Green Knuckle Material is an independent pop-punk quartet with a set of singles out this summer. Formed in 2016 and once featuring rap and saxophone, their post-pandemic lineup has Dan Kee on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Brandon Alvaro on lead guitar, Anthony Gallardo-Vega on drums and Dan Ravenda on bass. NBT music reporter Ben […]
Arts & Culture
New Brunswick’s cultural scene spans virtually every field, including music, visual art, comedy, theatre, food, and sculpture. The city is home to several art galleries and theatres, such as the New Jersey State Theatre, and a number of museums, including the Rutgers Geology Museum, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Henry Guest House museum, and a Johnson & Johnson museum.
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New Brunswick Today’s Mid-Year Music Review
Bands are everywhere: old, new, reunited, broken-up, reforming, touring, debuting, mixing, mastering, scheming, working.
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NBT Music Spotlight: Tula Vera
Tula Vera trots out two lead vocalists & guitarists in Clay Parcells and Dylan Drummond, joined in rhythm by bassist Joe Jansen and drummer Margaret Marino. One of New Jersey’s best rock bands in the DIY and club circuits, the group just released its fourth album/EP, “The Moon & Her Creator,” on June 23rd. Music […]
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NBT Music Spotlight: Super Jack
Super Jack is a genre-bending artist with music that shares headspace with LCD Soundsystem (and attended the same NJ high school as LCD frontman James Murphy), Gorillaz, Prince, Lou Reed and more. In June he released his sixth full length album since 2019, “Eats The Mind.” Super Jack plays in the New Brunswick basement scene. […]
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NBT Music Spotlight: Pillowinde
Pillowinde (pillow-wind) is an indie-rock trio fronted by Claire Ruiz. They’ve played as many basement/showhouse gigs in the New Brunswick scene in the past two years as anyone. In April, Pillowinde released their second full-length album, titled “Jets to Brunswick.” Our music reporter caught up with Claire by phone in June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJCWaiJ6aE Bennett Kelly: Alright, […]
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NBT Music Spotlight: The Cynz
Cyndi Dawson and Henry Seiz power the rock outfit The Cynz. Formed in 2010, The Cynz released a cover of “Tell That Girl To Shut Up” in February, with another single planned for this fall preceding their fifth album release. In June, Cyndi and Henry phoned our music reporter Bennett Kelly from a Sunday practice […]
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NBT Music Spotlight: Dinosaur Eyelids
Dinosaur Eyelids is a hard-rock outfit formed in New Brunswick in 2009. They lived two blocks from the Court Tavern and made it their performance hub and practice space, catching the tail end of Bobby Albert’s ownership of the club. This year Dinosaur Eyelids released the full length album “The Last Beard,” recorded live at […]
