This Week's Picks
Great music, film and other cool stuff continues to come out as the year draws to a close…here’s this week’s picks in live music, new albums, films & DVDs. Click here to view this week’s highlights.
Xavier Rudd (Interview)
After performing in New Zealand earlier this year, Australian roots musician, activist and surfer Xavier Rudd is returning to New Zealand for a series of shows at the end of the year. The 13th Floor spoke to the laconic singer-songwriter and asked him about his seemingly unending touring schedule and the possibility of new music […]
Peter Murphy: Bringing Mr Moonlight To NZ (Interview)
Former Bauhaus front man Peter Murphy will be in New Zealand for two shows in December. Murphy is bringing his Mr. Moonlight Tour to these shores, a show where he performs all Bauhaus material. But that doesn’t mean that Murphy’s solo career is on hold. In fact, when The 13th Floor spoke to Peter, he […]
The Metal News
Introducing a brand-new column on the 13th Floor: The Metal News from Tove, doyenne of all things metal. So, we get to the last month of the year, and what a good one it has been! Highlights for me were definitely Korpiklaani and the beautiful M.D.C. But the year ain’t over, so here are a […]
New This Week: December 2nd- December 9th
Here is The 13th Floor’s weekly roundup of what’s new in music, film and DVDs. Enjoy. New Music Friday December 6th is new music day. Neil Young releases his album Live at the Cellar Door, House of Shem brings out Harmony, Simply Red release Songbook 1985-2010, Yes add The Studio Albums 1969-1987. Scandanavian band Roxette […]
Metric: On Working With Lou Reed (Interview)
Canadian synth-pop band Metric will be in Auckland on December 14th for their first-ever New Zealand show at The Powerstation. The band, featuring vocalist Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, will be wrapping up a year-long tour in support of their 2012 album, Synthetica. The 13th Floor spoke to James Shaw just before he was […]
Guitar Wolf’s Top Influences (Interview)
Japanese Greatest Jet Rock And Roll group Guitar Wolf return to New Zealand in support of their new Beast Vibrator album. Guitar Wolf himself, Seiji, took time to tell The 13th Floor about his top influences …. We caught him at a Tokyo planetarium: Can you see that? There is a nebula studded in the night sky […]
Dying Of The Light E.P. Release Party at The 13th Floor!
Auckland’s Dying Of The Light are about to release their new E.P., Monolithium. In celebration, the band will be performing at The 13th Floor on Sunday evening, December 8th and you are invited! They have also produced a video of the title track. The 13th Floor’s Metal Maven, Tove Partington, has written her impressions of […]
What Would Joey Ramone Do?
Glasgow duo The Creeping Ivies have just released a video for their song, What Would Joey Ramone Do? Look for it on their upcoming album Ghost World. In the mean time, watch What Would Joey Ramone Do? here:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG77615aDoo&w=560&h=315] Save
Upcoming Events November 25th-December 1st
Good morning from the 13th Floor. There are some fantastic upcoming music releases, concert performances and movies coming out in cinema and on DVD. Here are this week’s recommendations from the 13th Floor. Stuart Macadam, [email protected] New Music Keep your eyes open for SUM/ONE, the debut album from bEEdEEgEE (aka Brian Degraw). Fusing deep synth […]
Watch The New Video From Chris Knox & Rackets
Chris Knox and Rackets have teamed up to record a new video. Trading under the name Knoxious, here is their latest offering, Slo Mo.
Cory Chisel & Robert Ellis Ticket Giveaway!!
Cory Chisel and Robert Ellis are two Nashville-based musicians who will be making their New Zealand debut at Auckland’s Tuning Fork this coming Thursday, November 14th. Chisel and his band, The Wandering Sons, released their latest album, Old Believers last year. The album was produced by Brendan Benson, Jack White’s compatriot in The Raconteurs. Listen […]
Greg Johnson: From LA To NZ (Interview)
Kiwi singer-songwriter Greg Johnson makes his home in Los Angeles these days. But he is about to return to New Zealand for flurry of activity including a nation-wide tour, a live TV broadcast and the release of a career-spanning anthology. With all of this going on it seemed only right to give Greg a call […]
The National’s Bryce Dessner’s Classical Gas (Interview)
In addition to his duties as guitarist for The National, Bryce Dessner is an accomplished classical composer. Armed with a Master’s Degree in Music from Yale University, Dessner has composed four pieces for the Kronos Quartet. Those four pieces make up the album titled, Aheym, which has been released by the Anti- label today. The […]
Robert Been of BRMC Talks To The 13th Floor (Interview)
On July 23rd, 2010, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club performed a stunning show at Auckland’s Powerstation. Less than a month later the band was shaken by the sudden death of Michael Been, father of the band’s Robert Been and former leader of The Call. He had been on the road with BRMC acting as their sound […]
R.I.P. Lou Reed
Lou Reed has passed away at the age of 71. One of the most influential artists in rock & roll history, Lou Reed founded The Velvet Underground with John Cale in 1965 and then launched his solo career in 1971. His songs…Heroin, Perfect Day, Walk On The Wild Side, Pale Blue Eyes, Rock And Roll, […]
Making Wassaic Way With Johnny Irion (Interview)
Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie have been making music together for over a decade. Sarah Lee is the daughter of Arlo and granddaughter of Woody Guthrie, while Johnny Irion can claim a few notables in his family tree including author John Steinbeck. For their latest album, Wassaic Way, the couple has recruited a couple […]
Jimmy Rip: From Mick Jagger To Television (Interview)
Before Jimmy Rip replaced Richard Lloyd as Television’s second guitarist in 2007, he had carved out a career for himself as a session player based in New York City. Over the years Rip recorded and toured with a hundred of artists including Mick Jagger, Deborah Harry and Jerry Lee Lewis. He has also been recording […]
Prisoners
Starring; Hugh Jackman, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo If you’re after a thriller that doesn’t insult your intelligence, Prisoners will hold you captive with some cracking performances and a tightly wound plot. Click here to read the entire review and watch the film trailer.
Filmmaker Allan George: Sounds Perfect (Interview)
Chances are, as you are reading this, Allan George is winging his way to North America…and you helped send him there. Allan is an up-and-coming young filmmaker whose short film, Sounds Perfect, is being shown in Toronto and Austin. Thanks to being granted “short film travel funding” from the New Zealand Film Commission, Allan George […]