Watch Avalanche City’s 13th Floor Video Session
When Avalanche City’s debut album, Our New Life Above Ground, was released in 2011, it spawned the record-breaking hit single Love, Love, Love, which went on to spend 19 weeks atop the New Zealand charts and score an APRA Silver Scroll Awards for songwriter Dave Baxter. Finally, Avalanche City’s long-awaited second album, We Are For […]
Interview with Chad Grey from HellYeah!
HELLYEAH is a Supergroup that lives up to the title. Featuring ex-Mudvayne singer Chad Gray, ex-Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, ex-Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell, bassist Kyle Sanders (ex-Bloodsimple and brother of Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders) and Christian Brady (ex-Überschall) guitar. HELLYEAH are in a league of their own with their own. Their distinct sound and stage presence is best described as pure metallic fury and […]
Oscar-Winning Director Morgan Neville Talks To The 13th Floor
The New Zealand International Film Festival revealed its schedule this week and we here at The 13th Floor are very excited. In the weeks leading up to the festival we’ll be presenting interviews with directors, producers, actors and musicians who have films featured this year. Once the festival gets underway in Auckland we’ll have a […]
Watch Aly Cook’s 13th Floor Video Session
Kiwi country singer has just touched down in Italy, beginning a European tour in support of her new album, Horseshoe Rodeo Hotel. Just before she took flight, Aly stopped by The 13th Floor to talk to Marty Duda and play a couple of songs from the new album. So, watch here as Aly Cook, along […]
Watch Hopetoun Brown’s 13th Floor Video Session!
Here’s another in our series of 13th Floor video sessions. This time its Hopetoun Brown, an act that possesses a truly unique approach to making music. They are Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart, who also serve as the horn section for Supergroove. They begin their tour of New Zealand this Thursday at Auckland’s Freida Margolis […]
Watch AC/DC Concert Promoter Garry Van Edmond
Yesterday, promoter Garry Van Egmond announced two AC/DC New Zealand tour dates. The veteran promoter also sat down with The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda to talk about the ins and louts of the concert promotion business. The Australian-based promoter has been putting on shows since the mid-1970s…one of his first tours was The Bee Gees. […]
Watch Shaun Kirk’s 13th Floor Video Session
Australian blues man Shaun Kirk kicked off his 2015 New Zealand tour with a show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night. A day earlier he stopped by The 13th Floor studio to play a couple of songs and talk to Marty Duda. Shaun played a rousing version of Two Hands On The Wheel and then […]
Watch Josh Rennie-Hynes at The 13th Floor
Here’s Australian singer-songwriter Josh Rennie-Hynes at The 13th Floor on the eve of his latest New Zealand tour. Josh talks to Marty Duda about the writing of his new song, Land Of Clouds, inspired by his previous trip to NZ, then Josh and Reb Fountain perform the song exclusively for The 13th Floor. Both Josh […]
Watch Tiny Ruins at The 13th Floor
Tiny Ruins’ Hollie Fullbrook stopped in to The 13th Floor to talk about her upcoming tour with Bic Runga and to play a few songs. The songs she choice are particularly exciting…a never-recorded (by her) version of John Cale’s Andalucia, a beautiful WB Yeats poem set to music and a rarely-performed original composition from Brightly […]
Che "Rhymefest" Smith: Rebuilding His Father’s House (Interview)
Che Smith, aka Rhymefest, is a Grammy and Oscar-winning hip-hop artist and songwriter. He is also the driving force behind the documentary In My Father’s House. The film finds Rhymefest on the Chicago’s South Side, where he and his family buy a house that turns out to be the childhood home of his father. Che […]
Meet Cairo Knife Fight
Nick Gaffaney has been helming Cairo Knife Fight for several years now. With the help of friends like Joel Haines, Mark Lanegan and Aaron Tokona he has finally released his first full-length album, entitled The Colossus. With the new album comes a new tour and…a new guitarist. Nick has recruited former Black-Eyed Peas guitarist George […]
Nikolas Rossi: Making Heaven Adores You (Interview)
Heaven Adores You explores the life of singer/songewiter Elliott Smith who died tragically in 2003. The film is being featured at this year’s Documentary Edge Festival taking place now in Auckland and moving on to Wellington in June. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Nikolas Rossi, the director of Heaven Adores You, about his […]
Watch Anthonie Tonnon’s 13th Floor Video Session
Anthonie Tonnon helps celebrate New Zealand Music Month with a visit to The 13th Floor where he talks to Marty Duda and performs three songs from his latest album, Successor. Be sure to catch Anthonie’s vinyl release show at Freida Margolis in Grey Lynn, Auckland on Sunday, June 7th.
Lydia Lunch: I Was A Teen Terrorist (Interview -Pt2)
(This is Part Two of a two-part interview. For Part One, click here.) Lydia Lunch is many things…musician, poet, conceptualist, photographer…basically a walking work of art. Lydia was at the cutting edge of New York City’s No Wave movement when her band Teenage Jesus & The Jerks first began recording and performing in the late […]
Lydia Lunch: Pleasure Is The Only Rebellion (Interview)
Lydia Lunch is many things…musician, poet, conceptualist, photographer…basically a walking work of art. Lydia was at the cutting edge of New York City’s No Wave movement when her band Teenage Jesus & The Jerks first began recording and performing in the late 1970s. She’s never stopped creating, working with the likes of Thurston Moore, Robert […]
Watch Pras Michel’s 13th Floor Interview
Film producer and former Fugee Pras Michel stopped by The 13th Floor to talk about his documentary Sweet Micky For President with Marty Duda. Now showing at the Documentary Edge Festival, Sweet Micky For President tells the unlikely, but true story of Haitian pop star Michel Martelly (aka Sweet Micky) and his campaign for the […]
Watch Mick Harvey’s 13th Floor Interview
Former Bad Seed Mick Harvey is about to embark on a four-date tour of New Zealand starting tonight with a show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork with his band, The Intoxicated Men. Mick stopped by The 13th Floor earlier today to talk to Marty Duda. Watch as Harvey reveals details of the latest PJ Harvey recording […]
Watch Jody Direen’s 13th Floor Video Session
Kiwi country singer Jody Direen celebrated the release of her new album, Breaks Out, with a visit to The 13th Floor. Along with her band, Jody performed three songs and chatted to Marty Duda. Save
RIP: Ben E King
Ben E King, one of pop music’s finest vocalists and songwriters, has passed away at the age of 76. In addition to singing lead for The Drifters on hits like There Goes My Baby and Save The Last Dance For Me, King also recorded solo hits Spanish Harlem and Stand By Me working with Leiber […]
Watch Marlon Williams’ 13th Floor Video Session
What better way to kick off NZ Music Month than to spend a little time with Marlon Williams? Marlon releases his much-anticipated self-titled debut album today. The golden-throated singer is no stranger to The 13th Floor, and he stopped by once again to talk to Marty Duda about the making of his new album. Additionally, […]