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NBT Music Spotlight
The New Brunswick Today Music Spotlight is a collection of interviews with members of New Brunswick’s past and present music scene and emphasizes new releases.
NBT Music Spotlight: Gabba Ghoul
Gabba Ghoul is: Lacy Smith – VocalsJosh Skoudis – BassHenry Ricatto – GuitarGeorge Ford – Drums Formed in 2021, Gabba Ghoul quickly became a favorite in the New Brunswick music scene and beyond for its distinct blend of math rock riffs with pop and emo song structures. They captured audience attention at spirited live shows […]
NBT Music Spotlight: Eloh Kush
Kushaun “Eloh Kush” Watson is a born and raised New Brunswick hip hop artist in the midst of a prolific stretch, releasing fourteen albums since 2018 amongst other ventures in books, fashion and labels. Last month, our music reporter Bennett Kelly sat down with Kush at the Hyatt bar, discussing his local roots and latest […]
NBT Music Spotlight: Shred Flintstone
Dan Barrecchia is the guitarist and singer of rock and roll group Shred Flintstone. Favorites of the New Brunswick basement scene, the band’s recent releases include a set of self-produced lo-fi singles last winter, a summer EP featuring a new lineup, and another single released at midnight on November 17, hours before this phone interview […]
NBT Music Spotlight: Hair Magic
Hair Magic is a Highland Park-based punk rock trio featuring Rutgers alum Jen Rector on guitar and vocals, Christine Espiritu on bass, and New Brunswick Music Scene Archive founder Christie Lutz on drums. The band released its second EP in April and tonight (Nov. 18) plays its final gig of 2023 at the Old Franklin […]
NBT Music Spotlight: Doug Vizthum
Doug Vizthum was a lifer at Bobby Albert’s Court Tavern, working the door, bartending, booking shows and of course performing countless times with bands Pleased Youth, Bad Karma, Lunar Ensemble and others. A recent Florida transplant, our music reporter Bennett Kelly discussed new music, old Brunswick, Florida “meatballs” and more with Vizthum over the phone […]
NBT Music Spotlight: Heathmonger
Heathmonger is a garage-psych rock trio that features Mike Horishny on guitar and vocals, Reinah Bauer on bass and vocals and Xaviar Miller on drums. The band debuted in February 2022 and shares musical space with fellow psych-rockers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The Osees and others. Ahead of an afternoon gig last weekend, […]