Soak – Golden Dawn (Concert Review)
18-year-old Irish up-and-comer Soak played a short but spellbinding set at Auckland’s Golden Dawn. And in a little over half an hour she indeed proved to be an artist to keep an eye on. Soak is the stage name for Bridie Monds-Watson, the teenager from Derry who has garnered attention from the likes of the […]
SJD & Voom – The Tuning Fork
Vector Arena’s little sister venue The Tuning Fork may look like a Coffee Club franchise from the outside, but once you’re in the front door the heavy red velvet curtains, scent of whiskey and kitschy sign behind the bar give off a vastly different vibe. Tonight the lit-up sign reads SJD, because Sean James Donnelly […]
Ricky Martin – Vector Arena
Get ready to shake your bon-bon, as Ricky Marty opens his One World tour in New Zealand, with the premiere at Auckland’s Vector Arena. First off, I must admit I can hardly be called a Ricky Martin fan…I can probably name two of his songs and I’ve never seen X Factor, so whatever shenanigans took […]
Interview with Derek Boyer of Suffocation
Tove Partington had a chat with bassist Derek Boyer of Suffocation prior to their upcoming NZ/Aus tour with Decapitated. Talking accidents, streaming/download politics and upright Bass, you can catch Derek with Suffocation pretty soon; Grab your tickets here, it looks to be a killer show. -Tove m/
Mel Parsons – Tuning Fork
Mel Parsons kicked off her 22-date New Zealand tour with a show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. Parsons has just released her third album, Drylands, and most of the musicians responsible for creating that record were on stage with her.
Interview with Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka of Decapitated.
Tove Partington had a quick conversation with Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka of Decapitated prior to their upcoming NZ/Aus tour with Suffocation. You can hear the interview in full below. You can see this brilliant Polish Death Metal band when they reach these fair shores! Grab your tickets here, it looks to be a killer show. -Tove m/
Watch Mel Parsons Perform ‘Don’t Wait’ At The 13th Floor
Kiwi singer-songwriter Mel Parsons is about to embark on a nationwide tour beginning tonight at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. Mel has just released her third album, Drylands, featuring contributions from Anika Moa and Ron Sexsmith.
RIP: Percy Sledge
Soul man Percy Sledge has passed away at the age of 74. Percy’s best-known recording was his 1966 hit When A Man Loves A Woman. But Percy was much more than a one-hit wonder. He recorded a slew of under-appreciated deep-soul classics over the intervening years. Check out his 1969 single, True Love Travels On […]
Counting Crows – Civic Theatre
Two years ago the Counting Crows were forced to cancel shows in Wellington and Auckland at the very last minute due to lead singer Adam Duritz’s health. Fans who turned up to see them in Wellington were particularly peeved as they were notified of the cancellation just minutes before the show was to start. But […]
James Reyne: Rockin’ With Rod (Interview)
Aussie rocker James Reyne is in Auckland to open the show for Rod Stewart’s two concerts at The Vector Arena. The former front man for Australian Crawl has been busy on his own, recording with his band, The Magnificent Few. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to James Reyne recently about the prospect of opening […]
Rod Stewart – Vector Arena (Concert Review)
It was bright, it was shiny, it was glitzy and it was slick. Rod Stewart’s Hits Tour rollied into Auckland’s Vector Arena for the first of two shows. And it certainly lived up to its name, with old Rod The Mod cranking out 20 favourites, some his, some originally by others, over the course of the […]
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: From Buddy Holly To The Flatlanders (Interview)
Texas-based singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore is just one of many excellent artists to emerge from the Austin music scene. Gilmore got his start in the early 1970’s when he teamed up with his buddies Joe Ely and Butch Hancock to form the now-legendary Flatlanders. They barely released one album in 1972 (it only came out […]
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions – Powerstation April 12, 2015
Paul Kelly brought his troupe of singers and players across the Tasman to light up the night in Auckland with soulful versions of his own tunes along with a few older classics thrown in for good measure. Paul Kelly’s Merri Soul Sessions is the album Paul Kelly recorded and released last year that finds the […]
Ed Sheeran – Vector Arena April 11, 2015
There was plenty of love in the house as English heartthrob Ed Sheeran drew screams of delight from the first of two sold-out crowds at Auckland’s Vector Arena. The floor was jammed with mostly young girls, some of whom had to be carried away by security guards due to the overwhelming thrill of being so […]
Tami Neilson – Tuning Fork April 10, 2015
Tami Neilson headlined an evening of music at Auckland’s Tuning Fork that included a parade of some of New Zealand’s finest songwriters, instrumentalists and vocalists.
Metal Round-up April 10th 2015
It’s a pretty exciting time of year, with some MASSIVE gigs coming up, and some amazing music sneaking ever closer. This bogan is excited! There has also been some sad news, what with the tour van of KHAOTIKA and WORMREICH crashing with three fatalities, and Scott Kelly of Neurosis fame’s wife becoming gravely ill, so here is a […]
Jurassic 5 – Powerstation April 9, 2015
As the lyric goes in Concrete Playground, “Just that classic rap shit from Jurassic.” And boy did they kill it with their vocalism, with the four MC’s – Chali 2na, Akil, Soup and Marc 7 – serving up a lyrical storm along with some entertaining help from DJ’s Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark. After calling time […]
David Gray – ASB Theatre April 9, 2015
It may not have been the funkiest show to come through Auckland recently, or the most rocking, but I’d have to say that David Gray’s performance at the ASB Theatre was certainly one of the most beautiful. The lights came down at the ASB at 8:53 and David Gray took the stage along with his […]
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic – Powerstation
With over a dozen funksters sharing the stage with him, George Clinton showed the fans at Auckland’s Powerstation exactly how to Tear The Roof Off The Sucker. I saw George and his P=Funk Allstars a few years ago at the Powerstsation, and while I had a good time, I seem to remember that Clinton himself […]
Watch Anika Moa’s 13th Floor Video Session
Anika Moa releases her new album, Queen At The Table, tomorrow. The album marks a change in musical direction for Anika as she and producer Jol Mullholland trade guitars and drums for synths and electronic beats. Anika stopped by The 13th Floor to talk to Marty Duda about Queen At The Table and she had […]