Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with The Besnard Lakes
From Montreal, Canada, here are The Besnard Lakes to talk about their epic new album, The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings.
New Song Of The Day: Merk – God
Today we bring you…Merk! The former Fazerdazer is back with a new song, God, and a new album in the horizon.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Selwyn Birchwood
Bluesman Selwyn Birchwood calls in from Florida to tell us all about his new album, Living In A Burning House.
New Song Of The Day: Teenage Fanclub – I’m More Inclined
Stand by! The new album has been postponed, but here is a new song from Teenage Fanclub.
New Song Of The Day: serpentwithfeet – Fellowship
Today we bring you new music from LA via Baltimore artist serpentwithfeet. Fellowship is taken from upcoming album, Deacon.
Watch: 13th Floor Video Session with Estère
Estère released her third album, Archetypes, this past Friday. On Thursday she was at The 13th Floor Studio playing new songs and chatting with Marty Duda.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Moon Taxi
We take you to Nashville to talk to Tommy Putnam, bass player for Moon Taxi, to talk about their new album, Silver Dream.
New Song Of The Day: Terrible Sons – What A Friend
Ease into the working week with this contemplative new song from Christchurch couple Terrible Sons.
Concert Review: Mema Wilda – Anthology Lounge, January 23, 2021
Impressive new talent just keeps on coming here in NZ. Lockdown be damned, there is plenty of cool music being made by locals to last us. Last night it was Mema Wilda who was celebrating the release of a new single with a full band set at Anthology Lounge.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Jason Bieler
Here we go! We get hard and heavy with Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra as we go deep into the new album, Songs For The Apocalypse.
New Song Of The Day: Mema Wilda – How I Long
Here’s a little something to get your Sunday started…its a new single from Auckland’s Mema Wilda titled How I Long.
New Song Of The Day: Madeline Kenney – Wasted Time
Our friend Madeline Kenney has graced us with a new song, a new video and a new EP today.
Concert Review: Michal Martyniuk – Ponsonby Social Club
From the ridiculous to the sublime, I dash from New Lynn to Ponsonby to catch Polish/Kiwi keyboard master Michal Martyniuk in concert.
Concert Review: Melanie – UFO January 21, 2021
No, this ain’t the Lay Down/Brand New Key Melanie who performed at Woodstock. This Melanie is a four-piece band of ratbag punk rockers from Glendene who play loud, fast and hard.
Album Review: The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground (Spitfire Music)
Holy Ground is all about the culture and tradition of Rock music, and this album is a grand celebration of all its fine elements and ingredients. The continuing progression of White Revivalist Pentecostal and American Black Baptist Church music. Holy ground absolutely.
New Song Of The Day: Estère – Into The Belly Of Capricorn
From her new album, Archetypes, just released today, here is a brand new video from Estère of her song Into The Belly Of Capricorn.
Film Review: Penguin Bloom Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House Warning! This Australian film has all the trappings of a disease/movie of the week…a paralyzed mum, three young children, a benign dad and a bird. Fortunately the mum is played by Naomi Watts and that magpie can really act!
New Song Of The Day: Monowhales – Out With The Old
After watching the news this morning we say, “Out With The Old!” and so do Monowhales.
Film Review: Dawn Raid Director: Oscar Kightley
Featuring the music of: Adeaze, Aaradhna, Savage, Mareko, Deceptikonz The documentary of Dawn Raid Entertainment is at its heart the story of Andy Murnane and Danny “Brother D” Leaosavai’i who met at a business college and went on to found a successful Hip-Hop music production and clothing business in 1999 in Papatoetoe, South Auckland.
Auckland Fringe Programme Announced
Kicking off on Valentine’s Day with over 100 events across three weeks, 2021 is set to be the biggest Auckland Fringe yet. This year’s programme is packed full of energetic, urgent and innovative works that will burst Tāmaki Makaurau at its seams with accessibility, eccentricity, identity and everything in between.