The song, their second single off “Franz Ferdinand,” reached No. 3 on the UK charts and helped push them towards a future of Grammy nominations. The band’s sound has shifted significantly since their ...

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Born in a dingy Glasgow flat, Franz Ferdinand's biggest hit became a foundational part of the 2000s indie-rock boom and Hottest 100 lore.

a much more straight ahead guitar song. We set ourselves the goal with this record of completely embracing our identity as Franz Ferdinand and a key part of that, from our point of view, is that songs ...

Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky songs, hitting a critical mass in the chant ...

In the early 2000s a resurgence of interest in one of the UK's greatest genres, Brit-Pop, gave way to some of the most moody, up-beat, dance-ready indie rock hits of the decade. Bands like Arctic ...

Seven years have passed since indie-rock legend Franz Ferdinand released an album. Reappearing this year with the utterly ...

It's all about that tempo switch. 'Take Me Out', the signature hit of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, possesses one of the all-time great song introductions. "So if you're lonely," frontman Alex ...

The curveball on The Human Fear is a song called Black Eyelashes. Just as we’re feeling comfortable with the slick Anglo-indie-rock hooks that earned Franz Ferdinand their first Brit Awards in ...

Franz Ferdinand lead the race for their second UK Number 1 album this week, with what could be their first in 20 years. The Scottish rockers’ sixth LP The Human Fear comes in at Number 1 on ...