Andrew Fagan: Bringing Back The Mockers (Interview)
After a 30 year hiatus, The Mockers are getting back together to play a series of New Zealand dates beginning this Thursday in Hamilton. The Mockers, fronted by Andrew Fagan, were one of the most successful Kiwi bands of the 1980s with hits such as Forever Tuesday Morning, Swear It’s True, One Black Friday, My Girl […]
Nadia Reid Announces Preservation Tour & Reveals New Song
Today, Nadia Reid announces her NZ tour in support of her new album, Preservation, being released March 3rd, 2017.
Watch: My Baby Perform Their New Single at The 13th Floor
Dutch trio My Baby stopped by The 13th Floor this past week as they began their current NZ tour. We’ll have the entire session ready to view soon, including interviews with all three bandmembers, but in the mean time, here they are performing Love Dance, the song that will be released shortly as their new […]
Susto – & I’m Fine Today (Missing Piece/Caroline)
There’s nothing better than discovering a new band that seems to be making just the right music at just the right time. For me, that band is Susto. Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, I first heard them at last year’s Austin City Limits Festival. Now, the release of their second album, & I’m Fine […]
WOMAD 2017 Report: Swamp Thing
Over the next couple of months 13th Floor will be running a series of articles and interviews about key artists and bands coming to WOMAD 2017 (New Plymouth, March 17-19). The Taranaki’s based world music festival is now in its 11th year, a 3-day celebration of musical and cultural diversity on every level. As always, […]
My Baby – The Kings Arms January 13, 2017
With summer finally seeming to arrive in Auckland, at least temporarily, Dutch trio My Baby kept the heat turned up at The Kings Arms on this Friday The 13th eve.
Summer In Auckland Parks: Hot Sounds, Cool Flicks & Free Fun
Auckland City Council presents its first screening of Movies In Parks tonight…it’s Ghostbusters 2016! Here’s the lowdown for the season… Get ready for three months of free entertainment and the opportunity to explore the Auckland region with your family and friends thanks to the 2017 series of Auckland Council’s Music and Movies in Parks.
Half Japanese – Hear The Lions Roar (Fire Records)
Just when I thought I knew about every band to find the courage to lay down on the tracks during the 1970s yet another one resurfaces – complete with an overstocked pedigree of albums spanning decades of hard work and ferocious output. Half Japanese were born out of the Fair brother’s lo-fi bedroom recordings of […]
Listen To Slowdive’s First New Music in 22 Years!
British shoegaze band Slowdive reunited in 2014 and have just now released their first new music since their 1995 album, Pygmalion. According to the band’s website, this is just a taste of what is to come:
Sampha Releases New Single ‘No One Knows Me (Like The Piano)’
This just in… Sampha today releases a brand new single ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’. At once both emotionally raw and achingly beautiful, the track is a tribute to the piano that sat in Sampha’s south London family home from the age of three – a piano on which he wrote much of his highly […]
Lake Street Dive – Tuning Fork January 11, 2017
It’s a new year and its been several weeks since an overseas act has visited Auckland, so it’s no surprise that the Tuning Fork was sold out on this Wednesday night. It might also have to do with the fact that Lake Street Dive have cultivated quite a following in this country, performing here […]
Don McGlashan, SJD and Nadia Reid to play Silo Acoustic Sessions, February Films and Silo Park Slugger
This just in from the folks at Silo Park… 2017 sees Silo Park’s community of good times continuing, with a stellar Silo Sessions lineup on 28 January, and the launch of the Silo Park Produce Market on Sunday afternoons. An eclectic mix of films will feature in February, as well as the Silo Park Slugger […]
Check Out New Music From Karen Elson
This just in… English-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Karen Elson will release her second album Double Roses on 7 April 2017, via 1965 Records/[PIAS]. Elson, who released her debut The Ghost Who Walks in 2010, is newly signed by the label for the world (ex-US), where the record will be released on H.O.T Records.
Carl Cox “Pure” Coming To Auckland
One of the most charming DJs in the business. A musical ambassador and a veteran of acid house, a champion of techno, a dance music pioneer, label owner, King of Ibiza – you name it, Carl Cox has been there and done it, never losing sight of his passions – playing music, breaking tunes and […]
Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White – Gentlewoman, Ruby Man (Liberator Music/Glassnote Records)
From Frank Ocean to Leonard Cohen, from James Blake to the Velvet Underground, Flo and Matt certainly cover some musical ground in this intriguing and satisfying collection of covers.
Ben Salter Returns To Aotearoa This February
Ben Salter’s love affair with Aotearoa continues this summer with his third trip over the ditch in four years.
Watch The New Dirty Projectors Video Now!
This just in from the folks at Universal… The new Dirty Projectors song Little Bubble is quiet storm for a climatically unstable future. A gorgeous song about love and loss, it gives us one of David Longstreth’s most guileless and beautiful melodies yet.
Aldous Harding Announces National Tour With Full Band
After the international success of her self-titled debut, Aldous Harding continues to ascend beyond fleeting trends. Delving into more timelessly resonant territories of human experience, Aldous has established a firm stance worldwide as a fearsome recording artist and performer. In February, ahead of the release of her next record, Party, she’s set to play four […]
Connan Mockasin Announces Extra Show
Connan Mockasin is due to perform two shows at Rec this Friday and Saturday. Now, it looks like three… OK Folks, Here’s the deal – due to insatiable demand – it gives us great pleasure to announce ONE more show!!! -ON THURSDAY 12th of JAN. TICKETS ON SALE TODAY (TUESDAY 10th) at 12pm MID DAY […]
New Music From Greg Fleming & The Working Poor!
Hot on the heels of last year’s acclaimed album To Hell With These Streets comes a new track from Greg Fleming – another collaboration with Working Poor guitarist Andrew Thorne (aka DJ Stingy Brim who also produced the single Life is Short from THWTS).