It’s Getting Late For The Fleshtones But They Are Still Rockin’: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Fleshtones release their new album, It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves) today and we have spoken to front man Peter Zaremba about Werewolves, The Cramps, Chicago Pizza and The Saints.
Willie Watson Clears The Slate: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Willie Watson left Old Crow Medicine Show in 2011 and has released three solo albums since then. He latest, a self-titled affair, is the one closest to his heart as it is the first to feature his own songs.
Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner Talks Slowly But Shirley: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Soul Asylum have just released their 13th solo album titled Slowly But Shirley and here is front man Dave Pirner to tell us all about it.
Soccer Mommy – An Evergreen Sonic Return To Her Roots: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Soccer Mommy, aka Sophie Allison, has just released her fourth album, Evergreen, one in which she calls a sonic return to her roots.
Iain Matthews Asks How Much Is Enough: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Iain Matthews has been making music for almost 60 years…as a founding member of Fairport Convention, scoring a hit with Woodstock with his band Matthews Southern Comfort and releasing somewhere between 40-50 solo albums.
Viva Lone Justice! Marvin Etzioni Reassembles The Classic Cowpunk Band: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Lone Justice sprang out of the fertile LA “cowpunk” scene of the 1980s that also spawned bands like Rank & File, Social Distortion and The Blasters and distinguished themselves with the powerful pipes of vocalist Maria McKee. The band split after releasing just two albums…now there is a third.
Tess Liautaud – Sleepless in Christchurch: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Tess Liautaud is about to release her second album, titled Blue Mind. Here is Tess, direct from Christchurch, by way of Paris and New York to tell us about it.
Buzzcocks – Steve Diggle On Moving Over To The Middle: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Buzzcocks are returning to Auckland for a 3-date tour in November. Founding member Pete Shelley died in 2018, but fellow-founder Steve Diggle is keeping the music alive.
Phoebe Rings Prepare For World Domination: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Phoebe Rings re-release their self-titled debut album today with added bonus track Daisy. Why the reissue? And is there a full album on the way? Crystal Choi tells all right here right now.
Mousey And The Dreams Of Our Mothers’ Mothers: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Mousey is the nom-de-plum of Christchurch-based artist Sarena Close and she is just about to release her very personal third album, The Dreams Of Our Mothers’ Mothers!
Caleb Landry Jones: Hey Gary, Hey Dawn, Hey What a Talent! 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
You may know Caleb Landry Jones for his work as an actor in films like Dogman, American Made and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. But have you heard his music? Turns out Caleb is a man of many talents.
The Half_Cubes Show Off Their Pop Treasures: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Half-Cubes are one half of veteran power-pop band The Flashcubes who formed in Syracuse, NY way back in 1977. The original band is still going strong while drummer Tommy Allen and bassist Gary Frenay have split off to crank out another 24 power-pop classics as The Half-Cubes on their new album titled Pop Treasures.
Los Bitchos Talkie Talkie With The 13th Floor: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Los Bitchos have released their second album, titled Talkie Talkie, and here is guitarist Serra Petale to tell us how the band has evolved since their acclaimed debut disc.
Jon Toogood On The Last Of The Lonely Gods: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Shihad frontman Jon Toogood is just days away from releasing his first solo album, Last Of The Lonely Gods. Jon visited The 13th Floor and shared his thoughts and insights on making this very personal record.
Mindy Smith Is Coming Back To Quiet Town: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Its been a dozen years or so since Nashville-based singer/songwriter Mindy Smith has released a new album. But now we have Quiet Town, 12 new songs that she calls “a meditation on overcoming adversity”.
Modern English Is Finally Stopping Their World in New Zealand: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Modern English formed in 1977, signed to 4AD and hit it big in 1982 with I Melt With You. The original band is back together and they’ve done just about everything over the past 40 years except perform in New Zealand.
Shemekia Copeland Blames It On Eve: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Blues belter Shemekia Copeland is back with Blame It On Eve an album she calls, “a vacation from all the heaviness” of the trilogy of records that preceded it.
The Bug Club On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Bug Club are a three-piece band from Wales who have been described as sounding like the Modern Lovers meet Nuggets-style garage rock. We think they just rock and so do the good folks at Sub Pop who have just released their new album titled, On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System.
Molly Payton Is On Her Own and Doing Fine: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Kiwi singer-songwriter Molly Payton is now living in London where we found her after coming off a European tour promoting her debut album, YOYOTTA, or You’re On Your Own This Time, Again.
Randall Bramblett and His Paradise Breakdown: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett has just released his latest collection of original songs titled Paradise Breakdown.