Watch Anthonie Tonnon Perform Bird Brains at The 13th Floor
Anthonie Tonnon stopped by The 13th Floor last week to chat with Marty Duda and perform songs from his new album, Successor. We’ll have the entire video session ready for you shortly, but in the mean time, here’s Anthonie playing an acoustic version of Bird Brains from Successor. Save
Lydia Lunch: Pleasure Is The Only Rebellion (Interview)
Lydia Lunch is many things…musician, poet, conceptualist, photographer…basically a walking work of art. Lydia was at the cutting edge of New York City’s No Wave movement when her band Teenage Jesus & The Jerks first began recording and performing in the late 1970s. She’s never stopped creating, working with the likes of Thurston Moore, Robert […]
Shihad – The Powerstation
Sometimes bands and venues just seem to naturally fit…The Rolling Stones and the Marquee Club, The Grateful Dead and The Fillmore West, The Ramones and CBGB’s. Here in New Zealand we have Shihad and The Powerstation. The veteran band returned to their natural home to perform their album, Killjoy, celebrating 20 years since its release. […]
Watch Pras Michel’s 13th Floor Interview
Film producer and former Fugee Pras Michel stopped by The 13th Floor to talk about his documentary Sweet Micky For President with Marty Duda. Now showing at the Documentary Edge Festival, Sweet Micky For President tells the unlikely, but true story of Haitian pop star Michel Martelly (aka Sweet Micky) and his campaign for the […]
Mick Harvey – The Tuning Fork
Perhaps not surprisingly, the vibe at Mick Harvey’s show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork was similar in tone to Nick Cave’s solo shows this past December…just smaller in scale. Harvey delivered a short, emotionally-charged set, fired up by his excellent guitarist JP Shilo. The faithful gathered on this Wednesday night to commune with Mick Harvey and […]
Watch Mick Harvey’s 13th Floor Interview
Former Bad Seed Mick Harvey is about to embark on a four-date tour of New Zealand starting tonight with a show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork with his band, The Intoxicated Men. Mick stopped by The 13th Floor earlier today to talk to Marty Duda. Watch as Harvey reveals details of the latest PJ Harvey recording […]
David Bowie Is
Here’s a strange beast…a film about an exhibition about David Bowie. The highly acclaimed David Bowie Is exhibition is due to take up residency in Melbourne beginning in July and this documentary, shot on the last day of the original exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in 2013, serves as a primer for the […]
New Video From Lamb
It seems this is a big day for all things Lamb-related…this is New Zealand after all. After just recieving the new single from Lamb Of God, we’ve been sent the new video from Manchester duo, Lamb. They recently performed at Auckland’s Tuning Fork…click here for the review…and now here they are with a brand new […]
New Music From Lamb Of God!
If this past weekend’s metal-fest at The Kings Arms with Red Fang and Beastwars has left you wanting more, or you just need to clean out the cobwebs, check out this brand new track from Lamb Of God. The song is called Still Echoes and it is taken from the forthcoming album, VII – Sturm […]
More Red Fang Concert Photos!
We’ve just been sent a fresh batch of photos from this weekend’s Red Fang show at The Kings Arms. Click here to check out photographer Mark Derricutt’s gallery of action shots of Red Fang, Bloodnut and Beastwars.
Red Fang – Kings Arms
Last night was the highly anticipated and sold out show for Portland’s Red Fang….And I think the best way to describe it would be ‘clusterfuck’. Problems with visas then delayed flights, the main act didn’t play till about 02:45, by which time I was pissed and tired and sick of being hit on by dude […]
RIP: B. B. King
Another musical King has died. Two weeks ago it was Ben E. King, now B.B. King has passed away at the age of 89. King had been touring relentlessly until late last year. He had been unwell for several weeks has died in his sleep in Las Vegas. Click here to read more about BB […]
Covered – The Kings Arms (Concert Review)
Covered is a musical evening organized by APRA to celebrate New Zealand songs. So on this cold and rainy Thursday night a handful of Kiwi indie musicians took to the stage to play a few well known (and not so well known) songs written by New Zealanders, along with a few of their own. The […]
Backstreet Boys – Vector Arena
First of all, we need to talk about Kevin. Last time the Backstreet Boys – still the world’s biggest-selling ‘boy’ band – shimmied its way onto the Kiwi stage in 2010, they were without one key component. Original member Kevin Richardson quit the group in 2006, only rejoining three years ago. So the buzz around […]
Spandau Ballet – Vector Arena
80s New Romantics Spandau Ballet brought their Soul Boys tour to Auckland’s Vector Arena just in time for Mother’s Day. The two-hour show nailed all the old hits along with a few new tunes. The lights dimmed at the Vector shortly before 8:30pm. It was an early start, but hey, mum’s gotta be back home […]
Spandau Ballet Spotted at Motley Crue Show!
Check this out, our eagle-eyed photographer Michael Flynn spotted members of Spandau Ballet at last night’s Motley Crue/Alice Cooper show. What are the chances of the band covering Kickstart My Heart when they play at the Vector Arena tonight?
Check Out The New Video By Anthonie Tonnon
New Zealand songwriter Anthonie Tonnon has premiered the video for “Water Underground”. The video is the first from Tonnon’s full length album, Successor, which is out now in New Zealand from www.anthonietonnon.com “Water Underground” was filmed by French-New Zealand filmmaker Delphine Avril Planqueel, and features competitive rower/fashion model, Tessa White-Parsons. Avoiding the literal meaning of the […]
America & Sharon Corr – Vector Arena
Two years after their previous visit to New Zealand and 45 years after they started, soft-rockers America took a stroll down memory lane with a couple thousand fans. The Vector Arena had been chopped down to a more manageable size for the classic rockers, turning it into a more intimate venue. First up was Sharon […]
Suffocation & Decapitated – Kings Arms, 5 May 2015
Last night was the highly anticipated Decapitated and Suffocation show at the Kings Arms, wrapping up a 3-show tour of New Zealand. Doors were super early and once again I was pleasantly surprised with the large turn out; although I think I’m turning into a crotchety old woman, because there were a fuck tonne of […]
Watch Jody Direen’s 13th Floor Video Session
Kiwi country singer Jody Direen celebrated the release of her new album, Breaks Out, with a visit to The 13th Floor. Along with her band, Jody performed three songs and chatted to Marty Duda. Save