New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: August 9, 2024
It’s New Music Friday again and again we bring you five new releases we think will brighten up your weekend. Its a musical potpourri today so check them all out.
Orville Peck – Stampede (Warner Music) 13th Floor Album Review
Let us take time to consider, or more accurately, reconsider, the enigma that is Orville Peck. The masked gay country singer has just released Stampede, 15 songs with 15 different collaborators.
The Bug Club – A Bit Like James Bond: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Today, The Bug Club is sharing “A Bit Like James Bond,” an exciting, debonair new song about everyone’s favorite British spy. The song is from On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System, their forthcoming album.
Amanda Fish Returns To Her Kingdom: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Blues-rocker Amanda Fish has just released her third studio album titled Kingdom. Written over a six-year gap, its her first since 2019’s Free.
Lone Justice – Jenny Jenkins: 13th Floor New Cover Of The Day
Lone Justice treat us with another cool cover from their upcoming album, Viva Lone Justice, due out October 25th. This time around is a new take on an old traditional tune called Jenny Jenkins.
Scenes From the Climate Era – Q Theatre: August 2-24, 2024 (13th Floor Theatre Review)
Scenes From The Climate Era delivered a series of scenarios from past, present and future —short conversations ranging from scientists in Antarctica, at a bioengineering think tank, about alternative ways to cool the planet, ethically deciding to have children, maintaining community during devastating circumstances. It dives deeply into serious and thought-provoking topics but balances its […]
Princess Chelsea’s MidWinter Ball – The Civic’s Wintergarden: August 3, 2024
When Princess Chelsea throws a ball she’s not messing around. Last night Chelsea, her band and fans assembled to pay tribute to winter and to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.
The Jason McIver Collective – Old Strangers: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
The Jason McIver Collective has released has just released their new single, Old Strangers, a perfect song for your Sunday listening pleasure.
Written By Wolves + Capital Theatre – The Powerstation August 2, 2024
Written By Wolves and Capital Theatre join forces to celebrate their sophomore album releases. It’s loud; it’s fun but musically not my cup of tea.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: August 2, 2024
Crikey! It’s Friday again and a new month. This week our New Music Friday brings you 5 new releases including one last hurrah from one of the greats of LA punk along with two New Zealand releases.
Mystery Waitress – Bright Black Night (Flying Nun) (13th Floor Album Review)
Four years after releasing their debut album, Wellington band Mystery Waitress return with Bright Black Night.
EYEHATEGOD, Caldera & Slumbug – Mothership: July 31, 2024
EYEHATEGOD are an originator band from the “Louisiana Sound” metal music scene (NOLA) heavily influenced by Black Sabbath and The Melvins, but energised (perhaps politicised) by hardcore punk, think Black Flag.
American Aquarium Face The Fear Of Standing Still: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
American Aquarium have just released their new album, The Fear Of Standing Still. Front man BJ Barham shows no fear when expressing his opinions, be they about toxic masculinity or mayonnaise.
Hoodoo Gurus go back to the Stoneage for April 2025 New Zealand tour
Our favourite gurus, Australia’s Hoodoo Gurus, will rock across New Zealand in April for three concerts celebrating 40 years since their seminal debut album Stoneage Romeos.
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Powerstation: July 30, 2024 (13th Floor Concert Review)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, in the 1980’s would regularly be asked what they would be doing in five years time? Inferring the band was going to be a flash in the pan (like many acts) 40 years on since the release of their first single Upside Down the band, well the Reid Brothers, are […]
Joe Ely – Driven To Drive (Rack ‘Em Records/Thirty Tigers) 13th Floor Album Review
With five decades of touring behind him, Joe Ely has amassed plenty of material for this, his first “road” album.
The Nathan Bowles Trio Proves They Are Possible: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
The Nathan Bowles Trio are three musicians based in the fertile music scene in and around Durham, North Carolina and they’ve just released their debut album, titled Are Possible on Drag City.
Miranda Easten – Concrete & Honey (13th Floor Album Review)
Miranda Easten has released Concrete & Honey an album that, as the title indicates, collects some sweet sounds made possible by an artist willing to put in the hard yards.
Martin Phillipps of The Chills Has Died Age 61: R.I.P.
Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Martin Phillipps who, with his band The Chills, helped define the Dunedin sound and put New Zealand music on the global map.
Crack Cloud and Why The Medium Is Still The Message: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Crack Cloud is a (mostly) Canadian music collective formed in 2015 by Zach Choy. They have just released their 3rd album, Red Mile, recorded (mostly) at Joshua Tree in the Mojave Desert.