Emma Dilemma And Her Good Friday Surprise: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Direct from Christchurch, it’s Emma Dilemma, here to talk abut her new, “surprise” EP, titled Ouch My Head Hurts.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: April 18, 2025
A good New Music Friday to you! And we’ve got the good new music to go with your holiday weekend…five new releases including new music from Taylor Rae, Peter Holsapple and Emma Dilemma.
Yumi Zouma – Bashville On The Sugar: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
International alt-pop act Yumi Zouma is back, delivering their first new music in nearly a year and a half with the electrifying single, Bashville on the Sugar, out today via Nettwerk (Vacations, Panchiko).
Taylor Rae – The Void (Missing Piece) (13th Floor Album Review)
Before diving into the introspective themes of her sophomore album The Void, singer-songwriter Taylor Rae had already established herself as a rising force in the Americana scene.
Sinners – Dir: Ryan Coogler (13th Floor Film Review)
The Cotton Club crossed with from Dusk to Dawn…the bodacious, bold, and brilliant Sinners will pull you in and whirl you around the juke joint, leaving you breathless, blood spattered and extremely satisfied.
Peter Holsapple Presents The Face Of 68: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
A stalwart of the fertile North Carolina music scene that bred the likes of Don Dixon and Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple is a founding member of The dBs and the Continental Drifters. His latest solo album, due out tomorrow, is The Face Of 68.
Bad Manners – Tuning Fork: April 16, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
50 years! Well the genesis was there in 1976, however their first live show wasn’t until 1978. But really, that’s just splitting hairs (pun intended) Bad Manners were a 100+ weeks feature in the British Singles Charts in the early 1980’s, with their take on two-tone and ska. While the onward decades have seen breakup, […]
Warfare – Dir: Alex Garland (13th Floor Film Review)
Warfare is director Alex Garland’s latest boots on the ground account of a Navy seal operation gone awry, based upon the memories of Iraqi veteran and co-director Ray Mendoza, its an endurance test that lacks emotional payoff.
Danica Bryant – Buzz: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Te Whanganui a Tara indie-pop sweetheart Danica Bryant has today shared her latest banger Buzz – a delectable taster off her debut album FEAST – out August 1!
Icelandic Electronic Duo Kiasmos Announce New Zealand Show
A new chapter is on the horizon for the highly influential electronic duo Kiasmos. Consisting of longtime friends and collaborators Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen, their seminal self-titled debut album was released to critical acclaim in 2014, followed by a series of EPs which have since continued to find fans all around the world.
Drop – Dir: Christopher Landon (13th Floor Film review)
Drop picks you up and carries you along for the ride dragging your reservations about all those yawning plot holes behind you.
Nadia Reid – Enter Now Brightness New Zealand & Australia 2025
This December acclaimed songwriter Nadia Reid journeys back to New Zealand and Australia in celebration of Enter Now Brightness; her critically lauded fourth album which was released on Chrysalis in February 2025.
People Of The Sun – Last Song (Keep Burning): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
People of the Sun deliver a unique sound for Aotearoa with their soulful second single, Last Song (Keep Burning).
jasmine.4.t Transitions To A Pop Star: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
jasmine.4.t is a trans woman who has just made an album with Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, aka boygenius.
The Penguin Lessons – Dir: Peter Cattaneo (13th Floor Film Review)
In The Penguin Lessons, The Full Monty’s Peter Cattaneo helms a sweet natured tale of redemption via Penguin set against a backdrop of political unrest.
Voom Announce Something Good Is Happening NZ Tour
Auckland indie-rock legends Voom — after years of slow-burning genius, cult-adored releases, and sporadic-yet-memorable live performances — are finally back with their long-awaited new album, Something Good Is Happening, out Friday 16 May via Flying Nun Records. To celebrate, the band have announced a four-date New Zealand tour, taking their new songs (and some beloved classics) on the road for the ‘Something […]
Julien Baker & Torres – Send a Prayer My Way (Matador)
Country music has always been a genre haunted by contradictions: tradition and rebellion, faith and doubt, community and exile. In Send a Prayer My Way, Julien Baker and TORRES (Mackenzie Scott) take those tensions and twist them into something stunningly new.
The Curls – Whispers: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Auckland based trio The Curls, made up of Laila Alkamil (vocals, keys, drums), Rory McGregor (guitars) and Liam Emtage (bass), debut their single, Whispers.
David Ramirez And His Not So Gentle Reminders – 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Here is Austin-based singer/songwriter David Ramirez to fill us in on his new album, All The Not So Gentle Reminders and why he needed a break and a retreat to write and produce these 12 new songs.
Lisa Crawley – The Gatekeeper: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lisa Crawley has given fans another taste of her upcoming EP, with today’s release of her latest single, The Gatekeeper.