Boney M – Bruce Mason Centre June 16, 2017
Seventies disco hitmakers Boney M brought their 9-date New Zealand tour to Auckland last night. With shows in Dunedin and Christchurch generating bad reactions from fans, the 4-piece group had their work cut out for them.
Listen: New Music From Queens Of The Stone Age!
Josh Homme and his bandmates in Queens Of The Stone Age are due to release a new album on August 25th titled Villains (Matador).
Kevin Morby – City Music (Dead Oceans)
Morby follows up last year’s breakthrough album, Singing Saw with a “companion piece”, which can be seen (and heard) as the flip side of the same musical coin.
Lorde | Second Christchurch Show Announced! On Sale Mon 19 June
To meet public demand, Eccles Entertainment and Frontier Touring are thrilled to confirm a second Christchurch show at Isaac Theatre Royal on Thursday 9 Nov.
AJR – The Click (Liberator)
On their new album, The Click, NYC siblings AJR show us what they’ve been up to on those cold winter nights. Stealing from classical, hip-hop, funk and virtually every producer you can name it’s an album of quirky but beautiful instrumentation and charming but bone dry lyrics that subvert modern qualms with the power of […]
Listen: New Music From The Killers!
The Killers have announced the impending release of their first new album in five years, Wonderful Wonderful. Along with that announcement comes a new track. It’s called The Man and you can hear it here.
Jane Campion’s TV Series to Premiere in Full at NZIFF
Four New Zealand feature-length films and the festival’s first-ever long form television series have been announced today for the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF).
Watch: The Miltones’ 13th Floor Video Session
Auckland-based band The Miltones are due to release their self-titled debut album tomorrow. The album was produced by acclaimed Lyttleton studio owner Ben Edwards (Nadia Reid, Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams).
All Eyez on Me – Director: Benny Boom
All Eyez on Me purports to tell the true, untold story of rapper, poet and activist Tupac Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Jr.) What it doesn’t tell is why anyone should care why, twenty years after his death, his work still matters. But we do get to see a hell of a lot of booty and bullets.
Julia Jacklin Reveals New Single & Video ‘Eastwick’ + Announces 7″ ‘Eastwick/Cold Caller’
Fresh from a completely sold out headline show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork and ahead of festival appearances at Glastonbury, FYF, Newport Folk, Pickathon, Splendour In The Grass and more, Liberation Music are pleased to reveal a brand new single from Julia Jacklin – ‘Eastwick’ – a captivating, slow building track, inspired by a night in […]
Watch: Reb Fountain Releases New Video For Gold, 1st Track From Hopeful And Hopeless
Gold is the first video from Reb Fountain’s Hopeful & Hopeless EP, recorded live at The Wine Cellar.
Watch: Swamp Thing Perform Rumors & Lies
The guys from Swamp Thing (Michael Barker & Grant Haua) stopped by The 13th Floor recently to play a few songs from their new album, Rumors & Lies, and to have a chat with Marty Duda.
Queen + Adam Lambert To Rock NZ With New State-Of-The Art Show
TEG-DAINTY announced today that Queen + Adam Lambert are returning to Auckland’s Spark Arena on Saturday 17 February 2018. The concert will showcase a spectacular new stage production and a set-list that the band hints will provide some surprises.
Albion Place Announce Easier Tour
In celebration of their brand new single Easier, Dunedin-based rockers Albion Place are hitting the road with a four date tour around the country.
Migos Announce First Ever NZ Show
Rain drop. Drop top. Frontier Touring and Illusive Presents are extremely excited to announce the first ever Australian and New Zealand tour by global rap and pop culture icons Migos. Skrrrrtt! Inarguably the hottest rap group on the planet right now, Migos will bring their live show our way this October hitting stages across Auckland, […]
Watch: Aldous Harding Releases Music Video ‘Blend’
Aldous Harding has revealed a new video for the single ‘Blend’, plus details of her biggest UK and European tour yet.Taken from her latest album, Party, the visuals for ‘Blend’ were created by Charlotte Evans, the New Zealand filmmaker and editor also responsible for Harding’s previous videos for ‘Horizon’ and ‘Imagining My Man’.
Jonathan Crayford Wins Tui for best Jazz Album
Jonathan Crayford was awarded the Tui for best Jazz Album, at a cocktail party attended by Wellington’s jazz community and sponsors of the Wellington Jazz Festival.
Harold López-Nussa Trio – Wellington Opera House 11 June 2017
What a treat, to finish this year’s festival with the Harold López-Nussa Trio. Beaming ear-to-ear, all three, which included Horacio Hernandez (electric bass) and ‘Harry’s’ brother Ruy Adrian (drums) exuded radiant energy, and a real sense of fun.
Ben Ottewell: The 13th Floor Interview 2017
With his band Gomez on an extended hiatus, Ben Ottewell refuses to slow down, releasing his third solo album, A Man Apart just a few weeks ago and setting out on the road, with a show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork scheduled for Friday, June 23rd. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda chatted with the gravelly-voiced musician […]
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2CD Anniversary Edition) (Apple)
50 years after it changed the musical landscape forever, The Beatles’ eighth studio album gets a facelift. But does it need one? And how does it hold up after all these years?