve, is a giant fuck you to the current political climate in Aotearoa and beyond.
Sabine McCalla – Don’t Call Me Baby (Gar Hole) (13th Floor Album Review)
Sabine McCalla released her debut album Don’t Call Me Baby last week. Released on the independent US label Gar Hole Records, the LP is a remarkable statement of multi-genre American roots music.
Beastwars – The Ship// The Sea (Destroy Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
The Ship// The Sea is Beastwars sixth album, as with previous offering, the artwork is once again by Nick Keeler, (a mighty image it is too) and the music produced by James Goldsmith and Nathan Hickey, who have handled members’ creative egos since 2016.
Paul Kelly – Seventy (Universal) (13th Floor Album Review)
Paul Kelly’s latest album, Seventy, arrives amid whispers that it may be his last, capping a spectacular 50-year career. If this is his final statement, how does it stand as an epitaph?
Portugal. The Man – SHISH (Thirty Tigers) (13th Floor Album Review)
Portugal. The Man are throwing their latest eclectic offering SHISH out into the world this Friday. The Grammy winning band, consisting of just two primary members, are back to their independent roots after their departure from Atlantic Records.
Sam Cullen – Sam Cullen (13th Floor Album Review)
If an album of music is a journey, then Sam Cullen’s self-titled debut album is a journey back in time.
Sorry – Cosplay (Domino) (13th Floor Album Review)
Sorry’s third album Cosplay feels like the moment they stop trying to explain themselves.
Theia — Girl, In A Savage World (13th Floor Album Review)
Theia doesn’t ease you in. Girl, In A Savage World opens with drone, breath, water and chant, and you feel as if you are entering a ceremony.
Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World (Nonesuch) (13th Floor Album Review)
Rhythm-and-blues-meets-gospel-royalty Mavis Staples puts out her latest (and 14th) studio album Sad And Beautiful World this Friday. It’s a beautiful expression of the grim times we are living in and how love can bring us out of the fold.
Blair Morgan – Sunday River (Blair Morgan Music) (13th Floor Album Review)
Sunday River is Blair Morgan’s first studio album released under his own name and, you might ask, what took him so long?
The Charlatans – We Are Love (BMG) (13th Floor Album Review)
The Charlatans have returned with their 14th album, We Are Love, after an eight-year hiatus. The core question: Was it worth the wait?
Helium Project – Rino Tangi (Steel that Sings) (13th Floor EP Review)
On Rino Tangi (Steel that Sings), Tāmaki Makaurau’s Helium Project transform Gary Hunt’s hand-forged percussion sculptures, created by the former punk drummer, into instruments that gleam, sigh and resonate with a musicality that is central to the project’s warmth.
The Belair Lip Bombs — Again (Third Man Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
Melbourne’s The Belair Lip Bombs don’t waste time. Their second album, Again, packs a restless half-hour of wiry guitars, melodic punch, and emotional intelligence into ten tracks that move like a live set: fast, tight, and slightly unpredictable.
Georgia Knight – Beanpole (13th Floor Album Review)
From the opening chords, Beanpole, the debut album from Georgia Knight, is something special. For starters, how many writers play autoharp as their central instrument?
Micah P. Hinson – The Tomorrow Man (Ponderosa) (13th Floor Album Review)
Micah P. Hinson returns with strings, horns and hope, to deliver The Tomorrow Man, his most cohesive and inspired album in many years.
Harper Finn – Silo Park (Warner NZ) (13th Floor Album Review)
Indie-pop singer Harper Finn gives us a dreamy journey of self-discovery in his debut album Silo Park. Expect catchy hooks, a wide range of instrumentation, and some tidy production.
Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream (Universal) (13th Floor Album Review)
With Everybody Scream, Florence Welch doesn’t simply release a new album; she casts a spell.
Hail, Meteor! — Nearer (13th Floor Album Review)
Hail, Meteor!’s Nearer begins with a low vibration that feels like the unsettled atmosphere before a storm. The sound grows slowly until it becomes a living landscape of rhythm and resonance.