13th Floor MusicTalk

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 the power of sincerity.

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 separates the artist from the art. 

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, Black Sabbath, baseball and being a left-handed guitar collector.

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 on Einstein's Theory Of Relativity.

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.

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 sadness anymore". The 10 songs on Carrier Pigeon reflect this new lease on life. So, here is Odie Leigh, a singer-songwriter with a filmmaking degree and a Flaming Lips T-shirt.

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 West Country ready to talk about Nosferatu, Captain Beefheart and his old friend, Steve Albini.

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, Spin Doctors and taking the show on the road.