Concert Review: Screaming Females – Whammy Bar May 28, 2019
It was a full-on rock maelstrom as New Jersey’s Screaming Females returned to Auckland’s Whammy Bar.
Movie Review: Godzilla II: King of The Monsters
Godzilla II: King of The Monsters crams a franchise worth of films into just 132 minutes. Is it a non-stop white knuckle ride? or stuffed with too many sub-plots, red herrings and secondary characters to sustain its god-sized action? Oxford Lamoureaux contemplates this and other mysteries in his review of Warner Brothers latest contribution to […]
Album Review: The Felice Brothers – Undress (Yep Roc)
If nothing else, the Trump administration has inspired an awful lot of music lately. The Felice Brothers’ new album finds the Catskill-based band with politics on their mind and a new line-up to help get the message across.
Documentary Edge International Film Festival – Music Docos Reviewed!
The Documentary Edge Film Festival is Australasia’s premiere international documentary film Festival. This year’s festival begins on Thursday, May 30th and runs through Sunday, June 23rd in Auckland and Wellington. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda has had a look at three of the music-related docos on offer. Here are his reviews:
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Blue River Baby Band – Blue River Baby
From down Wellington way come the Blue River Baby Band with their new single and video, Blue River Baby.
Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club Announces Auckland Show
To mark one year since its release, Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club announces a headline date at Auckland’s iconic Powerstation.
Film Review: Rocketman – Dir: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard After taking over from Bryan Singer on Bohemian Rhapsody, Dexter Fletcher gets a well-deserved directors credit for Rocketman.
Justin Townes Earle Returning To New Zealand For 3-Date Tour This August
The Tuning Fork and 95bFM are proud to announce that Nashville-based Americana heavyweight, Justin Townes Earle, will return to New Zealand for a 3-date tour this August.
Summer Concert Tour Announces Huge Lineup For 2020
Greenstone Entertainment has hit a milestone, we are 10 years old! To celebrate our anniversary in style we’re bringing you 5 massive acts. We’re promising concert goers a huge day, with five international artists to headline the 2020 Summer Concert Tour at each of our three January shows taking place in Queenstown, Taupo and Whitianga.
Miami Rapper Pouya Heads To NZ For One Show
AUCKLAND, NZ (May 27, 2019) – Miami rapper POUYA has announced his debut New Zealand tour for this September. Praised for bringing the underground to the masses, fans can see him live at Auckland’s Powerstation on Saturday, September 7.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: The Coronas – Find The Water
Belfast-based rockers The Coronas have released a new single, Find The Water.
Punk It Up! Bluestone Room, 25 May 2019
Mega THANKS to Mark Everton for this great review of an amazing night! Funny. For some reason, in my head, I had added words like ‘Last Stand’ and ‘Last Hurrah’ to ‘Punk It Up IV’. Maybe because Andrew Boak had told me it was going to be the last one. Maybe because time has marched […]
Album Review: Faye Webster – Atlanta Millionaires Club (Secretly Canadian)
21-year-old Faye Webster has just released her third album, a record that combines her lyrics of angst and loneliness with a unique musical blend of contemporary r&b and American roots music.
Concert Review: Sun Kil Moon – The Tuning Fork, May 25, 2019
Sun Kil Moon brought little more than a keyboard and microphone to The Tuning Fork last night, but delivered a spoken word performance filled with almost three hours of subversive comedy and deeply personal human observation.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Seeker Lover Keeper – Let It Out
Seeker Lover Keeper – Australian indie folk supergroup comprising of Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann and Holly Throsby – return with the release of their new single Let It Out.
Album Review: Justin Townes Earle – The Saint Of Lost Causes (New West)
Justin Townes Earle’s eighth album finds an artist hitting a new standard for himself, both in terms of songwriting and production.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Sheryl Crow with Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt – Live Wire
Sheryl Crow offers up another track from her upcoming collaboration album, Threads.
Listen: 13th Floor New Music Show For Friday, May 24th!
Friday is new music day, and now you can listen to the best new releases on our new feature, the 13th Floor New Music Show.
Celebrating 40th anniversary of Neil Young’s Live Rust 1979 Album – Concert Tour
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Young’s 1979 Live Rust album that captured the best of his Rust Never Sleeps Tour, a super group of New Zealand artists will come together to perform live in concert, the album in its entirety, track-by-track.
Concert Review: The Schizophonics – Whammy Bar May 23, 2019
San Diego trio The Schizophonics brought their frenzied brand of garage rock to Auckland’s Whammy Bar, kicking off their first tour of New Zealand.