Franz Ferdinand

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

How Jim Jarmusch used music to put a spell on Hollywood

Jim Jarmusch doesn’t just stick music on top of his films – he weaves it into their fibre. A new concert series shows how his soundtracks give a voice to drifters and dreamers

Ryan Gilbey

21, Sep, 2017 @11:38 AM