The Maccabees

The Maccabees: The Maccabees May Yet Become Greats

Interview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 29 January 2010

The NME tour's latest headliners may be the next big thing, but they remain modest enough to doubt their No1 potential ...

The Maccabees: Given To The Wild

Review by John Calvert, The Quietus, 17 January 2012

EVER SINCE THE bottom fell out of reedy-post-punk mid-last decade, fundamentally lightweight indie acts have taken to making grand statements. The efforts of say, Foals, ...

The privileged are taking over the arts – without the grit, pop culture is doomed

Comment by Stuart Maconie, New Statesman, 4 February 2015

With school music spending down and the benefits system crippled, the voices of pop have lost their bite. ...

The Maccabees: Alexandra Palace, London

Live Review by David Bennun, The Guardian, 30 June 2017

THERE'S MUCH to be said for perseverance. Seven years ago and two albums in, the Maccabees, if not quite the "landfill indie" of Britain's post-Libertines ...