We've said it before, and we'll say it again - as far as touring line-ups go, the combination of Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang has set the bar for 2012. Given that Mastodon put out the Thrash Hits Album of 2011 , The Dillinger Escape Plan put out the Thrash Hits album of 2010 , and Red Fang are one of our favourite up'n'coming crushers, it's gonna take one heck of a tour to top this. When the tour arrived in Manchester, our man [...]

Download: ChrisCo x Young Knox - Skywalkers Tracklist: 1. We Get Doe [Prod by Black Milk] 2. No Love feat Young Life & Kaydence [Prod by The Academy] 3. Keep It Movin [Prod by The Academy] 4. The Best There Is [Prod by The Insurgency] 5. I'm Ready feat Dusty McFly [Prod by The Insurgency] 6. Drop That feat Crooked I [Prod by Alchemist] 7. Noise [Prod by Focus] 8. Smoke 2 Joints [Prod by The Academy] 9. Hardcore feat Rari [Prod by Ideal Beats] [...]
Skying , by Southend-on-Sea lads The Horrors , was one of the most outstanding records of 2011, one that's sure to be prominent in the End Of Year listomania. The band have just announced a gig at The Academy, Dublin on Saturday May 12th 2012. Tickets for the show are priced at €16.50 (inclusive of booking fee) and go on-sale this Friday, December 16th from Ticketmaster .

When The Vaccines played Bristol's Louisiana pub a year ago ( GoldFlakePaint interview from that night here ) they could only imagine what it would be like to fill the city's Academy with adoring fans. But in the last twelve months they've toured the world and notched up the year's biggest selling debut album by a British band. The London-based quartet have forged a reputation as one of the busiest and most energetic groups around. A playlist of pop hits ( Born to Run, She Loves You, Wouldn't It Be Nice, [...]
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While Ms. Minaj seems to be at the top of the femcee game, she has competition and they are coming, fast. Within the past few months I've come across some talented young women that not only can captivate us with their looks, but with the power of their words as well. When I first listened to Knoxie-Ty 's The Academy I was blown away. She IS Hip Hop. No gimmicks, no glitz or glam, just raw hip-hop, it was a beautiful thing. Throughout her entire mixtape she gives listeners [...]
Electric Six brought the high voltage to Dublin on Saturday night as part of their Hello, Destructor! Tour.
Mark Lanegan Band have included an Academy date on March 7th as part of their European Tour next year. Tickets €20 including booking fee go on sale this Friday 11th November at 9am. Blues Funeral is the new Mark Lanegan Band record, the first since 20042s Bubblegum. It was recorded in Hollywood, California by Alain Johannes at his 11ad studio. The music was played by Johannes and Jack Irons with appearances from Greg Dulli, Josh Homme et al. Mark Lanegan has sung with Screaming Trees, Queens Of the Stone Age, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins, Soulsavers and [...]
Following an impressive first Irish show at The Sugar Club earlier this year, The Civil Wars will return to Dublin on March 14th to play The Academy. Tickets priced €15.15 including booking fee are on sale this Friday, 11th November, from Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ie
When The Darkness announced they were "back" during the first half of the year, we were excited. When they continued to be "back" in the Special Guest slot before Def Leppard at this year's Download Festival, we continued to be excited. We're still a little bit excited that they are continuing to be "back" now [...]
Mentioning The Death Of Postmodernism Is En Vogue We've seen two articles in the past week mentioning the death of Postmodernism. In the socio-political sense we wrote about this in our MA Thesis published in 2005. Guess this proves that...
We know that large portions of you expect us to write a snide and piss-taking intro paragraph to go with Gary Wolstenholme's excellent photographs from Black Veil Brides' show at the Manchester Academy 2 last week. But a band's willingness to take the piss out of themselves and/or Thrash Hits when we put them in [...]

dEUS have had to change venue, from The Olympia to a venue that caters for roughly half that capacity, The Academy. That's the harsh reality of the gig scene now, and fair play to dEUS for deciding that they'd rather a smaller, fuller venue than a half full Olympia. Bearing in mind that a few people may not have found this out til they arrived at the original venue, it takes a while for the room to fill up and get going, a bit like the gig itself. dEUS are pretty cool looking fuckers, they deport themselves [...]

"The Academy" out now on iTunes . The Academy ft. Crooked I, Chino XL & Copywrite - Triple Seize Download: The Academy ft. Crooked I, Chino XL & Copywrite - Triple Seize The Academy ft. Crooked I, Chino XL & Copywrite - Triple Seize is a post from: That Hip Hop Blog

Download: The Academy "Triple Seize" ft. Crooked I, Chino XL & Copywrite New music from The Academy "Triple Seize" featuring Crooked I, Chino XL, Copywrite and produced by JP Beats. The Academy, a bi-coastal merging of the minds that provides an undeniable unity long since forgotten amidst the landscape of popularized feuds, beefs, and unfounded media hypes. "The Academy" will be released on 9-13-2011 courtesy of Terminal 3/Penagon/Bonzi Records. iTunes: Terminal 3 Presents The Academy - The Academy

Download: The Academy "Rich Righteous Teachers" ft. Jadakiss, Billy Danze (M.O.P.), La The Darkman & Sav Killz New music from The Academy "Rich Righteous Teachers" featuring Jadakiss, Billy Danze, La The Darkman & Sav Killz. The Academy, a bi-coastal merging of the minds that provides an undeniable unity long since forgotten amidst the landscape of popularized feuds, beefs, and unfounded media hypes. "The Academy" will be released on 9-13-2011 courtesy of Terminal 3/Penagon/Bonzi Records.

Kurupt's newest project, a compilation album called "The Academy", features 21 tracks with a lot of notable names in hip hop. Some of the artists making appearances are Raekwon, Method Man, Royce 5'9, Jadakiss, Pete Rock and many more.The album dropped Sept. 13 and I'm definitely leaving off a bunch of names -- not because I'm playing favorites but because the album has so many artists. With Tags: jadakiss , Kurupt , method man , Pete Rock , raekwon , Redman , royce 5'9 [...]

Well its that time of year again for the UK B-boy Championships which is currently in its 16th year and as usual promises to be a dope event showcasing the worlds greatest B-Boy talent. after a grueling series of qualifying rounds this years championship will come to a head on 16th of October at the o2 Academy Brixton, where the best of the best will battle it out for this years top spot, so don't miss out! Annually hosted by original hip-hop pioneers Crazy Legs and Afrika Islam, they will welcome over 5,000 fans to the most revered [...]

New video from The Academy "Samaryda" featuring Kurupt, Raekwon, Kojoe and produced by Marlon Price & JP Beats. "The Academy" album drops September 13th, Executive Produced by Kurupt, featuring Jadakiss, Styles P, Royce Da 5'9, Raekwon, Kurupt, Keith Murray, Pete Rock and more. Download: The Academy "Samaryda" ft. Kurupt, Raekwon & Kojoe

"Throwing fire, like playing with Kat Stacks box." Ha! Royce Da 5'93, Sean P, K-Solo and Bronze Nazareth go in over a track from Terminal 3′s upcoming The Academy album, out September 13. The Academy ft. Royce Da 5′9″, Sean Price, K-Solo & Bronze Nazareth - Let's Go Download: The Academy ft. Royce Da 5′9″, Sean Price, K-Solo & Bronze Nazareth – Let's Go The Academy ft. Royce Da 5′9″, Sean Price, K-Solo & Bronze Nazareth - Let's Go is a [...]

"Throwing fire, like playing with Kat Stacks box." Ha! Royce Da 5'93, Sean P, K-Solo and Bronze Nazareth go in over a track from Terminal 3′s upcoming The Academy album, out September 13. [See post to listen to audio] Download: The Academy ft. Royce Da 5′9″, Sean Price, K-Solo & Bronze Nazareth – Let's Go The Academy ft. Royce Da 5′9″, Sean Price, K-Solo & Bronze Nazareth - Let's Go is a post from: That Hip Hop Blog