The Stranglers – Powerstation: March 13, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
As the band embarks on their ‘final and last-ever tour’, no, wait, that was in 2023, this is the Fifty Years In Black Anniversary Tour! But sarcasm aside, fans gathered once again to hear not just crowd-pleasers but also the echoes of their shared musical history.
Slipknot – Spark Arena: March 11, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Slipknot took over Spark Arena last night for a one-night-only performance and, for a few dizzying, chaotic hours, Auckland belonged to the Maggots. This wasn’t just a gig; it was a full-scale audio assault, a brutal, sweaty purge wrapped in distortion, screams, and adrenaline. R.I.P. my eardrums.
Chris Stapleton – Spark Arena : March 9, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
It’s show #2 of a two-night stand at Auckland’s Spark Arena as Chris Stapleton brings his All-American Road Show Tour to New Zealand.
Cross St. Music Festival: 13th Floor Photo Gallery!
The Cross St Music Festival took place this Saturday in Auckland and 13th Floor photographer Michael Jeong was on the scene catching all the action.
Will Swinton – Double Whammy: March 6, 2025
He’s toured the U.S., racked up millions of streams, signed to Capitol Records and released two E.P.s, yet Kiwi pop phenom Will Swinton has only performed in Auckland a couple of times. So, this headlining gig at Double Whammy is something his hometown fans have been waiting for. It was a young, mostly female […]
Health – Double Whammy: March 5, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Los Angeles Industrial Electro Metal group HEALTH haven’t visited our shores since 2016, previously here in 2010 ()where they played to maybe 20 people at the now defunct Transmission Room).
My Baby – Double Whammy: February 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Dutch/Kiwi trio My Baby brought their Acoustic Blues Club Tour to Auckland proving that their brand of voodoo blues is as vibrant as ever, more than a decade after they formed and just months away from their next studio album.
Auckland Sounds 2025 – OMD, Tom Bailey, Jon Stevens & Diesel – Eventfinda Stadium: February 27, 2025
AUCKLAND SOUNDS delivered a star-studded line-up to take an ageing audience back to their heyday at the North Shore’s Eventfinda Stadium last night. Carin Newbould was there to report on the retro action, with Michael Jeong taking pics of what went down.
The Flatliners – Double Whammy: February 26, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Canada’s Flatliners made their Auckland debut a mere 20 years after the release of their first album. Was it worth the wait? Well…yeah!
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – Aotea Centre: February 25, 2025
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox returned to Auckland with their Magic & Moonlight World Tour, offering creative covers of modern hits presented with their trademark retro vibe. The 13th Floor’s Carin Newbould was there to check out whether nostalgic takes on contemporary classics did indeed deliver a magical evening.
Osees – Hollywood Avondale: February 21, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Perchance! In this scribe’s (13th Floor Reviewer – Simon Coffey) opinion, tonight’s show at The Hollywood in Avondale, by lauded California entity Osees may have achieved ‘Gig-o-the Year’ status, whilst we are barely 14% into 2025.
Amyl & The Sniffers – Powerstation: February 15, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Possibly the most highly-anticipated concert since Jack White played The Powerstation back in December, Aussie rockers Amyl & The Sniffers made their Auckland debut at the same hallowed venue.
AlkaSilka – Acho’s: February 12, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
As the guitarist maestro Brian Purington from Swallow The Rat said as we drank fine beverages and ate magnificent Japanese bar food at Acho’s on K’Rd. “How often do you get to see a waycool punk/folk band from Japan in a New Zealand Japanese bar?” AlkaSilka are on the weekend’s bill to play with The […]
God Is An Astronaut – Tuning Fork: February 11, 2025
Twenty years plus since creation and 11 albums on, Ireland’s God Is An Astronaut have finally made it to the shores of Aotearoa, well Te Ika-a-Māui at least, for two shows. Still fronted by founders and twin brothers Niels and Torsten Kinsella, with Lloyd Hanney on drums, GIAA play a synthesis of post-prog-punk-pyschadelia with a […]
Damien Rice – Bruce Mason Centre: February 9, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Damien Rice made a welcome return to Auckland playing to a sold out audience 20+ years after he was last in town.
Laneway Festival 2025 – Western Springs: February 6, 2025
2025’s Tamaki Makaurau’s Laneway versus the 2010 inaugural, is quite a different beast. It has grown in size, evolved in music, and shifted venues three times, (with the likelihood of another venue change coming in 2026) Meanwhile the food queues still exist, the early evening waif from the portaloo encampments seeps, and FOMO still plagues […]
Bryan Adams – Spark Arena: February 4, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
BRYAN ADAMS blessed Auckland with his presence last night, in a sell-out show following on from his Christchurch dates, ably supported by JAMES ARTHUR. Carin Newbould was there to report back for The 13th Floor.
C.O.F.F.I.N., Dick Move, & Bloodbags – Whammy Bar: February 4, 2025
It’s Tuesday, Ratu, a rare early week show, an anathema for many working stiffs, but the allure of something new, fresh meat for the grinder drew Simon Coffey, 13th Floor Reviewer from suburbia, to experience Aussie Punk and Rock(ers) C.O.F.F.I.N. aka Children of Finland Fighting in Norway.
Moider Mother/Grecco Romank/Demons of Noon – Whammy Bar: January 25, 2025
There are links between Ōtautahi act Moider Mother and Tamaki Makaurau group Grecco Romank, google reveals all, though where Demons of Noon fits in is a little more mysterious. But on a wet and windy (but warm) rahoroi night all toru groups performed to an unostentatious-sized crowd in a oubliette-like space on Karangahape Rd.
Brother Sister and Robots In Love – Big Fan: January 25, 2025 (Photo Gallery)
Auckland’s Brother Sister and Dunedin’s Robots In Love teamed up along with post-hardcore band MullBrain for some steamy fun at Big Fan.