New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: January 12, 2024
Its the first New Music Friday of 2024! And we’ve got some excellent new releases to highlight for you to sample today beginning with Amanda Palmer’s NZ EP.
SUO, Elliot & Vincent & Ratso – Whammy Bar: January 10,2024
Auckland was rockin’ last night with a trifeca of acts including Ratso, Elliot & Vincent and, live from New York…SUO. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey was there. Here’s his report.
Skram – Serendripity: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today we present the latest song from Skram a band from Wellington who’s new song Serendripity will put a spring in your step.
Julia Holter – Spinning: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and composer Julia Holter announces her sixth studio album Something in the Room She Moves, with new song, Spinning.
The Beekeeper Dir: David Ayer (Film Review)
Jason Statham is on a roll with The Beekeeper clocking in as his fifth film in a year. The Beekeeper finds Jason in one of his most preposterous and entertaining films yet.
Marlon Williams – After The Revolution: 13th Floor New Cover Of The Day
Marlon Williams covers Bill Fay’s After The Revolution in anticipation of Dead Oceans’ reissue of Bill Fay’s Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Courting – We Look Good Together (Big Words): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today, Liverpool four-piece Courting have shared a new single titled We Look Good Together (Big Words), which features guest production work from lauded London electronic duo DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ.
OFF! – Whammy Bar: January 8, 2024 (Concert Review)
It’s hardcore Jim, but not as we know it! With expectations set far too high, 13th Floor minion Simon Coffey scammed his way into seeing one of the most anticipated shows of 2024, on a sweltering Rahine/Monday Tamaki Makaurau evening. California super-group OFF! playing their third show, of their first-ever tour of Aotearoa, part of […]
SUO – Don’t Catch Me: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
NYC’s SUO aka Saara Untracht-Oakner (BOYTOY) treats us to a new fuzz-punk single with suitably tuff visuals to match.
Sprints – Letter To Self (City Slang) (Album Review)
Sprints come roaring out of the gate with a debut album that proves that there is still life in guitar-based rock, especially if it has a post-punk edge.
By A Damn Sight Perform My Bells at The 13th Floor: Singles Session
By A Damn Sight are a band from Wellington who are about to release their new album, Service Through Song.
Alice Merton – Run Away Girl: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Alice Merton gets 2024 underway with a bang as she shares a new track entitled “run away girl,” out now via her own label, Paper Plane Records International.
Cash & Carter – No Use Praying (Frictionless) (E.P. Review)
Let’s start the New Year with new music from Cash & Carter. No, Johnny and June haven’t come back from the grave…this is actually Shaun and Ross.
IGNITE – Neck Of The Woods February 27th
Orange County Melodic Hardcore institution IGNITE has announced their first Australian tour in 16 year and have kindly added a NZ date at Neck Of The Woods marking their first ever visit to our shores.
Obituary – Galatos: January 5, 2024 (Concert Review)
Having survived the silly season, Simon Coffey got back in the saddle and checked out groundbreaking death-metal icons Obituary on their Barely Alive tour in Aotearoa, four years on from the last visit.
Holly Wright – Cruise: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Holly Wright drops Cruise – The Ultimate Song for Summer – taking her music in a new direction after a distinct period of personal and musical growth.
13th Floor Top 10 Interviews Of 2023 (Marty’s Picks)
Out of the hundreds of people we spoke to this past year, here are the Top 10 interviews we think are the most memorable, entertaining, informative, profound or just plain fun.
13th Floor Top 10 Albums Of 2023 (Marty’s Picks)
Submitted for your approval, The 13th Floor’s Top 10 Albums of 2023 as chosen by Marty Duda.
Alex Chilton – Squid: December 4th, 1995
The late, great Alex Chilton would have been 73 years old today but, sadly, he died March 17, 2010 at age 59. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda started his attempt at “music journalism” back in 1995 with this review of Chilton at Squid club in Auckland. Read it and weep…
Flogging A Dead One Horse Town – Tambourine Nightmare: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After what has felt like a much shorter sabbatical than anticipated, MUZAI Records returns in 2024 with the release of EP 17, the brand new release from New Zealand noise rock trio Flogging A Dead One Horse Town.