Liberty – Are We Dead? 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Hawkes Bay singer and songwriter Liberty continues to turn heads with her unique and catchy style of pop, which shines through on her latest single, Are We Dead?, proving why she’s been touted as ‘one to watch’.
Anglebox Talks About Dark Days In The Sun: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Anglebox is a new band from Christchurch made up of seasoned veterans and led by Ian Cartwright. Their debut EP is titled Dark Days In The Sun.
Lucy Munro – Seventeen: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lucy Munro is back! After taking a year’s hiatus to develop her sound and fanbase, Seventeen is Lucy Munro’s first single release of 2025.
Stand Together With Aloe Blacc: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Aloe Blacc has just released Stand Together…12 songs that he hopes will encourage open engagement with others.

Novocaine – Dir: Dan Bert & Robert Olsen (13th Floor Film Review)
To say that a film moves at breakneck pace is an overworked trope, but this movie really earns the accolade.
Scar Vision – Hoops & Threads: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tāmaki Makaurau band SCAR VISION drop powerful new track Hoops & Threads, an epic blend of deep, smooth vocals, scabrous yet melodic guitars, dark, menacing basslines and sonorous, driving drums.

Dungeon #25: Clementine, Warm Leather & The Shelves – Whammy: March 27, 2025
While Tamaki Makaurau may have lost a mighty Totara of live music venues several years ago, The Kings Arms Tavern. We are living in a post-covid time of an abundance of cozy, small and intimate venues: 605 Morningside, Cupid, Goblin, Big Fan, Small Gods, The Button Factory, Audio Foundation, are a few, and the latest […]
The Chills Talk About Making Springboard: The Early Unrecorded Songs – 13th Floor MusicTalk
Following the death of Chills leader Martin Phillipps and the release of Springboard: The Early Unrecorded Songs, Chills drummer Callum Hampton and bass player Todd Knudson talk about making this very moving new record and the legacy Martin Phillipps left behind.

Stellar* – Q Theatre: March 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Stellar* celebrated the 25th anniversary of their award-winning debut album, Mix, in front of a sold-out audience at Auckland’s Q Theatre.
Chaos In The CBD – Marlboro Sounds: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Renowned electronic duo Chaos In The CBD have just released a fresh glimpse of their upcoming album with their new single, Marlboro Sounds.

Search For Yeti – Whammy Bar: March 27, 2025
Search For Yeti conquered at their debut Auckland show at Whammy Bar with support from the brass heavy rock stylings of Moongoat and the increasingly ruckus, jangle-punk of Cowboy Dan.

New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: March 28, 2025
Its New Music Friday here at The 13th Floor and we’ve got something for everyone with new releases by Alison Krauss, Alien Weaponry, Dean Wareham and more!
Greta O’Leary – The Greatest Peace I’ve Known: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tāmaki Makaurau-based alt-folk songwriter Greta O’Leary has today shared her unyielding and bold new single + video ‘The Greatest Peace I’ve Known’ and announced the release of her debut album RIVER DARK – out May 9!

In Praise Of Older Men – Keeping The Rock & Roll Torch Lit in NZ
This may not be the most popular opinion, but its one I felt I need to share, that of the good work done recently by old dudes like Shihad, The D4 and Guitar Wolf.

Alison Krauss Talks to The 13th Floor About Making Arcadia and Reuniting with Union Station
Alison Krauss & Union Station are about to release their first new album in over a decade. It’s called Arcadia and its the first to feature new member Russell Moore.

A Working Man – Dir: David Ayer (13th Floor Film Review)
When we last saw Jason Statham, he was a Beekeeper, now he is just A Working Man…a blue collar everyman who just happens to have something close to superhuman powers.
Voom – I Love You Girl – 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Notorious for their cult-like romantic ballads, Auckland power-pop band Voom are back with their heart-on-sleeve anthem, ‘I Love You Girl’. With Buzz Moller’s vocal sincerity paired with the band’s dynamic prowess, this new single is sure to have fans singing along.
The Mayflies USA – Less Lost: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today, power pop cult favorites The Mayflies USA share “Less Lost,” the third single from Kickless Kids, their first new album in 23 years, out May 16 release on Yep Roc Records.

Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling (Geffen)
Lucy Dacus has never been one to shout. Over the course of her three previous albums, No Burden, Historian, and Home Video, she has mastered a quiet, clear-eyed form of storytelling, drawn from memories, contradictions, and restrained revelations.
Muscadine Bloodline – Way Too High (2010): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Alabama Independent country duo Muscadine Bloodline have released their new song, Way Too High (2010).