Leisure – Missing You: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Auckland’s soul-electronic collective LEISURE share new single Missing You, a track that captures the bittersweet feeling of being close to someone physically, yet feeling emotionally distant. It reflects on the quiet ache that comes when a loved one is going through personal struggles, causing the relationship to shift and feel unfamiliar.
Love Party – WOW! (13th Floor Album Review)
Love Party, are Poneke tāngata Kate Yesberg, Dayle Jellyman and Cory Champion, together, compositely, they have plethora of musical experience, including playing in teenage punk bands, whilst concurrently other acts including; Battle Ska Galactica, Clear Path Ensemble, Fvkvshima, and Floating Head jazz ensemble.
Heavenly Returns To Portland Town: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Heavenly were, and are again, an indiepop band from England who have just released their first new single in 29 years.
Congratulations to 13th Floor Photographer Azrie Azizi!
We here at The 13th Floor are thrilled to learn that Image Auckland has announced the winner of 2025 Music Photography Award – Whakaahua Puoro Toa. First place goes to Azrie Azizi for his photo of Fazerdaze at the Powerstation.
First Reserve – Last One: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
First Reserve has wasted no time in 2025. The Te-Whanganui-A-Tara based solo recording project of Ryan Connaghan (he/they) has become a staple of the city’s music scene in little over a year. Last One marks a new era for the songwriter, and is the first release from their upcoming, as of yet unannounced debut project.
Mel Parsons – Tuning Fork: June 6, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Mel Parsons led a confidently understated band on the Tuning Fork stage, her between song banter in upbeat juxtaposition to the lyrical content’s often somber and melancholy tone.
Hollie Smith – Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Island: June 6, 2025
This year NZ Music Month is leaking into June. At least on Waiheke where Hollie Smith has brought The Bones Tour to the island’s theatre. Sold out and not surprising. Despite only 40 minutes away by ferry, we rarely get the bigger names in Kiwi music here.
Love Party With a Recovering Lawyer: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Love Party is Kate Yesberg and Dayle Jellyman. Married for 10 years, they’ve only just formed a band and released their debut album, Wow!, today.
North Mississippi Allstars – Still Shakin’ (New West) (13th Floor Album Review)
Still Shakin’ is the 12 album released under the North Mississippi Allstars moniker, the band founded by Luther and Cody Dickinson in Hernando, Mississippi, just a stone’s throw across the state line from Memphis, the centre of all things musical.
Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie – 1988: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Dynamic Taranaki 5-piece Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie reveal a musically softer side with 1988, a warm-hearted, radio-friendly country-pop gem, and their first release in 2025.
Jimmy Barnes – Defiant (Mushroom Music) (13th Floor Album Review)
There are no two words more emblematic of Australian music than Jimmy Barnes.
Sparks – MAD! (Transgressive) (13th Floor Album Review)
A case can, and should, be made for Sparks, as one of the most underrated, original and consistently entertaining bands…ever. And MAD!, their 27th studio album, makes that case as strongly as anything in their massive catalogue.
Dave Dobbyn & Delaney Davidson – Auckland Town Hall: June 4, 2025
Last night…described as ‘Selected Songs’ amounted to a dream set list, reaching back into a catalogue of Aotearoa’s finest compositions that zero in on Dave Dobbyn’s central themes: love, hope and rootedness in this land.
Pickle Darling – Massive Everything: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Ōtautahi’s darling, and San Francisco’s Father/Daughter Records signee Pickle Darling returns with their first release of 2025 – the shimmering, emotionally expansive single Massive Everything.
Pulp – More (Rough Trade) (13th Floor Album Review)
Almost a quarter of a decade after their last long player, Pulp returns with an album that sounds like they never left.
Kirsten Morrell – Buddah (forget you): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Kirsten Morrell, lead singer and songwriter of Goldenhorse, releases a new single Buddah (forget you) taken from her forthcoming album Morrellium set for release late 2025.
David Lowery on Fathers, Sons and Brothers: 13th Floor MusicTalk
David Lowery is the chief songwriter and frontman for both Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, his new ‘musical autobiography’ is a 3-LP set titled Fathers, Sons and Brothers.
Maddy Low Performs To Be Near: 13th Floor Singles Session
Wellington-based artist Maddy Low ventured up to Auckland and stopped into The 13th Floor’s lavish studio to grace us with a live performance of her new single, To Be Near.
Lucy Gooch – Desert Window (Fire) (13th Floor Album Review)
Lucy Gooch has steadily carved out a space for herself as a distinct and affecting voice in contemporary British ambient music. Emerging first with the EP Rushing (2020) and then expanding her cinematic textures in the EP Rain’s Break, (2021) she received critical praise for her ability to merge choral elements with synth-driven soundscapes that feel both ecclesiastical and intimate.
You, Me, Everybody – Heart Of Stone: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
New Zealand progressive bluegrass band You, Me, Everybody returns with Heart of Stone — a stirring new single that speaks to resilience, reflection, and the strength to begin again. The track blends emotive lyricism with the band’s signature acoustic sound, offering a powerful listening experience that feels both intimate and cinematic.