13th Floor MusicTalk

Peter Case has released a new live album, My Life To Live: Peter Case at McCabe's. And what a life he's lived!

Marty Duda tracked Peter down to his home in San Francisco just as the 72 year-old "song performer" came off the road...but only briefly.

Listen and watch as Peter talks about the fine art of talking to an audience, his days with The Nerves and The Plimsouls and how he has become a "full service songwriter".

Austin psych-meisters The Black Angels are heading down under!

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to head Angel Alex Mass about celebrating 20 years of their debut album, Passover, and how they have become both afraid and powerful at the same time.

Matt Berninger, the voice of The National, is coming down under, playing solo shows at the Sydney Opera House and Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Matt, who was home in Connecticut, about what National fans can expect, why earplugs will not be necessary and what new songs we might be privy to.

ELskan FLY is Shelley Wyatt, a Canadian-born singer-songwriter now based in Kirwee, on New Zealand's South Island.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Shelley about making her new album, Lion Den and what brought her from the "prairie seas" of Manitoba to the Canterbury plains.

Teddy Thompson has just released Never Be The Same, his first collection of new, original songs in six years.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Teddy at home in Brooklyn just as the new album was about to "drop". Watch and listen as Teddy talks about Crowded House, David Mansfield and...cake.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Suzanne about returning to Auckland, where she and her now-ex husband Mitchell Froom spent some quality time with Neil Finn years ago. Mitchell is now a member of Crowded House and Suzanne is preparing to make her way back to New Zealand.

Marty touches on a number of topics with Suzanne including the time she was interviewed by Lou Reed on MTV (they talked about The Rainbow Warrior), almost sharing jury duty with Patti Smith, writing a song about Lucinda Williams along with her favourite version of Tom's Diner...we don't think you'll guess.

London-based sonic outfit Public Service Broadcasting will enter New Zealand’s orbit, performing music from their latest album The Last Flight at Auckland's Powerstation.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to founding member J. Willgoose, Esq. about the band's exploits since they were last here in 2018 and what they have up their collective sleeves this time around.

In this special tour, Public Service Broadcasting will perform music from across their celebrated catalogue including Inform-Educate-Entertain, The Race For Space, Every Valley, Bright Magic and the spectacular BBC Proms-recorded This New Noise.

Direct from Nashville, by way of Sandy Hook, Kentucky (pop. 641)…here is Leah Blevins to talk about her new, Dan Auerbach-produced album, All Dressed Up.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Leah….who is now based in Nashville…just as All Dressed Up hit the streets. Watch and listen as she tells up about growing up in Sandy Hook, working with The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and opening for The Black Crowes.

Gary Klebe is a founding member of power-pop pioneers, Shoes. Forty-nine years after their debut album was released, Gary has finally made his solo debut with a long-player called Out Loud.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda found Gary at home in Zion, Illinois to find out why he went solo after all these years and what is the status of Shoes.

After just entering his 40s, Ali Whitton has released his debut solo album today, titled Between The Forest And The Stars…10 original songs co-produced by Dave Khan and Reb Fountain.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Ali from his home in Wellington, just before the big day, and found out that the Kiwi/Brit was thinking about throwing in the towel and concentrating on gardening. Fortuately for us, he had a change of heart. Watch and listen to find out why.