Electric Tapestry – Orbiting Bodies (13th Floor EP Review)
Wellington alternative-rock band Electric Tapestry released their fourth EP Orbiting Bodies. The extended-play takes a deep dive into the void kaleidoscopic journey through sound in its sixteen-minute runtime.
Juliana Hatfield – Lightning Might Strike (American Laundromat) (13th Floor Album Review)
Lightning Might Strike is studio album release number 21 for Juliana Hatfield as a solo artist, the latest in a long career that includes 10 more LPs under various band entities including the Blake Babies, The Lemonheads, Some Girls and Minor Alps.
Come Together: End Of Year Bash – Civic Theatre: December 12, 2025
Come Together celebrates with an end-of-year NZ v Aussie Bash…one stage…two nations… one unforgettable night of rock.
Macey – Seaside Wishes: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following his recent 2025 single, Mona Lisa Money, acclaimed New Zealand singer-songwriter MACEY returns with his second new release of his forthcoming album, the evocative and heartfelt single Seaside Wishes.
Nuremberg Dir: James Vanderbilt (13th Floor Film Review)
Nuremberg: A thought provoking, exploration of one of history’s most divisive moments.
Fables – Enough: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After reintroducing herself with ‘Sundown’, Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter Jess Bailey, aka Fables, gets back into the saddle and rides again with ‘Enough’, the second single from her forthcoming debut album, Change is a Slow-Moving Beast (due 2026 via Home Alone).
Throwing Muses – Double Whammy: December 10, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With the year drawing to a close, Throwing Muses return to Auckland for the first time since 1993.
Juliana Hatfield – Determined To Have Fun: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Juliana Hatfield releases her latest solo album, Lightning Might Strike, in just a few days.
James Reyne Celebrates The Fall Of Crawl – With a Full Band in Wellington and Auckland in 2026!
Everything has a beginning, a middle and an end after some fashion or other; and to THAT end, all things must pass. And so it came to be that Australian Crawl, after its fashion, in February 1986, came to an end.
Genuine and Stable – Herald Theatre, 9-13 Dec (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Genuine and Stable is a sympathetic look at a shitty situation: an immigrant judged not by her peers, but by strangers—and on the basis of a private relationship which is nobody’s business but their own, but which must be recorded and questioned.
LINKIN PARK ROAR BACK TO NEW ZEALAND ON THEIR FROM ZERO WORLD TOUR, MARCH 2026
LINKIN PARK – Mike Shinoda, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong, and Colin Brittain – following their recently announced Australian tour, confirm their highly anticipated return to New Zealand in 2026 on the From Zero World Tour – their first visit since 2013.
Dave McMurray Loves Detroit (Even When He’s Hurting): 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Sax man Dave McMurray has just released I Love Life (Even When I’m Hurting) on Blue Note Records.
Chet Faker – Can You Swim?: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Critically acclaimed Australian artist Chet Faker releases his new single ‘Can You Swim?’, in lead up to the release of his upcoming album A LOVE FOR STRANGERS on February 13, 2026 via BMG.
The Blasters – From American Music To Non Fiction: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Liberation Hall Music has just reissued American Music and Non Fiction, the first and third albums by The Blasters.
The Waterboys Present: Rips From the Cutting Room Floor (Sun) (13th Floor Album Review)
With Rips From the Cutting Room Floor, The Waterboys push their long-gestating Dennis Hopper project into its widest frame yet.
BADBADNOTGOOD RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND IN 2026
Today, Live Nation announces the return of Grammy Award-winning Canadian alt-jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD to Australian and New Zealand shores in March 2026.
Die My Love Dir: Lynne Ramsay (13th Floor Film Review)
Die My Love delivers a visceral, unflinching portrait of postpartum depression and psychosis, anchored by a career-defining performance from Jennifer Lawrence.
Nadia Reid – The Powerstation: December 6, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Towards the end of her generous set, Nadia Reid spoke of her studio in Salford and how it takes two buses and over an hour to get there from her new home in Manchester. But, said a close friend, it’s all about the journey.
JJJJJerome Ellis – Vesper Sparrow: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
JJJJJerome Ellis has just released his new album, Vesper Sparrow, an album of very original music that combines “granular synthesis” with jazz and gospel.
The Transits – Bleed Hope (13th Floor Album Review)
The Transits return with Bleed Hope, an album that opens at full tilt and rarely lets the listener come up for air across the punchy, pop-punk and rock of its fifteen tracks.