Concert Review: Soaked Oats – Galatos, July 6, 2019
Dunedin-based four-piece, Soaked Oats, brought their Sludge Pop Tour to Auckland last night, displaying a level of personal growth in their sound and performance that was sadly lost on the Galatos crowd.
Track By Track: Hobnail’s Rob Joass On Boots And All
Kiwi Celtic Country Folk band Hobnail is celebrating their 25th anniversary with a nationwide tour and a new compilation album titled Boots And All. Band member and chief songwriter Rob Joass spoke to The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda and took him through the stories behind every one of the 16 tracks that comprise the new […]
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Chrissie Hynde – Que Reste-t-il De nos Amours?
Perfect for your Sunday morning, here’s Chrissie Hynde with her jazzy interpretation of Charles Trenet’s Que Reste-t-il De nos Amours?.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: The Bird & The Bee ft. Beck – Hot For Teacher
Alright, its an old song, but this take on Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher needs to be heard.
Tour Announcement : Nightmares on Wax
PAINT IT GOLD is delighted to announce the return of downtempo legend NIGHTMARES ON WAX [Ninja Tune]
Concert Review: Kane Strang – Whammy Backroom July 4, 2019
Dunedin’s Kane Strang dazzled Auckland fans with a set of tunes drawn mainly from his soon-to-be recorded next album.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Pluto – Oh My Lonely
Well, well, today we have new music from a reunited Pluto!
George After James Giveaway
GIVEAWAY! Here’s one for Aucklanders – or anyone who’ll be in Auckland Monday night… We’ve got two double passes to George After James – right here at the 13th Floor, 206 Symonds St, Auckland. (Upstairs from The Bike Barn and a couple doors to the left from The French Cafe.) To win one of the […]
Album Review: The Black Keys – Let’s Rock (Easy Eye/Nonesuch)
This new Black Keys album comes five years after their previous long player. Did they wait too long, or not long enough? I’m not sure.
Announcing The Return Of Shonen Knife!
Japan’s evergreen sugar-coated punk powerpopsters, Shonen Knife, return to New Zealand in November 2019!
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Ride – Repetition
Alrighty, we’ve got another new track from shoegaze veterans Ride for you this morning.
Southern Fork Americana Fest 2019 Announcement
The Tuning Fork, 95bFM and Undertheradar are proud to announce the return of the Southern Fork Americana Fest, back for its sixth year in Auckland!
Tiny Ruins Announces 12 Date NZ Tour
Tiny Ruins return to home ground this spring, in the wake of their sonic dream of a record, Olympic Girls.
Film Review: Yesterday Dir: Danny Boyle
Imagine there’s no Beatles, I wonder if you could. Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) has teamed up with Screenplay writer Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Love Actually), to create a world that many music lovers would consider unthinkable. Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon
Film Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and the twenty-third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – it could also be the best Spider-Man film we’ve ever had. Dir: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jacob Batalon, Samuel L. Jackson, Angourie Rice, Marisa Tomei.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Belle & Sebastian – Sister Buddha
Here’s Belle and Sebastian with a new single taken from their upcoming album, the soundtrack to the film, Days Of The Bagnold Summer.
Concert Review: Beastwars, Galatos, 29 June 2019
Beastwars returned to Galatos in Auckland on 29 June, 2019 for their second date of a 7 stop NZ and Australia tour, celebrating the June 28 release of the band’s album IV. The tour is also celebrating vocalist Matt Hyde’s remission of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which oh so thankfully allowed this album come to be.
Platinum Sounds AKL: Icehouse, 10cc, Mockers, Midge Ure + more!
Hold onto your hats, NZ concert-goers. Huge tour news! Plus1 proudly brings to Auckland Platinum Sounds 2020 – a week-long series featuring six of the best platinum international and local hitmakers: Icehouse (Australia) with the Narcs, 10cc (UK) with Jan Hellriegel, and the voice of Ultravox, Midge Ure in an awesome double-bill with the Mockers.
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! announce NZ shows in August
under the radar proudly presents… BLAM BLAM BLAM. Perfectly calm. Hot Hot Hot on the announcement of their appearance at the not-to-be-missed Others Way Festival 2019 – Blam Blam Blam will also play two South Island shows and two shows in the Wellington area in late August at the tail end of winter.
Theatre Review: Once, ASB Waterfront Theatre, 29 June 2019
Full disclosure. I never knew, until told upon leaving the theatre on Saturday night, that ‘Once’ was once, was first, a feature film, a budget indie movie turned blockbuster hit. Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but no, no idea. Another disclosure, I like bands, musicians, more of a gig-goer. As theatregoers go, a […]