Punk It Up Returns for 2017
Following on from a packed sold out event in September 2015, at Auckland’s “soon to be lost forever” King’s Arms Tavern in Newton, PUNK IT UP returns to the KA this April 8th, ready to melt your f**king face off.
Watch: New Video From Ryan Adams
Here’s the blurb behind the video… After releasing Do You Still Love Me? out into the world, Ryan Adams has shared the video for the first single off his highly anticipated 15th studio album, Prisoner—out February 17th on Pax-Am/Blue Note.
Tame Impala: The 13th Floor Interview – Part 2
Yesterday we brought you the first half of our exclusive interview with Tame Impala main man Kevin Parker in which he addressed the rumours about the band’s demise and his collaboration with Lady Gaga. (Click here to read Pt 1). Now, during the second half of the conversation between Parker and The 13th Floor’s Marty […]
More Laneway Pix: The Veils and Chet Faker!
For those of you who can’t get enough of Laneway 2017, 13th Floor photographer David Watson has served up more photos from Monday’s festival in Albert Park.
More Adele Tickets Made Available For Auckland Shows
As part of her record-breaking Live 2017 tour, global superstar ADELE will reign over Australia and New Zealand for a strictly limited eleven dates, with no opportunity to add additional shows.
Bob Dylan Announces New 3-Disc Studio Album
Continuing in his quest to become America’s favourite crooner, Bob Dylan has announced the imminent release of Triplicate, a three-disc set of newly-recorded standards due to become available on March 31st. Here’s the lowdown from Bob Dylan’s website plus a track from the new album:
R.I.P. John Wetton
A member of King Crimson, UK and Asia, vocalist and bassist John Wetton has passed away at the age of 67. Wetton was forced to bow out of the latest Asia tour due to his treatment for colon cancer. John Wetton was a member of King Crimson from 1972-1974 contributing to Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, […]
Split
Director M Night Shayamalan M Night Shyamalan has returned, sending shudders down the spines of those who have been subjected to the bulk of his previous outings like The Last Airbender (2010,) The Village (2004) and Signs (2002.) Astonishingly, he has redeemed himself with Split. Split is the story of Kevin (James McAvoy,) a man […]
Laneway Festival – Albert Park January 30, 2017
One thing seems unanimous…everyone loves the choice of Albert Park as the new location of the Laneway Festival in Auckland. Really, the music seemed to take a back seat to the setting this time around and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The entire park and adjacent Princes Street suddenly became just a great place […]
Watch: Finn Andrews Of The Veils Talks To The 13th Floor at Laneway 2017
One of the highlights of yesterday’s Laneway Festival was the intense set by The Veils. For our final installment in our series of Laneway Video Interviews we have Veils front man Finn Andrews talking to The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda. Finn addresses the future of The Veils and his own acting gig for David Lynch’s […]
Watch: Max & Julien of Whitney Talk To The 13th Floor at Laneway 2017
Fresh from their US TV debut on Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich of Chicago-based band Whitney, talk to The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda at yesterday’s Laneway Festival.
Watch: Mish of White Lung Talks To The 13th Floor at Laneway 2017
Here’s our second in a series of video interviews recorded at yesterday’s Laneway Festival. This one features White Lung frontwoman Mish Barker-Way talking to The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda about the changes the band has gone through since they last performed in Auckland in 2014.
Watch: Julia Jacklin Talks To The 13th Floor at Laneway 2017
The 13th Floor spoke to many of the artists who performed at this year’s Laneway Festival. You can check out our interview with Festival headliner Tame Impala here. One of the folks we spoke to was Australia singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Julia released her debut album, Don’t Let The Kids Win, in 2016 after recording it […]
Tame Impala: The 13th Floor Interview, Pt 1
The headliner at this year’s Laneway Festival is Tame Impala. There has been much speculation swirling around that these shows will be the last for Kevin Parker and company…or at least the last for a long while, with a hiatus planned for the forseeable future. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda sat down with Kevin Parker […]
Puscifer – Vector Arena January 29, 2017
Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer closed out their Money Shot tour at Auckland’s Vector Arena, bringing the multi-media show, complete with masked wrestlers, to several thousand hard-core fans.
Photo Gallery: Miss June, The Pleasure Majenta & Being
Last night three acts made some noise at Whammy Backroom. They were Miss June, The Pleasure Majenta and Being. 13th Floor photographer Ivan Karczewski was on the scene and has provided us with plenty of exciting pix.
Watch New Opeth Video Here!
Swedish rockers Opeth, who are due to play a sold-out show at Auckland’s Powerstation next week, have just released a new video for their song Era.
Mick Harvey – Intoxicated Women (Mute)
It has taken 20 years for Mick Harvey, long-time collaborator with Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and others, to ‘complete’ his four album Serge Gainsbourg translation project.
US Pop Punk Band All Time Low Announce One NZ Show
Pop punk perfection… that’s ALL TIME LOW in a nutshell! They’ve repeatedly topped the charts, sold over 1.5 million albums worldwide, chalked up 100+ million views on YouTube, have 5+ million social media followers, and have sold out London’s Wembley Arena. They are a bona fide worldwide sensation and they’re kicking off a whole new […]
Live by Night
Director: Ben Affleck 2 Stars Ben Affleck wrote, directed and stars in this unrestrained, out of control mess of a movie set in prohibition era Boston and Florida. An ambitious effort – it takes on both Irish and Italian gangster cultures, racism and the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacy, southern ignorance, immigration, drugs and alcohol, […]