Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand have always been steeped in the post-modern spirit of their art-pop idols, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, ABC, Pulp, and former supergroup collaborators Sparks (their 2015 album ...

Franz Ferdinand have released a new version of “Build it Up,” off this year’s The Human Fear, which features Johnny Marr on guitar. “Johnny is an inspiration. Literally,” frontman Alex Kapranos says. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Scottish band Franz Ferdinand has been an established name in the music business for 20 years. Now the Glaswegians are ...

While most of the world believes that those who forget the past are destined to repeat it, in the music business, bands who have the best record collections are destined to recycle them, giving rise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scottish dance-rock darlings Franz Ferdinand are about to release Always Ascending, their first album in almost five years, but ...

The iconic indie band appeared on triple j’s ‘Like A Version’ where they took on the track. Frontman Alex Kapranos explained that their cover doesn’t feature a saxophone as the original song does, ...

Franz Ferdinand’s fourth studio album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is out and it’s their best—at least since the band’s 2004 self-titled debut—filled with the sharp guitar jabs and even ...

Franz Ferdinand is the name not only of the assassinated Archduke of Austria, considered the trigger for World War I; Franz Ferdinand is now a Scottish band that has made it big in Britain. Reviewer ...

A Vulture series in which artists judge the best and worst of their own careers. “For me, the greatest feat is to experiment and pull something off and for the audience not to notice.” ...

Glasgow, Scotland, dance-rock act Franz Ferdinand is back with its first album in four-and-a-half years. But singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos admits the comeback almost didn't happen. By Mark Sutherland ...