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.
More than 50 years after her debut album and Joan Armatrading shows no sign of slowing down. She’s just released a new album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, this past November after writing her first classical piece. And as you’ll hear in this revealing interview, Joan is constantly thinking forward…
Horsegirl have just released their much-anticipated second album titled Phonetics On And On…produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at Wilco’s Loft, the trio takes their music to the next level.
Possibly the most highly-anticipated concert since Jack White played The Powerstation back in December, Aussie rockers Amyl & The Sniffers made their Auckland debut at the same hallowed venue.
Canadian band Horsebath have just released their debut album, Another Farewell and here are Daniel Connolly and Etienne Beausoleil direct from Montreal to tell us about it.
Happy New Music Friday and Happy Valentines day! We’ve got plenty of good new stuff for lovers of fine music, including new releases by Horsegirl, The Delines and a 100-year-old sax player.
DITZ is a 5-piece noise-rock band from Brighton who made waves with their 2022 debut album, The Great Regression. Now they aim to make a bigger splash with their follow-up, Never Exhale. Here are Cal and Jack to explain.
The Jellybricks are a power-pop band based in Central Pennsylvania and signed to Little Steven’s Wicked Cool Records. Their new album, Dreaming In Stereo is their second for the label.