Alison Moyet – Civic Theatre: May 21, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
ALISON MOYET brought her beautiful and familiar voice to the beautiful and familiar Civic Theatre in Auckland, in her first visit to Aotearoa in 8 years. Carin Newbould was there to report back for The 13th Floor, with Michael Jeong photographing the leading lady.
The Longest Johns & Albi and the Wolves – The Tuning Fork: May 22, 2025
Has the Tuning Fork ever seen such gusto in both a band and crowd? Perhaps. But I doubt it. The Longest Johns – three lads from Bristol – take the crowd on a rollicking voyage from the get-go, with the opening songs generating energy usually reserved for an encore.
Napoleon Baby Performs God Damn Enthusiast: 13th Floor Singles Session
Two members of Napoleon Baby stopped in to The 13th Floor studio to perform their latest single, God Damn Enthusiast.
Pokey LaFarge – Tuning Fork: May 21, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Pokey LaFarge and his band warmed up a sold-out crowd with a set of tunes that had feet tapping and souls shakin’.
Fazerdaze – Motorway: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following the release of her long-awaited sophomore album Soft Power in November 2024, New Zealand artist Fazerdaze returns with a natural next chapter in her gritty, hook-filled pop universe: a brand new single called Motorway.
ROB THOMAS ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER SOLO TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND WITH ‘THE ALL NIGHT DAYS TOUR’
Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Rob Thomas today announced three nationwide New Zealand dates on his global The All Night Days Tour, celebrating his forthcoming sixth solo album All Night Days and the 20th anniversary of his acclaimed debut solo record …Something to Be.
Princess Chelsea’s Midwinter Ball Returns!
This winter, the Civic Wintergarden (ALL AGES) and Meow Nui (18+) Wellington will be transformed into a world of fantasy! Princess Chelsea’s Midwinter Ball returns, this year with a new theme: SWORDS AND SORCERY – Fantasy on The Big Screen.
Robert Forster – Strawberries (Tapete) (13th Floor Album Review)
Robert Forster, Ex-Go-Between and current solo artist has made Strawberries, eight literate, melodic and thoughtful songs that prove that age and creatively have little to do with each other.
Teenager – AA: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Nick Littlemore & Ladyhawke resurrect cult indie-dance project Teenager, release alt-pop anthem A.A. and announce forthcoming Fourteen.
Petit Choux Is Wellington’s French Connection: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Petit Choux is French-born, Wellington-based singer-songwriter Sophie Sabri. The musical artist and therapist has just released her debut EP, titled, Coule.
Castaway – Pretty Little Liar: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After a year of building momentum, Ōtautahi pop-rock band Castaway are back with the final chapter of their EP Nondual, the addictive, mischievous new single Pretty Little Liar, is out!
Death and Vanilla – Whistle And I’ll Come To You (Fire Records)
Swedish group Death And Vanilla, aesthetically, chronically, and craftily, sit somewhere, as creators, drawing on genres ranging from krautrock, enoism and DIY electronica. The (core) three members Anders Hansson, Magnus Bodin, Marleen Nilsson have been creating together since the 2010’s, drawing on (not exclusively) an (inferred) love of vintage film & TV.
Tami Neilson adds NZ Tour Dates to her International Neon Cowgirl Tour
Plus1 proudly presents four homecoming concerts in October for New Zealand’s international country star Tami Neilson, fresh from her US performances at the Outlaw Festival Series with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, and show in France, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Dir: Christopher McQuarrie (13th Floor Film Review)
In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise outruns logic, gravity, and the concept of editing whist simultaneously evading the wardrobe department. Between topless Tom in mortal peril and twists that go nowhere, this one is more ego-flex than sustained thrill ride.
The Play That Goes Wrong – ASB Waterfront Theatre (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Could you do with a laugh? When you look at the state of the world today – Ukraine, tariffs, inflation, Gaza, homelessness, unemployment, the ‘C’ word – it’s almost certain you could use some light relief. The Play That Goes Wrong is guaranteed to break the gloom just as it has done for the past 10 years […]
sombr Announces Debut Headline AU & NZ Dates as Part of his Late Nights & Young Romance World Tour
Frontier Touring is hyped to announce 19-year-old, alternative-pop artist sombr will make his Australia and New Zealand headline debut this December.
Em – Love To Be: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
AMA-nominated audio engineer Emily Wheatcroft-Snape has released Love to Be – a new single from her highly regarded solo project, Em.
Translator Front Man Steve Barton Goes Beyond Today: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Translator was (and occasionally still is) a band based in San Francisco who put out 4 albums in the early 80s before calling it quits in 1986 with a 3-hour blow-out concert.
Halton Hart – Grandad Mait: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Halton Hart release their debut single, Grandad Mait, a funny tale about Grandad, he was cheeky and always liked to have people on. Grandad Mait tells a snippet of his life and he loved to share his stories with his family.
ZZ Top & George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Spark Arena: May 17, 2025
ZZ Top and George Thorogood & The Destroyers brought some good old fashioned rock & roll, with a healthy serving of the blues to Auckland’s Spark Arena. The 13th Floor’s Oxford Lamoureaux was there and reports back…