Shakey Graves – Tuning Fork
Preconceptions can throw you off. I expected the audience at Shakey Graves’ Tuning Fork show to be older and more laid back. Instead the sold-out crowd seemed to be mostly in their 20s and ready to party. I also expected the music made by the Austin, Texas-based musician to be a mix of country and […]
Peter Hook And The Light – The Studio, 27 February 2015
Before the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses, long before Oasis, Peter Hook was a mainstay of the Manchester music scene, playing bass first in Joy Division and then, following the death of Ian Curtis, New Order. But New Order are infrequent performers of late, and its members, increasingly, are solo artists. Bernard Sumner, the […]
Finns at the Zoo – Auckland Zoo 27 February 2015
What do you call seven Finns in a rotunda – a flock, a festoon, a filth or a frolic? This is the question posed by New Zealand’s first family of pop as they wrap up a set of magical songs at Auckland Zoo. Crowds arrive with picnic baskets and beach-chairs and stroll through the zoo, […]
Atmosphere and more, news Friday 27th Feb
It’s a Friday and good news abounds; firstly, Napalm Death and Carcass have announced a second Valhalla show, and I am pretty fucking jealous, so if you missed out on the first sold out show don’t be a fool a second time and get your damn tickets asap!
Go Mental With The Pop Group (Interview)
Hailing from Bristol, The Pop Group had a brief, but important musical career, forming in 1977, at the height of the punk movement and splitting up just three years later. During that time the band released two albums and became one of the pioneering post-punk band by incorporating dub, reggae, funk and Krautrock into their […]
Purity Ring’s Next Adventure (Interview)
Canadian electro-pop duo Purity Ring are about to release their second album, Another Eternity, this week. Hailing from Edmonton, Megan Jones (vocals) and Corin Riddick (instruments) began working together as Purity Ring in 2011 and were snapped up by 4AD records a year later. Their first album, 2012’s Shrines, produced five singles. Now, the twosome […]
The New Sounds Of Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (Interview)
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis have returned with their new album, appropriately titled, The Third. It’s been nearly four years since they released their previous album, Smoking In Heaven. In the interim, the three siblings have been busy touring, writing and building a new studio. The tracks found on The Third are the first results from […]
Foo Fighters – Mt Smart Stadium 21 February 2015
We review the Foo Fighters at Mt Smart Stadium 3 February 2018 here. Well, they finally made it. A day after their aborted Town Hall benefit show, Dave Grohl led his Foo Fighters through a two hour and 45 minute set at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium in front of tens of thousands of happy fans. […]
Perfume Genius – The Kings Arms 20 February 2015
Who looks like Doogie Howser, sings like Patti Smith, croons like Chris Martin and tore up the stage like an avant-garde hurricane at the Kings Arms last night? Seattle musician Mike Hadreas, AKA Perfume Genius, that’s who – and next time he comes to Auckland he’s sure to be playing on a bigger stage. The […]
Marlon Williams -The Tuning Fork, 20 February 2015
Marlon Williams seems to have made Auckland’s Tuning Fork his second home. Now based in Melbourne, the Kiwi crooner filled the intimate venue just eight months after his previous headlining show. Last time Marlon was at The Tuning Fork he was aided and abetted by Aldous Harding and Australian songstress Melody Pool. This time around […]
Faith No More Grows Up: Interview
Faith No More is back! The band is set to release their first album since they split up in 1998. And…they will be in New Zealand in March appearing on the Westfest bill along with Judas Priest and Soundgarden. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke with Faith No More keyboard player Roddy Bottum about Sol […]
The Axeman Cometh; Metal News 19th Feb
Recent controversy surrounds NZ’s longest running metal radio show ‘The Axe Attack’; it seems the powers that be have axed it from the Sunday slot. The website has been de-registered, which brings a bit of doubt to the story the Rock is just doing up the offices, as does the Paul Martins statement ‘I would […]
A Few Minutes With Perfume Genius (Interview)
Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, has been causing quite a stir with his third album, Too Bright. Influential indie music site Pitchfork.com refers to Hardeas’ music, “less like songs and more like treasures, ones that fill you with power and wisdom”. Perfume Genius has been touring Australia and will be in New Zealand for two […]
A Conversation With Ludovico Einaudi (Interview)
Renowned Italian pianist and composer, Ludovico Einaudi is in New Zealand for the first time to perform tonight, the 18th of February at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. The 13th Floor’s Dominic da Souza had the honour of sitting down with him the day before to hear his thoughts of music and other matters: […]
Watch Kim Richey’s 13th Floor Video Session
Kim Richey is a Nashville-based songwriter and recording artist who has had her songs covered by the likes of Trisha Yearwood, The Dixie Chicks, Jim Lauderdale and Patty Loveless. Her songs have been featured in many films and TV series including Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Alias and Nashville and she’s been recording her own albums […]
Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron: Looking Forward (Interview)
Matt Cameron will be in Auckland in March drumming for Soundgarden when they perform at Westfest. The last time Cameron was here, he was holding down drumming duties for Pearl Jam at 2014’s Big Day Out. He’s a busy guy, so when The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda got the chance to speak to Cameron, he […]
Broods – Auckland Town Hall (Concert Review) 13 Feb 2015
Broods’ debut album Evergreen hasn’t even reached the six-month anniversary of it’s release into the wild but this brother-sister duo from Nelson had no problem filling up Auckland’s Town Hall last night. This was the fourth stop on the Evergreen tour that finishes up tonight in Hamilton. Nashville-based support act HalfNoise – former Paramore drummer […]
King Missile IV – The Kings Arms (Concert Review) 12 Feb 2015
It was a small, but enthusiastic crowd that greeted John S Hall and his latest incarnation of King Missile as they took the stage late on Thursday night at Auckland’s Kings Arms. There had been a parade of opening acts including Lovey Dove, the husband and wife duo of Dan West (guitar) and Azalia Snail […]
Watch Ruth Moody’s 13th Floor Video Session
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody is in Auckland to perform at The Tuning Fork tonight. Yesterday she stopped by The 13th Floor studio to have a chat with Marty Duda and to play a couple of songs. Ruth has been a busy musician recently, having just toured France, the UK, Switzerland and The Netherlands, before coming […]
Tattletale Saints Winner
Congratulations to Steven McGrath, who correctly named Nashville as the US city that Tattletale Saints call home when they are overseas. Steven has won two passes to see Tattletale Saints tomorrow night at Auckland’s Tuning Fork.