13th Floor Top 10 Albums Of 2024 (Marty’s Picks)
Here we go! The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda picked his favourite albums released in 2024…not the best, not the hippest, not the most popular…just 10 LPs that struck a chord with Mr. Duda.
13th Floor Top 10 Concerts Of 2024 (Marty’s Picks)
The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda picks his top 10 concerts from the past year. And what a year it was!
Anora – Dir: Sean Baker (13th Floor Film Review)
Sean Baker’s Anora, which won the Palme D’or at Cannes, the first American film to do so since Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, may remind audiences of Pretty Woman. But it’s more subversive and explicit take on the subject of sex work.
Opeth Bring Their Last Will And Testament Down Under: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Opeth bring their unique brand of prog/metal to New Zealand and Australia next year when the Swedish quartet plays 7 shows featuring 2 hours plus sets including landmark masterpieces and songs from Opeth’s darkest and heaviest album in decades – the critically acclaimed concept album, The last WILL and TESTAMENT.
Search For Yeti – Three Cool Cats: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Search For Yeti are a Wellington-based trio who have just released their debut album, Dark So Soon, and make music that finds inspiration from such disparate acts as Sigor Rós, Bright Eyes and Frank Turner.
Mt Eden Returns With Venom: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Mt Eden is the electronic music man Jesse Cooper’s alt-ego. You probable know him for his Dubstep classic, Sierra Leone. Now, get to know him again with his new EP, Venom.
Sweet Treats ft. Carthage, Joon, Cabinet & More – Whammy Bar: December 21, 2024
Sweet Treats All Ages Shows was happening yesterday at Whammy and, hoping to win the spot prize in the grey hairiest person contest at the show. intrepid 13th Floor reviewer Simon Coffey found a comfy chair, supped on an ice cold can of coke, and watched the young folk enjoy music on a blazing hot […]
Hang Glider – Nighttime: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Hang Glider release Nighttime today ahead of their debut album due early next year! Hang Glider is a new alt-rock band from Te Whanganui A Tara, Wellington, featuring former members of The Ramps (Mike Gwyther, guitar and vocals) and Jawload/Hustler (Paul Lester, drums), as well as concert pianist and composer Emma Newton on bass and […]
Conclave – Directed by: Edward Berger (13th Floor Film Review)
Conclave is a Devilishly Fun Papal Thriller. Elections in 2024 have been decisive and disappointing. Globally far-right parties have surged in popularity. The last-thing you might want to do is sit through a two hour pulse pounding procedural thriller.
Jack White – The Powerstation December 16, 2024 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Jack White brought his No Name Tour to Auckland last night with a last-minute show at The Powerstation before the previously-scheduled gig tonight at the Town Hall.
Aloe Blacc – Don’t Go Alone: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum artist Aloe Blacc has officially announced his new album Stand Together – due Friday, February 28, 2025. To celebrate the announcement of the new project, Aloe debuted the lead single Don’t Go Alone on Good Morning America.
Health Announce New Zealand Dates in Auckland & Wellington
Alongside of their forthcoming appearance at Knotfest Australia, the enigmatic noise rock-cum-industrial metal trio that is HEALTH returns to New Zealand for their headline tour in many years off the back of their seventh album, Rat Wars, a dystopian, painfully horny fever dream that may just be the zenith of their evolution.
The National – Rome (4AD) (13th Floor Album Review)
The National are no strangers to the release of live material. ROME is preceded by a record store day release of Boxer Live in Brussels, the intentionally average sounding, direct to cassette recording Juicy Sonic Magic and 6 volumes of Cherry Tree live recordings released through their fan club.
The Phoenix Foundation – Double Whammy: December 13, 2024
The Phoenix Foundation made their way to Auckland to plays some songs, old and new, at Double Whammy. The 13th Floor’s Diana Phillips discovers the band and the venue, Chris Zwaagdyk takes the photos.
Lorenzo Hazelwood – 13th Floor” December 13, 2024
Lorenzo Hazelwood celebrated the release of his latest single, Bleed You Of Me, with a solo, acoustic show at The 13th Floor.
Mannequin Pussy – Tuning Fork: December 13, 2024
Mannequin Pussy, fronted, nay commanded, perhaps by frontwoman Marisa “Missy” Dabice, made their debut visit to Australasia this month, after 14 years in existence. Wordsmith Simon Coffey & photographer Christopher Warne checked out their last show of their tour, in Tamaki Makaurau.
VIDA EP Release Show – Goblin: December 12, 2024
VIDA and band and friends celebrate the release of her debut EP at a promising new venue, one that will have Auckland music fans reminiscing on past live musical memories.
Hopetoun Brown – Whammy Bar: December 12, 2024
Hopetoun Brown along with special guest Finn Scholes raised the temperature even higher at Auckland’s Whammy Bar last night. The 13th Floor’s Diana Phillips and Joel Leong were there and their words and pictures are here.
MY BABY ANNOUNCES 2025 ACOUSTIC BLUES CLUB TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND
Dutch/New Zealand trio MY BABY are bringing their unique sound back to New Zealand with an intimate Acoustic Blues Club Tour in early 2025.
Music Superstar Nelly brings ‘Where The Party At’ Tour to Australia and New Zealand
Multi-platinum, multi-diamond-selling, 3x Grammy-winning music superstar, entertainer, and entrepreneur NELLY is set to hit the road in 2025 with his highly anticipated Where The Party At Tour, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut studio album, Country Grammar. This marks Nelly’s return to headlining following his success as a special guest for Janet Jackson’s Together Again Tour.