Concert Review: Earth Tongue, Whammy Bar, 27 November 2020
Comprised of drummer Ezra Simons and vox/guitarist Gussie Larkin (also of indie-pop outfit Mermaidens, though you couldn’t tell), Earth Tongue tore Whammy to shreds with their monstrous brand of psych-rock on the penultimate night of their most extensive Aotearoa tour to date.
Watch: Geoff Ong at The 13th Floor
Is he a “pop star for dorks?” Watch Geoff Ong’s 13th Floor Video Session and find out.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Kora – Weekend
Today’s pick is a no-brainer…what could be better than a new song called Weekend by Kora on a Saturday morning.
Concert Review: Lou’ana, Q Theatre, November 26, 2020
Lou’ana performed two shows at Auckland’s Q Theatre. The first sold out, so we caught the late show and am so glad not to have missed out.
Concert Review: Tribute to Radiohead – Ponsonby Social Club November 26, 2020
The Loose Quartet inhabit the House of Radiohead, shake the foundations and walls, and leave it covered in bright flashing lights and colours.
Watch: The 13th Floor Interview with Anna Coddington
Today marks the release of Anna Coddington’s new album, Beams. So here she is to talk about it at The 13th Floor.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: The Black Seeds – Raised With Love
It’s new music Friday and today we bring you new music from The Black Seeds.
Auckland Arts Festival 2021 Full Programme Launched
After cutting its 2020 season short due to COVID-19, in 2021 the Festival will take place between 4 and 21 March 2021 and feature a selection of more than 70 multi-art shows and events at theatres, galleries and unique indoor and outdoor venues across Tāmaki Makaurau.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Stephanie Lambring
With Thanksgiving just around the corner we take you to Nashville where Stephanie Lambring tells us about her startling new album, Autonomy.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Tori Amos – Better Angels
‘Oh, what a year.’..so starts this new song from our favourite cornflake girl, Tori Amos.
Concert Review: HINA – Anthology Lounge November 24, 2020
Here’s another local star on the rise and her name is HINA.
Film Review: The Mystery of D.B. Cooper Dir: John Dower
Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) is a mystery. The airjacker (or air pirate) of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in 1971, his identity—and thus his fate—remains unknown. He stepped onboard the plane just before 3pm on November the 24th and left the plane by parachute some five hours later, USD200000 in hand.
Concert Review: Delaney Davidson – Ponsonby Social Club November 24, 2020
The Magus in Black, Delaney Davidson, invokes the wild spirit Gods and Demons with candles and smoke, a whiff of Sulphur and brimstone. The Shaman two-step, wild eyes and Little John the Conqueroo. The dim stage of the Ponsonby Social Club resonates to Southern Swamp Blues.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with The Psychotic Monks
Hailing from France these Psychotic Monks make a big noise and you can hear it on their new album, Private Meaning First.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk With Melbourne Dream Pop Band Hachiku
Vast and intimate all at once, Hachiku’s debut album I’ll Probably Be Asleep is a captivating combo of textural, cinematic production and dreamy vocals.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Dolphin Friendly – Killing Silence
Today we bring you new music from Christchurch band Dolphin Friendly and their new song/video Killing Silence.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: LAIIKA – Crush
Talkin’ ’bout pop music…here’s a new one from Auckland pop-duo LAIIKA and its called Crush.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Rachel Brooke
Here’s another musical discovery for you…from northern Michigan it’s country singer Rachel Brooke.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: The Go-Go’s – Club Zero
Ready or not, here they come…it’s The Go-Go’s!
Concert Review: City of Souls,Tuning Fork, 21 November 2020
Music as soundscapes, theatre, animated sculpture and molten energy continually forming into mass and dissolving again. Big ambitions laid out at the Tuning Fork tonight and as if by alchemy opening out the room to massive plains of sound. City of Souls perform with manic physical energy and the sweat flows freely from singer Richie […]