Vera Ellen – Sangria (demo): 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today Vera Ellen shares delicate forbidden-love-anthem ‘sangria (demo)’, A fan-favourite from recent sunny festival sets at Laneway Festival and Twisted Frequency. This track is performed, recorded and mixed by Vera herself, and in keeping with its DIY essence, it’s paired with a self-edited music video.
Japanese Breakfast Announces First Ever Aotearoa Show
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND (Mar 12, 2025) – Live Nation presents The Melancholy Tour, the first ever JAPANESE BREAKFAST tour to Aotearoa New Zealand, in support of their fourth studio album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). Japanese Breakfast comes to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on Saturday June 7 and is the first announcement of the Auckland […]
Guitar Wolf – Motorcycles, Girls & UFOs: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Guitar Wolf have invaded New Zealand! We caught up with founding member Seiji just as he was about to depart Tokyo.
Slipknot – Spark Arena: March 11, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Slipknot took over Spark Arena last night for a one-night-only performance and, for a few dizzying, chaotic hours, Auckland belonged to the Maggots. This wasn’t just a gig; it was a full-scale audio assault, a brutal, sweaty purge wrapped in distortion, screams, and adrenaline. R.I.P. my eardrums.
Sola Rosa and New Tomorrows: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Sola Rosa has just released a new EP titled New Tomorrows and Andrew Spraggon is already thinking about what will come next.
Brainwave – Another Foe: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Pōneke crossover crew Brainwave are back with a brand new single, Another Foe, out today on all major platforms.
Chris Stapleton – Spark Arena : March 9, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
It’s show #2 of a two-night stand at Auckland’s Spark Arena as Chris Stapleton brings his All-American Road Show Tour to New Zealand.
Cross St. Music Festival: 13th Floor Photo Gallery!
The Cross St Music Festival took place this Saturday in Auckland and 13th Floor photographer Michael Jeong was on the scene catching all the action.
Liam Finn – Unleash Your Animal: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Liam Finn releases his dreamiest single to date. Unleash Your Animal is a transcendental & psychedelic affair – dreamy guitars and hazy vocals are the perfect sound track to a cheeky micro-dose or even a meditation.
Mim Jensen – Safe In Body: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Safe In Body is a vibey, feel-good new track from Ōtautahi indie savant MIM JENSEN. A banger of a tune set to be scooped up by US college and student radio stations far and wide, Safe In Body is the third and final single to drop off her upcoming sophomore EP SHADOW OF THE GIFT due out on Friday […]
Aaron Dowdy of Fust and the Big Ugly: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Fust have just released their new album titled Big Ugly and bandleader Aaron Dowdy is with us to tell us how he is making sense of The South.
Will Swinton – Double Whammy: March 6, 2025
He’s toured the U.S., racked up millions of streams, signed to Capitol Records and released two E.P.s, yet Kiwi pop phenom Will Swinton has only performed in Auckland a couple of times. So, this headlining gig at Double Whammy is something his hometown fans have been waiting for. It was a young, mostly female […]
Velveteen – Saturday Night In Vegas: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Winegum Records is thrilled to welcome Ōtautahi rock outfit Velveteen to the roster, and announces their debut album “Heavy Machinery” alongside latest single Saturday Night in Vegas.
Swervedriver – The World’s Fair (Outer Battery Records)
The punkier darlings of the 90’s shoegaze underground, Swervedriver, who were formed in 1989 by schoolmates Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge, split in 1998, reformed in 2008, but haven’t released anything new since 2018’s Future Ruin, have gone back to their future.
Reb Fountain – Explains How Love Bends: 13th Floor MusicTalk
Reb Fountain releases her new album, How Love Bends today along with a stunning new video directed by her daughter Lola.
Jude Kelly – Clarence: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today, Aotearoa / New Zealand-based singer-songwriter Jude Kelly announces her debut EP, The Seven Spirits of Her, set to arrive May 9, alongside the release of new single Clarence.
Health – Double Whammy: March 5, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Los Angeles Industrial Electro Metal group HEALTH haven’t visited our shores since 2016, previously here in 2010 ()where they played to maybe 20 people at the now defunct Transmission Room).
Watch: Belle – A Performance Of Air Director Malia Johnston: 13th Floor Interview
Belle – A Performance Of Air opens tonight at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in Auckland.
Phoebe Rings – Aseurai: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland dream-pop quartet Phoebe Rings – led by Aotearoa/NZ jazz-school-trained pianist and songwriter Crystal Choi – today announce their debut album Aseurai and release its first two cuts, title-track ‘Aseurai’ – sung in Choi’s native language Korean – and ‘Drifting’ with their music videos.
Reb Fountain – How Love Bends (Fountain Records) 13th Floor Album Review
How Love Bends, the new album by Reb Fountain, is a haunting and immersive exploration of love in all its facets—its beauty, its pain, and its transformative power.