Bones Owens On Making Love Out Of Lemons: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Nashville rocker Bones Owens has just released his second album titled Love Out Of Lemons.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: July 19, 2024
It’s New Music Friday again! Time flies when you’re listening to new music all week. We could go all classic rock on you with new albums by Deep Purple and Focus but instead this week’s new releases are led by a collection of covers by The Raveonettes.
Odie Leigh And Her Carrier Pigeon: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Odie Leigh has just released her debut album, titled Carrier Pigeon…10 new songs done up in a style that can be called as unique as her name.
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line – Dir: Paul Clarke (13th Floor/NZIFF Film Review)
Aussie rockers Midnight Oil get a career-spanning look from director Paul Clarke who has also documented John Farnham and Lillian Roxon.
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Dir: Kevin Costner (13th Floor Film Review)
A Flawed but Epic Old-School Western
Color Green Is On A Fool’s Parade: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Color Green is a Los Angeles psych-rock quartet who have just released their second album, Fool’s Parade.
In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon – Dir: Alex Gibney (13th Floor/NZIFF Film Review)
Doco-meister Alex Gibney gives the life and music of Paul Simon an exhaustive look in this meticulously-made movie titled In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon.
Ryuichi Sakamoto|Opus Dir: Neo Sora (13th Floor/NZIFF Film Review)
Famed Japanese composer/pianist/actor Ryuichi Sakamoto performs one last time, just months before his death at age 71.
Hugh Cornwell Asks Who Wants The World? : 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Hugh Cornwell, founding vocalist and guitarist for The Stranglers is bringing his show back to New Zealand later this month. With a live album in the can, he and his band are on a hot streak.
Fan Club + The Boondocks & Kliffs – Big Fan: July 14, 2024 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Fan Club celebrated the release of their debut EP, Towards The Sun with an early Sunday show at Big Fan with their friend The Boondocks and Kliffs.
Twisters – Dir: Lee Isaac Chung (13th Floor Film Review)
Twisters: A Heart-Stopping Blockbuster That Will Blow You Away.
The Wendys, Bloodbags & Darryn Harkness – Whammy Backroom: July 13, 2024
Ōtautahi surf-punks The Wendys finally packed a decade of surf-inspired tunes onto a vinyl, Let’s Go To The Beach, survived the pandemic, and caught one of the last ferries between Te Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui, to play in Tamaki Makaurau on a frosty night when men are playing with their balls in front tens of […]
Michael Marcagi – The Powerstation: July 13, 2024 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Newly-minted Warner Bros solo artist Michael Marcagi made his New Zealand concert debut last night in front of a diverse audience that, for the most part, didn’t really know what to expect.
Cody Dickinson Is Taking Homemade On The Road: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Cody Dickinson has just released his debut solo album titled Homemade. We found the North Mississippi All Star on the road in Canada ready to talk about making Homemade.
Love Square XL – Whammy Bar: July 11, 2024
Love Square is a band formed by Nick Atkinson and Finn Scholes back in 2021 along with drummer Karen Hu. These days Alistair Deverick is the drummer…but not on this occasion.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: July 12, 2024
New Music Friday is back after a week off thanks to US Independence Day. This week we have plenty of new music for you to ruminate to over the weekend. Here are our top 5 choices.
Fan Club: Talking To The Real Teenage Fan Club: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Fan Club is a rock and roll band based in Auckland…two guys, two gals all teenagers with ages ranging from 16-19 and a new EP, Towards The Sun, ready to drop any minute.
Miss French – Far Away: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Miss French would like to share with you a gorgeous song from her new album The Trials and Tribulations of Miss French Part Two: ‘Far Away’.
Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Cassandra Jenkins is back with her third long player, a collection of meditations on life’s rich pageant titled My Light, My Destroyer.
Robyn Hitchcock – Itchycoo Park: 13th Floor New Cover Of The Day
Robyn Hitchcock has announced 1967: Vacations In The Past, an acoustic musical companion to his critically acclaimed new memoir, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, arriving via Tiny Ghost Records on Friday, September 13. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left is on sale now from Akashic Books.