Authority Zero – Whammy Bar: March 9, 2026 (13th Floor Photo Gallery)
Arizona’s Authority Zero performed at Auckland’s Whammy Bar last night at 13th Floor photographer Dasha Gor was on the scene to catch all the action.
Junny – Kumara Suite: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Junny is the musical project of Jenn Tamati (she/they, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāpuhi), a vocalist and songwriter based in Whangārei.
Black Country, New Road – Powerstation: March 3, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Formed in Cambridge in 2018, Black Country, New Road have gone through some changes over the years. the most notable being the departure of lead vocalist and songwriter Isaac Wood.
The Bats – Hollywood Avondale: March 7, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The warmth of a late summer evening in Tāmaki Makaurau set the stage for a long-awaited return: The Bats, one of Aotearoa’s most enduring musical institutions, stepping back into an Auckland spotlight. Inside Hollywood Avondale, the anticipation felt almost familial — the sort of atmosphere you get when a beloved band hasn’t graced a local […]
Waiora Te Ūkaipõ – The Homeland – ASB Waterfront Theatre: March 6, 2026 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Waiora Te Ūkaipõ – The Homeland is a revival of a by now celebrated play, first performed to great acclaim in 1996. Since then it has travelled widely, and been taught in school curricula. I fear however that it was a 30-year old story back then, and is now being revived thirty years too late.
The Delines – The Set Up (El Cortez) (13th Floor Album Review)
The Delines’ The Set Up unfolds as a sequence of interlocking short stories. Soul-inflected arrangements frame the closely observed lives created by songwriter Willy Vlautin, tracing people whose paths intersect as they drift through fading towns towards uncertain futures.
WET – Te Pou Theatre: March 5, 2026 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
WET welcomes you to a world of “cliterature,” fun and whanau. Which don’t always mix, we discover. Turns out that mixture creates some angst to negotiate too.
Tahini Bikini & Sig Wilder – Big Fan: March 6, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The Country’s “danciest “ band Tahini Bikini is in town again with their genre-splicing funk, musical chops and biting lyrics. Hand in hand with fellow Wellingtonians, Sig Wilder and Friends on their Funk Up the Country Tour and delivering a night of combustible energy.
Tony Hadley – Powerstation: March 6, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
TONY HADLEY brought his band along to charm loyal fans in Auckland last night, mixing showmanship with a selection of Spandau Ballet classics. The 13th Floor’s Carin Newbould was there to witness him wow-ing the crowds, with Leonie Moreland shooting the action.
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Takes The Hard Road To New Zealand: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is bringing the blues to New Zealand, with a show at Auckland’s Powerstation this Sunday, March 8th.
Inside Trading – Just 4 U: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Auckland-based downbeat producer Inside Trading has teamed up once again with UK’s boom-bap turntablist maestro Mista Ed for a soulful, scratch-filled instrumental hip hop gem called Just 4 U.
The Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan – Q Theatre: March 5, 2026 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
The Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan starts with a moment that changed a life. In 2005, Fonotī Pati Umaga experienced what first seemed like a minor accident — a simple slip and fall, something many people have encountered. What appeared insignificant at the time became event that altered the course of his life […]
La Ronde – Spiegeltent, Aotea Square: March 5, 2026 (Auckland Arts Festival Review)
La Ronde holds the drama of extraordinary beauty and sensuality — a celebration of the human body and how good it looks when its doing its thing. Five-time festival favourites brought their brilliance again — aach international performer delivering something spectacular, hovering in the balance betwixt circus and cabaret, between athleticism and sensuality.
Los Frankies – D.E.D City (Licorice Pizza) (13th Floor Album Review)
LA band Los Frankies – titled as such because two of their members are called Frankie – are dropping their debut album, D.E.D City. Noticed for their attitude and swagger amongst a fairly bustling scene, the band aims to celebrate the wild side of rock music. And you’ll find plenty of that on this outing.
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Dir: Matt Johnson (13th Floor Film Review)
You stop wondering whether they’ll ever succeed. The real question becomes whether they even know how to stop.
Mel Parsons – Caravan: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Fresh from headlining the Auckland Folk Festival, critically acclaimed singer and songwriter Mel Parsons kicks off a new year of music with Caravan – a nostalgic track of rose-tinted childhood memories of summers on the West Coast.
GUNS N’ ROSES ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LEG OF WORLD TOUR 2026
Live Nation has today announced that powerhouse rock icons Guns N’ Roses, will return to Australia and New Zealand for a massive run of stadium shows this November and December.
Daniel Avery – Tremor (Midnight Versions) (Domino) (13th Floor Album Review)
Daniel Avery’s Tremor (Midnight Versions) pushes the material of his sixth album back onto the dancefloor. Rather than inviting outside remixers, Avery reworks the entire record himself, reshaping its collaborative songs into darker, club-focused counterparts designed for late-night sets and strobe-lit rooms.
The Brook & The Bluff – Werewolf (Dualtone) (13th Floor Album Review)
The Brook & The Bluff are soulful soft rockers no more. They loosen up and let rip on Werewolf, a rowdy and welcome departure from their earlier work.
Lloyd Cole Performs Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?: 13th Floor Singles Session
Lloyd Cole kicks off his solo electric NZ Tour in Christchurch tonight, but he was at The 13th Floor yesterday.