Throwing Muses – Double Whammy: December 10, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With the year drawing to a close, Throwing Muses return to Auckland for the first time since 1993.
With the year drawing to a close, Throwing Muses return to Auckland for the first time since 1993.
It’s was the night before Tamaki Makaurau’s premier locally produced music festival, The Other’s Way, and Double Whammy was graced with creative royalty, High Dependency Unit or HDU, playing a much anticipated sideshow, further ennobled by the addition of avante garde violinist, composer and producer MOTTE, 13th Floor reviewer Simon Coffey was there to capture the taonga!
Pōneke four-piece, Beastwars, described as Aotearoa’s premier doom-sludge bootstrappers, have just released a brand-new album, their sixth, The Ship//The Sea, fitted in a four date Australian tour, and are midway through a five date tour of our nga motu’s.
I See Stars, American hypermetal/electronicore pioneers, lit up Double Whammy on Wednesday, October 15, with a performance that fused metalcore, EDM and a touch of balladry.
From 2006’s Just Wait Til Next Year to 2011’s Cop Killer, to recent single I Hate Antichrist, the musical career of John Maus has been riddled with iconic moments. Now, to celebrate the release of his brand new album Later Than You Think, the synth-tastic American songwriter with the unmistakable baritone is headed to New Zealand for two extraordinary […]
Auckland rockers Soft Bait celebrated their new album, Life Advice, along with Sulfate and Stud Finder at Double Whammy this past last Saturday night.
Get ready, Auckland – Pluto are back for one night only!
Renowned for their unmatched speed, precision, and intensity, Archspire has redefined the limits of extreme metal with albums like The Lucid Collective, Relentless Mutation, and the Juno Award–winning Bleed the Future.
In the wake of Margaret Gordon’s Life In On Chord film documentary and ahead of a 7-date South Island solo tour, Shayne P. Carter performed at Auckland’s Double Whammy this past weekend with support from Louisa Nicklin and Jim Nothing.
Veteran indie-rock storytellers The Mountain Goats will make their long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand in April 2026, with performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland and Wellington. This eagerly-anticipated tour represents the band’s first visit to Australia in 9 years (2017) and their first trip to New Zealand in 16 years (2010).