Robert Forster – Strawberries (Tapete) (13th Floor Album Review)
Robert Forster, Ex-Go-Between and current solo artist has made Strawberries, eight literate, melodic and thoughtful songs that prove that age and creatively have little to do with each other.
Teenager – AA: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Nick Littlemore & Ladyhawke resurrect cult indie-dance project Teenager, release alt-pop anthem A.A. and announce forthcoming Fourteen.
Petit Choux Is Wellington’s French Connection: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Petit Choux is French-born, Wellington-based singer-songwriter Sophie Sabri. The musical artist and therapist has just released her debut EP, titled, Coule.
Castaway – Pretty Little Liar: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
After a year of building momentum, Ōtautahi pop-rock band Castaway are back with the final chapter of their EP Nondual, the addictive, mischievous new single Pretty Little Liar, is out!
Death and Vanilla – Whistle And I’ll Come To You (Fire Records)
Swedish group Death And Vanilla, aesthetically, chronically, and craftily, sit somewhere, as creators, drawing on genres ranging from krautrock, enoism and DIY electronica. The (core) three members Anders Hansson, Magnus Bodin, Marleen Nilsson have been creating together since the 2010’s, drawing on (not exclusively) an (inferred) love of vintage film & TV.
Tami Neilson adds NZ Tour Dates to her International Neon Cowgirl Tour
Plus1 proudly presents four homecoming concerts in October for New Zealand’s international country star Tami Neilson, fresh from her US performances at the Outlaw Festival Series with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, and show in France, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Dir: Christopher McQuarrie (13th Floor Film Review)
In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise outruns logic, gravity, and the concept of editing whist simultaneously evading the wardrobe department. Between topless Tom in mortal peril and twists that go nowhere, this one is more ego-flex than sustained thrill ride.
The Play That Goes Wrong – ASB Waterfront Theatre (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Could you do with a laugh? When you look at the state of the world today – Ukraine, tariffs, inflation, Gaza, homelessness, unemployment, the ‘C’ word – it’s almost certain you could use some light relief. The Play That Goes Wrong is guaranteed to break the gloom just as it has done for the past 10 years […]
sombr Announces Debut Headline AU & NZ Dates as Part of his Late Nights & Young Romance World Tour
Frontier Touring is hyped to announce 19-year-old, alternative-pop artist sombr will make his Australia and New Zealand headline debut this December.
Em – Love To Be: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
AMA-nominated audio engineer Emily Wheatcroft-Snape has released Love to Be – a new single from her highly regarded solo project, Em.
Translator Front Man Steve Barton Goes Beyond Today: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Translator was (and occasionally still is) a band based in San Francisco who put out 4 albums in the early 80s before calling it quits in 1986 with a 3-hour blow-out concert.
Halton Hart – Grandad Mait: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Halton Hart release their debut single, Grandad Mait, a funny tale about Grandad, he was cheeky and always liked to have people on. Grandad Mait tells a snippet of his life and he loved to share his stories with his family.
ZZ Top & George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Spark Arena: May 17, 2025
ZZ Top and George Thorogood & The Destroyers brought some good old fashioned rock & roll, with a healthy serving of the blues to Auckland’s Spark Arena. The 13th Floor’s Oxford Lamoureaux was there and reports back…
Darkfield’s Séance and Flight – Aotea Square: May 13, 2025
Two unassuming shipping containers sit end to end in Aotea Square. Painted white there are some rust stains here and there and a few dings at the corners. A single word is painted on each: Flight and Séance. Welcome to Darkfield, two immersive audio experiences that unfold almost entirely in the dark.
Joan As Police Woman – Raye Freedman Arts Centre: May 16, 2025
Joan As Police Woman returned to Auckland, kicking off a three-date solo New Zealand tour that finds her highlighting songs from her latest album, Lemons, Limes and Orchids.
Mel Parsons – Brick By Brick: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Up for an impressive three awards at this year’s AMAs, Mel Parsons is keeping her foot to the floor with the release of another new single Brick by Brick, out now.
She Kills Monsters – Pitt St Theatre: Stray Theatre Company (13th Floor Theatre Review)
She Kills Monsters tells a tale of young Agnes and her sister’s colourful party, embarking on their campaign into a fantasy-realm adventure created by the Dungeon Master.
Voom’s Buzz Moller Thinks Something Good Is Happening: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Voom has just released a new album on Flying Nun…Something Good Is Happening is the band’s first in almost 20 years and third in as many decades.
Soulti – Rise and Fall: 13th Floor New Song and New Video
Up-and-coming electro-pop artist Soulti has today followed up the release of her latest single Rise and Fall with a cinematic music video, perfectly capturing the hard-hitting sentiment of the song.
Steffany Beck Performs Country Strong: 13th Floor Singles Session
Steffany Beck returns to The 13th Floor to perform her brand new single, Country Strong!