Final Curtain Call for Retiring Screen & Stage Legend Rawiri Paratene
After an extraordinary career that has cemented Rawiri Paratene is a national treasure. This beloved figure makes his swan song performance with Peter Paka Paratene – Ask me anything, playing at Te Pou Theatre from April 16-24. An intimate evening of storytelling and song, Rawiri and his band share a cheeky musical look through the round window […]
Thomston Returns to NZ performing in Auckland & Wellington
He’s New Zealand’s best kept secret, and Thomston is returning for two very special shows off the back of the release of the first single, “JPA989,” from his highly anticipated sophomore album!
Taite Music Prize 2021 Finalists Announced
The Taite Music Prize highlights outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year. The award is open to all genres of music and judged on artistic merit regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
Nothing is Left, Heavy Metal Art Exhibition by Alexander L. Brown
Nothing is Left is a long overdue solo exhibition by Alexander L. Brown, documenting over a decade of his ultra-detailed ink drawings for black, death and heavy metal bands and labels both locally and internationally.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Brandy Clark
With the Grammies just days away, Brandy Clark talks to The 13th Floor about her two nominations and working with Lindsey Buckingham.
Watch: The 13th Floor Video Session with Jed Parsons (2021 Edition)
With a new album, Brunch, on the loose, Jed Parsons & band perform 3 songs from record.
New Song Of The Day: Lucy Dacus – Thumbs
Today we bring you a new one from Lucy Dacus. And Thumbs is a song with its own Twitter account.
CubaDupa Final Lineup Announced
CubaDupa – New Zealand’s most diverse and creative street festival, has released its final line up and daily schedule for the festival which will be held on the weekend of March 27-28, 2021
Film Review: Cosmic Sin, Directed by Edward Drake
Cosmic Sin, somehow starring Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo, is the worst film I’ve ever reviewed, an 85-minute cure for insomnia posing as a sci-fi action film that dabbles in time dilation only in that it somehow feels like it took more than three lifetimes to watch.
New Song Of The Day: Fruit Juice Parade – the more you don’t know the less you know
This just in! And just in time for breakfast (or morning tea) is Fruit Juice Parade from Wellington with The More You Don’t Know The Less You Know.
Auckland Arts Festival 2021 Show Status Update
We’re back! After the whirlwind impacts of Alert Level 3, Auckland’s move to Alert Level 2 at 6am yesterday morning came with a sigh of relief for the Auckland Arts Festival/Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki (AAF) team.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Ally Venable
Yesterday it was Chicago, today its Texas where we find guitar-toting Ally Venable telling The 13th Floor all about her new album, Heart Of Fire.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Joanna Connor
From Chicago, “the home of the blues” comes Joanna Connor to tell us about her new album, 4801 South Indiana Avenue.
Album Review: Alice Cooper, Detroit Stories (Edel Germany)
Alice Cooper’s Detroit Stories is an enjoyable blast of great and funny Rock’n’Roll with no remorse. Rev Orange Peel tackles the latest from the Grand Guignol of Rock Theatre.
Movie Review: Cousins, Directed by Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace Smith
Intensely sad, but sublimely beautiful, Cousins is a story of the psychological trauma to human life and community wrought by colonisation in Aotearoa.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Sydney Sprague
We head to Phoenix, Arizona where a dust storm is brewing as The 13th Floor checks in with Sydney Sprague to discuss her debut album, Maybe I Will See You At The End Of The World.
New Song Of The Day: Dirty Honey – California Dreamin’
With a sound closer to AC/DC than The Mamas & The Papas, here’s a new song from hard rockers Dirty Honey titled California Dreamin’.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Edward Castelow
You know him as Dictaphone Blues, now Edward Castelow is back recording under his own name and with a new album titled Mirth.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk Series with Kiwi Jr.
Today we bring you the Canadian alt.rock quartet with the unlikely name of Kiwi Jr. as they tell us about their new album, Cooler Returns.
Album Review: Sheppard, Kaleidoscope Eyes (Empire of Song)
Pop sensations from Brisbane Sheppard have released 15 singles from October 2019. All except one are here on this third album Kaleidoscope Eyes. A smooth shiny vehicle which does have the faint echo of Lucy in the Sky as the short instrumental title track invites everyone in.