A Few Minutes With Perfume Genius (Interview)
Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, has been causing quite a stir with his third album, Too Bright. Influential indie music site Pitchfork.com refers to Hardeas’ music, “less like songs and more like treasures, ones that fill you with power and wisdom”. Perfume Genius has been touring Australia and will be in New Zealand for two […]
A Conversation With Ludovico Einaudi (Interview)
Renowned Italian pianist and composer, Ludovico Einaudi is in New Zealand for the first time to perform tonight, the 18th of February at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. The 13th Floor’s Dominic da Souza had the honour of sitting down with him the day before to hear his thoughts of music and other matters: […]
Watch Kim Richey’s 13th Floor Video Session
Kim Richey is a Nashville-based songwriter and recording artist who has had her songs covered by the likes of Trisha Yearwood, The Dixie Chicks, Jim Lauderdale and Patty Loveless. Her songs have been featured in many films and TV series including Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Alias and Nashville and she’s been recording her own albums […]
Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron: Looking Forward (Interview)
Matt Cameron will be in Auckland in March drumming for Soundgarden when they perform at Westfest. The last time Cameron was here, he was holding down drumming duties for Pearl Jam at 2014’s Big Day Out. He’s a busy guy, so when The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda got the chance to speak to Cameron, he […]
Broods – Auckland Town Hall (Concert Review) 13 Feb 2015
Broods’ debut album Evergreen hasn’t even reached the six-month anniversary of it’s release into the wild but this brother-sister duo from Nelson had no problem filling up Auckland’s Town Hall last night. This was the fourth stop on the Evergreen tour that finishes up tonight in Hamilton. Nashville-based support act HalfNoise – former Paramore drummer […]
King Missile IV – The Kings Arms (Concert Review) 12 Feb 2015
It was a small, but enthusiastic crowd that greeted John S Hall and his latest incarnation of King Missile as they took the stage late on Thursday night at Auckland’s Kings Arms. There had been a parade of opening acts including Lovey Dove, the husband and wife duo of Dan West (guitar) and Azalia Snail […]
Watch Ruth Moody’s 13th Floor Video Session
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody is in Auckland to perform at The Tuning Fork tonight. Yesterday she stopped by The 13th Floor studio to have a chat with Marty Duda and to play a couple of songs. Ruth has been a busy musician recently, having just toured France, the UK, Switzerland and The Netherlands, before coming […]
Tattletale Saints Winner
Congratulations to Steven McGrath, who correctly named Nashville as the US city that Tattletale Saints call home when they are overseas. Steven has won two passes to see Tattletale Saints tomorrow night at Auckland’s Tuning Fork.
Clearing The Clutter With Sharon Van Etten (Interview)
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has become one of the most critically acclaimed indie artists around thanks to albums such as Epic, Tramp and her latest, Are We There? Since moving to Brooklyn she has assimilated into the local music scene making friends and collaborating with the likes of TV On The Radio, The National […]
Tattletale Saints Ticket Giveaway
Tattletale Saints are performing at Auckland’s Tuning Fork this Saturday, February 14th. Its a perfect way to spend Valentine’s Day and we here at The 13th Floor are here to help. Just be the first person to correctly name the US city that Cy and Vanessa of Tattletale Saints reside when they are not in […]
Ruth Moody Ticket Winner!
Congratulations to Andrea Lowe…winner of two tickets to see Ruth Moody this Friday night at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. Ruth Moody is a member of the Canadian group The Wailin’ Jenny’s. We’ll have more tickets to giveaway soon…so keep checking back to The 13th Floor.
Watch The New Waterboys Video Here
The Waterboys have released the official video for new single ‘Beautiful Now’. It debuted Monday 2nd February on the US website, Entertainment Weekly. Catch them on the New Zealand leg of their international tour on 31st March at ASB Theatre, Auckland Click here to read or listen to The 13th Floor interview with The Waterboys’ Mike Scott.
Ruth Moody Ticket Giveaway
There are quite a few concerts on the horizon and in addition to reviewing as many as we can, we here at The 13th Floor want as many of you to enjoy them in person as well. To that end we have lined up a series of ticket giveaways over the next few weeks to […]
Judas Priest: Redeemers Of Rock (Interview)
Heavy metal legends Judas Priest are due to make their very first New Zealand appearance when they play at Auckland’s Westfest show on March 3rd at Mt Smart Stadium. The band was formed way back in 1969, with the one constant member being bass player Ian Hill. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Ian […]
CJ Ramone – The Kings Arms (Concert Review)
Presenting himself as something like “the last man standing” (with apologies to Marky Ramone), CJ Ramone paid tribute to his fallen band mates with a solid, if somewhat predictable, set of Ramones tunes, peppered with a few of his own. I was at the Vector Arena earlier in the evening to review Roxette, so when […]
Roxette – Vector Arena (Concert Review) 7 February 2015
Yes, they’ve still got the look, but do they have the sound? Swedish popsters Roxette blew into town last night giving audience members reason to wallow in a bit of nostalgia. As it turned out, it didn’t matter how they sounded as the fans did a fair share of the singing. With most of their […]
NZ Metal round up Feb 6th 2014
Well, it’s Waitangi day and already the Prime Minister has declared his envy of the dictatorial powers of Frank Bainimarama, the south island is on fire, and it snowed overnight on the desert road. I’ve been pretty absent for a while now, because of issues far too boring to discuss, yet it’s soon to be […]
Passenger Records New Video In New Zealand
Passenger was in New Zealand last week performing two shows in Auckland and Wellington. You can check out The 13th Floor review of the Auckland show here. While in the country, Passenger’s Mike Rosenberg recorded a music video for his song And I Love Her.
Punch Brothers: Basking In The Glow (Interview)
The Punch Brothers have been described as a “progressive bluegrass band. Armed with banjos, fiddles, mandolins and guitars and led by Nickel Creek’s Chris Thile, the quintet blends elements of country, folk, mondern classical, jazz and bluegrass into a sound that is truly unique. The band recently headed into the studio with producer T Bone […]
Passenger – Civic Theatre (Concert Review) 30 January 2015
“You might have thought Passenger were a band,” Michael Rosenberg told Auckland’s Civic last night. “Auckland, it’s just you, me and a guitar. Is that OK?” The two-thousand strong audience certainly seemed not to mind. Rosenberg, performing since 2009 as Passenger following the breakup of the band of the same name, opened with Rolling Stone, […]