R.I.P. Barbara Alston (The Crystals)
Barbara Alston, founding member and lead singer for The Crystals has died at age 74 due to complications from pneumonia.
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Drax Project – The 13th Floor Interview
For four Wellington music students, the transition from classroom to festival stage has been swift. Three years ago The Drax Project were playing cover tunes on street corners. Now they’re playing festivals like Homegrown and Sound Splash, touring with Six60 in Aussie and opening for Lorde and Ed Sheeran. Tim Gruar rang guitar and vocalist […]
Primal Scream On Tonight at Powerstation
A reminder to let you know that Primal Scream will, indeed, be performing tonight at Auckland’s Powerstation. And here’s the review! https://dev.13thfloor.co.nz/primal-scream-at-powerstation/
New Song Of The Day: Eb & Sparrow – Working
The Kiwi alt-country outfit fronted by Ebony Lamb has released a new song ahead of the release of their third album, Seeing Things.
New Song Of The Day: Wye Oak – It Was Not Natural
Wye Oak (Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack) have released the second single from their upcoming new album, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs.
Lich King – Whammy Bar February 23, 2018
American thrash metal band Lich King presided over a bill at Auckland’s Whammy Bar that included Silent Torture, Just One Fix and Hidden Intent. 13th Floor photographer Shelley Te Haara was on hand to catch all the action. And when our regularly scheduled reviewer pulled up lame, Shelley stepped up to write down her thoughts […]
Primal Scream Postponed!!
This just in from the folks at The Powerstation… ** PRIMAL SCREAM UPDATE ** Unfortunately the Primal Scream show scheduled for tonight will take place this Sunday evening instead. From the band – “The bass player has been diagnosed with influenza, we are going to re-schedule the show for Sunday. The show will go on!”
Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns on Not Fading Away: The 13th Floor Interview
“Live fast, die young,” and “Not fade away,” surely apply to the first punk generation that exploded in a blitzkrieg of bile and fury in the 1970’s. The mantra was like some anarchic politico-SAS mission. Yet a few of the old guard endure – The Sex Pistols reformations or the return of the Buzzcocks… and […]
Ne Obliviscaris, Metal Tower, Set On End – King’s Arms February 21, 2018
Rising prog-metal stars Ne Obliviscaris gave the King’s Arms a fittingly epic send off last night. It wasn’t the last show the storied venue is putting on before it closes, but it was the last metal show, and to Auckland’s metal fandom and musicians that was a swansong in itself.
New Song Of The Day: Emily Fairlight – The Escape
Here’s today’s new song…Emily Fairlight presents us with a new tune and a new video clip.