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Kele – Kings Arms March 21, 2015

Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke took the solo route to Auckland’s Kings Arms on Saturday night. When he finally showed up, it was with a lap top, and not a guitar in sight. Two years ago, Kele was leading his band through a raging set in front of a sold out audience at the […]

Broods – Auckland Town Hall (Concert Review) 13 Feb 2015

Broods’ debut album Evergreen hasn’t even reached the six-month anniversary of it’s release into the wild but this brother-sister duo from Nelson had no problem filling up Auckland’s Town Hall last night. This was the fourth stop on the Evergreen tour that finishes up tonight in Hamilton. Nashville-based support act HalfNoise – former Paramore drummer […]

CJ Ramone – The Kings Arms (Concert Review)

Presenting himself as something like “the last man standing” (with apologies to Marky Ramone), CJ Ramone paid tribute to his fallen band mates with a solid, if somewhat predictable, set of Ramones tunes, peppered with a few of his own. I was at the Vector Arena earlier in the evening to review Roxette, so when […]

Watch The Means Perform at The 13th Floor

Auckland band, The Means, recently stopped by The 13th Floor to perform three songs and have a chat with Marty Duda. Along with core members Abraham Kunin (guitar), Tom Broome (drums) and Marika Hodgson (bass), the band brought along featured vocalist Esther Stephens. In addition to performing two songs from their latest EP, The Ends, […]

The Metal News

Introducing a brand-new column on the 13th Floor: The Metal News from Tove, doyenne of all things metal. So, we get to the last month of the year, and what a good one it has been! Highlights for me were definitely Korpiklaani and the beautiful M.D.C. But the year ain’t over, so here are a […]

Dying Of The Light E.P. Release Party at The 13th Floor!

Auckland’s Dying Of The Light are about to release their new E.P., Monolithium. In celebration, the band will be performing at The 13th Floor on Sunday evening, December 8th and you are invited! They have also produced a video of the title track. The 13th Floor’s Metal Maven, Tove Partington, has written her impressions of […]