Interview: Sean Donnelly (aka SJD) Talks About Joining Neil Finn’s Pajama Club
The Pajama Club is the entity that Neil Finn and wife Sharon created around the music they found themselves making while left with a bit of spare time. The music began to take shape when Sean Donnelly, who also records as SJD, joined in to help craft the songs. Their resulting self-titled album has […]
Interview: Frontier Touring’s Michael Gudinski’s 30 Years of Rock & Roll Roadwork
Frontier Touring has been promoting concerts in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1980s. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, they have published Every Poster Tells A Story an impressive hard-cover book featuring posters from just about every tour the company has promoted from Squeeze and The Police to Leonard Cohen and Pendulum. The […]
Theatre Review: Raising The Titanics
Auckland’s new Q Theatre has flung wide its doors, and at the opening night of the first show it felt worth the fifteen year wait. The facility itself is a magnificent addition to the city, and Raising The Titanics was the ultimate debut play. The stars were clearly in alignment as the play, written by […]
Interview: Joe Satriani Talks About The New Chickenfoot Album And Tour
Chickenfoot is the hard rock “supergroup” made up of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar (vocals) and Michael Anthony (bass) along with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani. The band is just about to release their second album and then hit the road. The 13th Floor spoke to […]
Interview With Karl Steven of The Drab Doo Riffs
The Drab Doo Riffs have just released their third E.P. entitled A Fistful Of Doo-Riffs. Bandleader Karl Steven stopped by The 13th Floor to talk about the new music along with his work with The Vietnam War and Tourettes.
R.I.P Jerry Leiber and Nickolas Ashford
Two songwriting greats passed away today. Jerry Leiber was one half of the legendary songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller. Together with Mike Stoller he wrote such rock classics as Hound Dog, Kansas City, Jailhouse Rock, Charlie Brown, Stand By Me and There Goes My Baby. Jerry Leiber was 78 years old. Click here to […]
Sisters Of Mercy Interview
The Sisters Of Mercy, led by founding member Andrew Eldritch, will finally perform in New Zealand at Auckland’s Powerstation, Thursday, September 22nd as part of their 30th Anniversay Tour. The 13th Floor caught up with Andrew and found the outspoken musician to be as feisty as ever. Click here to listen to the interview:
Re-Inventing The 80s With Nadine Loren
Born in Switzerland, raised in Germany and then New Zealand, Nadine Loren now lives in the United States where she has hooked up with veteran producer Peter Asher (Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor) and released an album full of 80s covers. Naked 80’s finds the singer reworking songs like Who’s That Girl, The Boys Of […]
Interview: Paul McLaney Talks About IMMRAM, Music and Mythology
In addition to being a recording artist under his own name and as Gramsci, Paul McLaney works on the other side of the music business at Mushroom Publishing. Now he can add Record Label Owner to his list of credits. Paul is one of three music lovers who have just started Escape Artists Recordings. […]
Interview: Building The Perfect Myth with Steve Kilbey
Steve Kilbey has been a member of The Church ever since the band first formed in Sydney in 1980. Lately he’s been recording and touring with Ricky Maymi, guitarist with The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The two have been working on a project called The Wilderness Years, an album of songs based upon a very […]
The 13th Floor Talks To Dave Alvin
Former Blaster Dave Alvin has just released one of the best albums of the year…it’s called Eleven Eleven. So, The 13th Floor was thrilled to get a chance to speak to Dave and find out more about some of those intriguing characters that pop up in his new songs. Click here to listen to […]
Adult Education: The Jon Toogood Interview
The Adults (Jon Toogood, Shayne Carter & Julia Deans) are about to embark on their first tour together. The 13th Floor spoke to Jon Toogood just as they began rehearsals for the upcoming shows. Click here to listen to the interview with Jon Toogood: Click here to watch The Adults perform at JB Hi-Fi. […]
Poolside with Ian Ball of Gomez
Gomez have just released their 7th studio album, Whatever’s On Your Mind. The 13th Floor spoke to Ian Ball, one of the band’s 3 front men as he was lounging at a public pool in his adopted home town of Los Angeles. Click here to listen to The 13th Floor interview with Ian Ball: […]
Southern Fried Sunday at the Kings Arms
Things were hopping at Auckland’s Kings Arms. This was the second week of their Southern Fried Sundays series hosted by Bernie Griffen. Three country-fried acts played and The 13th Floor was there for all the action. First up was The Bads. Dianne Swan and Brett Adams haven’t played live for quite a few months, but […]
R.I.P. Clarence Clemons
Sad to read that Clarence Clemons, long-time sax player with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band passed away after complications from a stroke he suffered several days ago. “The Big Man” had been with Springsteen since 1971, appearing on his first album, 1973’s Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ. Clemons was 69 years old. Click here to […]
R.I.P. Carl Gardner of The Coasters
We’re sad to hear that Carl Gardner, leader of 50s vocal group The Coasters, has died at age 83. The Coasters were one of the most successful groups of the 1950s thanks to hits like Charlie Brown, Yakety Yak, Along Came Jones, Poison Ivy and the double-sided hit Searchin’/Youngblood. Most of these featured Carl on […]
Chewin’ The Fat With Seasick Steve
Born in 1941, Seasick Steve is a contemporary of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Aaron Neville. But unlike his contemporaries, Steve has only been recording for the past five years, although he’s been making music in one form or another since the 1960s. With the release of his fourth album, You Can’t Teach An […]
Rare Neil Young Video
The 13th Floor will be featuring video content. This means our extensive collection of rare and exciting music videos can now be shared. We’ll also start to review current feature films and will be able to present you with trailers, interviews, EPKs and whatever else the studios have to offer. To try things out, here’s […]
R.I.P Gil Scott-Heron
We’re sad to hear that musician, poet and activist Gil Scott-Heron has passed away at age 62. Details are scarce at the moment as to the cause of death. Gil Scott-Heron did the bulk of his recording in the 1970s. His “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” from 1971, is a biting commentary on racism, […]
Liam Finn Announces Tour and Website
BRAND NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED AT www.liamfinn.tv The FOMO Tour With special guests The Drab Doo-Riffs Liam Finn will return to New Zealand this August to tour his cracker of a new album FOMO (out Monday 13th June).The new single ‘Cold Feet’ has just gone number one at alternative radio and it continues to storm […]