The Academy

March 17 2013. Bombay Bicycle Club, Jape and The Cast of Cheers – Live at The Academy I’ll be honest, for the past number of years, I’ve avoided the Dublin city centre on St Patrick’s Day. So when I got an invitation to Jameson Live, I was curious to see what was going on but [...]

2013 is looking to be a better than great one for Bastille. Dan Smith & Co bring out their debut album ‘Bad Blood’ on March 1st. Pompeii is the next single to be released, it will be out on February 24th. The band will be on tour to promote the new album and it was [...]

Yesterday I had the pleasure to chatting to one Mr. Miles Kane, while I was sitting in a Park in Dublin and he was in Paris! He comes across as a nice guy with a hard work ethic and he loves gigging. He’s playing The Academy and ‘some little pub’ for Arthurs Day. You might [...]

There aren’t too many bands that I go and see gigs of a few weeks apart. When the opportunity arose to head to The Academy to Cloud Control on April 7th, I jumped at the chance. I had seen the band open for The Naked and Famous in The Button Factory and was looking for [...]

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from The Wombats. I knew some of their singles but after that I’d be at a loss, so March 20th in The Academy was going to be a little adventure. The Minutes had the job to open for The Wombats, when I heard this, I was a little [...]

I’ve been trying my damndest to do at least one blog post a day but haven’t got round to today’s. Here’s why.. I got up this morning and had a blast of phototherapy, no I didn’t take photos, I got a burst of UVB rays thrown in my direction. I then had to prepare for [...]

Feeder rocked the Academy to its foundations on Thursday night with a mixed set of new and old material. Starting off the night were upstarts Storyfold, who within a short space of time, have become serious contenders on the Irish music scene. The band treated the waiting crowd to a rousing set, which included the [...]