Wild Beasts – Present Tense (New Album Preview)
The fourth album from Wild Beasts, Present Tense, will be released on 24th February 2014. The album opener, ‘Wanderlust’, will be released as the first single on the same day. Present Tense is a dramatically new album – taking cues from the most intense and effervescent of 1980s and 1990s electronic sound but rethinking and retooling […]
The Autumn Defense – Fifth (New Album Preview)
Wilco members John Stirratt and Pat Sansone are about to release a new album from their side project The Autumn Defense. Their 5th album is appropriately titled Fifth, and is due out on January 31st. You can get an idea of what to expect by watching John and Pat perform This Thing That I’ve Found […]
Metal News Jan 10th 2014
Welcome to the first Metal News of the year, horribly late. Forgive me, life does sometimes get in the way. New Zealand has some awesome events coming up, and will be trying some new things with the site. I’m also looking for some contributors from around the country, so if you have a love of […]
Upcoming Events For January 6 – 12
Greetings from The 13th Floor. We hope you all had a safe and happy holiday period. 2014 is lining up to be a good year in music, film and arts. Here are the highlights for January 6th-12th. Click here to read the entire list of new music, live music, film & DVD events.
R.I.P. Phil Everly
Phil Everly, one half of the pioneering duo The Everly Brothers has passed away at the age of 74. Together with his older brother Don, Phil created harmonies that inspired The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and hosts of others. Just this past year two Everly Brothers tribute albums were released, one featuring the unlikely duo […]
NZ Metal News, Wed 11th Dec
Bulletbelts Album release on Sunday turned out to be a bit of surprise for the audience; the sad news that vocalist Fergus was leaving Bulletbelt, but the awesome news that Jolene was joining! Bulletbelt has released the following statement; “Bulletbelt is proud to announce Jolene Tempest as our new vokllist. We look forward to what […]
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 […]