grandson – Powerstation: January 30, 2024 (Concert Review)
grandson performed at Auckland’s Powerstation last night and 13th Floor’s Chris Warne was there to photograph and review.
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Melanie Martinez – Spark Arena: January 28, 2024
Melanie Martinez brought her Portals Tour to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night. The 13th Floor’s Andra Jenkin and Michael Jeong were there to capture the magic.
Peter Cat Recording Co. – Neck Of The Woods: January 25, 2024
Art rock? Jazz? Indie pop? Synth pop? Peter Cat Recording Co. lean hard on the wayward psychedelia underpinning their origins when you listen to Bismallah, intrigued, Simon Coffey, decided to lounge it out a bit at Neck of the Woods. —————————————————————————————— Peter Cat Recording Co. must rank up there as one of the coolest names […]
Amanda Palmer – Q Theatre: January 24, 2024
Amanda Palmer played Q Theatre in Auckland – a catharsis of songs from a variety of times, energies and places – though centrically revolving around the singer-songwriters 2.5 year stint locked down in New Zealand during the global pandemic.
Foo Fighters – Mt Smart Stadium: January 21, 2024
Foo Fighters returned to Auckland and made over 35,000 fans very happy leading this reviewer to ask the question, “Is Dave Grohl the Tom Hanks of rock & roll?”
Marianne Leigh and Friends – Wine Cellar: January 18, 2024
Marianne Leigh and a few of her best friends packed out Auckland’s Wine Cellar last night. The 13th Floor’s Veronika Bell was on the scene. Here is her report…
SUO, Elliot & Vincent & Ratso – Whammy Bar: January 10,2024
Auckland was rockin’ last night with a trifeca of acts including Ratso, Elliot & Vincent and, live from New York…SUO. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey was there. Here’s his report.
OFF! – Whammy Bar: January 8, 2024 (Concert Review)
It’s hardcore Jim, but not as we know it! With expectations set far too high, 13th Floor minion Simon Coffey scammed his way into seeing one of the most anticipated shows of 2024, on a sweltering Rahine/Monday Tamaki Makaurau evening. California super-group OFF! playing their third show, of their first-ever tour of Aotearoa, part of […]
Obituary – Galatos: January 5, 2024 (Concert Review)
Having survived the silly season, Simon Coffey got back in the saddle and checked out groundbreaking death-metal icons Obituary on their Barely Alive tour in Aotearoa, four years on from the last visit.
Alex Chilton – Squid: December 4th, 1995
The late, great Alex Chilton would have been 73 years old today but, sadly, he died March 17, 2010 at age 59. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda started his attempt at “music journalism” back in 1995 with this review of Chilton at Squid club in Auckland. Read it and weep…