Hemi Hemingway – Wings of Desire (PNKSLM Recordings) (13th Floor Album Review)
Hemi Hemingway’s Wings of Desire arrives as a record of late-night longing, full of pulse, soft-focus melancholy, and sudden flashes of heat.
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alayna — Set Her Free (Nettwerk) (13th Floor Album Review)
Set Her Free by alayna moves with restraint and confidence. These songs stay with the small shifts that matter, the moment when longing becomes clarity, when vulnerability is held with control.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Laughter in Summer (Transgressive) (13th Floor Album Review)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Laughter in Summer begins with the sound of a room coming into focus: piano notes placed gently, a voice entering as if in conversation rather than performance.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds + Aldous Harding – TSB Arena Wellington: February 6, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds played two shows in Wellington with Aldous Harding supporting…The 13th Floor’s John Bradbury was on the scene…here is his report.
Stray Theories – Falter (Self) (13th Floor Album Review)
Stray Theories’ Falter places the listener inside a moment of imbalance and asks them to remain there. It is an album shaped by hesitation, by sound that circles and recalibrates rather than pressing forward.
Tyler Ballgame – For the First Time, Again (Rough Trade) (13th Floor Album Review)
For the First Time, Again, Tyler Ballgame’s debut album draws you in slowly and patiently on the strength of a voice that feels both exposed and assured, with production that knows when to step back.
Stewart Copeland – Opera House, Wellington: January 20, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Stewart Copeland brought his Have I Said Too Much? tour to Wellington. The show takes shape as an engaging evening of storytelling and reflection, propelled by sharp wit and a restless intelligence that rarely pauses long enough to settle.
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.
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.
