The Ultimate National Song-writing Competition Has Landed!
The producers of School of Rock, the Broadway and West End blockbuster musical, are today calling for talented New Zealand kids to seize the chance to write their very own rock song that will be played live in front of the School of Rock audience at The Civic. In the immortal words of Dewey Finn (aka […]
NZIFF Announces Thirteen New Zealand Film Premieres
Thirteen feature-length New Zealand films will screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) in 2019. Nine films will have their world premieres in the programme, including the previously announced documentary A Seat at the Table.
Concert Review: Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick – Tuning Fork, June 19, 2019
Experimental musicians, Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick, balanced and combined their individual, otherworldly sounds to create a uniquely layered, emotive soundscape at Tuning Fork last night.
Album Review: Chris Shiflett – Hard Lessons (East Beach/Thirty Tigers)
Foo Fighters’ guitarist Chris Shiflett sets up shop in Nashville for a quick set of country-rockers, added and abetted by Nashville’s hottest producer, Dave Cobb.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: The Regrettes – I Dare You
Yay! Today we have a new song by The Regrettes.
Hip-hop Sensation Kings Announces His First Official NZ Headline Tour!
Kiwi hip-hop ‘man of the moment’ Kings will be embarking on his first-ever nationwide tour of New Zealand to celebrate the release of his new single ‘Flex’, which is out tomorrow.
Movie Review: Anna, Directed by Luc Besson
Able to disembowel bodyguards twice her size with broken dinner plates, blonde bombshell Anna (Sasha Luss) is a down and out druggie with an abusive boyfriend turned Russian KGB assassin posing as a fashion model. Anna is an unequivocally excellent marksman at short range. Runway model in stature, but with kicking power that can send […]
The National Announce Two Shows at ASB Theatre!
THE NATIONAL will play two shows at Auckland’s ASB Theatre, Aotea Square, a world-class all-seated venue on Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of April 2020. The National are bringing a full production for what is a mouth-watering sonic proposition of being able to see and hear a touchstone band in a perfect environment.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Chelsea Wolfe – The Mother Road
Here’s an eerie slice of gothic-folk from Chelsea Wolfe.
Album Review: Iron & Wine and Calexico – Years To Burn (Sub Pop)
Nearly 15 years after their first collaboration, Iron & Wine and Calexico mix it up again.
ONE LOVE 2020 Lifts The Lid On Its Most Exciting Line-Up Yet!
New Zealand’s much-loved ONE LOVE Festival will kick off a new decade with the best line-up in the festival’s history.
Track By Track: Louis Baker’s Commentary On His New Album, Open
After years of gigging and fine-tuning his sound…while constantly writing songs, Wellington’s Louis Baker is finally ready to release his debut album.
And the Winner of the David Bowie Box Set is…
Simon Sean Coffey has won the David Bowie Box Set, Clareville Grove Demos. This gorgeous box-set with three 7″ vinyl singles of Bowie’s 1969 demos, includes Space Oddity. Congratulations Simon! We asked people to tell us their favourite Bowie personae. The results: Ziggy Stardust The Thin White Duke Aladdin Sane Goblin King Halloween Jack Himself […]
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Albi & The Wolves – This Is War
Hey! Hey! It’s new music from Albi & The Wolves!
James Morrison (UK) Announces New Zealand Stop On The ‘You’re Stronger Than You Know’ Tour In September 2019
Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce iconic British singer-songwriter James Morrison will be touching down in New Zealand in September 2019 for the You’re Stronger Than You Know Tour, armed with his fifth studio album, You’re Stronger Than You Know, released in March through Warner Music New Zealand.
Aussie Legends Hermitude Drop New Banger & Announce NZ Tour
Hermitude are back with a daring new single ‘Northern Lights’ featuring Soaky Siren and Vory. The track has just premiered on tastemaker stations triple J in Australia and George FM in New Zealand.
Lloyd Cole Announces “From Rattlesnakes to Guesswork” NZ Tour
Lloyd Cole has confirmed six New Zealand concerts in November for his “From Rattlesnakes to Guesswork” tour, with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions guitarist Neil Clark joining him on stage.
Album Review: Rickie Lee Jones – Kicks (The Other Side Of Desire/Thirty Tigers)
Rickie Lee Jones turns in her fourth (count ‘em) covers collection, and it’s a winner.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Benee – Want Me Back
19-year-old Auckland sensation Benee releases her newest single, Want Me Back.
CRADLE OF FILTH Performing ‘Cruelty and the Beast In Full’ Australian and NZ Tour
In 1998 Cruelty and the Beast was released and showcased the band’s hybrid of brutality and macabre romanticism, crafting a concept album based on the life of Hungarian Countess and mass murderer Elizabeth Bathory who tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries.