Hot Machine Is Coming! – 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Introducing Hot Machine…5 young ladies from Australia who play loud, heavy rock & roll inspired by David Bowie and The Runaways.
Sophie Aston Performs Better: 13th Floor Singles Session
From The UK to Waiheke Island to The 13th Floor, here is Sophie Aston performing her debut single, Better.
Mumford & Sons Announce Prizefighter Tour
Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce their return to New Zealand next year. The British Grammy award winning folk-rock band will support their forthcoming new album Prizefighter with three unforgettable nights in 2026, joined by special guests Folk Bitch Trio.
Elore – I Want To Know It Was Me: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
ELORE is the dark cinematic pop project of award winning composer Holly Wright. ELORE and Michael Stevenson have teamed up once again to produce this cinematic epic track. I Want You To Know It Was Me. A tale of backstabbing and betrayal, this new song is sure to bring the drama.
Jimmy Barnes Returns To Aotearoa New Zealand In 2026
To celebrate his landmark album For The Working Class Man, JIMMY BARNES is hitting the road for the Working Class Man 40th Anniversary Tour, proudly presented by Live Nation, Face to Face Touring, MG Live and The Sound.
HDU – Double Whammy: November 28, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
It’s was the night before Tamaki Makaurau’s premier locally produced music festival, The Other’s Way, and Double Whammy was graced with creative royalty, High Dependency Unit or HDU, playing a much anticipated sideshow, further ennobled by the addition of avante garde violinist, composer and producer MOTTE, 13th Floor reviewer Simon Coffey was there to capture the taonga!
Merv Pinny – Hard Road (13th Floor Album Review)
On his debut full-length album Hard Road, Merv Pinny is laying down a road map of sorts.
Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball – Tuning Fork: November 26, 2025
When is a Gomez show not a Gomez show? Tonight’s sold-out concert at the Tuning Fork is ostensibly billed as a Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball concert, but the tour itself is called Gomez by Request, and when the tour was announced earlier this year fans were asked to submit (Gomez) song requests for the setlist via an electronic form. Talk […]
Troy Kingi – Night Lords (AAA) (13th Floor Album Review)
Troy Kingi’s Night Lords opens like a city after midnight, humming with danger, memory and movement.
The Others Way Festival – 13th Floor Review #1: November 29, 2025
The 13th Floor’s John Bradbury files his report after last night’s Others Way Festival. Photos by Chris Warne & Philip Chignell.
The Saints – Long March Through The Jazz Age (Fire) (13th Floor Album Review)
This posthumous release by Chris Bailey’s The Saints, was seven years in the making, started in 2018, but not completed until three years after his death.
Tom Cunliffe – Spit Out Your Gum (13th Floor Album Review)
The Londoner turned music making New Zealander, Tom Cunliffe, is releasing his fourth outing, titled Spit Out Your Gum. It’s a warm and intimate album, glittering with folk sound.
Troy Kingi on Night Lords – 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Troy Kingi has just released his 9th album in his 10/10/10 series and Night Lords finds him collaborating with 14 of his favourite rappers.
Massive Crush – Dizzying Heights: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Massive Crush is a Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) band whose sound is currently undergoing a vibrant transformation. Now they celebrate the release of their new single ‘Dizzying Heights’.
The Others Way Festival – 13th Floor Review #2: November 29, 2025
The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda files this report after last night’s Others Way Festival. Photos by Chris Warne & Philip Chignall.
Toody Cole – Whammy Bar: November 25, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
With three top notch bands on the bill, Whammy Bar was buzzing tonight long before Toody Cole took the stage.
H.R. The Musical #2 – Q Theatre: 25 Nov – Dec 6 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
HR The Musical #2, the sequel to 2004’s big hit, revealed Human Resources for its irredeemable double-speak: how inhuman and unresourceful “human resources” are; how impersonal are the Personnel Department where, due to “privacy concerns,” employees are referred to only as numbers.
LEON THOMAS MUTTS DON’T HEEL AU TOUR DATES MOVE TO JUNE – NZ SHOW ADDED IN AUCKLAND
MG Live and Frontier Touring wish to advise that due to a scheduling conflict, Leon Thomas’ Mutts Don’t Heel April 2026 tour of Australia will be rescheduled to June 2026.
The Saints Take A Long March Through The Jazz Age: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Aussie punk pioneers The Saints, led by vocalist Chris Bailey, recorded one last album before his death in 2022, now titled, Long March Through The Jazz Age.
Hoop — Wrap Me Up in Winter (13th Floor Album Review)
Hoop’s Wrap Me Up in Winter is a quietly resonant mini-album that offers warmth, intimacy and a clear social conscience.