BANISHED MUSIC & STRANGE NEWS PRESENT WEDNESDAY ‘BLEEDS’ NEW ZEALAND TOUR – MAY 2026
Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand – When North Carolina’s noise makers Wednesday first visited Aotearoa off the back of their album RAT SAW GOD, audiences were taken by surprise in the best possible way. A 95bFM review called the band’s Whammy show “a sold out countrygaze extravaganza”, and everyone who came left with big hearts and even bigger smiles.
Aldous Harding – One Stop: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
On 8th May 2026, Aldous Harding will release her fifth studio album, Train On The Island. Today, the Aotearoa artist shares a first taste in the form of the single One Stop. Premiered by Huw Stephens on his BBC 6Music radio show, One Stop is accompanied by a Harding-fronted video directed by Michelle Henning.
Joshua Idehen – I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try (Heavenly) (13th Floor Album Review)
Joshua Idehen’s I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try presents an immersive fusion of spoken word and electronic textures that explores community, endurance and emotional navigation through sound. Built on pulse and atmosphere, the record unfolds gradually, allowing its musical language to establish itself before attention turns toward the […]
The Temper Trap – Into The Wild: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
The Temper Trap return with new single Into The Wild, the latest in a run of new music that has firmly re-established the band as one of Australia’s most enduring and globally recognised acts: euphoric anthem Giving Up Air and its remix from iconic DJ/producer Solomun, bold indie-rock track Lucky Dimes, and a fresh take […]
SPARK ARENA COMMUNITY FUND ANNOUNCES $100K PILOT TO FUTURE-PROOF AUCKLAND’S CITY CENTRE INDEPENDENT MUSIC VENUES
The Spark Arena Community Events Fund (SACEF) has today announced a landmark venue support initiative, providing more than $100,000 in initial resource support to independent music and comedy venues across Auckland city centre.
Leftfield – Powerstation, March 1, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Leftfield arrive onstage to a sold out PowerStation pulsing with anticipation. Celebrating their 36th Anniversary Tour, Neil Barnes’ hybrid of dub, house, breaks, and post rave hasn’t softened or politely aged but rather continues to throb, grind, and pressure-test sound systems. This wasn’t a retrospective It was a reminder of how forward-thinking Leftfield were–and remain!!
Zoë Vera – Dizzying: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Auckland based singer-songwriter Zoë Vera releases her new catchy pop tune Dizzying, the third single off her upcoming five-track EP LIVE HARDER, due out Friday 24th April.
Rob Zombie – The Great Satan (Nuclear Blast) (13th Floor Album Review)
Rob Zombie is theee Goreman!!! Way back when, his past band White Zombie (with Sean Cummings) exploded with two awesome albums; 1992’s La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One, and 1995’s Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head, Zombie was creating a magnificent melding of no wave, goth […]
SPLIT ENZ ANNOUNCE THEIR FOREVER ENZ TOUR, MAY 2026
Kiwi music legends SPLIT ENZ featuring Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Neil Finn, and Noel Crombie reunited for their first show in 18 years, playing their 1,000th gig as a band in front of 45,000 rapturous fans at the Electric Avenue Festival in Christchurch last Friday.
Jenni Smith – Mirror: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Auckland based Country Pop singer songwriter Jenni Smith announces the release of Mirror, the first single from her upcoming debut album The Girl Next Door, a project that captures the full range of her artistry.
The Wave Pictures – Gained / Lost (Bella Union) (13th Floor Album Review)
The Wave Pictures’ Gained / Lost arrives after more than two decades of the band following their own musical path, building songs through instinct and conversation.
Good Charlotte, Highly Suspect & More – Live At The Domain: February 27, 2026
To complete our coverage of the many musical events taking place on this Friday night in Auckland…here is 13th Floor photographer Thiago Alencar’s coverage of Live At The Domain, featuring Good Charlotte, Highly Suspect, Tadpole and Yellowcard.
Theia – Whammy Bar: February 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Theia finally celebrated her Girl, In A Savage World album with a release show at Auckland’s finest dive bar…Whammy.
MACEY – Clementine: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Following his recent 2025 singles Mona Lisa Money and Seaside Wishes New Zealand–raised singer-songwriter MACEY releases latest single, Clementine.
DUB FX & Tiki Taane – The Tuning Fork: February 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Dance/electronic experimental artists Australian Dub FX and Kiwi Tiki Taane teamed up last night for a collaborative and experimental two-hour show at The Tuning Fork.
Ocean Alley – Spark Arena, February 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Last night at Spark Arena, Ocean Alley returned to Auckland with the relaxed confidence of a band that has outgrown the need to prove anything, delivering a tight, warm, psychedelic surf-rock set that felt less like a spectacle and more like a well-practised act of collective calm, supported by Don West’s polished soul-disco charm and […]
Hemi Hemingway – Neck Of The Woods: February 27, 2026 (13th Floor Concert Review)
New Zealand has a long tradition of tall, dark, handsome crooners, going right back to John Rowles. And Hemi Hemingway is the man of the moment.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks…and More: February 27, 2026
It’s New Music Friday once more! And there’s plenty of good stuff out there and you can count on us to find the new music you need to here…this week our top 5 picks include new releases by Princess Chelsea, Gorillaz, Iron & Wine and more.
Heavenly – Highway To Heavenly (Skep Wax) (13th Floor Album Review)
After a 30 year hiatus, British band Heavenly have cut their 5th long player Highway To Heavenly, a return to the ‘Jangle’ and Indie Pop genre of the late 1980s and early 90s that featured a number of similar groups – Heavenly precursor Talulah Gosh, The Field Mice, The Orchids and others – first described by the UK […]
Reb Fountain – Smoke Signals: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Reb Fountain presents Smoke Signals, an anthemic alt-pop hit; lush and commanding with an effortlessly hooky chorus that’ll burn the house down.