The good: Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand are back with their sixth (first in seven years). The bad: Nope. And “Fear” was worth the wait. The nitty gritty: Not resting on their laurels during ...

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has revealed the shock detour the Scottish band’s career almost took at the height of their fame 20 years ago.

In our current era of resurgent New Wave, it’s hard to argue that Franz Ferdinand isn’t doing things the right way. With a sound that’s just British enough, just hi-hat-heavy enough, just homoerotic ...

That band is none other than Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, formed by Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy, and Paul ...

If you could travel back a long time ago to a galaxy far, far away, what would you change about the past? Would you make sure the Jedi freed Shmi Skywalker from slavery? Stop Palpatine before he ever ...

Depending on the act – in this instance, Glasgow’s premier rock party-starters, Franz Ferdinand – it’s not always necessarily quite as spectacular for the crowd, what with the reduced volume and 10pm ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. It certainly doesn’t feel like a decade has ...