Primate Talks To The 13th Floor (Video Interview)
The 13th Floor’s resident metal fiend, Tove Partington, rounded up the five members of Primate for a chat before their show at Auckland’s Kings Arms tonight. Primate is composed of Brutal Truth’s Kevin Sharp on vocals, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher on guitar along with Mike Brennan (guitar), Dave Whitworth (bass) and Shayne Huff (drums). In addition […]
Upcoming Events 19th Jan 14
January really is picking up the pace and setting the theme for a great year, so take a look at some of the upcoming events we have in the next week, and do your best to get to as many as you can!
A Night With Malevolence (Interview)
Malevolence have been a part of the Auckland and New Zealand underground Metal scene for over 20 years now. Playing a style which incorporates Death Metal, Grindcore and crusty punk, they have remained a strong and consistent throughout their existence. Chris Rigby interviews Daryl Tapsell, the man who has been around since the beginning.
Mudhoney Photos!
The 13th Floor just received these pix of Mudhoney performing at The Kings Arms on Friday night from Keith Murdoch so we thought we’d share them with you.
Real Estate – Atlas (New Album Preview)
Atlas, the new album by New Jersey’s Real Estate, arrives through Domino/EMI NZ on February 28th 2014. A triumph of highly evocative, perceptive songwriting and graceful, precise musicianship, Atlas carefully refines, and ultimately perfects, the brilliantly distinct artistic vision that made its predecessors Days and Real Estate so beloved. Watch the video for the new single, Talking Backwards, here: Click here to […]
Foster The People – Supermodel (New Album Preview)
Foster The People are set to release their highly anticipated new album, Supermodel, on March 14. Produced by Paul Epworth, the globally influenced Supermodel is the follow-up to the group’s critically acclaimed 2011 debut Torches. Watch the video for the song Coming Of Age Click here for more info about Supermodel. Save
This Week's New Music, Concerts, Films & DVDs
Good morning from The 13th Floor. Here are this week’s highlights for music, film and the arts. New music from Bruce Springsteen, The Big Day Out, A Tom Clancy thriller and the return of Paul Walker… Click here to find out what’s happening this week.
Wild Beasts – Present Tense (New Album Preview)
The fourth album from Wild Beasts, Present Tense, will be released on 24th February 2014. The album opener, ‘Wanderlust’, will be released as the first single on the same day. Present Tense is a dramatically new album – taking cues from the most intense and effervescent of 1980s and 1990s electronic sound but rethinking and retooling […]
The Autumn Defense – Fifth (New Album Preview)
Wilco members John Stirratt and Pat Sansone are about to release a new album from their side project The Autumn Defense. Their 5th album is appropriately titled Fifth, and is due out on January 31st. You can get an idea of what to expect by watching John and Pat perform This Thing That I’ve Found […]
Metal News Jan 10th 2014
Welcome to the first Metal News of the year, horribly late. Forgive me, life does sometimes get in the way. New Zealand has some awesome events coming up, and will be trying some new things with the site. I’m also looking for some contributors from around the country, so if you have a love of […]
Upcoming Events For January 6 – 12
Greetings from The 13th Floor. We hope you all had a safe and happy holiday period. 2014 is lining up to be a good year in music, film and arts. Here are the highlights for January 6th-12th. Click here to read the entire list of new music, live music, film & DVD events.
R.I.P. Phil Everly
Phil Everly, one half of the pioneering duo The Everly Brothers has passed away at the age of 74. Together with his older brother Don, Phil created harmonies that inspired The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and hosts of others. Just this past year two Everly Brothers tribute albums were released, one featuring the unlikely duo […]
NZ Metal News, Wed 11th Dec
Bulletbelts Album release on Sunday turned out to be a bit of surprise for the audience; the sad news that vocalist Fergus was leaving Bulletbelt, but the awesome news that Jolene was joining! Bulletbelt has released the following statement; “Bulletbelt is proud to announce Jolene Tempest as our new vokllist. We look forward to what […]
This Week's Picks
Great music, film and other cool stuff continues to come out as the year draws to a close…here’s this week’s picks in live music, new albums, films & DVDs. Click here to view this week’s highlights.
Xavier Rudd (Interview)
After performing in New Zealand earlier this year, Australian roots musician, activist and surfer Xavier Rudd is returning to New Zealand for a series of shows at the end of the year. The 13th Floor spoke to the laconic singer-songwriter and asked him about his seemingly unending touring schedule and the possibility of new music […]
Peter Murphy: Bringing Mr Moonlight To NZ (Interview)
Former Bauhaus front man Peter Murphy will be in New Zealand for two shows in December. Murphy is bringing his Mr. Moonlight Tour to these shores, a show where he performs all Bauhaus material. But that doesn’t mean that Murphy’s solo career is on hold. In fact, when The 13th Floor spoke to Peter, he […]
The Metal News
Introducing a brand-new column on the 13th Floor: The Metal News from Tove, doyenne of all things metal. So, we get to the last month of the year, and what a good one it has been! Highlights for me were definitely Korpiklaani and the beautiful M.D.C. But the year ain’t over, so here are a […]
New This Week: December 2nd- December 9th
Here is The 13th Floor’s weekly roundup of what’s new in music, film and DVDs. Enjoy. New Music Friday December 6th is new music day. Neil Young releases his album Live at the Cellar Door, House of Shem brings out Harmony, Simply Red release Songbook 1985-2010, Yes add The Studio Albums 1969-1987. Scandanavian band Roxette […]
Metric: On Working With Lou Reed (Interview)
Canadian synth-pop band Metric will be in Auckland on December 14th for their first-ever New Zealand show at The Powerstation. The band, featuring vocalist Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, will be wrapping up a year-long tour in support of their 2012 album, Synthetica. The 13th Floor spoke to James Shaw just before he was […]
Guitar Wolf’s Top Influences (Interview)
Japanese Greatest Jet Rock And Roll group Guitar Wolf return to New Zealand in support of their new Beast Vibrator album. Guitar Wolf himself, Seiji, took time to tell The 13th Floor about his top influences …. We caught him at a Tokyo planetarium: Can you see that? There is a nebula studded in the night sky […]