Lindi Ortega: Wasting Away In Faded Gloryville (Interview)
Canadian Americana artist Lindi Ortega has just released her new album, Faded Gloryville. For her latest musical offering, Lindi spent some time at the legendary Muscle Shoals recording studio in Alabama, soaking up some of the vibes left there by Southern soul greats such as Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Etta James. Lindi’s music consists […]
Watch The 13th Floor Video Report of Opening Night of The Experiment
The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda trekked on down to The Basement Theatre to check out the opening night of The Experiment, the 5-day multi-media show featuring artists, musicians, dancers, performance artists and more. With the help of his trusty iPhone (and daughter Kira), Marty put together this video report featuring performance footage and interviews with […]
Watch Chris Knox Perform With Rackets at The Experiment
The Experiment, a five-day multi-media show happening at Auckland’s Basement Theatre kicked off last night. Auckland trio Rackets were scheduled to perform and the incredible Chris Knox was there to exhibit his art. They surprised and delighted patrons by performing together, resulting in one of the most visceral performances you’re likely to see or hear. […]
Watch The New Devilskin Video Now!
Here’s something to brighten up your day…Devilskin have just released their latest video…for their newly-recorded single Mountains. Check it out…it rocks! Click here to check out the 13th Floor interview with Devilskin. Save
A Place To Bury Stranger’s Dion Lunadon: Living The Dream (Interview)
Brooklyn-based psych band A Place To Bury Strangers make a welcome return to Auckland this September after their triumphant performance at the 2013 Laneway Festival. Since then the band has released their latest album, Transfixiation and shared the bill with a reunited 13th Floor Elevators. The band is lead by guitarist/vocalist Oliver Ackermann and features […]
Watch Kevin Field’s 13th Floor Video Session
Jazz keyboard player Kevin Field has just released his third album, The A List. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York, The A List finds Kevin working with guitarist Nir Felder and ex-pat bassist Matt Penman. For this video session, The 13th Floor traveled to the Kenneth Myers Centre in Auckland where Kevin and his band were […]
The Warratahs & Swamp Thing – Tuning Fork (Concert Review)
A bill can be confusing. I read The Tuning Fork’s billing for last night’s show to mean that Swamp Thing and The Warratahs would be playingtogether; oh, what a wonderful noise that would have been. Instead, as drummer Michael Barker explained to me after the show, the idea for last night’s concert came out of […]
Good Riddance – Galatos (Concert Review)
So last night was the night for pop punk legends Good Riddance, and first impression walking in to the always great but oft forgotten Galatos was ‘oh god, it’s a total Sausage Fest (A feeling that intensified throughout the night), but a pretty damn good turn out for a Thursday night in Auckland’. Doors were […]
Marc Ribot – The Tuning Fork (Concert Review)
Guitarist extraordinaire Marc Ribot performed a rare solo acoustic show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. It was a showcase of intense musicianship that left the assembled fans spellbound, despite the fact that there was very little personal interplay between Ribot and his audience. This was very much a case of an artist letting his music do […]
Watch Kevin Field Perform Offering From His New Album
Auckland-based keyboard player Kevin Field traveled to New York City to record his third album, The A List, which was released last week. Now he’s back in New Zealand playing around town. The 13th Floor caught up with him and his band at Auckland’s Kenneth Myers Centre where we recorded a video session with Kevin. […]
Lydia Lunch & Retrovirus – The Kings Arms (Concert Review)
Along with her band Retrovirus, Lydia Lunch brought plenty of attitude to The Kings Arms and a performance to justify that attitude. It was, despite the weather, one of the hottest shows of the year…noisy, confrontational, emotional and powerful…the way rock & roll is meant to be. For a brief time it felt like the […]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Powerstation (Concert Review)
If we’re being charitable, we’ll write off the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s show at Auckland’s Powerstation to the fact that the show had been postponed from last Friday night due to an illness in the band. The rescheduling, we’ll allow, can account for the rather disappointing turnout at Wednesday’s show; the illness could explain the […]
Interview with Russ Rankin of Good Riddance!
Tove sat down with front man of Good Riddance. They played Wednesday night at Galatos with Vs The World and Auckland legends (and reformed for this show only) Prowler!
Lydia Lunch & Jon Spencer Talk To The 13th Floor
It looks like Auckland will be rockin’ tonight as The Powerstation hosts the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for a show rescheduled from last week and The Kings Arms presents a set from No-Wave Goddess Lydia Lunch and her band Retrovirus. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to both artists recently and it seems only right […]
Watch Holly Arrowsmith’s 13th Floor Video Session
Having just moved north from Queenstown to Auckland, singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith has just released her debut album, For The Weary Traveller. Inspired by classic songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Holly infuses her experiences of living in the deep South along with her roots in the US. Here she is talking […]
Listen To Wrecking Crew Bassist Carol Kaye (Interview)
For music fans, one of the most intriguing documentaries on offer at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival is The Wrecking Crew. The film shines a light on the group of session musicians who worked in Los Angeles in the 1960s in Los Angeles and played on just about every hit record to come […]
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis The Powerstation (Concert Review)
It’s been a lean few weeks for live music…thankfully, the film festival is taking up the slack…so that made the anticipation of seeing Camden siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis even greater. The trio have performed there before…Kitty celebrated her 18th birthday there in 2011. This time is was Lewis’ turn to blow out the candles […]
Watch Holly Arrowsmith’s Mouth of the Morning
Singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith releases her debut album, For The Weary Traveller today. Holly was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in Queenstown. She now resides in Auckland and is about to set out on the road to promote her new album, including a show at the Tuning Fork on Saturday, September 5th. Holly […]
Peace Officer or Killing Machine? (Interview)
Documentary film makers Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber are in New Zealand to attend the screening of their film Peace Officer at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Peace Officer explores the militarization of the police department in the United States, particularly the SWAT teams. Their chief character in the film is Dub Lawrence, a […]
Ginger Snort – Rangatire Q Theatre (Comedy Review)
Tonight’s performance by the Snort comedy crew really showed how far they’d come. Since first starting in September 2013, they’ve developed a cult following with their Friday night improv shows at the Basement Theatre. Tonight they went large and put on a special ginger themed fundraiser at Q Theatre. They teamed up with sponsors All […]