Modern Nature Bring an Island Of Noise: Interview
Modern Nature is the latest project of Jack Cooper ex of Ultimate Painting. Together with a few close friends he has created Island Of Noise. Here is Jack to tell us about it.
The Delines – The Sea Drift: Album Review
The Delines third album is equal parts short films, short stories and Suburban Country Music. Sundance, SXSW Austin music festival and John Steinbeck in four minute vignettes. Read Rev Orange Peel’s review.
Jackie Bristow – Shakin’ My Bones, our new Song of the Day
Jackie Bristow releases stunning video for new track Shakin’ My Bones, ahead of her Outsider album release on Friday, March 4th. It’s today’s song of the day.
Spoon – Lucifer On The Sofa: Album Review
Spoon are the perfect band for musical obsessives and close to the thirty-year mark comes their tenth studio album Lucifer On The Sofa. Being regarded as a critic’s band can be a curse but back the perpetually morphing outfit come. Here, there and everywhere.
alt-J – Living The Dream on The 13th Floor: Interview
alt-J are poised to release their 4th album, The Dream, on Friday. So today here is Gus Unger-Hamilton to tell us all about it.
Betty Davis: Funk’s “Nasty Gal” Has Died at age 77: R.I.P.
Betty Davis has died at age 77. A contemporary and friend of Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis (her ex-husband), Betty made some of the funkiest (and raunchiest) records of the 1970s.
Mild Orange – F.E.A.R, 13th Floor’s new Song Of The Day
Mild Orange unveil their highly-anticipated third album LOOKING FOR SPACE, an 11-track masterpiece of stunning indie-pop lead by groovy new single, F.E.A.R.
Spoon – My Babe, 13th Floor’s new Song Of The Day
Spoon shows up with catchy new tune My Babe just in time for Valentines day.
Erny Belle Introduces Us To Venus Is Home: Interview
Erny Belle is just days away from releasing her debut album titled Venus Is Home. The Auckland-based singer has been waiting two years for this and here she is to tell why it took so long.
Mitski – Laurel Hell: Album Review
Mitski is a relatively new and exciting Pop artist running hot as an ingenue singer-songwriter, and she blooms with darker material on Laurel Hell.
Baynk – Reliving His Adolescence: Interview
Baynk is Jock Nowell-Usticke a New Zealand born, London based electronica artist. We caught up with him just after he left NZ for the holidays to talk about his new album, Adolescence.
Tall Folk: A Brand New 13th Floor Live Video Session!
Tall Folk perform live at The 13th Floor as we resume with our first Video Session of 2022. Nothing cures those lockdown blues like a little live music!
Alt-J – The Actor: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
alt-J have a new album just days away, and here is one more new song to whet your appetite before Friday’s release of The Dream.
Angela Autumn – Frontiers Woman: Interview
Angela Autumn makes Mountain Music, or as she calls it, “Appalachian Soul”. Here she is to tell us about her latest album, Frontiers Woman.
Ryan Culwell – Run Like A Bull: Interview
Ryan Culwell is calling from Texas to tell us about his new album, Run Like A Bull, and we are all ears!
Joshua Hedley Goes Neon Blue: New Song of The Day
Joshua Hedley has just been signed to New West Records and his new song, Neon Blue, readies us for his first album for the label.
The Temptations – Temptations 60: Album Review
The Temptations are the foundation group from which Soul music was defined. Of course, there are others, but for laying down the blueprint and then to be at the forefront of innovation over a long haul, they are the Emperors of Soul.
Leo Sayer Puts The Beat Back In The Beatles: Interview
Leo Sayer has just released Northern Songs: Leo Sayer Sings The Beatles, a collection of unique, surprising, possibly controversial, re-imaginings of Beatle classics.
Erin Cole-Baker – I Didn’t Want To Take Your Things
Erin Cole-Baker reaches out to us from Oregon to tell us about her new song, I Didn’t Want To Take Your Things.
Mason Jennings Shows Us His Real Heart: Interview
Mason Jennings celebrated the release of his new album, Real Heart, by talking to The 13th Floor just as the record was being released worldwide.