Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand review – fierce fun from precision-drilled 00s survivors
There is an enduring and endearing quality to Alex Kapranos and co, now 20 years in, their sound embedded in the UK’s psyche
Daniel Dylan Wray
21, Oct, 2022 @3:58 PM
Sunday with Alex Kapranos: ‘I like a slice of haggis in my fry-up’
The musician on flower shopping in Hackney, how to brew green tea and the joy of a good pub lunch
Rich Pelley
21, Aug, 2022 @5:45 AM
Franz Ferdinand on making Take Me Out: ‘We thought it would be funny to spoof Queen’
‘I had been watching Enemy at the Gates, a film about two snipers – one Russian, one German – trying to take each other out. I thought it was a good metaphor for a romantic situation’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
14, Mar, 2022 @3:08 PM
Cassius's Philippe Zdar dies in fall from Paris building
French producer worked for acts including Phoenix, Kanye West and the Beastie Boys
Laura Snapes
20, Jun, 2019 @6:26 AM
EU copyright law may force tech giants to pay billions to publishers
Legislation opposed by firms like Facebook and Google and groups warning of detrimental consequences for the internet
Mark Sweney
12, Sep, 2018 @1:57 PM
Festival No 6 review – au revoir to an eccentric, magical gem
The last Festival No 6 ‘for now’ has awkward cultural copyists, but is saved by Franz Ferdinand, The The and Anna Calvi
Mark Beaumont
10, Sep, 2018 @2:21 PM
Scottish Album of the Year: Mogwai and Young Fathers among nominees
The Scottish music industry’s long list recognises 20 contemporary albums
Laura Snapes
01, Aug, 2018 @8:40 PM
On my radar: Alex Kapranos’s cultural highlights
The Franz Ferdinand frontman on the films on Yorgos Lanthimos, the electropop of the future and how he connects with home when on tour
Interview by Kathryn Bromwich
11, Feb, 2018 @10:00 AM
Franz Ferdinand: Always Ascending review – feel the Caledonian funk
(Domino)
Kitty Empire
11, Feb, 2018 @8:00 AM
Franz Ferdinand: Always Ascending review – geometric diagrams of pop
Rachel Aroesti
09, Feb, 2018 @9:15 AM
Kendrick cruises, Wiley confuses and Gaga goes OTT: the essential pop for 2018
Can Lady Gaga get away with murder? Will Kendrick Lamar stay on top? Are Franz Ferdinand set to blossom? And has Harry Styles’ transformation only just begun? We preview the new year’s pop highlights
Alexis Petridis
02, Jan, 2018 @6:00 AM
Fever Ray’s To The Moon and Back: a kinky slice of squelchy synth-pop
Also this week: Franz Ferdinand get lost without Nick McCarthy and Morrissey brings weaponised loneliness
Gavin Haynes
03, Nov, 2017 @3:00 PM
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