Critically acclaimed singer and songwriter Mel Parsons has released Don’t Leave the Light On – a heart-rending alt-folk ballad, which lays bare the harsh reality of domestic abuse.
Straight off the back of a seven-date tour of New Zealand and Australia, the multi award-winning Mel Parsons has released Be Here Now – a hypnotic new song, which proved to be a crowd favourite on both sides of the Tasman.
Mel Parsons led a confidently understated band on the Tuning Fork stage, her between song banter in upbeat juxtaposition to the lyrical content’s often somber and melancholy tone.
Auckland was in full chaos mode. Rain poured down on a Wednesday at the final days of NZ music month, and just up the road from Auckland Town Hall, a surprise Lorde pop-up gig had fans scrambling to find the right queue. But inside the Town Hall, something entirely different was unfolding — a night […]
Up for an impressive three awards at this year’s AMAs, Mel Parsons is keeping her foot to the floor with the release of another new single Brick by Brick, out now.
After a watershed year in 2024 with SABOTAGE, multi award-winning and 2025 Taite Prize finalist Mel Parsons brings a taste of things to come with her upbeat, introspective new single and video Post High Slide.
We caught up with Crowded House and Mel Parsons at Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch as their Gravity Stairs Tour winds its way through Aotearoa. The 13th Floor presents Ryan Fisherman‘s review and Stephanie Cartwright’s photos for your perusal…
Mel Parsons brought her Regional Sabotage tour to Waiheke Island. Fortunately 13th Floor review writer Robin Kearns and photographer Brenna Jo Gotje are island residents and here’s their coverage.
Mel Parsons closed out her Sabotage Album Release Tour with a sold out concert at Auckland’s Q Theatre, a venue that seems to be growing in stature in a city that needs more quality places to play.
Its the first New Music Friday of June and there is no shortage of new releases to sift through. After great effort and thought, here are The 13th Floor’s top 5 picks from today’s bounty of new music.