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The Maccabees

December 2022

  • Orlando Weeks

    Cultural prescription
    Kindred spirits: books, music, art and more about seeing family

    From an unconventional depiction of maternal holiness to weird, festive murder-thrillers, our critics select culture for coping with the clan

February 2019

  • ‘His music showed me how powerful music could be’ ... Mark Hollis.

    Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom'

    Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Charlotte Church, Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry and others on his songs, enigmatic spirit and musical vision

September 2017

  • ‘There’s a shadow of a bigger, stronger version of himself’ ... The titular gritterman in Orlando Weeks’ book.

    Orlando Weeks: sketching out a new life after the Maccabees

    After 14 years playing indie rock, the Maccabees frontman has taken on something more sedate: an illustrated children’s book and new album, The Gritterman, which draws on his relationship with his grandad to explore ageing and obsolescence

June 2017

  • Orlando Weeks of The Maccabees performs at Alexandra Palace.

    The Maccabees review – farewell gig creates powerful fan communion

  • The Maccabees

    Five of the best… new gigs
    Justin Bieber and The Maccabees: this week’s best UK rock and pop gigs

December 2016

  • Arun Harinath

    Guardian Sport Network
    FCC cricket podcast: Arun Harinath and The Maccabees' Felix White review 2016

    Will and Vish are joined by Surrey batsman Arun Harinath and Felix White of The Maccabees to pick through the year and dish out some secret Santa gifts

August 2016

  • The Maccabees in concert at the O2 Academy Brixton, London

    The Maccabees: the last of the British guitar rock headliners?

  • The Maccabees

    The Maccabees: 'After 14 years as a band we have decided to call it a day'

March 2016

  • The Maccabees: Latitude headliners

    The playlist
    The Maccabees' playlist: Kurt Vile, Squeeze, Roots Manuva and more

  • The Maccabees will play in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia in January 2016

    New Order, the National and Maccabees to headline Latitude

November 2015

  • The Maccabees.

    The Maccabees review – three-guitar rush with an apres-midnight melancholy

  • Adele at the NRJ music awards

    Adele: my favourite musicians

August 2015

  • Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson of One Direction perform during the ‘Good Morning America’ Summer Concert Series in New York.

    One Direction top UK charts and break streaming records with Drag Me Down

    The boyband’s first single as a quartet shoots straight to the top, while Cilla’s greatest hits return to the top 20 and the Maccabees score their first No 1 with Marks to Prove It

July 2015

  • Mawkish introspection ... The Maccabees.

    The Maccabees: Marks to Prove It review – muddles the brain like a hangover

    The Maccabees’s fourth album is claustraphobic and despondent – a far cry from the hippyishly optimistic indie releases of late
  • The Maccabees in studio

    The Maccabees: ‘It's impossible – bands can't afford to live in London any more’

    Holed up in their studio, the south London quintet have watched as their once gritty neighbourhood was bulldozed. Now their fourth album, Marks to Prove It, explores the beauty of an area – and a city – changing beyond recognition
  • The Maccabees' Felix White and Jonathan Agnew

    Sportblog
    Ashes 2015: will it be the hope that kills England fans?

    The brilliantly fun series against New Zealand has left us with genuine hope of reclaiming the Ashes but Australia’s arrival brings back feelings of familiar dread, writes The Maccabees guitarist Felix White

January 2015

  • Maccabees

    The War on Drugs and the Maccabees confirmed for the BBC's 6 Music festival

    Sleater-Kinney, Gaz Coombes and Young Fathers also join the lineup for the alternative music station’s second festival, taking place in Tyneside from 20-22 February

June 2013

  • Isle of Wight festival

    Isle of Wight festival – review

    The Killers were the class act, while Bon Jovi summed up the tone of this year's dad-rock-friendly festival, writes Ian Gittins

February 2013

  • Justin Timberlake

    Live music booking now
    Live music booking now

    Wireless Festival | The Parklife Weekender | Live At Leeds | End Of The Road Festival

November 2012

  • Alt-J

    The Guardian's Music Podcast
    Music Weekly podcast: Alt-J win the Mercury prize

    Alexis Petridis considers the fate of previous Mercury winners, while Rebecca Nicholson reports from the red carpet

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