The Maccabees
- Torsdag, juli 9
- 17:00-20:00
- Alexandra Park Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY, Storbritannien
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On 9 July 2026 at Alexandra Park in London, The Maccabees return with the sharp indie rock that made their name. Formed in London in 2004 by Orlando Weeks, Felix White, Hugo White and Rupert Jarvis, joined by drummer Sam Doyle in 2008, the band first tied to the UK post-punk revival. They honed a taut sound with angular guitars and clipped choruses before opening things up toward wider, more atmospheric writing. Across four albums — Colour It In, Wall of Arms, Given to the Wild and Marks to Prove It — they moved from direct, tense formats to denser, more melodic compositions. Given to the Wild marked a key turn, with Pelican earning an Ivor Novello and a Mercury nod. Back since 2024, they line up early singles like X-Ray and Latchmere alongside the sweep of their later records.
White Lies add their post-punk cut with baritone vocals, driving basslines and synth textures shaped since their Ealing beginnings in 2007. The trio of Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown broke through with Death and the 2009 album To Lose My Life..., leaned further into keyboards on Ritual and Big TV, then kept refining the balance between melody and colder atmospheres on Friends, Five and 2022's As I Try Not to Fall Apart.
Westside Cowboy bring their self-styled Britainicana: a rough-edged blend of country accents, indie urgency and art-rock instincts. The quartet — Reuben Haycocks, James Bradbury, Aoife Anson O'Connell and Paddy Murphy — sharpened that line on the EP So Much Country 'Till We Get There, released in January 2026 and recorded in New York with producer Loren Humphrey. On stage, the mix pushes tension and wide hooks without pastiche, a counterpoint to the night’s post-punk shades.
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Alexandra Park
Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY, Storbritannien