SCRAN – Living Room (13th Floor Album Review)
Tāmaki Makaurau five-piece post-punk band SCRAN follow up their stunning 2024 debut EP To Your Heart’s Content with their debut album Living Room.
Harry Charles – Storm: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Loop Electronic proudly presents Storm, the latest single from Harry Charles. Closing out a prolific year, Storm marks the third release from his forthcoming album project, following the recent singles The Luck and Zero Zero.
Fun Lovin’ Criminals Announce New Zealand Tour Dates for March
Fun Lovin’ Criminals announce shows in Auckland and Christchurch, to go with their previously revealed appearance at Wellington’s premier one-day music festival, Hutt Sounds.
Joe Ely Has Died Age 78: R.I.P.
Texas singer/songwriter/guitarist and Flatlander Joe Ely has died at age 78 at home in New Mexico from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia.
MUROKI RETURNS HOME WITH AMBER SKIES
Muroki, one of Aotearoa’s most distinctive young voices, returns from Berlin with his debut album Amber Skies, written and recorded as he lived a nomadic lifestyle moving between Berlin’s creative underground, the hills of Raglan, the coastline of Portugal and a long overdue reunion with whānau in Kenya.
Henri Woodley – Reach For The Sky: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
A rising voice in the NZ music scene, Auckland pop-soul singer-songwriter and musician Henri Woodley has officially released his new single, Reach for the Sky, now available on all major streaming platforms.
Mono Watt – words + noise (13th Floor Album Review)
Mono Watt is a trio comprising James Littlewood, Ross Cunningham and John Pain, collectively encompassing the arts in their visual, aural and written forms.
Displeasure – ANNIHILATION/BILLIONAIRE DEATH DRIVE (13th Floor Album Review)
Displeasure is a toru piece Whanganui/Te-Whanganui-a-Tara based side-project of stalwart Pōneke punk band Unsanitary Napkin.
THE SHAPESHIFTING SOUND OF PAN AMSTERDAM HITS TĀMAKI MAKAURAU
Presented by The Tuning Fork, Pan Amsterdam, a musical enigma wrapped in an enduring riddle, comes to Tāmaki Makaurau for a one-night only on January 25.
Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra Rock Festival Set To Take Over Bowl Of Brooklands March 7 2026
Following a sold-out debut at Auckland’s Spark Arena in July of this year and an explosive show at Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch just last month, Duco Touring, Liberty Stage and presenting partner Mānuka Phuel are proud to unveil the next evolution of the Full Metal Orchestra phenomenon: Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra Rock Festival, taking over New Plymouth’s iconic Bowl of Brooklands on Saturday 7 March […]
Bar Italia – Hollywood Avondale: December 13, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Bar Italia, founded in 2020, this UK three-piece (five-piece when touring) were here just 18 months ago, hyped to the max on the back of two not-so-secretly-attractive twin albums: The Twits & Tracey Denim.
Electric Tapestry – Orbiting Bodies (13th Floor EP Review)
Wellington alternative-rock band Electric Tapestry released their fourth EP Orbiting Bodies. The extended-play takes a deep dive into the void kaleidoscopic journey through sound in its sixteen-minute runtime.
Juliana Hatfield – Lightning Might Strike (American Laundromat) (13th Floor Album Review)
Lightning Might Strike is studio album release number 21 for Juliana Hatfield as a solo artist, the latest in a long career that includes 10 more LPs under various band entities including the Blake Babies, The Lemonheads, Some Girls and Minor Alps.
Come Together: End Of Year Bash – Civic Theatre: December 12, 2025
Come Together celebrates with an end-of-year NZ v Aussie Bash…one stage…two nations… one unforgettable night of rock.
Macey – Seaside Wishes: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following his recent 2025 single, Mona Lisa Money, acclaimed New Zealand singer-songwriter MACEY returns with his second new release of his forthcoming album, the evocative and heartfelt single Seaside Wishes.
Nuremberg Dir: James Vanderbilt (13th Floor Film Review)
Nuremberg: A thought provoking, exploration of one of history’s most divisive moments.
Fables – Enough: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After reintroducing herself with ‘Sundown’, Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter Jess Bailey, aka Fables, gets back into the saddle and rides again with ‘Enough’, the second single from her forthcoming debut album, Change is a Slow-Moving Beast (due 2026 via Home Alone).
Throwing Muses – Double Whammy: December 10, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With the year drawing to a close, Throwing Muses return to Auckland for the first time since 1993.
Juliana Hatfield – Determined To Have Fun: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Juliana Hatfield releases her latest solo album, Lightning Might Strike, in just a few days.
James Reyne Celebrates The Fall Of Crawl – With a Full Band in Wellington and Auckland in 2026!
Everything has a beginning, a middle and an end after some fashion or other; and to THAT end, all things must pass. And so it came to be that Australian Crawl, after its fashion, in February 1986, came to an end.