New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: March 31, 2023
New Music Friday is here again! Holy moly! The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda presents 5 new albums for your consideration released today with our own Vera Ellen topping the bill.
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The New Pornographers Continue As A Guest: Interview
The New Pornographers release their 9th album, Continue As A Guest, tomorrow on Merge Records. Here is bandleader A.C. Newman with the answers to all of our questions.
Grace Cummings – The Wine Cellar: March 29, 2023
Grace Cummings transfixed fans at Auckland’s Wine Cellar with a solo show that was both intimate and explosive.
Ripe – Singing Those Bright Blues: Interview
Ripe is a band from Boston now based in LA. They’ve just released their second album, Bright Blues and here is front man Robbie Wulfsohn to tell us how it all came to be.
Pentatonix – Spark Arena 29 March 2023
Pentatonix wowed the crowd at the Spark Arena with a high-energy romp through their back catalogue and a fair number of covers.
Heavy Blanket – Moon Is (Outer Battery) Album Review
Heavy Blanket, a J Mascis side project has released their 3rd album, Moon Is, inspiring our man Jeff Neems to write these words about it.
Mice on Stilts & Estère – Shooting Up K Road on a Saturday Night, 25 March 2023
Mice on Stilts & Estère & Kédu Carlö & Speech Act Theory & Chris Dent!!! K Road was exactly where I wanted to be last night – at Whammy and the Wine Cellar.
Counting Crows – Spark Arena, March 25, 2023: Concert Review
Counting Crows performed at Spark Arena last night with the same mastery of eclectic sound and charm they’ve shown for 30 years, delighting the audience with their soulful poetry and engaging stage presence.
The Proclaimers with The Bads – The Powerstation: March 24, 2023
THE PROCLAIMERS moseyed into Auckland after a pretty extensive tiki tour of NZ, with gigs in Oamaru, Blenheim and Hastings included on their schedule.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: March 24, 2023
New Music Friday is here again. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda presents this week’s 5 new albums for your consideration with Lana Del Rey leading the pack.