Ōtautahi surf-punks The Wendys finally packed a decade of surf-inspired tunes onto a vinyl, Let’s Go To The Beach, survived the pandemic, and caught one of the last ferries between Te Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui, to play in Tamaki Makaurau on a frosty night when men are playing with their balls in front tens of […]
Dark Hearts 2 is the brainchild of Shane Duncan, guitarist/Vocalist for Tauranga group Stunt Clown. As the title of this ‘Good Night Out’ infers, there had been a previous incarnation in June 2023, Dark Hearts that featured Warm Leather (TM), Hoick (TGA), Stunt Clown (TGA), Static (HM) and Six Two’s (TGA). Yes! It is a […]
Junk Festival 2024 is in its inaugural year, is an underground musical event of Aotearoa waiata featuring bands from Ōtepoti/Dunedin to Poneke/Wellington and Tamaki Makaurau.
Bar Italia are a three-piece band from London, though Nina Cristante – vocals is originally from Rome, Sam Fenton – vocals/guitar and Jezmi Fehmi – vocals/guitar who take their name from the café in Soho called Bar Italia, not the Pulp song about the café.
Swallow The Rat, recent slayers at SXSW, where they played at the “One day we’ll play there…” venue, sold out all the merch and made a ton of industry contacts. Tonight was their first show since their return, and alongside them, they enlisted two rather interesting acts. It could be said that tonight was the […]
Twice (a sort of) Big Country came to Aotearoa, but never Skids, until now. Finally, 13th Floor Concert Reviewer Simon Coffey got to see (a sort of) the Skids and hear some of his favourite classic punk/post-punk tunes in the flesh.
Stalwarts, yes stalwarts of the Tamaki Makaurau punk, not-punk, scene, rock ‘n’ roll rascals Bloodbags were to be joined by not tahi, one, but rua, two fellow noisy bands, Echo Ohs and The Ideas. Sadly, COVID is still with us (though thanks to Jacinda’s leadership, not murderously) so toru, three became rua as Echo Ohs […]
Carcass, A name synonymous with uncompromising sonic brutality, these UK grindcore pioneers, were joined by US melodic death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder and Melbourne’s groovy death metal supergroup Flesh Merchant in a night of unrelenting metal crescendos that rattled the bones of Tamaki Makaurau’s Galatos.
Twenty years (give or take a few months) after their first Aotearoa gig at the legendary Tamaki Makaurau venue The Kings Arms Tavern, Calexico, are once again back touring on the back of their break-through meisterwerk album Feast of Wire, released twenty years ago and lovingly repackaged as a double album in 2023 .
Auckland was rockin’ last night with a trifeca of acts including Ratso, Elliot & Vincent and, live from New York…SUO. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey was there. Here’s his report.