Helium Project – Rino Tangi (Steel that Sings) (13th Floor EP Review)
On Rino Tangi (Steel that Sings), Tāmaki Makaurau’s Helium Project transform Gary Hunt’s hand-forged percussion sculptures, created by the former punk drummer, into instruments that gleam, sigh and resonate with a musicality that is central to the project’s warmth.
The Belair Lip Bombs — Again (Third Man Records) (13th Floor Album Review)
Melbourne’s The Belair Lip Bombs don’t waste time. Their second album, Again, packs a restless half-hour of wiry guitars, melodic punch, and emotional intelligence into ten tracks that move like a live set: fast, tight, and slightly unpredictable.
Georgia Knight – Beanpole (13th Floor Album Review)
From the opening chords, Beanpole, the debut album from Georgia Knight, is something special. For starters, how many writers play autoharp as their central instrument?
Sophie Aston – Better: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Waiheke-based singer songwriter Sophie Aston is making her debut as an artist with the release of her first single Better.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Resetting At Fame: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
St. Paul & The Broken Bones have just released their 6th studio album, a self-titled affair that finds the big band making a big sound in Muscle Shoals.
Micah P. Hinson – The Tomorrow Man (Ponderosa) (13th Floor Album Review)
Micah P. Hinson returns with strings, horns and hope, to deliver The Tomorrow Man, his most cohesive and inspired album in many years.
Murphy Moore – Ella Joy: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Aotearoa New Zealand indie-country artist, Murphy Moore, is back with her first single since the release of her debut EP, Break, in 2024. Her new track, Ella Joy, is a playful, upbeat anthem inspired by a larger-than-life character who embodies both chaos and charm.
Broken English Dir: Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth
Just months after her death comes this film about Marianne Faithfull. Is it a documentary? A biopic? Is it any good? Let’s find out.
The Beths Announce Straight Line Was A Lie New Zealand Tour
Globetrotting local four piece, The Beths, are thrilled to announce their return home; playing seven shows throughout Aotearoa next March in celebration of their recently released fourth album, Straight Line Was A Lie.
C. W. Stoneking & Greta O’Leary – Tuning Fork: October 29, 2025
C. W. Stoneking sings us songs of spells, fraught love and odd occurrences. Deft finger work on a 1957 Gretsch guitar and vocals that hail from the Delta, not Australia’s Northern Territory of his birth.
The Saints – Gasoline: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Out today, two new tracks from The Saints record Long March Through The Jazz Age (out 28th November via Fire Records).
Pike River Dir: Robert Sarkies (13th Floor Film Review)
Erebus, Cave Creek, White Island, and Pike River. In a country the size of New Zealand, where six degrees of separation is a very real construct, our national disasters are writ large upon the collective psyche.
Harper Finn – Silo Park (Warner NZ) (13th Floor Album Review)
Indie-pop singer Harper Finn gives us a dreamy journey of self-discovery in his debut album Silo Park. Expect catchy hooks, a wide range of instrumentation, and some tidy production.
Roofman Dir: Derek Cianfrance (13th Floor Film Review)
Roofman gives Channing Tatum the opportunity to show off his acting chops as the real-life spree robber Jeffrey Manchester who relieved a succession of McDonalds franchises of their takings and hid out in a Toys are Us store.
Suzanne Vega Announces NZ Tour
Celebrated US alt-rocker Suzanne Vega is returning to New Zealand for a three-date tour in September 2026.
Great Barrier – Repetition and Reunions: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Great Barrier is a (mostly) Kiwi trio based in Germany. Drummer Constantine “Dino” Karlis describes their sound as, “Can fronted by a disoriented Keith Jarrett“.
Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream (Universal) (13th Floor Album Review)
With Everybody Scream, Florence Welch doesn’t simply release a new album; she casts a spell.
Dion Lunadon – Gold Standard Love: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Gold Standard Love is the latest single from Dion Lunadon. It comes out as a limited edition 7″ flexi disc inside the fall issue of America’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll magazine, CREEM. 100 flexi’s inside 100 copies.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Dir: Scott Cooper (13th Floor Film Review)
Bruce Springsteen…the Boss? Or dross? Unfortunately this new biopic has me leaning toward the latter.
Hail, Meteor! — Nearer (13th Floor Album Review)
Hail, Meteor!’s Nearer begins with a low vibration that feels like the unsettled atmosphere before a storm. The sound grows slowly until it becomes a living landscape of rhythm and resonance.