Concert Photos: Car Seat Headrest at Auckland City Limits 2018
Will Toledo brought his Twin Fantasy album to life at Auckland City Limits accompanied by moody guitar sounds and lo-fi harmonies.
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Concert Photos: The Libertines at Auckland City Limits 2018
At The 13th Floor, we are still buzzing from all the shows at Auckland City Limits! Our photographer, Reuben Raj, captured a lot of amazing photographs and so we decided to create mini galleries and share with all of you! Here’s the first set of photos showing Pete Doherty and Carl Barat showing everyone at […]
The 13th Floor Continues to Explore the NZ Festival
The New Zealand Festival continues this week in Wellington. Tim Gruar and Ruben Mita were there to sample some of the music and events. Highlights include: collaborations between Lawrence Arabia, Luke Buda and Sam Scott and another with Laughton Kora and Bailey Wiley; a dazzling jazz performance from American bass king Thundercat; folk by The […]
The Incubus 8 Tour – Well Worth Shouting About!
Incubus – Spark Arena, March 4 2018 How do you make up for six years of absence? Well, in the case of Brandon Boyd and the boys from Incubus, you bring down the house with a crowd pleaser of a concert packed to the hilt with as many old faithfuls as you can haul before […]
Lucy Dacus: It Makes Me Want To Throw Up, & It Makes Me Want To Dance At The Same Time (Interview)
Lucy Dacus is on a roll. The Richmond, Virginia native’s 2016 debut album, No Burden, earned the singer-songwriter rave reviews and a contract with Matador Record. Now, Dacus has just released the hotly-anticipated follow-up titled Historian. It’s a highly-personalized concept album…the concept being contemporary life in America. A few days before the album’s March 2nd […]
Grizzly Bear – The Opera House March 3, 2018
Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear filled the picturesque Wellington Opera House for the first of two dates last night, as part of the New Zealand Festival. The atmospheric venue, done up with grey stage hangings, was filled to the back with an audience encompassing a diverse age range, all drawn away from a bustling Saturday night […]
Psycroptic – Whammy Bar March 3, 23018
While Auckland City Limits was winding down, Australian tech-death legends Psycroptic headed up a killer line up of local and international death metal at Whammy Bar.
Grace Stalls Then Stuns While Beck Stumbles At ACL
Auckland City Limits Western Springs March 3, 2018 Despite a brief rain shower in the morning, the city played its part perfectly for this year’s Auckland City Limits Festival. The sun shone, the bands played and the fans grooved.
Billy T Jams – Q Theatre March 2, 2018
Its hard to complain about a comedy gig, especially when you and your companion leave the theatre collectively carrying close to two kilos of unsolicited mayonnaise.
The Breeders – All Nerve (4AD)
“No one’s here to stay” repeats Kim Deal a third of the way into All Nerve, The Breeders’ long-awaited new studio album. Coming over the menacing groove of MetaGoth, that sounds like it could have been recorded by the group any time since they formed in 1989, the line is a strong reminder of the […]