The Band CAMINO – NeverAlways (Atlantic) (13th Floor Album Review)
American rock band The Band CAMINO has released their third album this week, NeverAlways. Following their highly successful second album The Dark, NeverAlways is an evolution – both in sound and songwriting abilities. While they do revisit the spirit of some of their earlier work, NeverAlways feels like a fresher, more mature perspective.
Georgia Lines – Till The Music Stops: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Award-winning singer-songwriter Georgia Lines delivers a powerful new single, Till The Music Stops, showcasing her growth and artistry as she takes fans one step closer to the release of her upcoming EP, THE GUEST HOUSE (out Friday August 29).
Cory Hanson – I Love People (Drag City) (13th Floor Album Review)
On I Love People, his fifth solo album, Cory Hanson offers a warm, sun-drenched, and slightly subversive take on the 1970s American songbook.
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar – Basement Theatre: July 22-26 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar sometimes seems like it has a cast of thousands. Last time we saw it in Auckland it had at least twenty. Last night, at the Basement Theatre with two actors and one effective sound and lighting manager, it had a cast of two. It was remarkable.
Soft Bait – Josh Hunter’s Life Advice: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Auckland band Soft Bait have just released their second album, Life Advice, today…their first for the Flying Nun label.
Billy Strings – Spark Arena: July 22, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Billy Strings was a pickin’, and we were a grinnin’ as he and his four compadres treated a nearly-full Spark Arena to nearly two and a half hours of primo Bluegrass music.
This Silent Divide – City Lights: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Wellington rock band This Silent Divide today released their new single and music video for City Lights. The band mix driving drums, wall-of-sound guitars and melodic overtones to create catchy, high-energy songs. City Lights was recorded and mixed by producer Toby Lloyd at Wellington’s Tiny Triumph Recordings.
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
The name Folk Bitch Trio is punky, provocative, even a little tongue-in-cheek, but the music on their debut album Now Would Be A Good Time is quietly radical in a different way.
Billie Marten – Dog Eared (Fiction) (13th Floor Album Review)
British singer Billie Marten has just released her new album Dog Eared, a jazz-folk record reminiscent of softness and a departure from her previous styles. Across the album’s tracklist, Marten traverses major themes while effortlessly mixing intense production with contemplative lyricism.
Fly My Pretties – Nice N’ Easy: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
New Zealand’s eclectic musical collective Fly My Pretties present Nice N’ Easy, the first taste of the upcoming deluxe version of their new album, ELEMENTAL.
Ozzy Osbourne: Black Sabbath Frontman & Prince of Darkness Has Died Age 76 – R.I.P.
We here at The 13th Floor are reeling from the news that Ozzy Osbourne has died, age 76, just weeks after his historic reunion with his Black Sabbath bandmates.
One To One: John & Yoko Dir: Kevin MacDonald & Sam Rice-Edward (13th Floor NZIFF Review)
Think you know everything about Beatle John? Even if you do, One To One: John & Yoko is a film that will stand as a stark reminder of just how passionate and important his and Yoko’s activism was in the early 1970s.
Infinity Sessions – Winter 2025: Make Us Feel Good About Life – MUFGAL
Neil Finn and Roundhead Studios are thrilled to announce a midwinter pick me up… a series of INFINITY SESSIONS to “Make Us Feel Good About Life” ( MUFGAL) and bring great music & mirth to the people of New Zealand and beyond as a mid winter pick me up.
Soft Bait – Life Advice (Flying Nun) (13th Floor Album Review)
Formed in 2020 in Tāmaki Makaurau, Soft Bait are a band that took shape before they ever took the stage. Their debut, Plot Points, written and recorded before playing a single gig, was literary, brooding post-punk built on relentless rhythm and tight, coiled tension.
Gina Malcolm – Travellin’ Heart: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Leanne Malcolm has changed her tune in recent years. Known across New Zealand as a radio and television journalist and as the presenter of TV3’s Nightline in the 90s, she has had a radical shift in career since 2021. Now Gina Malcom is here with the pure alt-country and Americana sound of ‘Travellin’ Heart’.
Osheen Performs Highlife: 13th Floor Singles Session
Direct from Whangārei its Osheen, one of Northland’s most promising new singer/songwriters….here in Auckland to perform his latest single, Highlife, at The 13th Floor.
The Warratahs – Burning Daylight (Southbound) (13th Floor Album Review)
Barry Saunders and The Warratahs have just released their new album, Burning Daylight, one that has The 13th Floor’s Robin Kearns thinking…here are his thoughts.
Awning + For The Girl Who Has Everything – Whammy Bar: July 18, 2025
Since the release of Awning’s debut, My Friend Dog EP, recordings made between 2021 and 2023, singer/songwriter Christian Dimick has made significant strides, and I’m not just talking distance between Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tamaki Makaurau.
Princess Chelsea’s Midwinter Ball – The Civic/Wintergarden: July 18, 2026
Cold weather be damned! Princess Chelsea invited all of Auckland to celebrate the season with another Midwinter Ball and the response was so great it was expanded to two nights.
Sadsmiles – Eyes Over There (Songbroker) (13th Floor Album Review)
On their quietly assured debut album Eyes Over There, Sadsmiles, the collaborative project of Mahoney Harris and Wayne Bell, offer a collection of songs that reward stillness and attentiveness. With Harris on lead vocals and Bell playing every instrument, the album is a notebook of understatement: poetic, emotionally intelligent, and beautifully unhurried.