The cultural landmark in downtown New Brunswick will transform from rock and roll club to vegan restaurant this spring, New Brunswick Today confirmed this week.
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.
New Brunswick Today’s Year-End Music Review
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Have you heard the news? Hub City is reaching ever higher into the sky. The city’s next big thing, The Helix – no, not a rock group – is committing the downtown Wasteland to memory with every square yard of concrete poured and every new tenant announced. It’s looking like at […]
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 […]