13th Floor MusicTalk

New Math were one of the first punk/new wave/post-punk bands to emerge from Rochester, New York,, a city that, until then was known for Chuck Mangione, Lou Gramm and Eastman Kodak Company.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to newly-reunited Gary Trainer and Roy Stein of New Math to talk about old times (they played at his wedding) and the reissue of their “lost” album, Gardens.

Georgia Lines is on the move! After releasing her new EP, The Guest House, and playing couple of shows, the Tui-winner is heading north to Nashville.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Georgia just ahead of release, where he found Georgia packing for the big move and prepping for the two shows.

The Texas Headhunters are Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore and Johnny Moeller and together these three Texas tornadoes have created quite a storm on their just-released debut album.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Jesse Dayton, who was home in Austin, and found out how the legacy of Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland and Clifford Antone led to the formation of this formidable band.

Pete Droge has just released his first solo album in a while, Fade Away Blue, a autobiographical affair with some of the best session players supporting Pete’s songs.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda found Pete at his home studio in Vashon Island, Washington State. Along with his solo work, Pete was a member of The Thorns along with Matthew Sweet and Shaun Mullins. Health issues have slowed Pete down over the intervening years, but they haven’t stopped him. Here he is to tell his story.

Award-winning Kiwi singer, songwriter and producer Janine has just released a new album titled Pain and Pleasure and is happy to tell us all about it.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda found Janine in her adopted home of Los Angeles and talked to her about the journey that brought her to make this “career-defining” album.

The Grip Weeds have released Soul Bender and founding member Kurt Reil reports from Upstate New York on how it all came together.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Kurt about the band’s experience on Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise, meeting Brian Wilson and thinking about Gene Clark…its all a Promise Of The Real!

From Hobsonville comes Ed Ackman and his EP, Cocoon...4 songs written by Ed with more than a little help from A.I.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to the retired advertising guru about how and why he created "an EP in four genres" all with the help of his keyboard and no other humans.

University are 4 kids from Crewe…that’s in England…and their new album is the audaciously-titled, McCartney, It’ll Be Ok.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda tracked down 3 of 4 bandmembers who happened to be attending a barbeque. Between bites they talk about food, surfing, spiders and Damon Albarn.

Formed in 1981, The Blow Monkeys are still going strong, releasing their new album, Birdsong on a new label founded by Alan McGee.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke with founding front man Dr. Robert about making, what McGee describes as “a brilliant Blow Monkeys record” and why “the first 10 yards are in the head”.

Chicago rockers Rise Against have just released Ricochet, their first new album in four long years.

Marty Duda found front man Tim McIlrath at home in the Second City just prior to release day. Watch and listen as Tim talks politics, music and why they are still out there "planting seeds" after 25 years.