Strength to strength for the Westmeath crew. The Academic have enjoyed a terrific 2018 by any young band’s standards. They released their debut album to much acclaim, turned heads on The Late Late Show, opened for The Rolling Stones at Croke Park and sold out a two-night stand at Vicar Street this month. Pretty tidy, […]

7 years ago

Closing out a whirlwind year in style… Westmeath boys-done-good The Academic will round off a highly successful 2018 with another big Dublin show. It’s been all systems go since the release of debut album Tales From The Backseat in January – and even before that thanks to some neat viral trickery – with a Rolling […]

8 years ago

2018 could well be their year. Westmeath indie outfit The Academic hit up The Late Late Show on Friday night, hours after the release of debut album Tales From The Backseat. They had their work cut out for them on a notably newsworthy edition of the show, arriving after Liam Neeson’s controversial comments regarding the […]

8 years ago

The band is fast becoming a big Irish success story. With a huge headliner at the Iveagh Gardens in the pipeline, Mullinger indie rockers The Academic have announced their biggest international tour yet, taking in the US, UK and Europe. The band, who recently enjoyed viral fame with their Facebook live heroics in a clever […]

8 years ago

This is exceptional.

9 years ago

They’ve really taken off in the US.

9 years ago