Ron Mael – Sparks At Age 8o: Ludicrous and Surreal! 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Sparks is coming to New Zealand for the first time in their 55+ year career…how and why have the Mael Brothers covered so much musical territory and managed to remain vital? Ron Mael tells all.
Bunchy’s Big Score – Oscar Says: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Bunchy’s Big Score are BACK and SELLING OUT big time with a new lineup! Here is the release of their danceable, cheeky, earworm-inducing heavenly pop hit lead single entitled Oscar Says taken from the group’s forthcoming sophomore LP, Wanda’s Bicycle.
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 Broken Heartbreakers – What Is For You: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Ōtepoti/Dunedin indie-folk outfit The Broken Heartbreakers release What Is For You, their uplifting, glistening new single and the second from their forthcoming fifth album Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving, out 17 July 2026.
Finding Cynthia – Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Island (13th Floor Theatre Review)
You’d think a play about a woman discovering her birth identity when adoption laws were relaxed would be sternly serious stuff. Yes there’s a weighty undercurrent to this one-person performance. But there’s also an unexpected lightness to Finding Cynthia. This is thanks to the lively script and direction by Renée Lyons and compelling acting by […]
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge – Q Theatre: April 9, 2026 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
A View from the Bridge is a trip — back in time to the 1950s, and to another place, Brooklyn, NY. They did things differently there. Male toxicity was very much cushioned by feminine tolerance and genuine love. When Eddie Carbone the Brooklyn long-shoreman supports his illegal immigrant cousins one of them falls for his niece. […]
Mike Scott of The Waterboys insists, “We’re A Rock & Roll Band!”: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
With The Waterboys slated to start touring in May with dates throughout New Zealand and Australia, we figured it was time to catch up with head Waterboy Mike Scott.
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.
Amber Carly Williams – Put You Down: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Put You Down was written in 2024, inspired by a night when the jokes were flowing and the line between playful teasing and something more cutting began to blur (for me in particular).
Joe Jackson – Hope and Fury (earMUSIC) (13th Floor Album Review)
Joe Jackson is back! Actually, he never left, as he’s been making records on a regular basis ever since Look Sharp! got our attention back in 1979.
Caitlin – Guardrails (13th Floor EP Review)
Caitlin’s Guardrails is a measured, introspective indie-pop record with a quiet emotional tension running underneath.
Aldous Harding – Venus In The Zinnea: 3th Floor New Song Of The Day
Aldous Harding releases a second single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, Train On The Island (out 8 May). Venus In The Zinnea finds the New Zealander aided by H. Hawkline on bass, guitar and vocals, plus John Parish on drums, Wurlitzer piano and percussion.
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.
Tebsin Performs Decadence: 13th Floor Singles Session
New and up and coming artists continue to flock to The 13th Floor! Today we bring you Tebsin…aka April Nisbet…singing and talking about her new single, Decadence.
Helen Clark In 6 Outfits – ASB Waterfront Theatre: April 7, 2026 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Helen Clark in 6 Outfits: this is her journey from Waikato farm girl to the first elected woman Prime Minister of New Zealand. Her tenure as PM was to last three terms in office from 1999 to 2008. And, after that, onwards and upwards to the United Nations.
Greg Johnson Marks his 60th Birthday With Career-Spanning New Zealand Tour
Today LA-based New Zealand singer-songwriter Greg Johnson announces a six-date, career-spanning tour to celebrate his 60th birthday.
The Worm – Te Pou Theatre: April 8, 2026 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
The Worm takes over Henderson’s Te Pou Theatre to tell a tall tale especially crafted for your child’s school holiday. With the added bonus of a master musician in the chair.
Harold Bronson On Mogan David, Rhino Records and Wild Man Fischer: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Are you ready for Mogan David and The Winos? The band was formed in LA over 50 years ago by a group of University students who would become movers and shakers and the music biz. Now, their own music is available on Liberation Hall and its called, Savage Young Winos.
Undertone – Dir: Ian Tuason (13th Floor Film Review)
Undertone is a film that feels small but sounds big, and recognises its audience is the podcast generation.