My Baby – Redefining A Sound With An Echo: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Dutch/Kiwi trio My Baby have just released a new album titled Echo, one that guitarist Daniel ‘Dafreez’ Johnston says, work to “redefine what My Baby is all about”.
Story The Crow Told Me – Ketch Secor (Equal Housing Records)
This is no ordinary country album. But we should expect nothing less from Ketch Secor: writer, archivist, public speaker, multi-instrumentalist and founder of Old Crow Medicine Show.
Delaney Davidson – Double Whammy: July 11, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Delaney Davidson is a well-dressed figure in Noir’ Country Music, as a troubadour he acts in the shadows, alone, in collaboration and as a guiding muse, creating music which reeks of theatre, vaudeville and infective uneasiness.
alayna – Mother’s Mother: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After delighting followers on social media with hints of new music on the way, alayna has revealed an exquisite new single Mother’s Mother.
Mark Stewart – The Fateful Symmetry (Mute) (13th Floor Album Review)
Mark Stewart was a giant of an artist (stature as well) vocalist for agit-pop anarchists The Pop Group, an English group that in four short years (1977-1981) traversed punk with dub, jazz and funk creating a sound that impressed Nick Cave, Mike Watt (Minuteman) and gained fans afar a field as Matt Groening (the creator of […]
ICONIC KIWI DUO SACHI ANNOUNCE AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON SHOWS
One of New Zealand’s most celebrated live acts, dance music duo SACHI have today announced two shows across Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau. August will see SACHI head to Pōneke, Wellington’s San Fran on Thursday, August 21, followed by Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland’s Studio the Venue on Saturday, August 23.
Frau Knotz – Victory Dance on ZR3: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Aotearoa New Zealand electronica artist Frau Knotz has released her first single of 2025, the bubbly and eclectic new track, Victory Dance on ZR3.
LORDE ANNOUNCES NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA ULTRASOUND WORLD TOUR ARENA SHOWS FOR FEBRUARY 2026
Frontier Touring is ecstatic to announce global alt-pop icon, Lorde, will bring her highly anticipated Ultrasound World Tour to her home country New Zealand and Australia in February 2026!
SADSMILES – Came Close: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
SADSMILES, the Wayne Bell/Mahoney Harris collaboration, unveil second single, Came Close. It’s the sophomore offering from their forthcoming second album, Eyes Over There, due out July 18th.
My Baby – Echo (So Recordings) (13thFloor Album Review)
Echo is the latest and 8th release from My Baby, the blended trio made up of Dutch siblings Cato and Joost van Dijk with Kiwi-born Daniel “DaFreez” Johnston, playing their distinct sound of what they describe as “Blues Rave-up”.
Freya – Of Water and On Stage: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Up-and-coming Auckland singer/songwriter Freya releases her debut album, Of Water today and there’s an album release show at Ponsonby Social Club tonight.
Bride Hard – Dir: Simon West (13th Floor Film Review)
Bride Hard – tried hard. Do I take this lazy, thrown-together snoozefest as my next big matrimonial-based blockbuster? Absolutely not, and neither should you!
Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman – Myths: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
New Zealand musicians, composers and producers Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman present Myths, the opening track from their upcoming album.
FREAK SLUG ANNOUNCES OCTOBER TOUR DATES IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON
Manchester based musician Freak Slug – the project of Xenya Genovese – will be welcoming audiences in Pōneke Wellington and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland into her dreamy indie-pop world this October. Freak Slug performs at San Fran on October 20th and The Tuning Fork on October 21st with her Big Candles tour.
Shedheads – Spilling Big Milk in Nelson: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Shedheads are three young lads from Nelson who are making a big noise on their debut album, Big Milk, where they mix rock and funk with a bit of reggae and prog to come up with something distinctly their own.
Tami Neilson – Neon Cowgirl (Neilson Records)
Tami Neilson proves that blood, sweat, tears, talent and tenacity pay off as she releases an album that makes her troubled trip worthwhile and sets a new standard along the way.
Wet Leg – moisturizer (Domino) (13th Floor Album Review)
On their 2022 debut, Wet Leg made a splash with slacker wit, post-punk cool, and a deadpan sense of fun. With moisturizer, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers return, but this time, the songs are about love, and Wet Leg now sound like a tight, fully formed band.
Tami Neilson – Neon Cowboy ft. Neil Finn: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tami Neilson, a Canadian native who calls New Zealand home, teams up with fellow Kiwi and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn for the fourth single from her upcoming album, NEON COWGIRL, her highly-anticipated follow up to Kingmaker.
10CC’s Graham Gouldman – Making The Original Soundtrack: 13th Floor MusicTalk
With 10cc’s Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour just days away, here is singer/songwriter Graham Gouldman to take us, track by track, through the making of their classic album, The Original Soundtrack, 50 years after its release.
Bloodbags – Bloodbags (Kato) (13th Floor Album Review)
Makin’ dirty mischief since at least 2012, releasing dirty records since 2016, Bloodbags the scion of past outfits Bloody Souls and The Dirtbags, after releasing wha 7”s and a split LP with US band Brain Bagz have finally released their debut album – Bloodbags.