Lorraine Barry Has Died: R.I.P.
We are shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Lorraine Barry, manager of Sir Dave Dobbyn and others and a passionate supporter of New Zealand music and musicians.
Cowboy Dan – Whole Thing “Round: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Cowboy Dan offers up a 1 minute and 12 second slice of Tāmaki Makaurau angst with latest tune Whole Thing ‘Round.
Van Morrison – Remembering Now (Exile Productions/Virgin Records)
Van Morrison fans tend to be loyal. My friend Tim named his dog after the musician. And back when I was 21, I was besotted enough with Van to go to Ireland and take a train south of Dublin just to walk The Streets of Arklow (a favourite song off 1974’s Veedon Fleece).
Earth Tongue & Troy Kingi – Double Whammy: June 14, 2025
It was strange stepping into a venue that felt both completely new and intimately familiar – like walking forward and moving backward in time.
Imperial Triumphant + Cold Ceiling, No Exit & Windswept -Mothership: June 13, 2025
Imperial Triumphant. Formed in New York (where they like Jazz) by Zachary Ezrin in 2005, avant garde, experimental, even transcendental in nature, Imperial Triumphant have in their rua decades of existence, edged the Black Metal genre out of the dark ages, into an intellectual realm that the vapid have revilled against, while the valorous have […]
Devilskin – Swelter: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Winners of the 2025 AMA’s coveted PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, DEVILSKIN are set to further thrill their ardent fan base with SWELTER, the second single off their hotly anticipated and 13-track studio album RE-EVOLUTION, due out Friday 11 July.
Kate Vargas – Golden Hour in the House of Lugosi (Mother West)
There’s always been a streak of theatrical grit in Kate Vargas’s music, emphasised by a taste for the surreal, the Southern Gothic, the seen-it-all-before drawl. Across the eleven restless tracks on Golden Hour in the House of Lugosi, she blends jazz touched textures, rock and roll swagger, and off kilter ballads. Where her last album […]
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: June 13, 2025
New Music Friday is back on The 13th Floor. And June 13th brings us new albums by Jazmine Mary, Gasoline Lollipops, Van Morrison and more!
Lexytron – Disco Jenny: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lexytron hits the dancefloor with Disco Jenny featuring backing vocals from London-based singer/songwriter EVA and Elen Cowlishaw.
Oni Kidman Performs House To Myself: 13th Floor Singles Session
Oni Kidman returns to The 13th Floor to treat us with an exclusive acoustic performance of her brand new single, House To Myself.
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts – Talkin To The Trees (Reprise)
I’ve only listened to this “debut” album by Neil Young and his “new” band, The Chrome Hearts once, and I probably won’t be returning to it anytime soon.
Cosey Fanni Tutti – 2t2 (Conspiracy International) (13th Floor Album Review)
Cosey Fanni Tutti is one half of industrial synthpop act Chris & Cosey, the two remaining living members of 70/80s groundbreaking Industrial act Throbbing Gristle. On her latest solo album, 2t2, the last being Tutti in 2019, Cosey has given us nine new compositions, composed, recorded and produced exclusively by her.
Jessica Pratt & Tiny Ruins – Bruce Mason Centre: June 11, 2025
There’s awkward silence, and then there’s quiet. Somehow Jessica Pratt managed to keep a thousand or so people quiet for just under an hour and there was nothing awkward about it. In fact it was sublime.
Ringlets – I Was On That Roof Once: 13th Floor New Song Of the Day
Today, Ringlets share the bewilderingly beautiful third single, I Was on That Roof Once, from their soon-approaching album The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies), set for release on June 27th via Flying Nun Records and Leather Jacket Records.
Gasoline Lollipops – Kill the Architect (ALP Recordings)
Gasoline Lollipops took their name from a moment of surreal inspiration during a teenage psychedelic experience that shaped and defined their creative spirit. Sweet and volatile, strange yet grounded, the phrase captures the musical and emotional dualities that have defined this Colorado-based group for over a decade.
Brian Wilson Has Died At Age 82: R.I.P.
Brian Wilson, the creative genius behind The Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82.
Jazmine Mary – I Want To Rock And Roll (Flying Nun)
The first time I saw Jazmine Mary live was at Auckland’s Ministry of Folk, in February 2021. They shared the stage with BEING., and together they performed a set that included a haunting version of Jolene. Later that evening, phones buzzed with the news that New Zealand was heading back into Alert Level 3. Another lockdown. […]
Iron & Wine Ft. I’m With Her – Robin’s Egg: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Iron & Wine returns with a vibrant new single, “Robin’s Egg” which features the three-part harmonies of I’m With Her.
Jenny Mitchell Adds NZ Dates to the “Forest House” Tour
After supporting Kasey Chambers on 32 dates around Australia, Jenny Mitchell is hitting the road to celebrate the release of her new album ‘Forest House.’
David Byrne Announces Who Is The Sky? New Album and World Tour – Australia & New Zealand January 2026
Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker, David Byrne will return to Australia and New Zealand in January 2026 in support of his new album Who Is The Sky? – out September 5, 2025, via Remote Control/Matador.