by Alexandra Pollard | Photos by Michael Lee Jamison
Photos: The Maccabees' Brixton Academy show
The band induced crowd bopping and sweaty embracing last night
22 January 2016: The Maccabees, a staple band of the doubtlessly popular noughties genre, fingerpicked the best tracks from their four-album career of indie anthems for South London last night.
So delightfully modest are the group that even before turning up on stage to a swooning sea of fans, David Bowie's 'Changes' played in its entirety in fully-fledged gig acoustics to commemorate such a sad passing of an iconic legacy in his home town. A beautiful and unexpected treat, also acting as a symbolic nod towards bands maturation over the past few years. Onwards with the show as the guys stepped on stage. Orlando Weeks led the charge, an aged ruffian from the teenage baby-faced heartthrob.