Suzanne Vega

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid |Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega has released her first studio album in nine years. Photo / SuppliedFlying With AngelsBy Suzanne VegaAmerican singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega arrived in a flash in the mid-1980s with two albums and memorable singles Marlene on the Wall, Luka, Solitude Standing and her a cappella Tom’s Diner – all delivered in a distinctive, emotionally flat manner.

Sep 19, 2024 | xsnoize.com | Big Black |Suzanne Vega |Hüsker Dü |Aaron Kavanagh

Formed by outcast high school students with similar music tastes in the small Norwegian city of Stavanger in 2013, the pop-punk band Sløtface have been on a perpetual increase of notoriety since they began releasing music in 2014. However, in 2022, following two albums, six EPs, and extensive tours, founding members Tor-Arne Vikingstad and Lasse Lokøy announced that they were leaving the band. However, frontperson Haley Shea was not deterred and continued the band despite this huge blow.

Aug 26, 2024 | xsnoize.com | Big Black |Suzanne Vega |Hüsker Dü |Aaron Kavanagh

Saturday, August 24th, 2024, was not a good day to be in the middle of Dublin City. The annual Aer Lingus College Football series brought the American football teams representing Georgia Tech and Florida State University to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin 4, which itself wasn’t much of an obstruction, but the City Council decided to shut down all traffic on Dame Street in Dublin 2 for the game, despite it being nowhere near the stadium, which disrupted many commuters’ routes.

Apr 15, 2024 | xsnoize.com | Big Black |Suzanne Vega |Hüsker Dü |Aaron Kavanagh

Suppose you talk to any Irish person within a certain age bracket. In that case, there’s a good chance you’ll hear a humble brag about how they saw U2 before they broke big, which can generally mean anytime between their first couple of gigs as The Hype to the release of their second album, October (although, some particularly cheeky bastards will extend that definition to any time before The Joshua Tree-era).

Mar 30, 2024 | archive.nytimes.com | Suzanne Vega

This month's challenge for me is getting used to my "in-ear monitors." These are little monitors that go into your ear so you can hear yourself onstage. I used them a month ago in Sweden for the first time in front of a live audience. Hmm, I thought, These feel weird. Not all they are cracked up to be. Very much like ear plugs, in fact. I felt like I was in a pantomime, or underwater, and finally I remembered there was a little dial poking up out of my pocket that I had access to.