The Veils – …And Out Of The Void Came Love (Album Review)
The Veils have just released their first album in 7 years, …And Out Out Of The Void Came Love, setting a hauntingly beautiful tone to the year with their long-awaited return.
Album Reviews
Jen Cloher – I Am The River, The River Is Me (Album Review)
Jen Cloher -Part way through Mana Takatapui, the opening track of Jen Cloher’s I Am the River, The River is Me, there’s a melodic flourish that feels vaguely reminiscent of the bouncy guitar riff in George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord. Half a century later, Cloher’s record is also deeply spiritual but one that addresses not […]
Scott Cook – The Bunker: Feb. 27, 2023: Concert Review
Scott Cook entertained the Folkies and the Folkie-Hags who packed out the Devonport Bunker on a rare Auckland summer evening free of rain, flash floods and cyclones.
The Shootouts – Stampede (Soundly) Album Review
Stampede is The Shootouts’ third album and is released on the eve of their Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville, the Mecca for country music artists which parallels in stature and importance the Apollo Theatre for African American artists.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Future Is Your Past
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (these days basically Anton Newcombe) have just released their 20th studio album and The 13th Floor’s Floyd Lee has had a listen (or two).
Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel (New West) (Album Review)
I’d like to tell you that Sunny War is a new artist that you should take notice of, but the truth is, Anarchist Gospel is Sunny’s fourth album, so shame on me for not being onto Sunny sooner.
Auckland Folk Festival: 13th Floor Was There!
Auckland Folk Festival did its best to happen despite the rain. New 13th Floor photographer Den was there. Here’s what he saw.
Joe Henry – All The Eyes Can See (earMusic)
Joe Henry ends the credits to his new release All the Eyes Can See in gratitude for John Prine. The influence of this friendship is discernible: songs with a keen eye for the human condition and in which the lyrics were clearly born well before the melodies.
John Cale – Mercy (Domino) (Album Review)
John Cale at age 80, is the last man standing from the original Velvet Underground. On this, his 17th solo album, Cale proves to be as musically adventurous as ever.
Surf Trash – Under the Radar: 13th Floor EP Review
Surf Trash lay down a brace of sparkling power pop songs on second EP Under the Radar.