Helmet – Powerstation: April 12, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The return of the indomitable Helmet to Auckland saw them releasing their muscular, dense and fierce set on an adrenaline filled and highly appreciative Powerstation crowd.
The Pogues – NZICC Theatre: April 11, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The Pogues played Auckland’s newly-minted International Convention Centre last night. Theatre Peter was there to review both.
The Mountain Goats – The Powerstation: April 10, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With Vaianu visiting the next day, 13th Floor scribe Simon Coffey, slipped one in by catching returning American lofi, indie folk group The Mountain Goats, on their first visit in 16 years at his favourite Tamaki Makaurau venue – The Powerstation.
Silk Cut & Echomatica – Whammy Bar: April 9, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
New Zealand indie bands Silk Cut and Echomatica brought both of their distinct styles to the Whammy Bar stage last night – spanning ethereal alt dream pop, through to the shoegaze wall-of-sound punk rock.
Mark William Lewis – Double Whammy: April 6, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
UK dream-popster Mark William Lewis, somewhat surreptitiously arrived in Aotearoa for two shows, Poneke and Tamaki Makaurau, during the long Easter Weekend (eek!) Tonight, on not-a-school-night, 13th Floor opinionated-scribe Simon Coffey followed up on a tip from his teenage son, and checked out what the hip-kids are into.
Bret McKenzie – Hollywood Avondale: April 4, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Bret McKenzie closed out his Freak Out City New Zealand Tour at Auckland’s Hollywood Avondale bringing two hours of music and mirth to the historic venue.
Powers, Opus & Fifi – Audio Foundation: March 28, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
A break, a reprieve from the rock n roll experience. The Audio Foundation, located in a basement of a building, on Poynton Terrace, is a place, an opportunity, a refuge for the adventurous, visioned, critical and genre-bashing, offers such. Armed with giant cans of Sapporo, a crisp twenty-dollar note (always supporting the locals)13th Floor pundit […]
Mikey Videotape Quartet – St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church- March 28, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Auckland artist Mikey Videotape paid tribute to the songs of Radiohead last night at St. Luke’s Church with the help of a string quartet. The results were nothing short of heavenly.
Bic Runga – Te Paepae Theatre NZICC : March 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Bic Runga brought her Red Sunset Tour to Auckland’s Te Paepae Theatre at NZICC on Hobson Street..for many it was their first time at the new venue and the first time in a while hearing Bic perform live.
Erase Everything & Swallow The Rat – Whammy Bar: March 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
A formidable smorgasbord of Aotearoa Alt-Music beckoned this tonight, a night stacked with post-punk, post hardcore and noise. Erase Everything frontman – Angelo Munro is fronting the door, a quick chat, we know each other. He used to listen to me on 95bFM, and I attended his Bleeders gigs. It’s quiet, and he reflects “Why […]
Electric Six – Tuning Fork: March 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
If there is one band that understands the very fine line between precision and chaos, it’s those crazy dudes of Electric Six. Twenty-plus years and thirteen albums on from the 2003 breakout Fire, the Detroit disco-techno-punk-rockers remain gloriously committed to the cause: sharp suits, sharper riffs, knowingly tongue in cheek lyrics, and a live show […]
The Beths – The Powerstation: March 26, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Both The Beths and their fans braved a torrential downpour to celebrate their latest album, Straight Line Was a Lie, at Auckland’s Powerstation.
Gut Health – Whammy Bar: March 26, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Naarm/Melbourne-based ensemble Gut Health showcased their unique brand of hypnotic dance-punk, no wave, and musical soundscapes to a gratefully gyrating Whammy Bar audience last night. It was the first stop of their debut tour of New Zealand, and they certainly cemented their place within Whammy Bar’s walls.
Les Big Byrd & Sulfate – Double Whammy: March 24, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Les Big Byrd, part of the European Experimental and Art Rock genre alongside acts like Neu!, Hawkwind, Deus and dare I say it, The Killers.
Counting Crows – Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre (Aotea Centre): March 24, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Counting Crows brought their 90s rock and roll nostalgic charm to the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre for the second evening of their The Complete Sweets! Tour of New Zealand and Australia last night. It follows the release of their most recent album Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! in May 2025, which they’ve been […]
Lou’ana – Parked Up: March 20, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Originally slated for the Hollywood Cinema, Lou’ana’s Disco Witch album launch landed at Parked Up, a smaller, more informal space, closer to a backyard party than a traditional venue. Where Hollywood, with its raised stage, carries scale and structure, Parked Up places the band directly among the crowd. From the start it was clear this […]
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Powerstation: March 17, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, the compelling American neo-psych rock band originally born in San Francisco, in 1990, by Anton Newcombe. Made infamous by the DIG! TV documentary with The Dandy Warhols in 2004. Notorious for crankin’ out albums at a superhuman rate, and for escapades on stage that portend punk attitude in their formula of […]
Transvision Vamp – The Powerstation: February 28, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
English eighties glam-rockers Transvision Vamp wrapped up their reunion at Auckland’s Powerstation, some 35 years after they last played here.
Lloyd Cole – Hollywood Avondale: March 13, 2026 (13th Floor Photo Gallery)
Lloyd Cole wrapped up his New Zealand tour with a show at Auckland’s classic Hollywood Avondale cinema.
AW & Community Treatment Order – Goblin: March 14, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
AW and Community Treatment Order…two noisy, post-punk bands, and a hipster DJ. Perfect for a good night out at Tamaki Makaurau’s now-not-so-secret old-worldy backwater tavern. Change… The folk at Goblin have moved the stage, maybe recently, maybe a while ago, it now sits in the middle of the room, the DJ relegated to a tidy […]