Uptown Lowdown is Back! Episode 10 is here
Uptown Lowdown, The 13th Floor’s weekly music and arts programme is ready to rock this week with features on Blindspott, Reb Fountain, Jesse Malin, Tom Speight and much more.
Colleen Green Is Cool As: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Colleen Green has resurfaced with Cool. It’s her first album in six years and we found her parked in a car in Massachusetts.
Guns N Roses Announce First International Show at Eden Park
Guns N Roses are the first ever international act to announce a concert at Auckland’s iconic, world class stadium Eden Park. This huge news comes alongside confirmation that the biggest stadium rock tour of 2021 is moving to Summer 2022!
Tom Rodwell – Touch Me Like A Teddy Bear: New Song Of The Day
Tom Rodwell starts the new week off with his latest…Touch Me Like A Teddy Bear.
Slothrust – Parallel Timeline, a veiled mystique that’s about to explode: Album Review
Slothrust – Parallel Timeline – (Dangerbird Records) Alt-rock band Slothrust’s fifth album Parallel Timeline is finally getting noticed beyond their Boston hometown. Bandleader and songwriter Leah Wellbaum explores themes of contradiction, mirrors – the intersection between science, the whimsical and the inexplicable spaces in between.
Sticky Fingers – We Can Make The World Glow
Sticky Fingers ships this little gem to us from across the ditch. It’s called We Can Make The World Glow.
I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico: Album Review
I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico Various Artists (UMG Recordings, Inc). A defining moment in American music and art was the release of The Velvet Underground & Nico in 1967. Hated and ignored at the time when Flower Power and Hippie Good Vibes were ascendent. It went […]
The Bevis Frond Find Their Little Eden: Interview
The Bevis Frond may very well be the ultimate cult band. Formed in the mid-1980s, they’ve never had anything close to a hit record, yet 40 years and 22 albums later they are still at it.
The Temptations ft Smokey Robinson – Is It Gonna Be Yes Or No
The Temptations celebrate 60 years of soul with a brand new recording, Is It Gonna Be Yes Or No, featuring their old producer and Motown labelmate Smokey Robinson.
Billy Strings Renewal – a long way from traditional bluegrass
Billy Strings also known as William Apostol shows his musical and songwriting prowess as he combines bluegrass, rock, psychedelia and more to produce an hour of outstanding music on his new album Renewal (Rounder Records).
R.I. P. Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis: Sax Man Extraordinaire
It is with great sadness that we report the death of sax man Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis at age 80.
Tom Speight – Everything Is Waiting For You: Interview
Tom Speight is an English singer-songwriter releasing his new album today! It’s called Everything Is Waiting For You and here he is talking to us.
Blindspott Is Back After Resting In Pieces: Interview
Blindspott the hard-rockin’ metal band from Waitakere, are back with a new song, an album in the works and a tour on the books.
Spencer Cullum Shares His Coin Collection: Interview
Spencer Cullum has just released his first album, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, a surprising mix of English Folk, Krautrock and Country made in Nashville.
French For Rabbits – The Outsider: New Song Of The Day
French For Rabbits grace us with a new single, The Outsider, and news of a new album on the way.
Lindsey Buckingham – a soothing balm for troubled times: Album Review
Lindsey Buckingham is his first solo album in ten years, a defining statement of the artist and his journey through the turning point of the idyllic Sixties, and on through to his legendary work as a Fleetwood Mac. It stops there but it is intoxicating enough.
The Ice Road – Director Jonathan Hensleigh: Interview
The Ice Road opens in NZ cinemas this week and writer/director Jonathan Hensleigh spoke to The 13th Floor about making the frozen thriller that stars Liam Neeson.
Alt-J – U&ME: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Alt-J emerge from the abyss with a brand new song, U&ME, and a new album on the horizon.
Dua Lipa UPDATE: 2nd NZ Show Announced
Dua Lipa – Due to overwhelming demand, international pop-superstar Dua Lipa has today announced a new show has been added to the New Zealand leg of her ‘Future Nostalgia’ Tour. With her first date now sold out, fans have the opportunity to secure tickets to a second show at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Thursday, November […]
Selwyn Sounds – The Show Will Go On
Selwyn Sounds Amidst the covid pandemic, New Zealander’s are looking towards the summer and dreaming of Music.