The Maccabees Reviews

It’s not for the cock, it’s for a victorious wall of arms

by It’s not for the cock on Sat, 2009/05/09 - 7:20pm

535135158_3fa32029bb

The Maccabees @ Camden Electric Ballroom, 05/05/2009

After the, perhaps slightly unexpected, brilliance of free download “No Kind Words” back in February and a handful of subsequent live dates dotted here and there, The Maccabees have finally released there second album, “Wall of Arms”, and return properly to the live setting a day later in their own glorious right.
Read more

THE maccabees - artrocker tv! THE maccabees

by Dave

Artrocker TV brings you this glimpse into the exciting world of soundchecks, as The Maccabees check one-two in Cambridge with mystery drummer. I think it’s my mate Gav, but I can’t be sure.

Read more

bestival

by Ric Rawlins
It was always gonna be hard to sum up the multi coloured madness of Bestival, but we thought we’d spike Ric’s drink and send him down anyway - just to see what happened…
Read more

electric gardens festival

by Don Blandford
A bill chock full of artrocker favourites at the recent Electric Gardens Festival. Don Blandford brings us this review - which includes Blood Red Shoes, Pull Tiger Tail, Lethal Bizzle, The Maccabees and the Young Knives….
Read more

interpol + THE maccabees

by Gabrielle Trundley

Gabrielle enjoys the Maccabees at the Astoria, with able support from Interpol. Or was it the other way round? Probably.

Read more

maccabees / talk taxies / jack penate

by Katie Weatherall
Katie takes in a show by the Macc lads. No, not those Macc lads, but the fast rising swimming pool loving South London / Brighton superstars.
Read more

Rabbit, Rabbit All Day Long...

Top 5 Downloads

  • Hunters - Acid Head

    I haven’t even come close to headbanging since 1998, but, wow, Hunters are really pushing me back in that direction. This is real rock – heavy, chugging and powerful with grimy...

  • Bully For You

    Gorgeous Bully From: Plymouth, United Kingdom The more sanitised, synthetic and computerised mainstream music becomes the more the discerning music lover yearns for something a little more...

  • Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down Remix EP

    Having already garnered quite a following in his native Sweden, Johan Reinhold is introducing himself to our ears with his indie-electro-pop sensibilities in the form of a remix EP. Music after the...

  • Corpse Lights: A Curdled Churn

    Woe betide any unfortunate soul who suddenly has a flash of inspiration and records one of the most brilliant songs of the year in mid-December: it simply won’t even get heard amongst all...

  • The King Khan Experience

    I Love The Way You Howl King Khan recently retired The Shrines and The BBQ Show and started a new project – The King Khan Experience. He’s been getting compared to Jimi Hendrix his...
More MP3s

Have You Read?

Photos

  • In Pictures: FOE

    Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.

  • In Pictures: Avett Brothers

    Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11 Read the review of the gig here.

  • In Pictures: Latitude Festival 2011

    Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...

  • In Pictures: Bad Guys at the Old Blue Last

    Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.  

  • In Pictures: White Lies and Crocodiles at Shepherd's Bush Empire

    Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...

Blogs