13th Floor MusicTalk

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. 

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda found Amanda at home in St.…

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.

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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.

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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.

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Kiely Connell is a Nashville-based, rustbelt-born Country singer who has widened her musical horizons by recording her new album, My Own Company in Portland, Oregon with producer Tucker Martine.

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Kyle Daniel is a journeyman country rocker who, at age 38, has finally released his debut album titled Kentucky Gold.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Kyle in his home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky…

The Menzingers were originally meant to play their first NZ shows back in 2020, but we all know what happened then. Now, four years later the Pennsylvania rockers on on their way.

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Bette Smith has just released her third album, appropriately titled Goodthing.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found the soulful singer in Brooklyn and managed to spend a few minutes with Bette to talk ab…

Nashville rocker Bones Owens has just released his second album titled Love Out Of Lemons. 

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to the soft-spoken, hard rocking Bones who, indeed, was in Nashville and r…

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.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Odie just after she…

Color Green is a Los Angeles psych-rock quartet who have just released their second album, Fool's Parade.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to founding members Noah Kohll and Corey Madden about the jo…

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.

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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. 

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Fan Club is a rock and roll band based in Auckland, New Zealand...two guys, two gals all teenagers with ages ranging from 16-19.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to the band just as their debut EP, T…

Cassandra Jenkins is back with her third long player, a collection of meditations on life's rich pageant titled My Light, My Destroyer.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Cassandra ahead of the albu…

James Bishop has spent the past five years making his debut album, Bodybound, a record that was made completely by found sounds recorded on his phone.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to James who wa…

Buffalo Tom have just released their 10th studio album, titled Jump Rope. Here is bass player Chris Colburn to tell us why, even tough "nobody cares about our new record" they do!

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Redd Kross has been rocking audiences for over 40 years now. Brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald are keeping the flame alight with their new. self-titled double album...and there's a film and a memoir o…

Rory Block is an American blues guitarist and singer who has been making records since the late 1970s. Her latest is a tribute to another up-and-coming songwriter who used to hang out in her dad's sh…

Aaron Frazer has just released his second solo album, titled Into The Blue and here he is to tell us how he mixes classic Philly soul with hip hop beats to come up with his own sound.

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