Mutton Birds Photos
The Mutton Birds played at Auckland’s Kings Arms earlier this week. They will be performing at Villa Maria Estate on Sunday with Gin Wigmore and Avalanche City. Here are a few photos taken by Michael Flynn at the Kings Arms to get you ready for Sunday’s show: [slideshow]
R.I.P. Davy Jones
Davy Jones of The Monkees has died of a heart attack. Jones was the only British member of the pre-fab four and sang their hit Daydream Believer. Click here for CCN’s report.
New Order Concert Photos
New Order (minus Peter Hook) performed at Auckland’s Vector Arena Monday night. 13th Floor photographer Michael Flynn was there. Here’s a slideshow of some of the images he captured. [slideshow]
Icehouse Photos From Their Auckland Concert
Icehouse fans can revel in this batch of fab concert photos that photographer Michael Flynn has taken at their show at Villa Maria Winery, sharing the bill with Hall & Oates. [slideshow]
More Dresden Dolls Photos
Here’s another batch of photos taken at last night’s Dresden Dolls show by Michael Flynn. Click Click any image to view a full-size gallery:
Interview: Catching Up With John Butler
The John Butler Trio will tour New Zealand in February as part of the Summer Vineyard Tour that also features Aloe Blacc and Annabel Fay. The tour will play eight dates from Hawkes Bay to Whitford. The 13th Floor spoke to John Butler about the latest version of his trio and about some of […]
Captain Sensible’s Top 5
The Damned are due in town later this week and so it seemed only right to ask guitarist Captain Sensible about his five favourite tracks. His selections may surprise, or even possibly offend you. Listen here as Captain Sensible discusses his top 5 tracks:
R.I.P. Etta James
Etta James passed away after battling a series of health issues. The singer, also known as “Miss Peaches”, made some of the finest blues and R&B records of the past 60 years including I’d Rather Go Blind, Tell Mama and her signature tune, At Last. She was discovered in 1954 by Johnny Otis, who also […]
Adios BDO: Don’t Look Back In Anger
Noel Gallagher closed out the (reportedly) last Big Day Out to be held in Auckland with the very appropriate Oasis chestnut Don’t Look Back In Anger. Click here to watch the final performance of the final Big Day Out: [wpvideo gmwH4b6J]
Adios BDO: Don't Look Back In Anger
Noel Gallagher closed out the (reportedly) last Big Day Out to be held in Auckland with the very appropriate Oasis chestnut Don’t Look Back In Anger. Click here to watch the final performance of the final Big Day Out: [wpvideo gmwH4b6J]
R.I.P. Johnny Otis
R & B pioneer Johnny Otis has died at the age of 90. Otis was one of the most important figures of the pre-rock era. He was a musician, songwriter, producer and label exec and was responsible for furthering the careers of many artists including Etta James, Hank Ballard, The Coasters, Esther Phillips, Big Mama […]
Interview: Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls have reunited and are about to return to New Zealand for shows at the end of January. Lead singer and pianist Amanda Palmer is not a stranger to these shores, having toured here on her own just last year, narrowly missing the February Christchurch earthquake. The 13th Floor spoke to Amanda […]
Interview: Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall and John Oates will be performing in New Zealand for the first time in 30 years this month. The dates are: Saturday, January 28th at Church Road Winery, Napier and Sunday, January 29th at Villa Maria Estate, Auckland. As well as being one-half of the best selling duo in music history, Daryl […]
More New Leonard Cohen
Another track from Leonard Cohen’s upcoming new album, Old Ideas has been made available for streaming at the magazine The New Yorker’s website. Click here to listen to Going Home from Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas.
Interview: Anna Calvi’s Long-Distance Whisper
Anna Calvi is one of the 13th Floor’s most eagerly-anticipated artists to be performing at this month’s Laneway Festival in Auckland. Her self-titled debut album was one of the best of 2011. As evidence of that fact, Anna was in The Netherlands after receiving an award there for her album when The 13th Floor […]
Download Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle is bust preparing his new album, Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now. Although the album isn’t due for release until March 27th, the title track is available as a free download right now. Click here to download the song. Or listen to it here on The 13th Floor:
The XX Share A Demo With The World
“Open Eyes is a demo we did whilst creating our new album, we just wanted to share it with you”. The XX It’s always nice to share… Save
Dum Dum Girls Disappoint
The Dum Dum Girls performed at Auckland’s Kings Arms this Friday night. Having been a big fan of their second album, Only In Dreams, I was looking forward to the show. Unfortunately, the band did not live up to expectations. Lead singer and guitarist Kristen Gundred, aka Dee Dee’s, vocals were buried in the mix, awash […]
Welcome to 2012…Oh, By The Way, Rock Is Dead
Describing 2011 as the “most numbing year for mainstream rock music in history”, Jon Caramanica, in the New York Times, claims that “rock is becoming a graveyard of aesthetic innovation and creativity”. While he doesn’t quite go as far as pronouncing the genre “dead”, he does describe it as “zombified”. Caramanica sites as examples the latest releases […]
Explosions In The Sky Meet Guitar Wolf – Concert Review/Opinion Piece, 17 December 2011
Explosions In The Sky is a four-piece “post-rock” band from Texas who play instrumental music. Guitar Wolf is a three-piece punk band from Japan who worship at the altar of The Ramones. Both bands played in Auckland last night and I saw most of both of their sets. While they sound like very different bands…there […]