Ciaran McMeekan is a Kiwi singer-songwriter who has recently moved from Dunedin to Auckland. His most recent EP is titled Screaming Man and he his performing at The Kings Arms this Thursday, December 3rd. Ciaran stopped by The 13th Floor to play a few songs and talk to Marty Duda. We’ll have the entire session […]
Australian blues-rocker Ash Grunwald kicks off his New Zealand tour tonight at Auckland’s Back Beat Bar. Ash stopped by The 13th Floor earlier today to chat with Marty Duda and to play a few tunes. We’ll have the entire video session ready for you soon. In the meantime, here is Ash Grunwald playing Howlin’ Wolf’s […]
Jack Ladder and his band The Dreamlanders (featuring Kirin J Callinan) will be opening the show tonight for Florence + The Machine at Auckland’s Vector Arena. Jack paid a visit to The 13th Floor to talk to Marty Duda and perform a solo acoustic version of To Keep And To Be Kept, one of many […]
A couple of days ago we posted a clip of Lisa Crawley performing Up In The Air, the title track to her new EP, at The 13th Floor Studios. Now here’s your chance to watch the complete session. Lisa talks with Marty Duda about her musical life in Melbourne which includes hanging out with Robbie […]
After releasing her new EP, Up In The Air, Lisa Crawley has just embarked on her tour of New Zealand. Before doing so, she stopped by The 13th Floor to record a video session. We’ll have the entire session ready to view soon, but in the meantime, check out this performance of the song, Up […]
With just a few days until she embarks on a five-date nationwide tour, Mel Parsons stopped by the 13th Floor studios to talk about touring with Julia Deans and their show at Auckland’s Crystal Palace this Saturday (Halloween) with special guest Anika Moa. Fortunately Mel brought her guitar along and you can also watch her […]
LA-based band Dawes will be performing at Auckland’s Tuning Fork this Thursday evening as part of their Americana Fest. The band released their fourth album, All Your Favorite Bands, earlier this year and have just produced a video of the title track featuring many of their fellow artist, friends and musicians including Conor Oberst and […]
Austin, Texas based band Jamestown Revival will make their live New Zealand debut this Sunday at Auckland’s Tuning Fork as part of this year’s Americana Fest. The act consists of two men, Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, who have known each other since growing up together in small-town Texas. Their debut album, Utah. A Collection […]
So a few years ago it was announced that Toxic Holocaust would be hitting our shores, to great excitement. Then it was postponed. Then it just sorta dropped of the timetable, being indefinitely put on hold, then it was cancelled. People were pretty pissed, not just because they were hugely disappointed but because of the […]
Skyscraper Stan and his band The Commission Flats are due to kick off this year’s Southern Fork Americana Fest at Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Saturday, October 10th. Stan and his musically-adept cousin, Oskar Herbig recently stopped by The 13th Floor studio to play a few tunes and have a good ol’ chin-wag with Marty Duda. Among […]