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Watch Greg Fleming & The Trains

Greg Fleming and The Trains performed at The Kings Arms Sunday night as part of the Southern Fried Sunday series, hosted by Bernie Griffen. Watch here as Greg and the band play the title track to his new album, Edge Of The City: [wpvideo XJycz3ti] Click here to read The 13th Floor review of Edge Of […]

The Return Of The Pretty Things (Feature/Interview)

POWERSTATION: DECEMBER 11, 2012 ‘ BANNED ‘  from NZ for 47 years …    THE PRETTY THINGS ARE BACK! The Pretty Things have always been ‘4 Real’. Attitude with a capital A. Real accents and bolshy attitudes to match, ‘the Pretties’ eschewed the Sixties pop scene to carve their own niche of hard blues rock.  While the Rolling Stones Stones took non-conformity and turned it […]

Talkin’ Woody Guthrie With Billy Bragg (Interview)

  Billy Bragg brings his “Ain’t Nobody That Can Sing Like Me” tour to New Zealand beginning on October 12th. Billy has spent much of this year involved in the celebrations of Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday, and his shows will be divided between performing Guthrie’s songs and his own. The 13th Floor spoke to Billy […]

Gomez Offers Chance To Vote On Set List (Interview)

  Long time New Zealand favourites Gomez are returning for two shows in October. Having been together for 15 years, the band is celebrating with their Quinceanera Tour. As a tip of the hat to their long-standing fans the band is offering chance to vote for songs to be included in each show of the […]

Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson Talk About Wreck & Ruin (Interview)

Four years ago Australia’s first couple of country and Americana, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, released their first album together, the highly acclaimed and highly enjoyable Rattlin’ Bones. Now, after tending to their respective solo careers and producing their second child, the duo is back with Wreck & Ruin. The 13th Floor spoke to Kasey […]

Prepare For The Panther! (Interview)

  Have you heard about Steel Panther? If not, now is the time! Here’s how their own press release describes them: “They hark back to an earlier, simpler time when men with girly hair and unfeasibly tight trousers peddled neanderthal attitudes and trite songs to absolutely no acclaim and often outright hostility. Steel Panther revive this proud […]

Rick Wakeman Laments Prog Rock’s Lack Of Respect (Interview)

  The former keyboard wiz of Yes has recently been named the first recipient of the “Prog God Award” by Prog Magazine (of course). But the man behind such 70s extravaganzas as Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and The Myths An Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table is annoyed that […]

Listen To New Dylan Music

  Bob Dylan’s new album, Tempest, is due for release on September 7th. In the mean time, here’s a track from the forthcoming record. It’s called Duquesne Whistle and you can here it here: 

Watch The New Video By Anika, Boh and Hollie

Anika Moa, Boh Runga and Hollie Smith are making music together. Their first video has just been released. Here is the promo blurb that comes with it: Put three music icons – strong women with voices and personalities to match – in a studio and see what happens. Let’s just call them Anika, Boh & […]

English Beat Concert Photos

Here’s a little bonus…concert photos of The (English) Beat taken at their recent show at Auckland’s Powerstation taken by photographer Jonathan Ganley. [slideshow]

Listen To Kurt Shanks Introduce His New Album

Kurt Shanks, former member of Stellar, has just released his first album under his own name. The title is Blood Line Heart and it features Kurt along with his band The Drakes and a few special guests. Kurt Shanks dropped by The 13th Floor to record his thoughts about several tracks from the album. Click […]

Gomez Announce NZ Tour

Gomez make a welcome return to NZ, performing at Auckland’s Powerstation on Tuesday 23rd October and Wellington Opera House on Wednesday 24th. Since their emergence on the English scene in the mid 90s, where their early demos caused a bidding war between record labels, followed swiftly by the Mercury Prize win for their debut album […]

Hot Bodies: Meet The New Zealand Dance Company

The newly-created New Zealand Dance Company is about to put on their first show, Language Of Living, in August. The 13th Floor’s Kathryn van Beek ventured out into the cafe-littered streets of Auckland’s Point Chevalier to find out about this new dance company. Craig Bary asks to meet at Montage, the new bar in Point […]

Listen To Lawrence Arabia’s Radio Programme

Lawrence Arabia, aka James Milne, has recently stopped by The 13th Floor to record his own streaming radio programme. Perhaps not coincidentally, a brand new Lawrence Arabia album, titled The Sparrow, has just been released. Listen in as Lawrence Arabia shares some of his favourite tunes and gives a bit of insight into his own […]

R.I.P. Bob Welch

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch has died at the age of 66. He went on to have a solo career that included the hits Ebony Eyes and Sentimental Lady. Click here to read more about Bob Welch.

Aerosmith Release New Single

Steven Tyler has been taking time out from his duties on American Idol to record a new album with his band mates in Aerosmith. The band has just released the first fruits from those efforts…Legendary Child is now available on iTunes. Tyler and the band had a parting of ways a while ago, but have […]

Talkin’ With Temper Trap (Interview)

  Australian band The Temper Trap has just released the follow-up to their very successful 2009 debut album Conditions. Between then and now the band has added a new member, keyboard player Joseph Greer, who hails from Auckland. Joseph is not completely new to Temper Trap fans, he played on the first album and has […]

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