Tonight at the NZ Music awards Toy Love receive the NZ Herald Legacy award. They recently received a video grant to make a video for Swimming Pool. The first video for a Toy Love song in 32 years. It was directed by Jeff Smith, bass player from The Newmatics. Jeff & The Newmatics opened for Toy Love at […]
Reading Neil Young’s autobiography is like listening to his music…some chapters are short and to the point (think Welfare Mothers), others are long rambling affairs (think Cortez The Killer). The 500 page tome is a personal, often emotional look at Young’s life, his music and his passion for his cars, his friends and his family […]
It’s been over a decade since blues legend John Lee Hooker passed away. This DVD is basically 18 video clips from 1960 up until 1994. Along the way Hooker teams up with a myriad of artists including Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder and The Rolling Stones. Click here to read the entire DVD review […]
Greg Fleming and The Trains performed at The Kings Arms Sunday night as part of the Southern Fried Sunday series, hosted by Bernie Griffen. Watch here as Greg and the band play the title track to his new album, Edge Of The City: [wpvideo XJycz3ti] Click here to read The 13th Floor review of Edge Of […]
Thanks to photographer Alexander Hallag who traveled from Wellington to shoot these photos of Rufus Wainwright performing at Auckland’s Civic Theatre. [slideshow]
Bob Dylan’s new album, Tempest, is due for release on September 7th. In the mean time, here’s a track from the forthcoming record. It’s called Duquesne Whistle and you can here it here:
Anika Moa, Boh Runga and Hollie Smith are making music together. Their first video has just been released. Here is the promo blurb that comes with it: Put three music icons – strong women with voices and personalities to match – in a studio and see what happens. Let’s just call them Anika, Boh & […]
Here’s a little bonus…concert photos of The (English) Beat taken at their recent show at Auckland’s Powerstation taken by photographer Jonathan Ganley. [slideshow]
Kurt Shanks, former member of Stellar, has just released his first album under his own name. The title is Blood Line Heart and it features Kurt along with his band The Drakes and a few special guests. Kurt Shanks dropped by The 13th Floor to record his thoughts about several tracks from the album. Click […]
Gomez make a welcome return to NZ, performing at Auckland’s Powerstation on Tuesday 23rd October and Wellington Opera House on Wednesday 24th. Since their emergence on the English scene in the mid 90s, where their early demos caused a bidding war between record labels, followed swiftly by the Mercury Prize win for their debut album […]