Margaret Gordon – Making Life In One Chord: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Film maker Margaret Gordon is anticipating the World Premiere of her music doco, Life In One Chord, based, in part, on Shayne Carter’s memoir, Dead People I Have Known.
The Great Lillian Hall Dir: Michael Cristofer (13th Floor Film Review)
In The Great Lillian Hall, a legend of cinema plays a legend of theatre playing a Russian aristocrat in Michael Cristofer’s sensitively handled study of art imitating life.
Butter Wouldn’t Melt…But The Roots Grow Deep: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Wellington’s Butter Wouldn’t Melt has grown from a duo to a quartet and they have a new album, Where The Roots Grow Deep, to prove it.
Bloc Party – Spark Arena: August 12, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
It had been almost twenty years since I first heard Bloc Party, tucked away in my room with a copy of A Weekend in the City and the strange, liberating sensation that someone else’s words and guitar riffs had finally caught up with my life.
Weapons – Dir: Zach Cregger (13th Floor Film Review)
Zach Cregger’s follow-up to Barbarian is a twisty little frog-in-hot-water number that starts out eerie and slow, then subtly turns up the heat to nerve-jangling proportions.
No Joy – Bugland (Hand Drawn Dracula) (13th Floor Album Review)
Canadian artist Jasamine White-Gluz is the creative force behind No Joy, originally a two-piece hailing from Montreal, now she performs and records solo having shifted to rural Quebec.
Lost Vessels Perform Broken But Okay: 13th Floor Singles Session
Auckland-based pop/punk rockers Lost Vessels have just released their new single, Broken But Okay…their first new music in two years. Here they are at The 13th Floor with a special acoustic performance.
Dunedin Alt-Rockers IVY Announce Debut Album HUSH and a Co-Headlining Nationwide Tour with The Beatniks
Word has spread fast about Aotearoa alt-rockers IVY – the charismatic five-piece, which has spent the last few years honing their craft in the rehearsal spaces, bars and venues of Dunedin.
Bobby Whitlock: Derek & The Dominoes & Solo Has Died Age 77 – R.I.P.
Songwriter and keyboard player Bobby Whitlock has died age 77. Bobby had an illustrious career playing with Derek & The Dominos and Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett plus recording with George Harrison and his own solo records.
Butter Wouldn’t Melt – Where the Roots Grow Deep (Old River Records)
Kiwis may not be enamoured by what’s going on in the U.S. these days but many do have an enduring love affair with American music traditions.
The Lumineers Announce Return to AU & NZ Next January – The Automatic World Tour
Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce the return of beloved American folk-rockers and 2 x GRAMMY® nominees The Lumineers, bringing their hugely anticipated AUTOMATIC World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in January 2026.
LAINEY WILSON (US): Announces AU & NZ dates for the WHIRLWIND WORLD TOUR – February 2026
Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring are delighted to welcome back country music powerhouse Lainey Wilson as she brings her WHIRLWIND WORLD TOUR down under in February 2026, which also sees the Grammy-award winner make her long-awaited New Zealand debut.
Hannah Virk Is Checking Her Pocket Clocks: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Wellington-based artist Hannah Virk releases her second album, Pocket Clocks, today and we’ve got questions!
Ringlets – Whammy Bar: August 9, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey takes in Ringlets as they celebrate their new album at Whammy.
Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human (HWY 87) (13th Floor Album Review)
With We’re Only Human, his tenth album, Hayes Carll trades the wry observations of modern absurdity for something more introspective and tender, though no less sharp.
Sivle Talk – This City Has Let Our Children Down: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today we bring to your attention, This City Has Let Our Children Down, the latest from Sivle Talk/Tane Cotton.
The Response – Novel Idea (13th Floor Album Review)
The depth of music in this land is extraordinary. A month ago I hadn’t heard of The Response, yet here they are on repeat in my head, playing on he inner jukebox in the most delicious way.
Erase Everything – New Year New Idea: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Angelo Munro, Milan Borich, Matthew Berry, Grant Sowerby and Jon Ropiha make up the Erase Everything, a band with members based in Tāmaki Makaurau & Ōtepoti. Here is their new single, New Year New Idea.
The Response Has A Novel Idea: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Christchurch electro-pop duo The Response have just released their new album, Novel Idea…this after collaborating with Goodshirt’s Rodney Fisher.
Hannah Virk – Pocket Clocks (13th Floor Album Review)
In her second album, Pocket Clocks, Hannah Virk stretches her sonic palette and lyrical ambition, as she swaps the domestic interiors of her debut, Upstairs / Downstairs, for a world governed by ticking clocks and algorithmic rhythms. It is a lo-fi, thoughtful, and distinctive meditation on time, technology, and identity, full of charm and intelligence.