Hailing from the rural town of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, JD McPherson is fast-becoming one of the most exciting artists on the roots-rock scene. Citing influences from Little Richard to Led Zeppelin to the Wu-Tang Clan, McPherson has been tearing up the US with his latest tour in support of his second album, Let The Good […]
Pioneering New Zealand synth-rockers Mi-Sex will be teaming up with Dragon and The Angels for a “Clash Of The Titans” tour in February of 2016. The three bands will play 7 dates throughout New Zealand playing hits like Computer Games, April Sun In Cuba and No Secrets. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Mi-Sex […]
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 […]
Australian blues rocker Ash Grunwald will be touring New Zealand beginning November 27th in support of his new album, Now. It’s been three years since Ash has played here, which is also when The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda last spoke to him. They spoke again, recently and did some catching up.
Incredibly, more than 20 years after his death, there is still controversy around how Kurt Cobain left this world. Perhaps with the proliferation of conspiracy theories found on the internet, its not so surprising after all. If you are one of those folks who tends to roll their eyes and throw up their hands when […]
Over the course of her 35+year career Lucinda Williams has assembled a a songwriting catalog that ranks among the finest of any songwriters of her generation. That catalog is about to expand with the release of her latest album, The Ghost s Of Highway 20, due in February. New Zealand fans will get an opportunity […]
On the eve of legendary UK punk act The Ruts DC visiting NZ for the first time, we tracked down drummer Dave Ruffy to talk about something very close to our hearts … RECORDS. He talks about his time working in a record store in the seventies. The RUTS DC perform in New Zealand November […]
Death Cab For Cutie will be making their way to New Zealand in February for their second show in Wellington and first-ever show in Auckland. The band has gone through a few changes since they were last here, losing founding guitarist Chris Walla and releasing their 8th album Kintsugi.
EL VY is the collaboration between The National front man Matt Berninger and multi-instrumentalist Brent Knopf, currently a member of Ramona Falls and formerly of Menomena. Although The National has kept Matt pretty busy of late, he still found time to write and record a full album with Brent. Calling themselves El VY (pronounced like […]
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 […]