August 24, 2013 • "Too much jamming kills the band," the leader of the Glasgow quartet says. On the new Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, the band tries to lead with good concepts and let the ...

Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand released their fifth studio album, Always Ascending, for eager fans Feb. 9. Always Ascending serves as their first album since 2013 release, Right Thoughts, ...

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. ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. It certainly doesn’t feel like a decade has ...

The post Franz Ferdinand Announce 2022 North American Tour appeared first on Consequence. Fresh off the release of the greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head, Franz Ferdinand has announced a 2022 ...

Mad Cool Festival is in the midst of its 2018 edition in Madrid, Spain with a very stacked lineup, but some hiccups in production. The latest of those happened early Saturday (7/14) morning when ...

It looks like Franz Ferdinand will have to continue their European/UK tour without drummer Paul Thomson. According to the band’s Twitter, Thomson was injured by an “ugly piece of art” after it fell in ...