Swagger Of Thieves Dir: Julian Boshier
Starring: Head Like A Hole The New Zealand International Film Festival is nearly upon us and for many, the real drawing card is the music documentaries that are regularly on offer. This year is no exception with two of them being local productions. One is about Bill Direen, and the other is the story […]
Steve Earle – So You Wannabe An Outlaw (Warner Bros)
After a folky duets album with Shawn Colvin and an exercise in the blues…2015’s Terraplane…Steve Earle gets back to the country with his strongest album in years.
Mmmm Mmmm – Kings Arms July 15, 2017
Mmmm Mmmm was a multi-stage, multi-band event at Auckland’s Kings Arms featuring the likes of Earth Tongue, The Beths and Miss June.
Cowboy Dan, Being & Mali Mali – Wine Cellar July 14, 2017
It was a cosy night at Auckland’s Wine Cellar as Cowboy Dan celebrated the release of their new song Stopping By with help from Being and Mali Mali.
Queens Of The Stone Age – Logan Campbell Centre July 13, 2017
Josh Homme and his Queens Of The Stone Age opened their Villains tour at Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre last night, proving that bone-crunching, riff-driven guitar rock is still alive and well.
The Undertones – Powerstation July 12, 2017
Bands! If you want to sell out The Powerstation, take a cue from The Undertones…record a handful of catchy, punky pop tunes, then wait 35 years to finally get around to playing in Auckland.
Joe Pug: The 13th Floor Interview 2017
Joe Pug returns to New Zealand with two shows: Wednesday, July 19th at San Fran in Wellington and Thursday, July 20th at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. Last time Joe was here, he was opening for Robert Ellis. This time around he is headlining, with another promising artist, Courtney Marie Andrews, filling out the bill. The 13th […]
Fall Out Boy Announce NZ Show
Fall Out Boy announce their return to Auckland. The group plays The Trusts Arena in Waitakere on 7 March 2018 as part of their worldwide tour for their seventh album, MANIA.
Giveaway: Win 2 Tickets to See Stone Sour. We have winners!!
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!! Congratulations to Peter Harwood and Paul Markham…they were the first two to give the correct answer to our Stone Sour ticket giveaway. The answer is: Meat Loaf! Peter and Paul both win double passes to see Stone Sour at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Wednesday, August 17th. More details and ticket info […]
Amy Shark Announces Two New Zealand Shows
WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 2017 – Gold Coast native AMY SHARK present will return to New Zealand to celebrate the release of her debut EP Night Thinker, playing two headline shows in Wellington and Auckland this September.
The Dives: The 13th Floor Interview
Its time for you to meet The Dives, an up-and-coming New York City-based rock & roll band that just happened to include Evan Stanley, son of Kiss frontman Paul Stanley. The quartet has just released their debut EP, Everybody’s Talkin’ and are keen to turn fans on to their sound…a sound that is built on […]
The War for the Planet of the Apes, Director: Matt Reeves
I left the cinema after seeing The War for the Planet of the Apes, wondering if I had seen the same flick as the woman sitting next to me. She was reduced to tears, literally blubbering for a good part of the flick, while I sat there stunned at a grim pile of tired clichés […]
Rise Against return to NZ for headline tour in Feb 2018 with special guest SWMRS
Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce the return of Rise Against to New Zealand in February 2018. The politically-charged, punk four-piece will play two shows – their biggest headline shows in our country to date – in celebration of their chart-topping eighth studio album Wolves (out now via Universal New Zealand). Joining Rise Against in […]
Watch: Miss Peach & the Travellin’ Bones 13th Floor Video Session
Miss Peach brought her Travellin’ Bones to The 13th Floor studio to play a selection of tunes from their most recent album, Sand.
Pallbearer – Whammy! Bar July 8, 2017
Back in 2012 newcomers Pallbearer caused an immediate stir with their debut album Sorrow and Extinction. In a doom metal scene where the most popular sounds were embracing the extreme versions of the genre, or buried in layers of stoner fuzz, Sorrow and Extinction stood out as clean, melodic, epic and meticulously layered.
The Bads – Tuning Fork July 7, 2017
The Bads presented their latest album, Losing Heroes, to a roomful of fans and fellow musicians last night at Auckland’s Tuning Fork, proving, once again, that they are gems in New Zealand’s musical crown.
Public Service Broadcasting: The 13th Floor Interview
UK band Public Service Broadcasting is known for their unorthodox approach to music-making…essentially they tell stories using old films clips and sampled dialogue often sourced from historical footage. Their 2015 album, The Race For Space, revised the Soviet/American space race from the late 1950s through to the 1969 moon landing. This time around, they take […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming Dir: Jon Watts
Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keato, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr. Toby Maguire? Andrew Garfield? Now Tom Holland? Yep that’s right, the sixth Spider-Man film in 15 years has arrived, and this one is directed by Jon Watts.
Watch: Billy TK at The 13th Floor!!
Here’s something special… Kiwi guitar legend Billy TK recording with his band at Frisbee Studios in Auckland. The former Human Instinct guitar-slinger invited the 13th Floor cameras around to capture what when down as Billy and his band laid down a couple of tracks for a new album.
The Wedding Present – The Kings Arms July 4, 2017
The Wedding Present holds a special place in the hearts of many Kiwi music lovers…they are still buzzing about the last NZ visit a couple of years ago. And so, the veteran band from Leeds returned to Auckland’s Kings Arms to light a fire under the crowd one more time.