Watch Eb & Sparrow at The Wine Cellar
The 13th Floor gathered up their video gear and trekked on down to The Wine Cellar to catch up with Eb & Sparrow. The group is in the middle of a nationwide tour to promote their new album, Sun/Son. Watch as Marty Duda chats to Ebony Lamb and the band and then check out their […]
Watch Ha The Unclear’s 13th Floor Video Session
Four-piece pop-rockers Ha The Unclear made the move from Dunedin to Auckland a few months ago. Now they are about to head back to their home town to kick off a 5-date nationwide tour beginning September 18th and finishing at Auckland’s Whammy Bar in October. The band stopped by The 13th Floor studios to talk […]
Watch Electric Wire Hustle’s 13th Floor Video Session
Electric Wire Hustle have just released their new EP, Aeons. The duo consists of Mara TK and Taay Ninh and they have enlisted the assistance of Kimbra for their new single, Broken Sun. Mara TK stopped by The 13th Floor studios to chat with Marty Duda, show off their new line of infused gin and […]
Watch Anna Coddington & Lips 13th Floor Video Session
Auckland’s Anna Coddington has teamed up with Silver Scroll-winning Steph Brown and Lips for a 10-date tour of New Zealand this September. Brown and bandmate Fen Ikner, recently moved from Brooklyn to Arizona but are currently in New Zealand to make some music with Anna Coddington. The trio stopped by the 13th Floor studio and […]
Garageland: We Want To Celebrate! (Interview)
Garageland is reuniting to take part in The Others Way Festival happening in Auckland this coming Friday, September 4th. This will be the first time the band has played since 2007 and the first time the original lineup has been together on stage since the 1990s. The band was a student radio favourite in the […]
Watch Eden Mulholland’s 13th Floor Video Session
Eden Mulholland releases his new album, Hunted Haunted today, and The 13th Floor is excited to bring you this video session recorded just a few days ago. Watch Eden as he performs acoustic versions of two songs from the new album and talks to Marty Duda about recording Hunted Haunted in the US. Save
Still Rockin’: No Tag’s Andrew Boak (Interview)
Straight outta West Auckland, 4-piece punk band, No Tag played blistering sets to super-charged fans, desperate to let off a bit of steam. But that was 30 years ago. Now, the four members of No Tag are back together, but only briefly, scheduled to play a short set at The Kings Arms along with their […]
Watch Julia Deans Discuss Lady Sings The Blues
Kiwi songstress Julia Deans stopped by The 13th Floor to talk to Marty Duda about her involvement in the upcoming cabaret show, Lady Sings The Blues. Deans will appear along with Ladi 6, Hollie Smith, Annie Crummer, Whirimako Black, Ria Hall and Camille O’Sullivan as they celebrate Billie Holiday and the songs she sang. Additionally, […]
Lindi Ortega: Wasting Away In Faded Gloryville (Interview)
Canadian Americana artist Lindi Ortega has just released her new album, Faded Gloryville. For her latest musical offering, Lindi spent some time at the legendary Muscle Shoals recording studio in Alabama, soaking up some of the vibes left there by Southern soul greats such as Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Etta James. Lindi’s music consists […]
Watch Chris Knox Perform With Rackets at The Experiment
The Experiment, a five-day multi-media show happening at Auckland’s Basement Theatre kicked off last night. Auckland trio Rackets were scheduled to perform and the incredible Chris Knox was there to exhibit his art. They surprised and delighted patrons by performing together, resulting in one of the most visceral performances you’re likely to see or hear. […]
A Place To Bury Stranger’s Dion Lunadon: Living The Dream (Interview)
Brooklyn-based psych band A Place To Bury Strangers make a welcome return to Auckland this September after their triumphant performance at the 2013 Laneway Festival. Since then the band has released their latest album, Transfixiation and shared the bill with a reunited 13th Floor Elevators. The band is lead by guitarist/vocalist Oliver Ackermann and features […]
Watch Kevin Field’s 13th Floor Video Session
Jazz keyboard player Kevin Field has just released his third album, The A List. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York, The A List finds Kevin working with guitarist Nir Felder and ex-pat bassist Matt Penman. For this video session, The 13th Floor traveled to the Kenneth Myers Centre in Auckland where Kevin and his band were […]
Interview with Russ Rankin of Good Riddance!
Tove sat down with front man of Good Riddance. They played Wednesday night at Galatos with Vs The World and Auckland legends (and reformed for this show only) Prowler!
Lydia Lunch & Jon Spencer Talk To The 13th Floor
It looks like Auckland will be rockin’ tonight as The Powerstation hosts the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for a show rescheduled from last week and The Kings Arms presents a set from No-Wave Goddess Lydia Lunch and her band Retrovirus. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to both artists recently and it seems only right […]
Watch Holly Arrowsmith’s 13th Floor Video Session
Having just moved north from Queenstown to Auckland, singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith has just released her debut album, For The Weary Traveller. Inspired by classic songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Holly infuses her experiences of living in the deep South along with her roots in the US. Here she is talking […]
Listen To Wrecking Crew Bassist Carol Kaye (Interview)
For music fans, one of the most intriguing documentaries on offer at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is The Wrecking Crew. The film shines a light on the group of session musicians who worked in Los Angeles in the 1960s in Los Angeles and played on just about every hit record to come […]
Peace Officer or Killing Machine? (Interview)
Documentary film makers Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber are in New Zealand to attend the screening of their film Peace Officer at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Peace Officer explores the militarization of the police department in the United States, particularly the SWAT teams. Their chief character in the film is Dub Lawrence, a […]
The Last Western? (Interview)
For their latest documentary, Western, co-directing brothers Bill and Turner Ross set their sights on the West Texas town of Eagle Pass to explore the current state of great American West. The Ross Brothers focus on Eagle Pass’s mayor, Chad Foster, a dynamic character who comes complete with a ten gallon hat along with local […]
Back To The Future With The Turbo Kid (Interview)
The Turbo Kid is a Canadian/New Zealand co-production which finds Kiwi producer Ant Timpson teaming up with Canadian directors Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell. A “retro-sci-fi” based in 1997, The Turbo Kid is a sweet-natured tribute to the 1980s with stylistic nods to Mad Max and BMX Bandits and an over-abundance of blood and […]
Margot Nash’s Family Secrets (Interview)
Margot Nash has been a filmmaker since the 1970s. The Kiwi-born, Sydney-based director and academic turns the camera on her own family with her latest documentary, The Silences, which screens at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. Narrated by Nash herself, The Silences explores the secrets she discovered about her own family growing up […]