New Song Of The Day: Lucy Dacus – Hot & Heavy
Lucy Dacus is back with a new song, Hot & Heavy, and a new album on the way.
Theatre Review: Meremere – Q Theatre – 10th April 2021
There are very few tales like the one that Rodney Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto) brings to life on stage during the beautiful Meremere. A dancer, a performer, an extraordinary human being, Bell weaves a tapestry of light, colour sound and most importantly movement before his enraptured audience over the course of sixty minutes that closely examines […]
New Song Of The Day: Lambchop – Fuku
And now for something completely different…check out this new song and film from Lambchop. The song is Fuku and the film was made by Doug Anderson.
Concert Review: Mema Wilda at Kumeu Live, 10 April 2021
Mema Wilda delivered a set of enthralling and soulful songs full of raw emotion and psychodrama but totally captivating at the same time. It seemed like a special night for her. A small intimate venue. We were privy to confession and trauma and it is not often that you get revealed the songwriters artistic process […]
Album Review: Flock Of Dimes – Head Of Roses (Sub Pop)
Wye Oak singer, songwriter, producer and multi-skilled instrumentalist Jenn Wasner released her second album as Flock Of Dimes this month. Head of Roses is a collaborative effort conceived and born during the pandemic lockdown, when she had time to delve introspectively into her broken relationship/s. The result – a beautifully cathartic dance of sorrow, pain […]
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with The Reds, Pinks and Purples
Today we take you to San Francisco to talk to Glenn Donaldson about his new album, Uncommon Weather, released as The Reds, Pinks and Purples.
New Song Of The Day: Pocket Money – Feijoa
Here’s a tasty little tune from Pocket Money titled Feijoa.
Concert Review: Cross Street Music Festival, 10 April 2021
Those April showers threatened to take down this years’ Cross Street Music Festival, but the rain abated at the last minute and live music was heard in the streets of Auckland.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Esther Rose
Made in New Orleans, we talk to Esther Rose about her new album, How Many Times. It’s a country album with a rock & roll heart.
Album Review: The Antlers – Green To Gold (Anti-)
If you’re waiting for The Antlers’ Green To Gold, to rock out, well don’t.
New Song Of The Day: The Wallflowers – Roots and Wings
After a decade off here’s The Wallflowers performing a brand new song on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Concert Review: Andrew Fagan & The People – The Wine Cellar April 9, 2021
This New Zealand Pop King appears on stage with a theatrical presence. A glitter costume with a silver crown and cloth face mask. Then Andrew Fagan and the People proceed to let go and rage from the starters gun with Now You Know. Great Power Pop, inventive and hook-laden.
Concert Review: Thomston @ The Tuning Fork, 8 April 2021
Into the yearning world of hero haired Thomston I go! The Tuning Fork doors opened at 8, but it wasn’t until everyone was sipping seconds at 9.20 that the lights switched off. Bam! the LA bound kiwi appeared between fluorescent red lights.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Peaches
Today it’s Breakfast With Peaches who is in Berlin ready to talk about her new single/video Pussy Mask.
Concert Review: Elemeno P – The Tuning Fork April 9, 2021
It’s 7:30pm on the dot and security have opened the gates and are welcoming us in. The venue is slowly beginning to fill with black, plaid, side bangs and band shirts. Eyeliner is heavy and beers are flowing. Elemeno P’s iconic 2003 album Love & Disrespect is sold out on vinyl within 15 minutes of the […]
New Song Of The Day: Gary Louris – Almost Home
Jayhawks founding member Gary Louris steps out on his own with Almost Home.
Concert Review: Good Habits, Devonport Folk Club, Auckland 5 April 2021
Folk rooted in Celtic and European tradition, matched to observational story-telling with a definite Manchester sensibility is duo Bonnie Schwarz and Pete Shaw – who perform under the banner Good Habits.
Concert Review: In The Shallows at San Fran, Wellington, 8 April 2021
Wellington duo In The Shallows (Danni Parsons and Lance Shepherd) wound up their nationwide album release tour with an intimate and varied evening at Wellington’s San Fran.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with LearningToDive
LearningToDive is one of the musical outlets for Wellington’s Bravo Bonez. LTD’s debut album, Norwegian Pop has just been released so we thought we’d have a chat.
Album Review: Haunted Shed – Faltering Light (Strolling Bones)
Haunted Shed is debuting their first album Faltering Light, but singer/songwriter Etienne De Rocher is no stranger to the music scene. After a brief hiatus and shift from San Francisco’s West Coast he moved to Athens, Georgia with wife Maria and their two children where he discovered new musical influences culminating in a new band and […]