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13th Floor MusicTalk

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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All Episodes

29:16

Shannon and The Clams and Why The Moon Is In The...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/20

Shannon and The Clams have just released their 7th studio album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and released on his Easy Eye label. But as you'll hear, there was nothing easy about making this record.Marty Duda spoke to vocalist/bassist and chief songwriter Shannon Shaw along with guitarist/singer/songwriter Cody Blanchard about making this album so soon after Shannon's fiancé, Joe Haener, was killed in an auto crash weeks before they were to be married.

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24:31

Blitzen Trapper Shares Their 100's of 1000's,...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/14

Marty Duda spoke to Eric Earley, the main creative force behind Blitzen Trapper. Eric reveals how he went from majoring in math to making music and who the band is that he loved the most growing up.Blitzen Trapper is about to release their 11th studio album titled 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions a collection of songs inspired by Ancient Buddhist texts and an abandoned box of audio tapes.

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23:20

Call Me Spinster Making Potholes from Athens to...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/13

Call Me Spinsterare three sisters from Chattanooga, Tennessee who have just released a new album titledPotholesand are new ready to spill the beans on recording in Athens and living in Chattanooga.Marty Dudaspoke toAmelia, Rachel and Rosieabout making potholes with the help of various husbands, partners and children along with note Athens producerDrew Vandenberg. Here is the trio now to tell us their story.

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26:32

Mick Harvey Presents Five Ways To Say Goodbye

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/07

Mick Harveyis on a roll! Just months after releasingPhantasmagoriawithAmanda Acevedo, here he is again with another album.Five Ways To Say Goodbyefinds the formerBad SeedcoveringNeil YoungandLee Hazelwoodalongside his own original compositions.Marty Dudaspoke toMick Harveyahead of the release ofFive Ways To Say Goodbye,which is due out on Friday.Mick was home in Melbourne with his catMicah. Together they give us the inside story on how and why this new collection of songs became the fifth in a

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26:23

The Skids Richard Jobson on Sid, Johnny, Lou and Punk

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/06

Veteran Scottish punk rockersThe Skidsare touring New Zealand for the first time in their 45 year career. The 13th Floor’s Marty Dudaspoke to Richard Jobson about all things punk

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30:14

Big/Brave Creates A Chaos Of Flowers

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/05

Big/Brave is a Montreal-based noise band fronted by Robin Wattie and signed to Thrill Jockey Records. Their new album is an aural feast entitled A Chaos Of Flowers.Marty Duda spoke to Robin about making A Chaos Of Flowers in the unlikely town of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and how Levon Helm and The Band became unlikely inspirations for a record that that, as Robin puts it, "features a selection of adapted poems by those I hold in high esteem who challenged societal norms and thinking."

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14:03

Greta Van Fleet: Sam Kiszka on Wardrobe, Nashville...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/01

Marty Dudaspoke to bass player (and fashion-slave)Sam Kiszkaabout what fans can expect when he and his brothers head down under on their Starcatcher World Tour

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18:01

Eric Bibb Is Ridin' Down Under, Solo Style

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/04/29

Eric Bibb is an American blues singer and songwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden. Eric is on his way down under with his first stop in Auckland.Marty Duda spoke to Eric about making his new album, Live At The Scala Theatre and how he views the current US political landscape from his perspective as an ex-pat raised by a civil activist.

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32:41

Ian Hunter on Defiance Part 2 and the State Of Rock &...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/04/28

Ian Hunter, formerMott The Hooplefront man, has just released a new album titledDefiance Part2: Fiction. Super-fanMarty Dudamanages to catch his breath and get Ian talking…not only about the new album, but career highlights such as meetingBob Dylan,idolizingJerry Lee Lewis(andSonny Bono), working withGuy StevensandDavid Bowieand finding out this his friendMick Ronsonmay have sticky fingers.

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21:17

Claire Rousay Talks About sentiment and Being a "Lifer"

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/04/21

Marty Duda spoke to Claire, who was home in LA, waiting for sentiment to "drop". The album is Claire's first for the Thrill Jockey label and seems like a match made in heaven. Tune in as we discuss the making of sentiment along with Indie Rock Dads, Nico, Jeff Tweedy and performing at the Flow Festival with Blur.

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16:19

Scott H. Biram - The One And Only Interview

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/31

Scott H. Biram has just released his new album on Bloodshot records titled The One & Only Scott H. Biram and so we tracked down the Dirty Old One Man Band to find out all about it.Marty Duda found Scott in Morro Bay, California, preparing for his next One Man Band Show and happy to talk about making this, his 13th album and 9th for the Bloodshot label.

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26:17

Ride's Mark Gardener on Interplay and A Veteran Band...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/29

Ride has been making music on and off since 1988. The Oxford shoegazers' new album is called Interplay and here is vocalist/guitarist Mark Gardener to tell us how and why this is their most collaborative album to date.Marty Duda spoke to Mark who was in his OX4 Sound Studio where Interplay began to take shape. Its the day before release day and Mark has been up since early morning, talking to BBC Radio 4 and us here at MusicTalk

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27:12

Alex Jordan Crowns His Queen Kerosene

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/26

Alex Jordan is a Bay Area musician who has just released his new album titled Queen Kerosene and is now playing to audiences up and down the California coast.Marty Duda caught up with Alex just after he and an expanded band played an album release show in Mill Valley. Alex has been a hard working sideman for years, but as you will see and hear, he's enjoying his time in the spotlight with a little help from producer (and Los Lobos member) Steve Berlin.

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18:01

Sleater-Kinney Is On The Road And In Your Head

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/24

Marty Duda spoke to Corin Tucker about the making of Little Rope and touring the US in such a politically-charged climate. The band is trying to get the vote out even as they rock the clubs.

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28:01

Remember Pearl Harbour and Her Album, Don't Follow...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/20

Marty Duda spoke with Pearl Harbour who was in California, counting down the days until the reissue of her 1980 solo album, Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too, hits the streets. That day is March 22, 2024. You may remember Pearl Harbor & The Explosions, the punk/new wave outfit from San Francisco. After one well-received album, Pearl left the band, moved to London, added a U to her Surname and married Paul Simonon of The Clash. Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too was the result of all that action and now

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20:28

The Jesus And Mary Chain And Glasgow Eyes

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/19

The Jesus And Mary Chain are just about to release a new album titled Glasgow Eyes...incredibly 40 years after they formed in Glasgow. We found guitarist Jim Reid in Glasgow where he is happy to tell us how the record came together seven long years after their previous long player.

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16:38

Torrey Talking: Ryann Gonsalves and Bay Area Dreampop

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/03/07

Torrey have just released their self-titled second album today. Hailing from the San Fran bay area here is Ryann Gonsalves, one half of the Torrey creative team that includes her brother Kelly.

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18:14

The Dandy Warhols Are Coming And They Are Bringing...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/02/27

The Dandy Warholshit the road in March, bringing their show to New Zealand’s premier music venue, The Powerstation, in AprilMarty Dudafound Dandy’s front manCourtney Taylor-Taylordown in his basement at home in Portland, Oregon, preparing for the tour and the release of the band’s new metal-infused album,Rockmakerfeaturing guest appearances fromSlashandBlack Francis.

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18:12

Nailah Hunter Shares Her Lovegaze With Us

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/02/26

Nailah Hunter is an LA-based harpist and composer who has just released Lovegaze, her first album released but the folks a Fat Possum Records.Marty Duda spoke to Nailah about writing the songs for Lovegaze in England and how she weaves astrocartography and spiritual practice into her art.

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13:44

Ralph McTell - From London To Melbourne to Auckland

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/02/25

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to the "Streets Of London" singer-songwriter about his long and storied career dating back to his love of Lonnie Donegan.

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