Bakers Eddy – Dust On My Brain: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
NZ pop-punk band Bakers Eddy are showing no signs of slowing down, today releasing their high-energy new single Dust On My Brain, along with the lyric video filmed by the band while playing shows in New York.
Neither Do I Performs Ghost Machine: 13th Floor Singles Session
Neither Do I is Auckland-based artist Danny Ebdale. Here he is performing Ghost Machine, a tune taken from his new album, We’re Not Known For Anything.
Robin Trower – Come And Find Me (Provogue Records)
Sometimes it’s enough to be delighted to discover that little changes in the standard of a musician’s artistry. Such is the new and unexpected new offering from Robin Trower. “Who’d have thought” was my first reaction on hearing of the release. After all, Trower cancelled a tour last year due to serious ill-health. Then another […]
Wet Denim – Lonely (For A While): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Fresh off the back of their acclaimed 2024 EP On The Line, Wet Denim return with their electrifying new single Lonely (For a While) – a searing rock anthem that marks a bold new chapter for the band.
Mitch Ryder With Prince, With Otis, With Marianne & With Love: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
At the tender age of 80, Detroit native and Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame member Mitch Ryder is still rocking like its was 1965.
Rival Consoles Announces Auckland Show
One of the UK’s most influential creators of electronic music, Rival Consoles, will return with a brand new album and Live A/V show in May 2025, marking a new chapter in an ongoing quest for refinement and evolution.
Amelia McNabb – Villain: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Villain is the fourth single from NZ pop-artist Amelia McNabb, produced by Michael Collier (Leone). Its meaning is a personal note from the artist on how it felt to be villainised with a sarcastic take on becoming the villain herself. Villain comes paired with a fully independent and DIY video (directed and edited by Amelia) […]
Bub – New Amsterdam: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Here’s an Easter treat for you: Bub release their single New Amsterdam, the next taster from their forthcoming debut album Can’t Even (due out May 9th).
Neive Strang – Up From The Rabbit Hole: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Dunedin artist Neive Strang has just released her new album, Find Me In The Rabbit Hole, working for the first time with a producer…Sean James Donnelly…aka SJD.
JD Clayton – Dragging Southern Rock into the 21st Century: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
JD Clayton has just released his second album, titled Blue Sky Sundays. The son-of-Southern preacher man muses on the premise that, perhaps, “Rock is a sub-genre of Country, now”.
Chaka Khan – The Civic: April 16, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
American soul/disco/funk diva Chaka Khan packed Auckland’s The Civic on Wednesday night, drawing a crowd made up largely of smiling folks well into their 50s, 60s and 70s. Although there were a few younger fans sprinkled across the grand venue’s red seats, I was – at 52 – one of the least-seasoned patrons.
Fly My Pretties & RIIKI REID – Share Your Luv: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Ahead of their new album, ELEMENTAL, Fly My Pretties release Share Your Luv, a track featuring lead vocals from Wellington-based solo pop artist RIIKI REID.
An Evening Without Kate Bush – TAPAC: April 18, 2025
An Evening Without Kate Bush is very much an evening with Sarah-Louise Young. The multi award winning performer is on stage and in perpetual motion for the full 90 minutes of this entertaining and involving cabaret.
Emma Dilemma And Her Good Friday Surprise: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Direct from Christchurch, it’s Emma Dilemma, here to talk abut her new, “surprise” EP, titled Ouch My Head Hurts.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: April 18, 2025
A good New Music Friday to you! And we’ve got the good new music to go with your holiday weekend…five new releases including new music from Taylor Rae, Peter Holsapple and Emma Dilemma.
Yumi Zouma – Bashville On The Sugar: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
International alt-pop act Yumi Zouma is back, delivering their first new music in nearly a year and a half with the electrifying single, Bashville on the Sugar, out today via Nettwerk (Vacations, Panchiko).
Taylor Rae – The Void (Missing Piece) (13th Floor Album Review)
Before diving into the introspective themes of her sophomore album The Void, singer-songwriter Taylor Rae had already established herself as a rising force in the Americana scene.
Sinners – Dir: Ryan Coogler (13th Floor Film Review)
The Cotton Club crossed with from Dusk to Dawn…the bodacious, bold, and brilliant Sinners will pull you in and whirl you around the juke joint, leaving you breathless, blood spattered and extremely satisfied.
Peter Holsapple Presents The Face Of 68: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
A stalwart of the fertile North Carolina music scene that bred the likes of Don Dixon and Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple is a founding member of The dBs and the Continental Drifters. His latest solo album, due out tomorrow, is The Face Of 68.
Bad Manners – Tuning Fork: April 16, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
50 years! Well the genesis was there in 1976, however their first live show wasn’t until 1978. But really, that’s just splitting hairs (pun intended) Bad Manners were a 100+ weeks feature in the British Singles Charts in the early 1980’s, with their take on two-tone and ska. While the onward decades have seen breakup, […]