The Ice Road – Director Jonathan Hensleigh: Interview
The Ice Road opens in NZ cinemas this week and writer/director Jonathan Hensleigh spoke to The 13th Floor about making the frozen thriller that stars Liam Neeson.
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WOMAD NZ 2022 – First Artists Announced
WOMAD returns delivering world-class performers from Aotearoa, for the award-winning three-day festival.
Billy Strings Reveals His Renewal: Interview
Billy Strings, the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass artist is about to release his next album, Renewal. Here he is to tell us about it.
13th Floor Uptown Lowdown Ep 9: Watch Now!
Uptown Lowdown Episode 9 is now posted for your musical edification with features on Lorde, The Beths, Billy Strings, Matthew E. White and much more.
Bad Bad Hats Release Their Walkman: Interview
Bad Bad Hats are an indie-rock trio based in St. Paul, Minnesota and have just released their third album, Walkman.
A Fracking Tour of Taranaki – Film Premiere
A Fracking Tour of Taranaki part of Someday Stories Series 5 Film premieres at 11am, Monday 20 September
Elvis Costello – Spanish Model: a classic revisited
Elvis Costello reworks his 1978 classic, This Year’s Model. Released at the time of the punk and new wave explosion in the UK the original version was his second album and the first to feature The Attractions as his band. The combination of Pete Thomas’ powerful drums, Bruce Thomas’ melodic bass lines and Steve Nieve’s […]
Carrie Newcomer – Until Now – topical folksongs wrapped in kindness: Album Review
Carrie Newcomer brings us her latest album, Until Now, a collection of finely played and intimate folk songs. The lyrics reflect on the current challenges in the world from a Quaker perspective, with rich imagery from the natural world and observations of the day to day.
Mako Road – Stranger Days: cool kiwi vibes on a debut album
Mako Road release their debut album close to four years from their first single. They make it a good one. The Cantabrian-to-Wellington quartet have an immediately familiar Pacific Dub Reggae signature to their music, but they branch out and expand from there.
Julia Bardo – Bauhaus, L’Appartamento (Wichita Recordings): Album Review
Julia Bardo, an Italian singer-songwriter has given us a gem of a Pop debut. Drenched in the atmosphere of The gold star, Girl-Group-Beatles-Byrds axis; tapping into the Jet Age Sound.