The band have also announced Thomson’s replacement, Audrey Tait who is one half of The Girl Who Cried Wolf. “After having played with Paul for so long, it’s obvious that not just anyone could sit ...

How can we better understand and accept our fears? Indie rock band Franz Ferdinand is tackling this topic in their newest album, "The Human Fear". In the eleven songs of their sixth studio album, ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Members of Midlake, Grandaddy, Band of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, and Travis have teamed up to form Banquet, a new band currently at work on their debut LP, as The Dallas Observer reports. The band is ...

The Scottish rock band, Franz Ferdinand, will release a new album, “The Human Fear,” on Jan. 10, 2025. The band also will go on a tour in North America that includes a stop in Pa. - Tuesday, April 8, ...

Two years ago, Alex Kapranos was walking up and down a street in San Francisco, looking for a dentist. The Franz Ferdinand frontman stopped when he heard familiar voices call out his name. He turned ...

Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy is leaving the Scottish rock band. Today, the band announced McCarthy’s departure on Twitter, writing that he would “not be taking part in the recording or ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos says he’s not a guy who likes to look back. But now that the Scottish band has turned 20, he’s making an exception. The group formed in 2001 in ...

DECADES OF ROCK LAND ON THE ROCK BAND MUSIC STORE WITH TRACKS FROM FRANZ FERDINAND, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, THE DISTILLERS AND MORE Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the addition of 10 songs ...

TWO years ago, Franz Ferdinand hit a crossroads. The Scottish band, best known for their early hit Take Me Out, had just lost a crucial part of their armoury in talented guitarist Nick McCarthy.

NEW YORK/LONDON (Billboard) - Franz Ferdinand's 2005 album may have promised "You Could Have It So Much Better," but the sales figures begged to differ -- the band's second album failed to match the ...

Musicians often say they admire each other’s work, but few ever do anything about it. At least not to the extent that Scottish rock group Franz Ferdinand and long-running L.A. experimentalist duo ...