Filter – Powerstation: April 3, 2024 (Concert Review)
Filter return, 24 years after their last visit, to Aotearoa…delayed by artistic malaise, substance abuse, the failure of others (PledgeMusic going bankrupt) and the Covid pandemic.
Greg Johnson – Q Theatre March 30, 2024 (Concert Review)
Greg Johnson closed out his 1000 Miles Tour at Auckland’s Q Theatre with two sets of songs that solidified the singer/songwriter’s place as one of New Zealand’s finest.
Dylan – Tuning Fork: March 27, 2024 (Concert Review)
Dylan is the 24-year-old up-and-coming English pop star, not the 82-year-old living legend and she brought her Rebel Child Tour to Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night.
Paul Kelly – Hollywood Avondale: March 22, 2024 (Concert Review)
Paul Kelly along his nephew Dan, performed, what was billed, as an acoustic show at Auckland’s Hollywood Avondale, but the atmosphere was electric, especially when a “special guest” was introduced.
Machine Head + Fear Factory – Powerstation: March 21, 2024 (Concert Photos)
Machine Head closed out their Slaughter The Martour tour with help from Fear Factory and a sold out crowd of metal-loving Kiwis.
Halestorm – Auckland Town Hall : March 18, 2024 (Concert Review)
Halestorm blew into town Monday night and turned the Auckland Town Hall into their own Church with the assembled congregation throwing horns and worshiping at the altar of this very loud quartet from Pennsylvania.
Disturbed – Spark Arena: March 15, 2024 (Concert Review)
The crowd piling into Spark Arena on a wet Autumn evening were an eclectic bunch all there to see Disturbed rip through their classic alt metal set list. There were more than a few cargo pants and a lot of various pieces of merch featuring “The Guy” – the official mascot of Disturbed – showing […]
Teenage Fanclub – The Powerstation: March 15, 2024 (Concert Review)
Kurt Cobain famously declared Teenage Fanclub his favourite band, and over a thirty-plus year career the Scottish band have gone from scrappy indie underdogs, to critics’ darlings, to an act now probably best described as a “beloved institution”.
Ville Valo – Powerstation: March 13, 2024 (Concert Review)
Ville Valo, aka VV, aka former leader of Finnish goth-metal band HIM brought his live show to Auckland’s Powerstation last night where a smallish crowd of biggish fans was made very happy.
W.I.T.C.H. – Hollywood Avondale: March 13, 2024 (Concert Review)
W.I.T.C.H. performed at the Hollywood Avondale last night and The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey was on the scene, as was photographer Aaron Christiansen.
Ralph McTell – Tuning Fork: March 13, 2024 (Concert Review)
It was three-for-one at the Tuning Fork as Ralph McTell held a reverential audience spellbound for a solo show, his first Auckland appearance in two decades.
P!nk – Eden Park: March 8, 2023 (Concert Review)
P!nk brought her Summer Carnival Tour to Auckland’s Eden Park for the first of two massive shows, making 40,000 fans very, very happy.
Janine + YAHYAH – Tuning Fork: March 7, 2024 (Photo Gallery)
Janine and YAHYAH performed at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night, kicking off Janine’s World Tour 2024.
Shonen Knife and Teenwolf – Artworks on Waiheke: March 6, 2024
Exuberance. Joyous energy. Pounding rhythms. Smiles from the stage connecting with smiles in the crowd, That’s Shonen Knife, unleashed in the cosy space of Artworks Theatre on Waiheke. A dose of deliciously good tunes in a world too beset with angst and gloom.
Angelus Apatrida + Hidden Intent + Imperial Slave + Just One Fix – Whammy Bar: March 2, 2024 (Photo Gallery)
Angelus Apatrida, Hidden Intent, Imperial Slave and Just One Fix raised the roof at Auckland’s Whammy Bar last night and 13th Floor photographer Michael Jeong was snapping like crazy.
Bic Runga & Georgia Lines – Hamilton Gardens: March 2, 2024
Saturday night at Hamilton Gardens, the spectacular Rhododendron Garden served as the location for tonight’s performance featuring national treasure Bic Runga,
Dinosaur Jr & Office Dog – Auckland Town Hall: March 2, 2024 (Concert Review)
Dinosaur Jr shattered a few eardrums last night at Auckland Town Hall. We sent Jeff Neems to the show…after all they are one of his fave bands.
Blink-182 & Rise Against – Spark Arena: March 2, 2024
Blink-182 rode into town and rocked Auckland’s Spark Arena with help from Rise Against. The 13th Floor’s Andra Jenkin was there to catch all the action:
Graham Nash – Civic Theatre: March 1, 2024 (Concert Review)
Graham Nash played two hit-filled sets at Auckland’s Civic Theatre, proving at age 82, the former CSN&Y and Hollies member can still Teach Your Children a thing or two.
Mogwai – Powerstation: March 1, 2024 (Concert Review)
Starting his weekend in style, 13th Floor Reviewer Simon Coffey, went to see Scottish musical situationists Mogwai at the Powerstation, to relive 2016 all over again.