Huawei NZ Successfully Hosts Music Festival in Auckland
On Friday 13th April 2018, telecommunications giant Huawei hosted a free music festival at Auckland’s Federal Street. Marty Duda spoke with Huawei NZ Marketing Manager, Louie Hu, about Huawei’s aim and plans to act locally with artists and communities while celebrating the launch of the new P20 and P20 Pro smartphone.
The DMA’s: The 13th Floor Interview
Australian rockers The DMA’s have just released their second album, For Now. The band’s three core songwriters, Matt Mason, Tommy O’Dell, and Johnny Took have been holed up in the studio with producer Ken Moyes sweating over the 12 tracks that comprise For Now. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to guitarist/keyboard player Johnny Took about […]
Eilen Jewell’s Singin’ The Blues (Interview)
Boise, Idaho’s finest, Eilen Jewell, returns to Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Saturday, June 2nd.
Watch: DZ Deathrays Visit The 13th Floor!
Australian rockers DZ Deathrays stopped into The 13th Floor while in Auckland to perform at Galatos tonight.
Sleeping With Sirens – The 13th Floor Interview
US rockers Sleeping With Sirens are set to return to Auckland’s Powerstation this Sunday night. The band is on the road supporting their latest album, Gossip, which finds the quintet moving from rock to pop. But rockers, fear not! As lead vocalist Kellin Quinn tells The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda, “our next record is definitely going […]
P.P. Arnold: The 13th Floor Interview
She’s known as “London’s First Lady Of Soul”. She’s recorded with The Small Faces, Humble Pie, Nick Drake and Roger Waters. And she released the original hit version of Cat Stevens’ First Cut Is The Deepest. P.P. Arnold may not be a household name, but her influence and talent is undeniable. Now, the former Ikette, […]
John Garcia Brings The Desert To Auckland (Interview)
Former Kyuss front man John Garcia has two performances lined up in New Zealand this week.
Kimbra: The 13th Floor Interview
Kimbra’s much-anticipated third album, Primal Heart, was finally released on Friday after a three-month delay. The plucky New Zealander has collaborated with the likes of Skrillex, John Congleton and Natasha Bedingfield to create a collection of songs that will take her to the next level. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Kimbra the day […]
October – The 13th Floor Interview
New Zealand singer, producer and songwriter October…aka Emma Logan…has released her debut album, Ultra Red, today via Universal Music. The 21-year-old Blenheim native has been working up to this moment every since her first commercial single, Cherry Cola, caught the ear of tastemakers around the globe, including Lorde. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda sat down […]
A Perfect Circle – The 13th Floor Interview
A Perfect Circle, the band formed by Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel almost 20 years ago, is about to release their long-awaited third album of original material.
Biffy Clyro: The 13th Floor Interview
Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro are coming to Auckland for a one-off show at Spark Arena on Tuesday, April 24th. As it turns out, this is a rare show for the trio, who only have a handful of dates planned for 2018. Instead they plan to spend most of the year in the studio, working on […]
Lawrence (Felt): The 13th Floor Interview
Begun by a teenager known only as Lawrence who was obsessed with Tom Verlaine of Television, Felt emerged at the end of the 1970s. The London-based band, led by Lawrence and supported by a revolving lineup of musicians, released 10 albums and 10 singles during the 1980s, then promptly disbanded, mission accomplished. Now, the enigmatic […]
Melissa Etheridge: We Have Come a Long, Long Way (Interview)
Melissa Etheridge is joining forces with Sheryl Crow for a three-date tour of New Zealand beginning April 9th at Trusts Stadium in Auckland. It wasn’t that long ago that a show featuring two women as co-headliners was considered bad business. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Melissa recently about the changes that have taken […]
Josienne Clarke: The 13th Floor Interview
English folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker release their sixth album today, titled Seedlings All. The twosome has been recording together since 2010 with Josienne handling most of the vocal duties and songwriting while Ben plays a myriad of instruments and arranges the tunes. Seedlings All is the duo’s first long player to feature […]
The 13th Floor Photography Series: Ivan Karczewski
Hello, my name is Reuben Raj and I am pleased to host a new segment on The 13th Floor that focuses on music photography and the faces behind the camera. We hope this new feature will allow our readers to learn more about our talented team of photographers who work relentlessly in capturing moments of […]
Lucy Dacus: It Makes Me Want To Throw Up, & It Makes Me Want To Dance At The Same Time (Interview)
Lucy Dacus is on a roll. The Richmond, Virginia native’s 2016 debut album, No Burden, earned the singer-songwriter rave reviews and a contract with Matador Record. Now, Dacus has just released the hotly-anticipated follow-up titled Historian. It’s a highly-personalized concept album…the concept being contemporary life in America. A few days before the album’s March 2nd […]
Director Sophie Fiennes on Making Her Grace Jones Documentary: Bloodlight And Bami
English film director Sophie Fiennes comes from a family of artists. Her brothers, Joseph and Ralph, are both acclaimed actors, while her mother, Martha, is a director and her father, Magnus, is a composer. Sophie began making her own films in 1998 and her most recent is a rather surprising look at musical icon Grace […]
Drax Project – The 13th Floor Interview
For four Wellington music students, the transition from classroom to festival stage has been swift. Three years ago The Drax Project were playing cover tunes on street corners. Now they’re playing festivals like Homegrown and Sound Splash, touring with Six60 in Aussie and opening for Lorde and Ed Sheeran. Tim Gruar rang guitar and vocalist […]
Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns on Not Fading Away: The 13th Floor Interview
“Live fast, die young,” and “Not fade away,” surely apply to the first punk generation that exploded in a blitzkrieg of bile and fury in the 1970’s. The mantra was like some anarchic politico-SAS mission. Yet a few of the old guard endure – The Sex Pistols reformations or the return of the Buzzcocks… and […]
Reverend Peyton: “You Can Almost Smell The Dirt” (Interview)
Reverend Peyton brings his Big Damned Band back to Auckland for a return engagement at The Tuning Fork this coming Friday.