The Georgia Thunderbolts have released their new album, Rise Above It All, and here is lead singer TJ Lyle to tell you all about it. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to TJ, who we found in Taylorsville, Georgia (pop. 252). TJ tells us about making the new record, playing for European audiences and his love of Frankie Miller.…

You may know Wellington-based musician Rob Joass from his work with Hobnail or Shotband or Too Many Chiefs. Rob has just released his 4th solo album titled Faultlines and here he is to tell you all about it. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Rob about working with producer Wayne Bell, covering The Go-Betweens and singing with the Mitchell Sister…

Zed is back! After a 21-year “hiatus” they have just released their third album, Future Memory, and we have all four members on hand to tell you about it. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda caught up with Nathan, Ben, Adrian and Andy who were in Akaroa on release day. Find out why its taken so long to get a third album out and what they’ve got planned for…

Elles Bailey has just released her fourth studio album, Beneath The Neon Glow, 10 tracks of glistening rock and soul all powered by her distinctive voice. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Elles, who was home in Bristol, about making the record, play at Glastonbury and why 1972 hold a special place in her heart.…

Steve Wynn has been fronting The Dream Syndicate on and off since they formed in 1981. Steve also has a thriving solo career and now he's an author with new book and album just released. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Steve who was home in Queens, NY, about writing his memoir, Titled I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True and his new solo album,…

Veteran Christchurch musician Al Park has just released his new album, titled One For The Dog, One For The Cat and One For The People With A Monkey On Their Back. Its a mouthful, so you can call it Monkey for short The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Al at home in Lyttelton, keen to talk about making this new album with Adam Hattaway and Elmore Jones…

Andrew Combs is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter who has just released his 6th album, titled Dream Pictures. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Andrew at home in Nashville and found out why he made a "record about contentment".By Marty Duda

Auckland musician and Pluto bass player Mike Hall has just released his debut solo album titled Nothing Stands Still. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Mike about his decision to step up front, one that came from a hard drive disaster. Here is mike now to take us through the making of Nothing Stands Still with his good friend Jol Mulholland. Alo…

Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Steve Cropper has just released a new album called Friendlytown. At age 82, the guitarist, producer and songwriter is still going strong with friends like Billy Gibbons and Brian May lending a helping hand. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda was thrilled to be speaking to the legend that is Steve Cropper. Guitarist for Booker T &…

Loves Ugly Children split up in 1998 after a blistering run of singles, EPs and Albums and live shows throughout the Nineties. Against all the odds, they are back. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda invited Simon, Floss and Jason around to talk about their first show since 1998 in Christchurch and their last show, happening tonight at The Mothership in Au…

Malice K is a New York-based project helmed by visual artist and songwriter Alex Konschuh, who was born and raised in Olympia, Washington. We found Malice in Brooklyn and got the lowdown on how and why he made his new album, Avanti. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Alex, or Malice, about his move from Olympia to New York and about his experienc…

The Softies are back with their first new album in 24 years titled The Bed I Made. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia about touring with Elliott Smith, being part of the Riot Grrrl movement and why you shouldn't call them "Twee Pop"By Marty Duda

Devon Allman has just released his new solo album, Miami Moon, recorded at the legendary Criteria Studio in Miami where his uncle Duane laid down Layla years earlier. Devon recruits Ivan Neville and George Porter to update the Allman legacy. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Devon who was home in St. Louis, Missouri with his dog Franklin, keen t…

Scottish musician Hamish Hawk has just released his new album titled A Firmer Hand featuring a collection of original songs that he considers "a step forward". The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Hamish on the eve of the album's release and found him in his nephew's bedroom in West Yorkshire as he and his band are on tour. It turns out Hamish is a…

Jontavious Willis is just about to release his latest album titled West Georgia Blues. His mission is to reinvigorate today's blues. Let's find out how. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Jontavious in the West Georgia town of Luthersville where he's revving up for released day on August 16th. In the meantime, listen and watch as he tells how Taj Ma…

Bob Mould, he of Hüsker Dü and Sugar fame, is returning to New Zealand after a long absence to play a solo show at Auckland’s Powerstation. Bob’s last show in Auckland was at The Gluepot, so the 13th Floor’s Marty Duda thought it might be time to give Bob a call and find out what he has in store for us this time around.…

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. Louis where she hunkered down to talk about making Kingdom with Paul Niehaus IV, addressing the current state of the mainstream media and realizing th…

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. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found BJ at home in North Carolina enjoying a bit of domestic bliss before he and the band hit the road later this year. Despite …

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. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Nathan Bowles (banjo), Casey Toll (double bass) and Rex McMurry (drums) about the making of Are Possible and how an obscu…

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. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Zach along with Bryce Cloghesy and Aleem Khan about free flying over the desert, why Marshall McLuhan is still relevant and th…

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. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Kiely about what drew her to work with Tucker, about how her theatre background informs her music and how she separate…

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 where he was ready to talk about the town's rich musical history, the long gestation period needed for his first album and his love of Gregg Allman.…

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. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Menzingers' front man Greg Barnett about how the band has evolved over the intervening years and we also discuss The Replacements, Bl…

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 about working with British producer Jimmy Hogarth, her reaction to being compared to the likes of Betty Davis, Mavis Staples and Macy Gray and thoughts …

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 ready to talk about working with producer Paul Moak, writing for film and touring on his Harley.By Marty Duda

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 released her Carrier Pigeon to the world. Odie is a Louisiana native who has recently moved to Detroit, Michigan where she's busy "not experiencing s…

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 journey from their debut to their sophomore effort, one that found them picking up two new bandmembers along the way.…

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. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Hugh who was taking a break from preparing the live album, recorded from shows earlier this year. We found him in the Wes…

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. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Cody about making the move from drummer to front man, about recording at home with two kids running around the house and about The Beatles, Spi…

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, Towards The Sun, was about to be released. With a gig just around the corner, there was plenty to talk about.…

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 album's release, finding her in upstate New York, wrapping a video shoot. Here is Cassandra to explain how Lucinda Williams, Wayne's World and William Sha…

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 was in his home studio in San Diego, California where he spent years turning the sounds he recorded in the wild on the Pacific Crest Trail into the song…

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! And so do we... The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Chris about how these same three musicians have managed to stay together (on and off) for almost 40 years. And we div…

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 on the way as well. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Steve McDonald just ahead of the release of Redd Kross, the album. Steve had plenty to say abou…

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 shop in NYC...a guy who called himself Bob Dylan. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Rory who now lives in upstate New York with husband and co-produce…

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. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke with Aaron who is now living in California after a breakup in New York that inspired the songs that make up Into The Blue. Aaron als…

Sean Cunningham has just released his debut solo album, Whatever That Is. Based in Nashville, Kiwi music fans may remember Sean as the charismatic frontman for the record-setting band Atlas. But as they say, that was then and this is now. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Sean about the journey, both literal and figurative, that he made to get t…

The Decemberists have just released As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, their 9th studio album overall and first since 2018. Here is front man Colin Meloy to tell us why he thinks every Decemberists album could be their last.By Marty Duda

Luna Shadows is a US/NZ artist based (mostly) in LA, at least that's where we found her when we tracked her down to talk about her new album, titled, bathwater. Marty Duda spoke to Luna Shadows about making this new record under the restrictions of the pandemic, weighing the pros and cons of working with her co-producer Bradley Hale via Zoom. Our Z…

The Dirty Three have just released Love Changes Everything. Here is Jim White to tell us how and why he, Warren Ellis and Mick Turner reunited to make this, their first new album in 12 years. Marty Duda spoke to drummer Jim White who is on the road with Dirty Three in Adelaide. Not only is there a new Dirty Three album, but Jim released his own sol…

George Ducas was born in Galveston, Texas and now lives in Southern California. We found him in Nashville, Tennessee, waiting for the release of his latest album, appropriately titled, Long Way From Home. Marty Duda spoke to George just before release day and found a man very excited about his new record, recording with producer Pete Anderson and m…

The Austin-based trio Fastball has been together for over 30 years and today they release their new album, Sonic Ranch. Like Abbey Road, this is a record named after the studio it was recorded at. Marty Duda spoke to Fastball vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Miles Zuniga about what brought them out to remote West Texas to record at Sonic Ranch and how…

Jenny Don't and The Spurs are in the middle of a coast to coast tour promoting their new album, Broken Hearted Blue. We caught up with them in...New Jersey. Marty Duda spoke to Jenny and Kelly Halliburton as they spread the good news about their new album, Broken Hearted Blue. Marty was thrilled to see Kelly sporting a House Of Guitars T-Shirt as h…

Madeline Hawthorne has just released, what she calls, “the perfect road trip record”. It’s called Tales From Late Nights and Long Drives. Marty Duda found Madeline at home in Bozeman, Montana where she and her husband set up housekeeping after their own long drive together. Madeline tells us about making this, her second long player, and why she ha…

The Hollywood Stars formed in 1973 thanks to rock 'n roll Svengali Kim Fowley. Kim is long gone, but the band is back and with a new album titled Starstruck. Here are Scott Phares and Jeff Jourard to get us up to speed. Marty Duda spoke to original lead singer Scott Phares and former Motels and Tom Petty guitarist Jeff Jourard about their long and …

Georgia Lines has just released her debut album, The Rose Of Jericho and its a beauty. Marty Duda spoke to the AMA "Best Pop Artist" about making the record with producer Nic Manders and revealed how early Disney animated films inspired her to make The Rose Of Jericho.By Marty Duda

John Grant is about to release his new album, conspicuously titled The Art Of The Lie. Here he is, an American in Iceland commenting and singing about the state of the union of both his native country and his own family. Marty Duda spoke to John about making The Art Of The Lie and about what happens when he goes back "home" after living abroad for …

Jesse Dayton follows his critically acclaimed album with Samantha Fish with a set of hard rocking tunes produced by Shooter Jennings called The Hard Way Blues. Marty Duda found Jesse in Austin, Texas where he was more than willing to talk about Shooter, Waylon, Boyd, ZZ Top, Uriah Heep and a certain newly-convicted felon.…

Logan Lynn is something of a modern-day renaissance man...a musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist. His new album, SOFTCORE, has just ben released along with an accompanying film. Marty Duda spoke to the Portland, Oregon resident who we found down the road apiece in Boise, Idaho. Spe…

Bonny Light Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman. Together they have made a double album titled Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free. Marty Duda spoke to Anaïs and Josh about how and why they recorded this collection of new songs in an old pub in Ireland.By Marty Duda