LCD Soundsystem With Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) Announce NZ Show This Summer – Feb 2018
They immediately sold out Sydney and Melbourne dates earlier this year, and now Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce the return to New Zealand and Australia of Brooklyn icons LCD Soundsystem for their biggest headline shows ever this summer – touring February 2018!
Stevie Nicks & The Pretenders – Spark Arena November 21, 2017
Stevie Nicks brought her 24 Karat Gold Tour to Auckland for two shows this week. Fortunately, that also included bringing along The Pretenders.
Stellar Announcing NZ 2018 Reunion Shows
Legendary Kiwi favourites, stellar* have today announced their first shows together in eight years! The multi award-winning group has just confirmed two March 2018 shows in Auckland (Tuning Fork, Friday 9 March) and Wellington (San Fran, Saturday 10 March) to follow their summer festival touring route.
Andrew Strong (Ireland) Performs The Commitments Soundtrack In Full NZ Tour 2018
In 1991, Strong was introduced to the world through his portrayal of Declan “Deco” Cuffe, lead vocalist of fictional Irish soul band THE COMMITMENTS from the film of the same name. Now, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the award-winning film, Strong will tour NZ for the first time ever this March!
Big Boi Announces NZ Shows
Seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist Big Boi is returning to New Zealand for two headline performances in March, 2018.
Ocean Colour Scene – Powerstation November 20, 2017
Twenty-one years after their breakthrough album, Moseley Shoals, Ocean Colour Scene were set to play on Auckland’s Powerstation stage to a veritable ocean of expatriates. I felt I needed a passport to get into this gig, and having never been to England, after tonight I don’t think I need to: England came to me.
Anthonie Tonnon – Freida Margolis November 20, 2017
New Zealand singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon is developing a reputation as one of the most impressive performance artists in the country. With his eccentric interactive live show and melancholy folk-pop songs, Tonnon has quickly become a must-see act, with his sold-out series of gigs at Grey Lynn’s Freida Margolis testament to that.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Chris Stapleton – Tryin’ To Untangle My Mind
With Volume 2 of his From A Room series due out in a couple weeks, Chris Stapleton has released a new track.
SEPULTURA (With Special Guests DEATH ANGEL) Announce 2018 New Zealand Tour
The Sepulnation is alive and well! Following their crushingly successful 2014 NZ Tour, Brazilian Metal Icons SEPULTURA unleash a heavy metal hurricane upon the Sepulnation in May 2018.
Downtown Boys: The 13th Floor Interview
Political punk rockers Downtown Boys are due to make their New Zealand concert debut on Tuesday, December 5th, at Auckland’s Whammy Bar. They are from Providence, Rhode Island, their most recent album, Cost Of Living, was produced by Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, they’ve been compared to X Ray Spex and they’ve been called “America’s most exciting […]
Ocean Colour Scene – Wellington Opera House November 19, 2017
Ocean Colour Scene are due to perform tonight at Auckland’s Powerstation. The 13th Floor’s Tim Gruar caught the band in Wellington last night and turns in this report to give Aucklanders an idea of what they are in for. The 13th Floor will post a review and photo gallery of tonight’s show tomorrow morning.
Protomartyr Debut NZ Tour
Detroit’s Protomartyr have announced their highly anticipated debut Australia & New Zealand tour in February 2018. With Singer Joe Casey declaring “…we better be touring Australasia sometime in the next year. If it doesn’t happen the band is breaking up.”, the jaded-yet-urgent post punks are set to play intimate club venues across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland […]
BADBADNOTGOOD Announce Wellington Headline Show
Monday November 20, 2017- Wellington, you lucky things. Extraordinary genre-fusing Canadian band BADBADNOTGOOD will take their only break from the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival tour to play San Fran on January 31.
Tour Announcement: Mick Jenkins & The Underachievers
MONDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2017 – Chicago’s finest wordsmith MICK JENKINS returns after a brilliant Laneway Festival set in January, and this time he’s crossed state lines to partner with New York duo THE UNDERACHIEVERS for one massive hip-hop double bill.
Albi & The Wolves – Tuning Fork November 18, 2017
Auckland’s very own Albi & The Wolves moved The Tuning Fork to dance last night with a rousing set of down-to-earth folk and Americana. On a rainy Saturday night they warmed the room with a set steeped in musical communal tradition, without ever feeling stale despite their reliance on familiar folk-rock idioms.
R.I.P. Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young, guitarist and founding member of AC/DC, has died at the age of 64. Malcolm was forced to retire from performing in 2014 due to dementia.
The Cactus Channel – Stay A While (Hope Street Recordings)
The new incarnation of this ever-evolving Melbourne based seven-piece collective sees The Cactus Channel flexes their soul/lounge influences whilst searching for, and sometimes successfully landing on, their own planet in this vast musical universe.
New Zealand Music Awards Photos
13th Floor photographer Grace Watson headed down to the New Zealand Music Awards on Thursday evening and returned with these pix:
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Green Day – Back In The USA
Green Day have just released a new compilation, Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band. Among old favourites such as Basket Case and Longview are two new tracks.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Gin Wigmore – Cabrona
Better late than never! Here’s today’s new song…it’s the latest from Gin Wigmore. The video for Cabrona finds Gin working with Cindy Whitehead, aka GN4lw (Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word).