Merv Pinny – Hard Road (13th Floor Album Review)
On his debut full-length album Hard Road, Merv Pinny is laying down a road map of sorts.
Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball – Tuning Fork: November 26, 2025
When is a Gomez show not a Gomez show? Tonight’s sold-out concert at the Tuning Fork is ostensibly billed as a Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball concert, but the tour itself is called Gomez by Request, and when the tour was announced earlier this year fans were asked to submit (Gomez) song requests for the setlist via an electronic form. Talk […]
Troy Kingi – Night Lords (AAA) (13th Floor Album Review)
Troy Kingi’s Night Lords opens like a city after midnight, humming with danger, memory and movement.
The Others Way Festival – 13th Floor Review #1: November 29, 2025
The 13th Floor’s John Bradbury files his report after last night’s Others Way Festival. Photos by Chris Warne & Philip Chignell.
The Saints – Long March Through The Jazz Age (Fire) (13th Floor Album Review)
This posthumous release by Chris Bailey’s The Saints, was seven years in the making, started in 2018, but not completed until three years after his death.
Tom Cunliffe – Spit Out Your Gum (13th Floor Album Review)
The Londoner turned music making New Zealander, Tom Cunliffe, is releasing his fourth outing, titled Spit Out Your Gum. It’s a warm and intimate album, glittering with folk sound.
Troy Kingi on Night Lords – 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Troy Kingi has just released his 9th album in his 10/10/10 series and Night Lords finds him collaborating with 14 of his favourite rappers.
Massive Crush – Dizzying Heights: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Massive Crush is a Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) band whose sound is currently undergoing a vibrant transformation. Now they celebrate the release of their new single ‘Dizzying Heights’.
The Others Way Festival – 13th Floor Review #2: November 29, 2025
The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda files this report after last night’s Others Way Festival. Photos by Chris Warne & Philip Chignall.
Toody Cole – Whammy Bar: November 25, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With three top notch bands on the bill, Whammy Bar was buzzing tonight long before Toody Cole took the stage.
H.R. The Musical #2 – Q Theatre: 25 Nov – Dec 6 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
HR The Musical #2, the sequel to 2004’s big hit, revealed Human Resources for its irredeemable double-speak: how inhuman and unresourceful “human resources” are; how impersonal are the Personnel Department where, due to “privacy concerns,” employees are referred to only as numbers.
LEON THOMAS MUTTS DON’T HEEL AU TOUR DATES MOVE TO JUNE – NZ SHOW ADDED IN AUCKLAND
MG Live and Frontier Touring wish to advise that due to a scheduling conflict, Leon Thomas’ Mutts Don’t Heel April 2026 tour of Australia will be rescheduled to June 2026.
The Saints Take A Long March Through The Jazz Age: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Aussie punk pioneers The Saints, led by vocalist Chris Bailey, recorded one last album before his death in 2022, now titled, Long March Through The Jazz Age.
Hoop — Wrap Me Up in Winter (13th Floor Album Review)
Hoop’s Wrap Me Up in Winter is a quietly resonant mini-album that offers warmth, intimacy and a clear social conscience.
Jubilation Choir – Hollywood Avondale: November 23, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Jubilation Choir marked their 25th anniversary with two sold out nights and a family-friendly matinee at the Avondale Theater Sundays matinee performance was a celebration of the natural joy of communal song.
More Suicidal Tendencies! (13th Floor Photo Gallery)
The Suicidal Tendencies show at The Powerstation was, by all accounts, one for the ages.
Jessie Murph – Auckland Town Hall: November 22, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Jessie Murph brought her Worldwide Hysteria Tour To Auckland’s Town Hall. The 13th Floor’s Ming Lyu was there.
Jimmy Cliff Has Died Age 81: R.I.P.
We are sad to report the death of reggae legend Jimmy Cliff at age 81.
Pixies – Auckland Town Hall: November 23, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Last night the Pixies delivered their Bossanova & Trompe Le Monde set to the Town Hall with an almost frightening intensity.
Hemi Hemingway – Oh, My Albertine (ft. Vera Ellen): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today, Hemi Hemingway (Waitaha, Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga) announces his new album Wings of Desire, out February 20 via PNKSLM Recordings, and shares luminous new single ‘Oh, My Albertine (feat. Vera Ellen)’, out now.