Busby Marou Tuning Fork February 9, 2018
After testing the waters in NZ with opening slots for James Blunt and Paul Kelly, Australian duo Busby Marou jump in with both feet with their first headlining tour across the ditch.
After testing the waters in NZ with opening slots for James Blunt and Paul Kelly, Australian duo Busby Marou jump in with both feet with their first headlining tour across the ditch.
Having just flown in from New York City, Brazilian musician Nanny Assis stopped into The 13th Floor to talk about his latest projects.
Canadian pop-punk rockers Simple Plan will pick up where they left off last year by bringing their No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls 15th Anniversary Tour to Auckland’s Powerstation in April. This will be the first New Zealand performance for quintet. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Simple Plan lead singer Pierre Bouvier just after […]
Let us pause to consider, or reconsider, the Ohio Players. The 1970s funk band is the subject of a career-spanning 3-CD anthology titled The Definitive Collection Plus.
This past Saturday marked the 59th anniversary of “the day the music died.” It was on February 3rd, 1959 that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson (The Big Bopper) died when their small plane crashed near Mason City, Iowa. Now, touring musicians face a different, just as fatal, reality.
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton returns to New Zealand this month to open for Kitty, Daisy & Lewis at Auckland’s Powerstation on February 11th. The American roots and blues musician will then headline five more shows throughout the country. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Jerron recently to catch up on what he’s be up […]
Napier three-piece Jakob brought their 20th Anniversary tour to Auckland, performing a wordless 80-minute set that, nonetheless, spoke volumes.
Christchurch trio Salad Boys celebrated the release of their second long-player, This Is Glue, with a scorching set at Auckland’s Thirsty Dog.
A double bill of two of Auckland’s finest indie acts made The Golden Dawn the place to be on this Thursday night.
New Zealand garage rockers The Cavemen made the move to London a couple of years ago. Since then they’ve been tearing up the European club scene. Their UK-based record label, Dirty Water Records is reissuing the band’s first album, recorded in Auckland, on blood red vinyl this week with two bonus tracks. We thought this […]