Miki Berenyi Talks Tripla: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
With the debut album from the Miki Berenyi Trio just days away, here is the former Lush vocalist to tell how this new band and album came together.
Dua Lipa – Spark Arena: April 2, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Dua Lipa brought her Radical Optimism Tour to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night, delivering a tightly choreographed 2-hour set filled with glitter, glamour, and glorious music, proving she is not only well on her way to becoming an immortal entertainer – but that her meteoric rise is only just beginning.
MJ Lenderman & The Wind – The Powerstation: April 1, 2025
April blows in with MJ Lenderman & The Wind at The Powerstation and that’s no foolin’.
Fiona & The Glow – Domestic: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following on from their debut single, You Wouldn’t Know, and keeping up the momentum after a run of sold-out shows & festival appearances supporting Shihad, Black Comet, Tiki Taane and Jon Toogood – Fiona & the Glow continue firing with their second single, Domestic.
Liberty – Are We Dead? 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Hawkes Bay singer and songwriter Liberty continues to turn heads with her unique and catchy style of pop, which shines through on her latest single, Are We Dead?, proving why she’s been touted as ‘one to watch’.
Anglebox Talks About Dark Days In The Sun: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Anglebox is a new band from Christchurch made up of seasoned veterans and led by Ian Cartwright. Their debut EP is titled Dark Days In The Sun.
Lucy Munro – Seventeen: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lucy Munro is back! After taking a year’s hiatus to develop her sound and fanbase, Seventeen is Lucy Munro’s first single release of 2025.
Stand Together With Aloe Blacc: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Aloe Blacc has just released Stand Together…12 songs that he hopes will encourage open engagement with others.
Novocaine – Dir: Dan Bert & Robert Olsen (13th Floor Film Review)
To say that a film moves at breakneck pace is an overworked trope, but this movie really earns the accolade.
Scar Vision – Hoops & Threads: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tāmaki Makaurau band SCAR VISION drop powerful new track Hoops & Threads, an epic blend of deep, smooth vocals, scabrous yet melodic guitars, dark, menacing basslines and sonorous, driving drums.
Dungeon #25: Clementine, Warm Leather & The Shelves – Whammy: March 27, 2025
While Tamaki Makaurau may have lost a mighty Totara of live music venues several years ago, The Kings Arms Tavern. We are living in a post-covid time of an abundance of cozy, small and intimate venues: 605 Morningside, Cupid, Goblin, Big Fan, Small Gods, The Button Factory, Audio Foundation, are a few, and the latest […]
The Chills Talk About Making Springboard: The Early Unrecorded Songs – 13th Floor MusicTalk
Following the death of Chills leader Martin Phillipps and the release of Springboard: The Early Unrecorded Songs, Chills drummer Callum Hampton and bass player Todd Knudson talk about making this very moving new record and the legacy Martin Phillipps left behind.
Stellar* – Q Theatre: March 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Stellar* celebrated the 25th anniversary of their award-winning debut album, Mix, in front of a sold-out audience at Auckland’s Q Theatre.
Chaos In The CBD – Marlboro Sounds: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Renowned electronic duo Chaos In The CBD have just released a fresh glimpse of their upcoming album with their new single, Marlboro Sounds.
Search For Yeti – Whammy Bar: March 27, 2025
Search For Yeti conquered at their debut Auckland show at Whammy Bar with support from the brass heavy rock stylings of Moongoat and the increasingly ruckus, jangle-punk of Cowboy Dan.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: March 28, 2025
Its New Music Friday here at The 13th Floor and we’ve got something for everyone with new releases by Alison Krauss, Alien Weaponry, Dean Wareham and more!
Greta O’Leary – The Greatest Peace I’ve Known: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tāmaki Makaurau-based alt-folk songwriter Greta O’Leary has today shared her unyielding and bold new single + video ‘The Greatest Peace I’ve Known’ and announced the release of her debut album RIVER DARK – out May 9!
In Praise Of Older Men – Keeping The Rock & Roll Torch Lit in NZ
This may not be the most popular opinion, but its one I felt I need to share, that of the good work done recently by old dudes like Shihad, The D4 and Guitar Wolf.
Alison Krauss Talks to The 13th Floor About Making Arcadia and Reuniting with Union Station
Alison Krauss & Union Station are about to release their first new album in over a decade. It’s called Arcadia and its the first to feature new member Russell Moore.
A Working Man – Dir: David Ayer (13th Floor Film Review)
When we last saw Jason Statham, he was a Beekeeper, now he is just A Working Man…a blue collar everyman who just happens to have something close to superhuman powers.