The Maccabees

The Maccabees are an indie rock band from London, England. They have released
three albums so far, Colour It In in 2007, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms,
released on 4 May 2009. Their most recent album Given to the Wild was released
on 9 January 2012. NameThe band came up with the name by flicking through the
Bible and picking out a random word. Despite adopting a name with ... read more

The Maccabees' B-Side Stream

Listen to a b-side from *The Maccabees* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/themaccabees) recent album titled "World Asleep" in the replies. The track was released on the 7" sin...
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The Maccabees: Our Label Were Worried About 'Given To The Wild'

Was deemed it too experimental to become a commercial success...
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The Maccabees Headline MTV Brand New For 2012

The Maccabees headlined the first of MTV's Brand New For 2012 gigs last night (24th January), putting on an impressive display at London's KoKo. The rockers performed a s...
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The Maccabees Announce Their Largest Headlining UK Show Ever

Capacity is over 10,000...
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The Maccabees Announce London Headline Show - Tickets

Their biggest UK show to date...
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The Maccabees' Guide To The Wild

Head over to NME (http://www.nme.com) to watch part 1 (http://www.nme.com/nme-video/the-maccabees-on-given-to-the-wild-part-one/1385389053001) and part 2 (http://www.nme....
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"Success will buy us creative freedom" - DiS meets The Maccabees

"I hadn't really noticed that times were so hard for guitar bands. I guess we are a guitar band, but I would never think of us in that way; a guitar band is much more str...
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Album stream megapost: Chairlift, Matthew Dear, First Aid Kit, The Maccabees, The Two Bears

The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. The Big Pink – Future This Casiokids – Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen Cate Le Bon – Cyrk Chairlift &#...
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The Maccabees Explain Album Artwork

*The Maccabees* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/themaccabees) have posted a blog entry (http://themaccabees.tumblr.com/post/15724172374/album-artwork#notes) explaining the a...
Posted 12 January 6.26pm — Comment on this

The Maccabees 360 Session

Head to the replies to watch *The Maccabees* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/themaccabees) 360 Session. The programme includes a tour of their own studio, an interview with ...
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The Maccabees Likely To Get First Number One On UK Charts

Their album is a hit...
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The Maccabees Went Away

Continuing with BBC Radio 1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1)'s "Album Of The Week" feature, you can hear another exclusive album track from *The Maccabees* (http://www.absol...
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The Maccabees Glimmer On

Listen to another brand new album track titled "Glimmer" from *The Maccabees* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/themaccabees) forthcoming record, Given To The Wild, here (http...
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The Maccabees - Given To The Wild

Somewhat unjustifiably labelled as 'landfill indie' when such a tag is more befitting of those who followed in their wake, The Maccabees have always set their stall out a...
Posted 4 January 9.59am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Maccabees songs in the past year.

  • Pelican  52 plays
  • Feel To Follow  12 plays
  • Ayla  3 plays
  • Went Away  2 plays
  • Love You Better  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Maccabees over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 70 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 00s 1 plays

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