Performance Salon – Basement Theatre February 28, 2017
Tuesday evening marked the opening night for the second week of The Basement Theatre’s Performance Salon. It showcased works by a number of young, up-and-coming performers working across various disciplines. The concept behind the Performance Salon seemed to be to create a testing ground for young creatives to evolve their works, while utilizing the energy, […]
Ryan Adams – Prisoner (Blue Note)
After his divorce from Mandy Moore, Ryan Adams has heartbreak on his mind. That frame of mind resulted in his excellent debut solo album back in 2000. Now, those sad circumstances seem to result in another fine collection of songs.
Watch Echo Children’s 13th Floor Video Session
Having just released their new EP, This Was Our Fault, the four members of Echo Children popped in to The 13th Floor Studios for a video session. Watch as they talk to Marty Duda about how these globe-hopping musicians found each other. Then Oliver Young, Amanda Larsson, Daniel Armstrong and Niamh O’Flynn perform Labour Of […]
Ocean Colour Scene To Play Auckland And Wellington
Ocean Colour Scene will play two shows in New Zealand this coming November. The indie rockers, who were at the forefront of the 90s Britpop wave with chart-topping albums like the iconic MOSELEY SHOALS, will play Wellington’s Opera House on November 19 and Auckland’s Powerstation on November 20 – following their five-date Australian tour.
Noveller: The 13th Floor Interview
Noveller is the solo electric guitar project of American musician Sarah Lipstate. As is evidence on her new album, A Pink Sunset For No One, Noveller creates stunning soundscapes that are both cinematic and emotionally bracing. Noveller spent much of last year touring as the opening act with none other than Iggy Pop, who, it […]
Watch: Neil Watson Perform Sweet Corn And Melon at The 13th Floor
We’ve got another exciting video session waiting to spring on you. Neil Watson and his band stopped by The 13th Floor studios a short time ago to play a few songs from his new album, Studies In Tubular. Here’s a little preview…Neil and his band playing a funky Sweet Corn And Melon.
Jim White: The 13th Floor Interview
You probably know him as the drummer for The Dirty Three. You’ve probably heard him playing with PJ Harvey, Cat Power or Marianne Faithfull. These days Jim White has teamed up with Greek musician George Xylouris in the appropriately-named band, Xylouris White. The duo will be performing at Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Wednesday, March 8th.
Watch Ghost Town Perform Too High at The 13th Floor
Ghost Town, the band featuring Jed Town and Mark Beesley, celebrated the release of their new LP, Sky Is Falling, last night in Auckland. A few days earlier the entire band moved into The 13th Floor to record an extended video session. We’ll have the full session ready soon, in the meantime here they are […]
SIX60 Wrap Up Summer Concert Season with Headline Show at Auckland Town Hall
Monday, 27 February 2017 – It’s more than a year since SIX60 last played in Auckland, concluding their national tour to a sell-out crowd of 10,000 at Villa Maria Estate. Now the band is excited to announce a headline show at Auckland Town Hall on Saturday 1 April.
Atmosphere with Brother Ali – Powerstation February 25, 2017
If I am fortunate enough to have any regular readers of my work, they will know that I have a long-standing appreciation of hip-hop and rap. My love, on reflection seems to have few bounds, stretching from G-Funk, Boom-Bap and Gangsta, through to politically conscious, avant-garde or a smidge of underground club hip-hop. If the […]
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Mt Smart Stadium February 25, 2017
Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band have been on the road for over 40 years. Their concerts are legendary, both for their length and the amount of energy expended on stage. For those who may feel that they missed out on the act in their prime (Bruce is 67, several members have passed […]
Remain in Light, PumpHouse Theatre – 25 February 2017
Kiwi playwright Stephen Sinclair’s Remain in Light is a juggernaut allegory for our times – a one-act play set in a dystopian world where the sun no longer rises. The world premiere was staged at Takapuna’s PumpHouse Theatre on Saturday night to a nearly full house. With all its resources exhausted, the world is plunged […]
Mundy & The Seamus Begley Trio – Tuning Fork February 24, 2017
It was a lively crowd that came out to Auckland’s Tuning Fork on this Friday night to catch some Irish music by the Seamus Begley Trio and singer-songwriter Mundy. But one has to wonder if they were really there to listen to music or just make their own noise.
Fiery Tongues – Bats Theatre February 24, 2017
It’s been a long time since I was at Bats Theatre, at least in the audience. Like Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement I grew up on the concrete floor of that small but perfectly cramped stage sweating blood for my art. The big difference, of course is they went on to make it big as […]
Check Out New Music From New Pornographers feat: Neko Case
The New Pornographers plan to release their latest album, Whiteout Conditions, on April 7th. The collective has just made available a new track titled This Is The World Of The Theatre featuring Neko Case taking the lead vocal. Enjoy it here.
Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now (Sub Pop)
With the traditional musical fuel of politics and politicians being more volatile than ever, for a band as tuned into the moment as Pissed Jeans it must seem like a good time to be punk. But instead of taking aim at traditional targets, Pissed Jeans’ latest record Why Love Now is a self-aware and biting […]
Alison Krauss – Windy City (Capitol)
Alison Krauss might be one of the most underrated, but prolific, artists of the ‘Country’ genre. Although, what that actually is these days is a pretty loose beast. Most of us will know about her 27 Grammys (apparently she’s tied for second place in the winner stakes), many for best Bluegrass Album with Union Station.
Watch The Nukes Perform Call On Me at The 13th Floor
West Auckland trio The Nukes are about to release their new album, Three, this Friday. The band will be hitting the road covering most of New Zealand in the coming weeks. They recently stopped by The 13th Floor Studios for a video session. We’ll have the entire session ready soon…but in the meantime, here they […]
J. Cole To Hit The Road For The “4 Your Eyez Only” World Tour
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2017 — Multi-platinum-selling artist J. Cole announces today that he will hit the road for a 57-city world tour. The “4 Your Eyez Only” Tour kicks off in South Carolina with a run of thirteen small, intimate shows before going into Live Nation arenas in North America and the U.K., along […]
Jane Weaver Announces New Album ‘Modern Kosmology’ Released 19th May 2017 on Fire Records
Jane Weaver is Metamorphosing… Very alone in a home-spun cocoon with a metronomic heartbeat and the phasing voice of her former and future selves. This is the real sound of solitude but far from silence. One voice, a vulnerable pulse, channeling a lifetime of human experience via melodic codes, naked with multicoloured wings and expanding […]