13th Floor MusicTalk

Veteran ska/punk/roots/rockers Fishbone return with Stockholm Syndrome, their first new album in nearly 20 years. Marty Duda tracked down frontman and founder Angelo Moore in Albany, New York, where the band was about to headline a show there. Fortunately Angelo had to to talk about Sly Stone, being clean and sober and touring in a country that he claims is "at war, being attacked from the inside"...

Ringlets have released their second album today... The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies) . Here is guitarist Lázsló Reynolds to with the inside story on the new album, their first for Flying Nun. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Lázsló about rolling blunts, post-punk and This Year's Hottest Movie...

People Of The Sun  are a pysch-rock outfit from Taranaki, comprised of seasoned musicians  Joseph Anderson  (Guitar, Lead Vocals) , Djordie Nikolic  (Bass, Vocals),and  Tom Scrase  (Drums, Taonga Puoro, Vocals). Marty Duda  spoke with Tom about how they melded the sounds of  Pink Floyd, Tool  and  Trinity Roots  into t...

Dee Dee Bridgewater  and  Bill Charlap  have teamed up to create  Elemental …a spontaneous celebration of the great American composers such as  Cole Porter, George Gershwin  and  Duke Ellington.  Marty Duda  found pianist  Bill Charlap  in Oakland just days after the duo performed at the famed Hollywood Bowl. Watch and listen as Bill explains...

Elijah Johnston has just released his new album, Stupid Soul. Now based in Atlantic, Elijah returned to Athens to record these 12 tracks of sundrenched power pop. Marty Duda caught up with Elijah in Atlanta and talked to him about his new approach to songwriting and, what he did last summer and covering Bruce Springsteen.

Grayson Hugh  has released  Save Your Love For Me …the new album was five years in the making, but, as you’ll hear, it was well worth the wait. Marty Duda  spoke to Grayson about making  Save Your Love For Me   and how session cats like  Pete Kennedy  and  Tony Garnier  helped him put some twang in his soul.

Blues-infused hard rockers,  The Dead Daises  pay tribute to greats like  Robert Johnson  and  John Lee Hooker  with a new collection of old standards called  Lookin’ For Trouble  that will rock your socks off.  Marty Duda  spoke to Dead Daisies vocalist  John Corabi  about the band’s pilgrimage to Muscle Shoals and their take on classics...

Heavenly  were, and are again, an indiepop band from England who have just released their first new single in 29 years. Marty Duda  spoke to bandmembers  Amelia Fletcher  and  Rob Pursey  about their new song  Portland Town , the reissue of their 1996 album  Operation Heavenly  and another new song by offshoot band,  Swansea Sound,  called&nbs...

Love Party  is  Kate Yesberg  and  Dayle Jellyman.  Married for 10 years, they’ve only just formed a band and released their debut album,  Wow! Marty Duda  spoke to Kate and Dayle who were home in Wellington and found out how this self-described “recovering lawyer” and in-demand musician formed a punk band and wrote and recorded 8 songs that make up a “ time-stam...

David Lowery is the chief songwriter and frontman for both Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker , his new 'musical autobiography' is a 3-LP set titled Fathers, Sons and Brothers . Marty Duda spoke to David at length about this impressive project, his personal and musical past and Kim Dotcom and Napster (who he successfully sued). Be sure to stay with this one as David has some valuable advice for arti...

What do you get when you mix a Bangle and a Cowsill? Listen to  Vicki Peterson  and  John Cowsill’s  new album and you’ll find it’s a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll.  Marty Duda  spoke to Vicki and John, who are married and living in California where they made  Long After The Fire , an album of songs written by John’s brothers,  Bar...

Auckland-based alt.folk singer/songwriter Greta O'Leary talks to us about her long-awaited debut album, River Dark and why she calls it "spook folk". Marty Duda spoke to Greta shortly after she was forced to cancel a concert due to illness. Greta's feeling better now and so are we after listen to these nine new songs produced by a team that includes producer Jol Mulholland and ace players such as...

West Tennessee native Valerie June has released her sixth studio album. Owls, Omens and Oracles is produced by M. Ward and is "a radical statement to break skepticism, surveillance, and doom scrolling. Marty Duda spoke to Valerie who was in Memphis Tennessee preparing to take these songs of positivity and  inclusiveness on the road.

The Minus 5 , formed in 1993 by  Scott McCaughey  ( Young Fresh Fellows ) and  Peter Buck  ( R.E.M. ) are about to release  Oar On, Penelope! , their first album in five years. Marty Duda  spoke to Scott about all the important subjects…the glory that is  Mott The Hoople , the under-rated  Marianne Faithfull  and  Michael Hurley , recovering from a...

Wanaka rockers Powder Chutes are celebrating the release of their self-titled debut album with a nation-wide tour. Marty Duda spoke to guitarist Clarke and bass player Otis to find out what these guys have up their sleeves when they make their way to the City Of Sails.

iwi Country singer Jenny Mitchell has just released her fourth album, Forest House ...recorded in recorded in a house in Pirinoa (Wairarapa), it explores all of the experiences that can happen within four walls; the welcoming, heartbreaking, healing and everything in between. Marty Duda found Jenny in her new home in Melbourne, taking a quick break from touring Australia with one of her heroes, Ka...

Petit Choux  is French-born, Wellington-based singer-songwriter  Sophie Sabri . The musical artist and therapist has just released her debut EP, titled,  Coule. Marty Duda  found  Petit Choux  at home on release day. According to the artist,  Coule , explores the idea of our “inner waters” — the deep, often unspoken currents of our being. The title, meaning “to f...

Translator was (and occasionally still is) a band based in San Francisco who put out 4 albums in the early 80s before calling it quits in 1986 with a 3-hour blow-out concert. Marty Duda spoke to Translator front man Steve Barton about how and why that show has just now been released as: Beyond Today - Live At The Farm San Francisco 1986 .

Voom has just released a new album on Flying Nun... Something Good Is Happening is the band's first in almost 20 years and third in as many decades. Marty Duda found bandleader Buzz Moller sitting in his garden shed where much of the new record was made and talked to him about the band's unusual career trajectory.

Robin Trower,  fresh from celebrating his 80th birthday, is about to release a new album titled  Come And Find Me . Marty Duda  did indeed find  Robin Trower  and spoke to him at length about making this new album, preparing his  For Earth Below  for a 50th Anniversary Edition, working with  Jack Bruce,  appearing on  Top Of The Pops  and his...

Jazz pianist, composer, educator, modular synthesist and session musician  Darren Pickering  and his Small Worlds have just release a new album,  Three,  on  Rattle Records . Marty Duda spoke to Darren, who was home in Christchurch where is is also a full-time tenured lecturer at Ara Music. Darren shared his valuable time to talk about the “vibrant” Christchurch jazz scene...

British punks  mclusky  have just released their first new album in 20 years and so bandleader  Andrew Falkous  fronts up to explain what took so long. Marty Duda  spoke to Andrew, who was in Bristol, to talk about making  The World Is Still Here And So Are We , and to talk about Chekhov, Kafka and  Steve Albini.

Justin Devereux is an ex-pat Kiwi, based in L.A. who has just released his debut album, Nickels&Dimes . Marty Duda spoke to Justin about his life in L.A. and why he chose to record his album back in New Zealand, at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios in Auckland. Along the way the conversation turns to Tami Neilson, Seinfeld and his brand new video

TALL TALES  is the debut collaborative album and visual experience from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke , Electronica artist Mark Pritchard and film director Jonathan Zawada. Marty Duda goes deep into the making of the album and the film with Mark Pritchard who tells us, first how he and Thom Yorke created the album and then how Jonathan Zawada joined the team to create the stunning visuals...

Veteran funk-rockers Little Feat are about to release their 16th...or is it 17th...studio album. Strike Up The Band is classic Little Feat and here is vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Scott Sharrard to tell us how he fit into Feat. Marty Duda spoke to Scott, who at age 47, wasn't even thought of when the band formed in 1969. Now he's fronting this group of respected veterans and the band is sounding...