Pearly* & Cruelly + Salt Water Criminals -Whammy Bar: July 24, 2025
The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey has had a very busy week…Friday night found him at Whammy Bar to catch Pearly*, Salt Water Criminals and Cruelly.
Concert Review
Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra – Spark Arena: July 26, 2025
In a genre-defying spectacle, Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra brought the raw energy of rock and metal to Spark Arena—elevated by the grandeur of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. With a 29-piece symphony, a full rock band, and a lineup of New Zealand’s finest vocalists, the night delivered an unforgettable blend of power, precision, and passion. […]
Fazerdaze – Takapuna Winter Lights Festival: July 25, 2025
The 13th Floor’s Azrie Azizi caught his favourite band, Fazerdaze, at the Takapuna Winter Lights Festival last night. Here are his words and photos.
Billy Strings – Spark Arena: July 22, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Billy Strings was a pickin’, and we were a grinnin’ as he and his four compadres treated a nearly-full Spark Arena to nearly two and a half hours of primo Bluegrass music.
Awning + For The Girl Who Has Everything – Whammy Bar: July 18, 2025
Since the release of Awning’s debut, My Friend Dog EP, recordings made between 2021 and 2023, singer/songwriter Christian Dimick has made significant strides, and I’m not just talking distance between Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tamaki Makaurau.
Princess Chelsea’s Midwinter Ball – The Civic/Wintergarden: July 18, 2026
Cold weather be damned! Princess Chelsea invited all of Auckland to celebrate the season with another Midwinter Ball and the response was so great it was expanded to two nights.
10cc and Georgia Lines – Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre: July 12, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
10cc brought their Ultimate Ultimate Hits Tour to Auckland last night and The 13th Floor’s Robin Kearns took to the ferry to find out if one original member makes a band. Chris Zwaagdyk provides photographic evidence.
Delaney Davidson – Double Whammy: July 11, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Delaney Davidson is a well-dressed figure in Noir’ Country Music, as a troubadour he acts in the shadows, alone, in collaboration and as a guiding muse, creating music which reeks of theatre, vaudeville and infective uneasiness.
Ladi6 – Hollywood Avondale: July 5, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Last night the party was in Avondale…at the classic Hollywood cinema to be specific…where Ladi6 celebrated her “comeback” album, Le Vā in front of an audience that had, indeed, come to party.
Grapehouse, Groopchat & Castlegarden -Small Gods Taproom: July 4, 2025
Small Gods Taproom: Hidden near the Powerstation. below towering apartments, accessible by steep hills and pathways.