Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Latin Bridge near the assassination site. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War I. Ironically, ...

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, ...

Franz Ferdinand have released a new version of “Build it Up,” off this year’s The Human Fear, which features Johnny Marr on guitar. “Johnny is an inspiration. Literally,” frontman Alex Kapranos says. ...

Franz Ferdinand National Stadium, Dublin ★★★★☆ The crop of British postpunk revival bands from the early 2000s have all hit respectable middle age, but Glasgow band Fran ...

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 ...

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 ...

This FUV Live session is also available as a podcast, "FUV Live Sessions." We're elevating WFUV's long history of live sessions and interviews via a podcast that you can find on Spotify, Apple ...

New retro-minded bands like the Strokes and Jet make ragged music that suggests they're upstarts, no matter how many albums they release. On the flip side, there's Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish quartet ...

Fast-Thinking Alex Kapranos Saves the Year’s Best Party From Overzealous Fire MarshalAddressing revelers on the balcony, the Franz Ferdinand singer’s voice took on the tone of an angry schoolmarm: ...

Franz Ferdinand is the name not only of the assassinated Archduke of Austria, considered the trigger for World War I; Franz Ferdinand is now a Scottish band that has made it big in Britain. Reviewer ...

In the bustling stampede of 2013's high-profile musical comebacks—a masterpiece from Kanye here, a 22-year-in-the-making release from My Bloody Valentine there, well-timed resurgences from the likes ...

Glasgow quintet Franz Ferdinand remain one of the UK's biggest exports of the last two decades, and will perform in Australia on the back of announcing a huge world tour and dropping fifth record ...