William Beckett

Will “Vinyl Saturday” Drag People Back To The Record Stores?

noah | June 3, 2009 11:00 am
noah | June 3, 2009 11:00 am

portable-fisher-priceThe people behind the one-day indie-music-retail blowout Record Store Day are hoping so; they’ve declared the third Saturday of every month Vinyl Saturday, on which limited-edition vinyl releases will be available at participating indie shops. The first installment is Saturday, June 20, and there will be four special releases on shelves that day: More »


The Idolator Q & A: William Beckett Of The Academy Is…

Dan Gibson | March 27, 2009 10:00 am
Dan Gibson | March 27, 2009 10:00 am

Two weeks ago, I caught an acoustic show by The Academy Is…—well, really just lead singer/songwriter William Beckett—along with hundreds of adoring teenagers, some of whom were camped out four hours ahead of showtime in the venue’s lobby, hoping to catch a sight of Beckett in person. The show itself was good, although as fan of the group’s most recent album Fast Times At Barrington High, I feel like I would have enjoyed it a bit more as a full-band spectacle. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate the Jimmy Eat World cover or the banter, but the screaming-girl contingent and the acoustic guitar took me back to a very uncomfortable memory of Dashboard Confessional halfway through the set. Still, hearing his more recent power-pop stripped down makes it obvious that Beckett has the goods as a songwriter, regardless of what direction his career ends up taking. Before the show, Beckett was kind enough to discuss the tour, the state of radio, and where his career goes from here.

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William Beckett Digs The Blow, Much To The Non-Reaction Of His Fans

Kate Richardson | September 26, 2008 12:30 pm
Kate Richardson | September 26, 2008 12:30 pm

The Academy Is… frontman/fan fiction sex symbol William Beckett posted an excellent music recommendation to his blog yesterday, one which may or may not change the course of hundreds of sensitive teen girls’ musical lives forever.

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The Academy Is… Not Wasting Much Time (Or Many Words)

noah | July 16, 2008 12:00 pm
noah | July 16, 2008 12:00 pm

It’s probably no surprise that the forthcoming album by bandom faves The Academy Is…, Fast Times At Barrington High, is one of the more anticipated late-summer releases around these parts. More »


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