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Watch: Spanner’s 13th Floor Video Session

Most folks know about Jonathan Crayford for his incredible piano playing. But with his band Spanner he has teamed up with drummer Ross Burge (Muttonbirds, Dave Dobbyn), to show off his bass guitar chops.

The Wildbloods – All The Adversity (Wildblood)

Still pretty new to the Aussie rock scene, this four piece have just put out their first album.  It’s a fairly solid affair, mainly your standard meat and potatoes rock.   Good fare for those bars and clubs on the other side of the ditch but to Kiwi ears is it enough to really make us […]

Evan Dando- Baby I’m Bored: Reissue (Fire)

I largely tuned out of Evan Dando’s musical world as The Lemonheads career wound down and brought diminishing returns as the years passed by. As a result,  I completely missed this album first time round when it was first released in 2003.  I am excited to report that fourteen years on it sounds fresh, focused […]

Hazel English: The 13th Floor Interview

Having moved from Australia to the US, Hazel English is due to release her first full-length album tomorrow. The new release is actually a combination of her first EP, Never Going Home, bundled with a set of new songs titled Just Give In.  Hazel English’s music has been described as “sunkissed” while her lyrics deal […]

Ali Barter – A Suitable Girl (Inertia)

  Introducing Ali Barter, a Melbourne based singer-songwriter, best known for her 2016 single Girlie Bits.  She’s sweet and angry; dark and light; deep and shallow.  She’s a strong feminist activist and a naive teenager starting out.  She’s all that and none of it.

Living Colour: Listen To The Podcast and Win Tickets To The Show!

Living Colour return to Auckland’s Powerstation this Thursday. The band is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the upcoming release of their new album, Shade. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to guitarist Vernon Reid and bass player Doug Wimbish recently and put together this podcast based around those interviews. You can listen to it here: […]

Alien: Covenant Dir: Ridley Scott

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup  Alien: Covenant is the much anticipated sequel to Prometheus. And I’m just going to say it. “I liked Prometheus”. I also really enjoyed the previous Alien films just to make that clear. A few of my friends are also Alien fans, and consider Prometheus to be the equivalent […]

Amy Shark – Night Thinker EP (Sony)

Amy Shark’s Night Thinker EP was released at the end of April this year, and already sits at number 1 on the Australian iTunes chart. The EP’s second track, Adore, is played everywhere at the moment- but Night Thinker features 5 other tracks perfectly maintaining the moody, grungy vibe that has given Adore it’s success […]

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