Australian blues rocker Ash Grunwald will be touring New Zealand beginning November 27th in support of his new album, Now. It’s been three years since Ash has played here, which is also when The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda last spoke to him. They spoke again, recently and did some catching up.
Incredibly, more than 20 years after his death, there is still controversy around how Kurt Cobain left this world. Perhaps with the proliferation of conspiracy theories found on the internet, its not so surprising after all. If you are one of those folks who tends to roll their eyes and throw up their hands when […]
Over the course of her 35+year career Lucinda Williams has assembled a a songwriting catalog that ranks among the finest of any songwriters of her generation. That catalog is about to expand with the release of her latest album, The Ghost s Of Highway 20, due in February. New Zealand fans will get an opportunity […]
On the eve of legendary UK punk act The Ruts DC visiting NZ for the first time, we tracked down drummer Dave Ruffy to talk about something very close to our hearts … RECORDS. He talks about his time working in a record store in the seventies. The RUTS DC perform in New Zealand November […]
A couple of days ago we posted a clip of Lisa Crawley performing Up In The Air, the title track to her new EP, at The 13th Floor Studios. Now here’s your chance to watch the complete session. Lisa talks with Marty Duda about her musical life in Melbourne which includes hanging out with Robbie […]
Death Cab For Cutie will be making their way to New Zealand in February for their second show in Wellington and first-ever show in Auckland. The band has gone through a few changes since they were last here, losing founding guitarist Chris Walla and releasing their 8th album Kintsugi.
EL VY is the collaboration between The National front man Matt Berninger and multi-instrumentalist Brent Knopf, currently a member of Ramona Falls and formerly of Menomena. Although The National has kept Matt pretty busy of late, he still found time to write and record a full album with Brent. Calling themselves El VY (pronounced like […]
With just a few days until she embarks on a five-date nationwide tour, Mel Parsons stopped by the 13th Floor studios to talk about touring with Julia Deans and their show at Auckland’s Crystal Palace this Saturday (Halloween) with special guest Anika Moa. Fortunately Mel brought her guitar along and you can also watch her […]
LA-based band Dawes will be performing at Auckland’s Tuning Fork this Thursday evening as part of their Americana Fest. The band released their fourth album, All Your Favorite Bands, earlier this year and have just produced a video of the title track featuring many of their fellow artist, friends and musicians including Conor Oberst and […]
Austin, Texas based band Jamestown Revival will make their live New Zealand debut this Sunday at Auckland’s Tuning Fork as part of this year’s Americana Fest. The act consists of two men, Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, who have known each other since growing up together in small-town Texas. Their debut album, Utah. A Collection […]