Noah Lennox is Panda Bear…he’s also the drummer for Animal Collective. Sinister Grift is the new Panda Bear album, the first in five years. Here is Noah to fill us in on how it happened.
Dutch/Kiwi trio My Baby brought their Acoustic Blues Club Tour to Auckland proving that their brand of voodoo blues is as vibrant as ever, more than a decade after they formed and just months away from their next studio album.
It never stops! New Music Friday rears its ugly head once more, closing out February with new releases by Foley, The Chills, Panda Bear and more!
Canada’s Flatliners made their Auckland debut a mere 20 years after the release of their first album. Was it worth the wait? Well…yeah!
Let us consider Doves, the Manchunian trio who has been making music together, on and off, for over 25 years.
The Delines have just released their new album, Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom and here is songwriter/guitarist/novelist Willy Vlautin to tell us all about characters like Lorraine, Nancy, Maureen and The Pensacola Pimp.
Cash & Skye are Henri Cash and Sophia Skye. Henri plays with hard rocking LA band Starcrawler and Skye’s dad is the bass player in Rilo Kiley. Together they make music uniquely their own…featuring close harmonies, catchy melodies and some good old fashioned twang.
Soul singer Jerry Butler has died age 85. Butler began his career in the late 1950s when he formed The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield. He went on to score solo hits like Only The Strong Survive, Make It Easy On Yourself and Moody Woman.
Well, it’s Friday somewhere! New Music Friday that is. Here are The 13th Floor’s picks…five new albums, released this Friday, that we believe you can’t live without…including new titles by Patterson Hood, Youth Lagoon and Matthew Bannister.
Jordan Rakei is in New Zealand to perform at the Electric Avenue Festival in Christchurch tonight with his 7-piece band.