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 t...
Opeth Bring Their Last Will And Testament Down Under
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 Opeth’s darkest and heaviest album in decades - the critically acclaimed concept album, The last WILL and TESTAMENT.The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson about the upcoming tour, the new album and recording with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson.
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Search For Yeti - Three Cool Cats
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 Turner. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Sean Barker, who like his two bandmates (Luke Marlow and Vince Waide), writes the songs and sings them...Sean also plays the drums and all three are cats lovers, which explains the music video
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Mt Eden Returns With Venom
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.The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke with Mt Eden just as his new EP, Venom, was being released. This is something of a "comeback" for the dubstep pioneer. So what's he been doing and what are his plans for the new year? Find out here!
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A Few Good Moments With Burton Cummings
Burton Cummings, charismatic front man and songwriter, formerly of The Guess Who, has just released his first solo album in over a decade...17 songs he calls A Few Good Moments.The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Burton in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (of course) when he was ready to talk about his 60 years in show biz including stories about driving for Jim Morrison, buying those Nashville Sneakers and taking a Yellow Cab to Rochester.
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David Grubbs on Squanderers and Snakes
Underground experimentalist David Grubbs (Squirrel Bait/Gastr del Sol) meets with The 13th Floor to talk about making music with The Squanderers and his own upcoming solo album.The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda found David in Berlin on the day that his new solo track, The Snake On It’s Tail was released. We were looking for him because he, and Kramer (Galaxie 500 producer) have formed a new band with guitarist Wendy Eisenberg and released a new album titled If A Body Meet A Body, that he claims was recorded in one day. As it turns out, there’s more to that story, and more coming from David Grubbs, so watch and listen.
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!
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