Gomez Announce NZ Tour
Gomez make a welcome return to NZ, performing at Auckland’s Powerstation on Tuesday 23rd October and Wellington Opera House on Wednesday 24th. Since their emergence on the English scene in the mid 90s, where their early demos caused a bidding war between record labels, followed swiftly by the Mercury Prize win for their debut album […]
Hot Bodies: Meet The New Zealand Dance Company
The newly-created New Zealand Dance Company is about to put on their first show, Language Of Living, in August. The 13th Floor’s Kathryn van Beek ventured out into the cafe-littered streets of Auckland’s Point Chevalier to find out about this new dance company. Craig Bary asks to meet at Montage, the new bar in Point […]
Listen To Lawrence Arabia’s Radio Programme
Lawrence Arabia, aka James Milne, has recently stopped by The 13th Floor to record his own streaming radio programme. Perhaps not coincidentally, a brand new Lawrence Arabia album, titled The Sparrow, has just been released. Listen in as Lawrence Arabia shares some of his favourite tunes and gives a bit of insight into his own […]
Listen To The New Smashing Pumpkins Album Now
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS NEW ALBUM OCEANIA OUT THIS WEEK! Oceania – New Album June 22 Listen to Oceania on iTunes now www.smashingpumpkins.com www.facebook.com/smashingpumpkins
R.I.P. Bob Welch
Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch has died at the age of 66. He went on to have a solo career that included the hits Ebony Eyes and Sentimental Lady. Click here to read more about Bob Welch.
Aerosmith Release New Single
Steven Tyler has been taking time out from his duties on American Idol to record a new album with his band mates in Aerosmith. The band has just released the first fruits from those efforts…Legendary Child is now available on iTunes. Tyler and the band had a parting of ways a while ago, but have […]
Talkin’ With Temper Trap (Interview)
Australian band The Temper Trap has just released the follow-up to their very successful 2009 debut album Conditions. Between then and now the band has added a new member, keyboard player Joseph Greer, who hails from Auckland. Joseph is not completely new to Temper Trap fans, he played on the first album and has […]
Jennifer Zea’s Album Release Party
Jennifer Zea celebrated the release of her album, The Latin Soul, with a performance at Auckland’s Nathan Club. On hand to help with the festivities were percussionist Miguel Fuentes, pianist and co-composer Kevin Field and producer Nathan Haines. Jennifer and the band really raised the temperature in the club with their sizzling performance. Click here to watch […]
The Latin Soul of Jennifer Zea (Interview)
Jennifer Zea has just released her debut album,The Latin Soul. It was produced by Nathan Haines and co-written by Kevin Field. Jennifer is a native of Venezuela who has brought her style of Latin Soul to the Auckland music scene. The 13th Floor spoke to Jennifer Zea just as her album is about to be […]
R.I.P. Robin Gibb
Bee Gee Robin Gibb has died after a long battle with cancer at age 62. Click here to read the Guardian’s obituary. Click here to listen to I Started A Joke released by The Bee Gees in 1969:
Album Winners Revealed!
Last Friday The 13th Floor celebrated the release of two new albums, Santana’s Shape Shifter and Tedeschi Trucks Band’s double live Everybody’s Talkin’ by giving away two copies of each album (courtesy Sony Music). We were looking for the first two people to correctly indentify classic 60s songs covered by each artist when they performed […]
UrbanTramper At The Golden Dawn
Wellington’s UrbanTramper hiked up to Auckland to play a set at The Golden Dawn. The trio has just released their new album, Internet Freedom Is Love. The 13th Floor caught some of the action. Watch UrbanTramper perform at The Golden Dawn here: [wpvideo EgcHclyK]
R.I.P. Donna Summer
Disco queen Donna Summer has died at age 63 from cancer. Click here to read the CNN obituary.
Album Giveaway!!! Brand New Santana and Tedeschi Trucks Band
Today Sony is releasing the new a Santana album, Shape Shifter and the double live Tedeschi Trucks Band package, Everybody’s Talkin’. If you’re a fan of guitar playing you’ll want to hear these. The Santana album is described as a 13-song instrumental tour de force. The veteran guitarist have moved away from the slick, commercial […]
Heavy Metal Ninja Revealed
Are you curious about the mysterious band known as Heavy Metal Ninjas? They are the ones who will be playing Auckland’s Powerstation on Friday, May 25th along with Cairo Knife Fight and Supervillians. The 13th Floor tracked down these shady characters to their rehearsal room in the bowels of the Auckland CBD and cornered the head Ninja […]
Shirley Manson Talks Trash With The 13th Floor (Interview)
After a seven-year layoff, Garbage is back with a new album, Not Your Kind Of People. The 13th Floor caught up with frontwoman Shirley Manson just as the band was hitting the road to promote the new release. Click here to listen to the interview with Shirley Manson of Garbage: Click here to listen […]
Paul McLaney Radio Programme
Hot on the heels of the release of his new band’s self-titled debut album Nameless Sons, Paul McLaney has hosted a radio programme for The 13th Floor. In addition to Nameless Sons and his solo work, Paul is known for his other band Gramsci and for his involvement with the mysterious IMMRAM project (see the […]
R.I.P. Donald “Duck” Dunn
Donald “Duck” Dunn, best known for bass playing with Booker T & The MGs, has died. Dunn passed away at age 70 in Tokyo, Japan, after playing two shows. In addition to playing with Booker T & The MGs, Dunn was part of the Stax house band and played on hundreds of classic Memphis soul […]
Zowie Speaks! (Interview)
New Zealand’s electronia-pop dynamo Zowie (aka Zoe Fleury) has just released her debut album Love Demolition. Zowie’s been on the Auckland scene a while now, dating back to her days as Bionic Pixie. Now, after raves from Perez Hilton and opening slots for Katy Perry, she’s poised to break into the big time. The […]
R.I.P. Adam Yauch aka MCA of The Beastie Boys
Sadly, Adam “MCA” Yauch of The Beastie Boys has passed away at the age of 47. He had been battling cancer for almost three years. Click here for the CNN report on his death.