13th Floor MusicTalk is just that...Marty Duda, award winning New Zealand-based music journalist and founder of music and arts website The 13th Floor talks to the world's premiere music makers about their art. From up-and-comers to crusty old veterans, from rock & roll to country, soul and pop, its all here!
The Delines have just released their new album, Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom and here is songwriter/guitarist/novelist Willy Vlautin to tell us all about characters like Lorraine, Nancy, Maureen and The Pen…
Cash & Skye are Henri Cash and Sophia Skye. Henri plays with hard rocking LA band Starcrawler and Skye's dad is the bass player in Rilo Kiley. Together they make music uniquely their own...featuring …
More than 50 years after her debut album and Joan Armatrading shows no sign of slowing down. She’s just released a new album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, this past November after w…
Horsegirl have just released their much-anticipated second album titled Phonetics On And On…produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at Wilco’s Loft, the trio takes their music to the next level.
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Canadian band Horsebath have just released their debut album, Another Farewell and here are Daniel Connolly and Etienne Beausoleil direct from Montreal to tell us about it.
Marty Duda spoke to Daniel …
DITZ is a 5-piece noise-rock band from Brighton who made waves with their 2022 debut album, The Great Regression. Now they aim to make a bigger splash with their follow-up, Never Exhale. Here are Cal…
The Jellybricks are a power-pop band based in Central Pennsylvania and signed to Little Steven’s Wicked Cool Records. Their new album, Dreaming In Stereo is their second for the label.
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Brother Elsey has just released their self-titled debut album and its about time! The three brothers and their drumming friend have been making music for years. Now, relocated to Nashville (from Mich…
Squid are a five-piece "post-punk" band formed in Brighton in 2016 and have just released their third album, Cowards.
Marty Duda spoke with Ollie Judge (vocals/lyrics/drums) and Anton Pearson (guitar/…
Dion Lunadon of The D4 has touched down in Auckland just in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's second album Out Of My Head and to hit the road with his old mates.
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Lilly Hiatt is about to release Forever, her first new album in four years and also the first since she moved and got married. That's a lot of change and its reflected in the songs that make up Forev…
Early James has just released Medium Raw, a collection of emotional blues-rockers produced by The Black Keys Dan Auerbach, recorded at Buddy's Honky Chateau and sitting atop the US Blues Album Chart.
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Sophie Jamieson releases her new album, I Still Want To Share, today and we spoke to Sophie on the eve of this momentous occasion.
The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Sophie in London just before I Stil…
Singer/songwriter and sometime actor Victoria Canal is about to release her debut album, Slowly, It Dawns and we caught up to her in Seattle after she escaped LA and the brushfires that threatened he…
TT is Todd Tappin, a songwriting troubadour who is just about to release his debut album, Man On The Corner, one that was written and recorded after receiving some very drastic new from his doctor.
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Former Atlas frontman Sean Cunningham is returning to New Zealand after over a decade's absence. Sean with tour the country with old friends like Rodney Fisher, Moses Emmanuel and Emla Palmer beginni…
The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to British singer-songwriter Billie Marten just after she touched down in Auckland and asked her what we can expect at her solo show. Billie's got a new single out a…
Opeth bring their unique brand of prog/metal to New Zealand and Australia next year when the Swedish quartet plays 7 shows featuring 2 hours plus sets including landmark masterpieces and songs from …
Search For Yeti are a Wellington-based trio who have just released their debut album, Dark So Soon, and make music that finds inspiration from such disparate acts as Sigor Rós, Bright Eyes and Frank …
Mt Eden is the electronic music man Jesse Cooper's alt-ego. You probable know him for his Dubstep classic, Sierra Leone. Now, get to know him again with his new EP, Venom.
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