Kirsten Morrell – Hoping & Wishing & Playing at Big Fan (13th Floor MusicTalk)
Kirsten Morrell releases her new single, Hoping & Wishing (Robin’s Song)…with an album in the works and a show coming up at Big Fan.
Hail, Meteor! Get Nearer To The New Album: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Weaving post-rock, dream pop and indie rock, Wellington’s Hail, Meteor! have released Nearer, an album of delicate vastness.
Tool – Spark Arena: November 22, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Tool returned to Auckland for their 6th visit and 9th show and their first since February 2020. We all know what happened after that…
Rhett Miller Spends A Lifetime Of Riding By Night: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Rhett Miller, founding member and front man for The Old 97’s, has released his 10th solo album, A Lifetime Of Riding By Night.
Dropper Adds A Little Sugar To The Wellington Scene: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Wellington band Dropper has just released their debut album, Be A Little Kinder, borne out of frontman Jude Savage’s previous band, Bleeding Star.
Beastwars – Double Whammy: November 21, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Pōneke four-piece, Beastwars, described as Aotearoa’s premier doom-sludge bootstrappers, have just released a brand-new album, their sixth, The Ship//The Sea, fitted in a four date Australian tour, and are midway through a five date tour of our nga motu’s.
A Brief History Of The Salt Collective: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Salt Collective is a collaborative musical project led by French songwriter-guitarist Stéphane Schück.
Aro – Puna Ora: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Te Tiriti-based duo, Aro, release their new single, Puna Ora, the first glimpse of their forthcoming concept album Tāwauwau, now announced for release in March 2026 .
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Dropper – Be A Little Kinder (Particle Recordings) (13th Floor Album Review)
Te Whanganui-a-Tara band Dropper release their debut album Be a Little Kinder. The Particle Recordings release sees the band show resilience through despair (and plenty of raw guitars and melody).
New Sound Thinking Podcast Today: Beatles/Prince/Dropper & Lenny Kravitz
Sound Thinking with Graham Reid and Marty Duda is back with an in-depth look at AI-generated music.
Earth Tongue – Dungeon Vision: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Ushering in a new era, Berlin based, New Zealand heavy psych duo Earth Tongue lower the castle gates on their third album Dungeon Vision, a trove of fuzz-drenched anthems produced by garage rock luminary Ty Segall in Los Angeles.
Erase Everything Expose Their Glass Souls: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Erase Everything features members of Pluto, Bleeders, Shitripper, Fever Lake & Crap Date and their new EP is called Glass Souls.
Wicked: For Good Dir: Jon M. Chu (13th Floor Film Review)
Directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, Wicked: For Good covers the second act of the 2003 stage musical — which itself was loosely based on Gregory Maguire’s novel, which was loosely based on L Frank Baum’s book… which is based on, well, Oz.
Mila Vandelle – Weathered: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Mila Vandelle releases Weathered, a reflective follow-up to her dreamy debut, July Eleven.
Metallica – Eden Park: November 19, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
There was something oddly spiritual about walking down the blocked-off roads of Kingsland amongst the horde of Metallica fans into Eden Park yesterday afternoon – that strange twilight hour that only exists before a behemoth of a band hits the stage, where Auckland feels half asleep and half feral and the clouds hang low and […]
SUMAC | NEW ZEALAND TOUR
Banished Music, Whammy Bar, and Valhalla are proud to present the long-awaited New Zealand debut of experimental post-metal trio SUMAC.
Keeper Dir: Osgood Perkins (13th Floor Film Review)
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or deep in a creepy forest with no Wi-Fi signal, you’ll be familiar with the eternal “man vs bear” question.
Suicidal Tendencies – The Powerstation: November 18, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Suicidal Tendencies led by American hardcore punk legend Mike Muir, have spent 40 years creating there own synthesis of punk, hardcore, thrash and metal, an evolving sound that has threatened singles and album charts occasionally, but never left the hearts, minds and ears of their fans, their generations of fans.
Harry Charles – Zero Zero: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Harry Charles continues his streak of releases for 2025 with the new single, Zero Zero. The second taste of his upcoming album, the track again shows Charles’ shift towards a more energetic and uplifting mood, with this track embracing all that is beautiful with a deep house vibe.
Iggy Pop and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts to Play in Auckland
The popular annual Summer Concert Tour returns in January with the recent announcement by Greenstone Entertainment of their stellar 2026 artist line-up, featuring IGGY POP, JOAN JETT and THE BLACKHEARTS, HOODOO GURUS and ZED.