Concert Review: The Veils – The Powerstation May 2, 2021
Finn Andrews assembled his Kiwi-powered version of The Veils for one last show on the band’s Nux Vomica tour at Auckland’s Powerstation.
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Concert Review: Marlowe, Looking For Alaska, Echo Children at Thirsty Dog, 1 May 2021
A debut & new single from Rupert Marlowe, Looking For Alaska and Echo Children getting some well-earned attention. The Thirsty Dog rocked out on Saturday night.
Watch: Florian Habicht Tells all About James & Isey
Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht’s new film, James & Isey opens in New Zealand cinemas on May 6th. Florian stopped by The 13th Floor Studio to tell us all about it.
Concert Review: Sin City at Freida Margolis, 30 April 2021
Sin City. You walk into the butcher shop and it’s transformed like the Tardis into a Gilded Palace of Sin, and these two wandering Kiwi prodigal sons have returned after travelling all over the World and they are about to lay down what they describe as Dad Rock.
Concert Review: Georgia Lines & LAIIKA – The Tuning Fork, May 1, 2021
It’s another busy weekend of live music in Auckland. Saturday night found Georgia Lines and LAIIKA at The Tuning Fork along with a surprise opening act.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with The Rose Petals
With their debut album, American Grenadine, finally released, here are Peter and Elijah of The Rose Petals to tell you all about it.
Concert Review: Carnivorous Plant Society – Wine Cellar April 30, 2021
The Wine Cellar is where The Carnivorous Plant Society – Tour of Oblivion bid NZ adieu. Under a red haze, a veritable horde of instruments hugged the stage. The performers squeezed within the instrument puzzle and the Finn Scholes experience began.
Album Review: Luke Haines – Setting the Dogs on the Post Punk Postman (Cherry Red)
By the time you are in your fifties it’s good to have been shortlisted for the Mercury prize, appeared on Top of the Pops and written a critically praised autobiography. Luke Haines has done all of these, he was the lead singer of The Auters, who missed out on the Mercury Prize to Suede in […]
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Deniz Tek
Here’s Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek to tell us all about the vinyl reissue of his first solo album, Take It To The Vertical, originally released in 1992.
Album Review: Chris Cain – Raisin’ Cain (Alligator)
Blues man Chris Cain’s latest, Raisin’ Cain is a helluva knockout album.