Artist Franz Ferdinand
Features & Interviews
FFS: “We didn’t want it to sound like either band, we wanted to sound like something completely new”
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks talk ‘taches and their haphazard formation.
11th June 2015
Album Reviews
3 Stars
Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending
Maybe this new set-up just needs time to find their own MO?
3 Stars
BNQT - Volume 1
Very much an album in Eric Pulido’s image.
News
Tim Burgess is running weekday album listening parties with Liam Gallagher, Franz Ferdinand and more
The parties will be taking place every night at 10pm.
March 23, 2020 11:42am
News
Kings Of Leon, Franz Ferdinand and more to play massive new Liverpool event
Fusion Presents will come to Sefton Park at the end of August.
March 4, 2019 10:17am
News
All We Are & Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos team up for Speedy Wunderground single
The two acts’ collaborative single ‘Heart Attack’ will be released in April.
February 27, 2019 1:03pm
News
Years & Years, James Blake, Franz Ferdinand for Sziget
The Hungarian festival takes place this August.
February 12, 2019 10:13am
Features
Looking back on Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled debut album
Spiky, sexy and impossibly exciting, Franz Ferdinand’s art rock debut slinked its way to the top of the mid-’00s pile with the aim of “making music for girls to dance to”.
October 1, 2018 2:30pm
News / Reviews / Live
Arctic Monkeys bring ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ to Mad Cool for a celebratory Day Two headline set
Jack White, Franz Ferdinand and Goat Girl were also on the menu.
July 14, 2018 5:13pm
News
Franz Ferdinand share a new version of ‘Glimpse of Love’
The band said “we took the original and added that little bit more Kick and Punch”.
March 27, 2018 9:01am
News
Franz Ferdinand announce new London show
They released their latest album ‘Always Ascending’ last month.
March 20, 2018 10:10am
Reviews / Live
Franz Ferdinand enter a triumphant new phase at glorious Brixton comeback
Past it? Fuck no.
February 26, 2018 5:03pm
News
Franz Ferdinand and Friendly Fires are set to headline Festival No. 6
Everything Everything, Django Django, Ride and more are also headed to Portmeirion.
February 13, 2018 12:05pm
News
Listen to Franz Ferdinand cover Angel Olsen
They took on ‘Shut Up Kiss Me’ for SiriusXM.
February 8, 2018 9:20am
News
Franz Ferdinand share new track ‘Lazy Boy’
Their new album ‘Always Ascending’ is out next month.
January 25, 2018 10:57am
News
Franz Ferdinand share ‘Feel The Love Go’
The band’s new album ‘Always Ascending’ is out next month.
January 8, 2018 5:19pm
News
Two Door Cinema Club and Franz Ferdinand are headed to NOS Alive 2018
They’ll join Queens of the Stone Age, Wolf Alice and more in Portugal.
December 5, 2017 10:54am
News
Franz Ferdinand share a new video for ‘Always Ascending’
The track comes from the album of the same name, out in February.
December 5, 2017 10:25am
News
Franz Ferdinand announce new album ‘Always Ascending’
They’ve also shared the title track and details of a UK tour to boot!
October 26, 2017 9:19am
News
PJ Harvey, The xx, Franz Ferdinand and Flume to headline Rock en Seine 2017
The Kills, MØ and At The Drive-In are also among the acts heading to Paris.
March 7, 2017 3:34pm
News
Franz Ferdinand have announced new US tour dates
The shows will form their tour in the States for three years.
February 28, 2017 4:17pm
News
Franz Ferdinand have remixed Temples’ ‘Certainty’
It doesn’t sound anything like what you’re expecting.
December 1, 2016 1:50pm
News
Franz Ferdinand are back with the anti-Trump ‘Demagogue’
It’s taken from the ‘30 Days, 30 Songs’ political compilation.
October 14, 2016 10:46am