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 ...

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 ...

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 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. ...

Franz Ferdinand made one of the greatest debuts of all time back in 2004 with their self-titled LP – 11 tracks of flawless disco-punk that could’ve been a lesser band’s greatest-hits package. They’ve ...

LONDON – Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They waltzed in stripped-shirts and quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky songs, ...

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 album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, arrives next week, but the record almost never materialized at all. After finishing touring around their 2009 album Tonight: ...

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 ...