Troy Kingi – Night Lords (AAA) (13th Floor Album Review)
Troy Kingi’s Night Lords opens like a city after midnight, humming with danger, memory and movement.
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The Others Way Festival – 13th Floor Review #1: November 29, 2025
The 13th Floor’s John Bradbury files his report after last night’s Others Way Festival. Photos by Chris Warne & Philip Chignell.
Hoop — Wrap Me Up in Winter (13th Floor Album Review)
Hoop’s Wrap Me Up in Winter is a quietly resonant mini-album that offers warmth, intimacy and a clear social conscience.
The Bros. Landreth – Dog Ear (Birthday Cake) (13th Floor Album Review)
On Dog Ear, The Bros. Landreth continue their growth from a technically gifted roots outfit into something warmer, wider and more generous.
The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton — AVTT/PTTN (Thirty Tigers) (13th Floor Album Review)
Some collaborations feel engineered. Some feel accidental. AVTT/PTTN by The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton feels like a doorway opening between two worlds that never expected to meet. It is the kind of project that sounds improbable until you hear it, and then it feels strangely inevitable.
Oasis – Accor Stadium, Sydney: November 8, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
13th Floor’s John Bradbury made the trip to Sydney to see the reunited Oasis. Here is his report:
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.
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.