Georgia Lines And The Rose Of Jericho: 13th Floor Interview
Georgia Lines has just released her debut album, The Rose Of Jericho and its a beauty.
John Grant And The Art Of The Lie: 13th Floor Interview
John Grant is about to release his new album, conspicuously titled The Art Of The Lie. Here he is, an American in Iceland commenting and singing about the state of the union of both his native country and his own family.
Jesse Dayton and The Hard Way Blues: 13th Floor Interview
Jesse Dayton follows his critically acclaimed album with Samantha Fish with a set of hard rocking tunes produced by Shooter Jennings called The Hard Way Blues.
Logan Lynn Is Not Just Taking Up Space: 13th Floor Interview
Logan Lynn is something of a modern-day renaissance man…a musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist. His new album, SOFTCORE, has just ben released along with an accompanying film.
Bonny Light Horseman See You Free: 13th Floor Interview
Bonny Light Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman. Together they have made a double album titled Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free.
Mel Parsons on Sabotage: 13th Floor Interview
Mel Parsons is just about to release her new album, titled Sabotage and we thought we’d take the opportunity to talk to Mel about how it came to be.
Park Rd On Writing and Releasing The Novel: 13th Floor Interview
West Auckland band Park Rd have just released their debut album titled The Novel and we caught up with front man Tom Chamberlain on release day!
Vera Ellen Talks About Her Heartbreak For Jetlag: 13th Floor Interview
Vera Ellen has just released her new EP, Heartbreak For Jetlag on Flying Nun and she’s set to go on tour with Reb Fountain and Voom. So, it seems like a good time to catch up with Vera here at The 13th Floor.
Pissed Jeans Are Scratching That Seven-Year Itch: 13th Floor Interview
Pissed Jeans have just released their first album in seven years. Its called Half Divorced and direct from Philadelphia, PA, here is frontman Matt Korvette to tell us what took so long.
Shannon and The Clams and Why The Moon Is In The Wrong Place: 13th Floor Interview
Shannon and The Clams have just released their 7th studio album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and released on his Easy Eye label. But as you’ll hear, there was nothing easy about making this record.
Blitzen Trapper Shares Their 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions With Us: 13th Floor Interview
Blitzen Trapper is about to release their 11th studio album titled 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions a collection of songs inspired by Ancient Buddhist texts and an abandoned box of audio tapes.
Call Me Spinster Making Potholes from Athens to Chattanooga: 13th Floor Interview
Call Me Spinster are three sisters from Chattanooga, Tennessee who have just released a new album titled Potholes and are new ready to spill the beans on recording in Athens and living in Chattanooga.
Mick Harvey Presents Five Ways To Say Goodbye: 13th Floor Interview
Mick Harvey is on a roll! Just months after releasing Phantasmagoria In Blue with Amanda Acevedo, here he is again with another album. Five Ways To Say Goodbye finds the former Bad Seed covering Neil Young and Lee Hazelwood alongside his own original compositions.
The Skids Richard Jobson on Sid, Johnny, Lou and Punk: Interview
Veteran Scottish punk rockers The Skids are touring New Zealand for the first time in their 45 year career.
Big/Brave Creates A Chaos Of Flowers: 13th Floor Interview
Big/Brave is a Montreal-based noise band fronted by Robin Wattie and signed to Thrill Jockey Records. Their new album is an aural feast entitled A Chaos Of Flowers.
Greta Van Fleet: Sam Kiszka on Wardrobe, Nashville and Touring Down Under: Interview
Greta Van Fleet has announced that their Starcatcher World Tour will head down under with shows in Australia and New Zealand in August.
Eric Bibb Is Ridin’ Down Under, Solo Style (Interview)
Eric Bibb is an American blues singer and songwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden. Eric is on his way down under with his first stop in Auckland on May 9th at The Tuning Fork.
Ian Hunter on Defiance Part 2 and the State Of Rock & Roll (Interview)
Ian Hunter, former Mott The Hoople front man, has just released a new album titled Defiance Part2: Fiction. It is a star-studded affair featuring members of Queen, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes and friends like Johnny Depp, Lucinda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton and final contributions from Jeff Beck […]
Claire Rousay Talks About sentiment and Being a “Lifer” (Interview)
Claire Rousay has just released sentiment, a collection of compositions and field recordings that finds the ambient improvisor breaking new musical ground.
El Hula Hides No More – Blair Jollands Is Back: 13th Floor Interview
El Hula is Kiwi musician Blair Jollands. Now based in London, Blair is back in New Zealand to play a string of solo dates throughout the country.