The Shins – Powerstation November 30, 2017
A decade after their previous visit, The Shins returned to Auckland’s Powerstation to power through a career-spanning set that had the predominately 30-something sell-out crowd reliving their youth.
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The Human League – The 13th Floor Interview
It’s been 37 years since 17-year-old Susan Ann Sulley was spotted by Phil Oakey in a Sheffield nightclub with her friend Joanne Catherall and recruited to join The Human League. 37 years later and Susan is still a member of The Human League and still living in Sheffield. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to […]
Feist – Powerstation November 25, 2017
Auckland experienced a musical Canadian invasion last night. While Toronto’s Shawn Mendes was putting smiles on pop fans’ faces at Spark Arena, Alberta-based Leslie Feist dazzled a spellbound crowd with her musicianship and songwriting skills.
Glen Matlock – Tuning Fork November 24, 2017
All the old punks, and a few new ones, gathered at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night to spend some time with a Sex Pistol. Original bass player Glen Matlock put on a solo acoustic show that may have put off folks looking for a night of anarchic anthems.
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series: Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Columbia)
This was always going to be a hard sell…hours of previously unreleased live recordings from Dylan’s “Christian Period” when the former Mr Zimmerman preached fire and brimstone from three studio albums between 1987 and 1981.
Stevie Nicks & The Pretenders – Spark Arena November 21, 2017
Stevie Nicks brought her 24 Karat Gold Tour to Auckland for two shows this week. Fortunately, that also included bringing along The Pretenders.
Downtown Boys: The 13th Floor Interview
Political punk rockers Downtown Boys are due to make their New Zealand concert debut on Tuesday, December 5th, at Auckland’s Whammy Bar. They are from Providence, Rhode Island, their most recent album, Cost Of Living, was produced by Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, they’ve been compared to X Ray Spex and they’ve been called “America’s most exciting […]
Watch: Lindi Ortega’s 13th Floor Video Session
While in Auckland earlier this week to perform at The Tuning Fork, Lindi Ortega stopped by The 13th Floor to play a couple of songs.
Spiral Stairs: The 13th Floor Interview
You probably know him as the guitarist for influential indie-rockers Pavement. But Spiral Stairs, aka Scott Kannberg, is heading to New Zealand in December to share a bill with Brooklyn-based indie-rockers Big Thief. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Scott Kannberg recently and found out what he’s been up to since the 2010 Pavement […]
Lindi Ortega – Tuning Fork November 14, 2017
A year and a month after her first foray to the Tuning Fork, Canadian songstress Lindi Ortega returned to the Auckland venue.