Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announce Wild God Tour Dates For Australia & NZ
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will bring their most celebrated live production to date – THE WILD GOD TOUR – to Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in January and February 2026, in their first shows here since 2017.
RENÉE – Blind: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Emerging NZ neo-soul, R&B artist RENÉE returns with her third single, BLIND.
Pete Droge – From A Thorn To Fade Away Blue: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Pete Droge has just released his first solo album in a while, Fade Away Blue, a autobiographical affair with some of the best session players supporting Pete’s songs.
Come Together: Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon: Civic Theatre- August 23, 2025
The Come Together band reconvenes and regroups to present us with Dark Side Of The Moon and other Pink Floydian delights.
Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein – Auckland Theatre Company, ASB Waterfront Theatre: 21 Aug – 7 Sept
It’s wonderful to attend the first performance of a bold new play exploring mighty themes, delivered with such power one leaves the theatre reeling. Unfortunately, I have to report that Auckland Theatre Company’s new production Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein is not that play.
Kathleen Edwards – Billionaire (Dualtone) (13th Floor Album Review)
Kathleen Edwards has always been a songwriter who tells stories through the details: a hockey team that cannot win, a car driven across Los Angeles, a door painted pink. Through vivid detail and a deep sense of place, she turns the specific into something relatable and universal.
Lexytron – Elevator: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lexytron brings us “The missing song from every 80s John Hughes movie”, Elevator is a fizzy coming of age synth-pop bop, fit for spinning on table tops and bouncing on beds.
Jenny Mitchell – The Tuning Fork: August 22, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Jenny Mitchell brought her band, her friends, her songs and her Forest House Tour to Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night.
Pain and Paradise – What Makes Janine Happy: 13th MusicTalk Interview
Award-winning Kiwi singer, songwriter and producer Janine has just released a new album titled Pain and Pleasure and is happy to tell us all about it.
Lily Stiven – what’s the worst I could do: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
18-year-old singer-songwriter Lily Stiven, hailing from Whangaparāoa, Auckland, returns with her latest single, what’s the worst I could do.
bar italia ‘Some Like It Hot’ NZ Tour
Hot on the heels of announcing their highly anticipated new album Some Like It Hot, the eternally enigmatic UK post-punk darlings bar italia have also unveiled two huge New Zealand shows for this December, brought to you by Strange News Touring and Banished Music.
Doja Cat Announces First-Ever Arena Tour Dates Across Australia and New Zealand on ‘Ma Vie World Tour’
GRAMMY award-winning global superstar Doja Cat has today announced the “Ma Vie World Tour”, with dates confirmed for New Zealand and Australia on her first-ever arena tour across the region.
Club Ruby – Komorebi: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following a series of newfound music milestones, Auckland pop-punk band Club Ruby have returned with new single Komorebi—out now.
Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Mushroom) (13th Floor Album Review)
With The Clearing, their fourth album, Wolf Alice channel every lesson from the past decade into a record that feels elemental in its confidence. This is a band deep in the groove of their own creative force.
Halestorm – Everest (Atlantic) (13th Floor Album Review)
A surprising new producer helps Halestorm make a surprisingly great album.
Swallow The Rat & Wrong Things – Whammy Public Bar: August 20, 2025
At Whammy Public Bar, on a cold Wednesday/Raapa evening, Swallow The Rat shared a set that featured almost exclusively new material, plus a few surprises, in anticipation of their 21 date September tour of Europe, which includes shows in France, Germany, Hungary, and an appearance at Misty Fields Festival in the Netherlands.
Running Stitch – Loaded: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Loaded is an explosive new track by Tāmaki Makaurau 4-piece Running Stitch, their first new release in seven years.
The Grip Weeds Forge Ahead With Soul Bender: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Grip Weeds have released Soul Bender and founding member Kurt Reil reports from Upstate New York on how it all came together.
Bartertown – Clare Inn: August 20, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
It takes David Rowe aka Bartertown a full three songs to warm up for his solo gig at the Clare Inn. But when he gets there on the fourth number, Fire on the Lighthouse, he gives the audience a glimpse of what could be achieved with some quelled nerves and a few more gigs under the belt.
Ed Ackman – The Future Of Music or The End?: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
From Hobsonville comes Ed Ackman and his EP, Cocoon…4 songs written by Ed with more than a little help from A.I.