The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton — AVTT/PTTN (Thirty Tigers) (13th Floor Album Review)
Some collaborations feel engineered. Some feel accidental. AVTT/PTTN by The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton feels like a doorway opening between two worlds that never expected to meet. It is the kind of project that sounds improbable until you hear it, and then it feels strangely inevitable.
Lenny Kravitz – Spark Arena: November 15, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Lenny Kravitz brought his Blue Electric Light Tour to New Zealand last night. It was the veteran rocker’s first show in Aotearoa in a career that reaches back almost 40 years.
Mundi – Ponsonby Social Club: November 15, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
On a cool spring evening in Tamaki Makaurau, a city rocked by a malaise that’s heightened by the sudden change in weather, Mundi, the world fusion outfit hailing from Lyttleton, is hoping to bring some warmth to the Ponsonby Social Club.
John McFee on Jackdawg and Music Without Any Rules: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
John McFee has played with everyone from Van Morrison to Elvis Costello to Rick James…but have you heard of Jackdawg?
Lucy Gray – Pull Out Mattress: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lucy Gray releases Pull Out Mattress…fresh, fun and confessional, like you’re part of an inside joke. That’s how brand-new, breakout pop-rock track Pull Out Mattress from Lucy Gray feels to listen to.
Opeth – Trusts Arena: November 14, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Progressive metal band Opeth last visited New Zealand in 2017, the five-piece lineup—Mikael Åkerfeldt (guitar, vocals), Martín Méndez (bass), Fredrik Åkesson (guitar, backing vocals), Joakim Svalberg (keyboards, backing vocals), and Waltteri Väyrynen (drums)—returned after eight years with their critically acclaimed album, The Last Will and Testament. The show was originally scheduled for Auckland Town Hall, but overwhelming demand pushed it to Trusts […]
More Sound Thinking Today: New Podcast Episode Is Ready Now!
Sound Thinking with Graham Reid and Marty Duda is back with another episode.
The Running Man Dir: Edgar Wright (13th Floor Film Review)
I was 14 years old when I read Stephen King’s The Running Man and it blew my teenage mind.
THE WATERBOYS Announce May 2026 New Zealand Tour
THE WATERBOYS make their long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand in May 2026 their first tour in over a decade!
Dick Move Wants You To Dream, Believe, Achieve: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Auckland punk band Dick Move has just released their third album, Dream, Believe, Achieve, 13 songs in 25 minutes recorded at Roundhead Studios.
Deva Mahal – Till The Morning Comes: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Deva Mahal delivers again! The Wellington-based powerhouse has today released Till The Morning Comes – a dreamy three-and-a-half minute journey that awakens the senses.
Ny Oh And Her Journey to Wildwood: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Ny Oh is UK-born, NZ-raised, LA-based artist Naomi Ludlow, formerly of Neon Gru collaborator with Margo Price and Harry Styles.
Pavement – PAVEMENTS OST (Matador) (13th Floor Album Review)
Legendary indie-rockers Pavement have made their way to the silver screen with the Alex Ross Perry directed experimental-musical-concert-biopic film Pavements. While the soundtrack has been floating around on streaming services for a few months, it is making its eventual release to LP and CD this Friday.
The Saints – ’73-’78 – Live Nights In Venice Vol. 1 (In The Red) (13th Floor EP Review)
The Saints ’73–’78 is an initiative driven by Ed Kuepper, focusing on the first three albums and debuting in Australia in November 2024.
Life On A Loop – Q Theatre: November 11, 2025 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Life on a Loop brings theatre icon Ellie Smith back to the local stage for the first time in 17 years with her award-winning solo show, direct from London, throwing us with humour and heart straight into a care home. And if you’re in the right demographic, it zings!
Dick Move – Dream, Believe, Achieve (1:12 / Flying Nun Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
Unfiltered, Explosive, Political, Punk. Dick Move’s latest album Dream, Believe, Achieve, is a giant fuck you to the current political climate in Aotearoa and beyond.
Amamelia – Summerlong: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Just as the weather warms Amamelia graces us with Summerlong. Following 2025’s The Floating Opera, this is the second single from a new album due for release in 2026.
PUSH PUSH Anniversary Tour Announced
Plus1 is thrilled to announce four North Island shows for Push Push to celebrate 35 years of Trippin’ and their upcoming five-track EP.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Tuning Fork: November 11, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah played the Tuning Fork last night along with opener Beth Torrance…The 13th Floor’s Lawrence Mikkelsen files this report along with Brenna Jo Gotje’s photo.
Bugonia Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos (13th Floor Film Review)
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone, who makes the absolute most of her limited screen time.