Pearly* – Not So Sweet (Leather Jacket/Pinacolada)(13th Floor Album Review)
Otepoti/Dunedin band Pearly* have certainly made a splash since releasing their debut Pearly*EP in April 2024, and wowing crowds at nationwide festivals including Port Noise (March) and Junk Festival (June) both this year.
Coyle Girelli Gets Out Of This Town With Mac Davis: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Coyle Girelli has just released a new solo album…a collaboration of sorts, with the late, great Mac Davis (Suspicious Minds/Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me) called Out Of This Town, on Sun Records!
Lipstick – You & Me: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Wellington indie/alt-rock band Lipstick are back with their latest single, You & Me” — a dreamy yet danceable track that blends driving guitars, shimmering pop hooks, and an irresistible groove.
Georgia Lines – The Guest House (13th Floor EP Review)
Georgia Lines sings with a voice that feels both delicate and commanding, as quiet as a whisper caught between piano notes and as powerful as a line soaring above sweeping arrangements. With The Guest House, she reaffirms her ability to move between tenderness and strength while embracing new textures and greater rhythmic variety.
The Bats – The Gown: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
The Bats return with their third single of 2025, The Gown. With their 11th album, Corner Coming Up, on the horizon, the legendary indie rock band are giving us another taste of what’s to come.
Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista) (13th Floor Album Review)
“I’m high as the heavens and stubborn as hell. I ain’t ashamed, I’m just a hard-headed woman.” Margo Price states her case succinctly on the opening track of this, her fifth studio album, Hard Headed Woman.
New Math Finally Tend To Their Gardens: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
New Math were one of the first punk/new wave/post-punk bands to emerge from Rochester, New York,, a city that, until then was known for Chuck Mangione, Lou Gramm and Eastman Kodak Company.
Dick Move – Nurses: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Aotearoa punk force Dick Move are renowned for their explosive live shows and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it anthems, blending party-punk chaos with razor-sharp political bite.
Skyscraper Stan Announces New Australia & NZ shows for 2025
TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF HIS 2025 ALBUM, THOSE WERE DAYS, SKYSCRAPER STAN ANNOUNCES A NEW RUN OF SHOWS, WITH HIS BAND THE COMMISSION FLATS, ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Georgia Lines – Moving Out Of The Guest House: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Georgia Lines is on the move! After releasing her new EP, The Guest House, and playing couple of shows, the Tui-winner is heading north to Nashville.
Black Country, New Road Announce 2026 Australia + New Zealand Tour Dates
Critically acclaimed British collective Black Country, New Road are thrilled to announce their forthcoming Australia + New Zealand tour, set to take place this summer.
The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie (Anti-) (13th Floor Album Review)
From the first fuzzed-up guitar riff to the final jubilant outro, The Beths’ fourth album, Straight Line Was a Lie, reveals a band in full command of its material and entering a new creative phase.
The Texas Headhunters Are On The Loose: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Texas Headhunters are Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore and Johnny Moeller and together these three Texas tornadoes have created quite a storm on their just-released debut album.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announce Wild God Tour Dates For Australia & NZ
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will bring their most celebrated live production to date – THE WILD GOD TOUR – to Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in January and February 2026, in their first shows here since 2017.
RENÉE – Blind: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Emerging NZ neo-soul, R&B artist RENÉE returns with her third single, BLIND.
Pete Droge – From A Thorn To Fade Away Blue: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Pete Droge has just released his first solo album in a while, Fade Away Blue, a autobiographical affair with some of the best session players supporting Pete’s songs.
Come Together: Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon: Civic Theatre- August 23, 2025
The Come Together band reconvenes and regroups to present us with Dark Side Of The Moon and other Pink Floydian delights.
Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein – Auckland Theatre Company, ASB Waterfront Theatre: 21 Aug – 7 Sept
It’s wonderful to attend the first performance of a bold new play exploring mighty themes, delivered with such power one leaves the theatre reeling. Unfortunately, I have to report that Auckland Theatre Company’s new production Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein is not that play.
Kathleen Edwards – Billionaire (Dualtone) (13th Floor Album Review)
Kathleen Edwards has always been a songwriter who tells stories through the details: a hockey team that cannot win, a car driven across Los Angeles, a door painted pink. Through vivid detail and a deep sense of place, she turns the specific into something relatable and universal.
Lexytron – Elevator: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Lexytron brings us “The missing song from every 80s John Hughes movie”, Elevator is a fizzy coming of age synth-pop bop, fit for spinning on table tops and bouncing on beds.