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Glasgow, ScotlandClaim to fame :
Album "Franz Ferdinand" (February 9, 2004)
Franz Ferdinand Debuting 'No You Girls' Music Video
March 14, 2009 10:03:14A music video in companion of Franz Ferdinand's track entitled "No You Girls" has been released. It features the band performing the song in a room accompanied by beautiful girls dancing around them with handy cameras on their hands.
"No You Girls" is the second single lifted from Franz Ferdinand's third studio album titled "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand". It is written by the band's members Alex Kapranos and Nicholas McCarthy.
Artist of the Week: Franz Ferdinand
February 16, 2009 01:02:36Coming out with third studio album "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand", Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand have experimented with electronic tune, making it a danceable rock music. They even used human bones in an attempt to "have a real dry, percussive sound."
"Tonight: Franz Ferdinand" has been available in U.K. stores since January 26. Loosely based around a night of partying and its morning effects, the Dan Carey-produced record debuted at number 2 on U.K. Albums chart as well as number 9 on Billboard Hot 200, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week of release.
Video Premiere: Franz Ferdinand's 'Ulysses'
January 13, 2009 03:01:10Franz Ferdinand come out bringing a music video for their new song "Ulysses". In the video, frontman Alex Kapranos is seen wandering aimlessly around the town, seemingly to be overwhelmed by his boredom.
While chanting "I'm bored/I'm bored", Alex picks up the phone and calls someone. At some point, the scene is cut with a capture of the band playing the song in a narrow bedroom. It also features Alex getting himself into a washing machine.
Franz Ferdinand Use 'Human Bone Sounds' on New Album
October 13, 2008 03:10:33Franz Ferdinand are "clapping bones together" to create sounds for their upcoming third major studio album. "I remember we were working on a song called 'Kiss Me' and we wanted to have a real dry, percussive sound in the chorus," frontman Alex Kapranos says. "We had this skeleton in a box that just ended up sitting in the corner of the studio ... and decided to experiment with it."
Each band's member chooses a different part of the body to play on the record. "Nick, our guitarist, had the hands and was clapping the bones together. Paul, the drummer, was working with the pelvis bone and a femur. We put the teeth in a glass jar and rattled that about," Alex explains further. "We smacked the ribs together and we got this really weird, f***ed-up kind of a sound that was wicked. I can't think of any records with human bones on it."
Franz Ferdinand Leading a "Synth" Album
July 18, 2007 02:07:28
Franz Ferdinand will move to a new direction for their upcoming album. The Scottish rock act have been putting "synth-led" materials as a demo within their raw album work.
Drummer Paul Thomson said, "Synth-led, we've gone crazy buying old synths... We played Nashville recently and all the synths short circuited in the heat, we had to play a greatest hits set instead. But everybody was still smiling."
Franz Ferdinand Changes Gear in New Album
March 15, 2007 11:03:25
Scottish band Franz Ferdinand is reported entering the studio for third album recording. The band claims that they do not want to play the same old stuff for any British festivals and would like to come out with something new and exciting.
To keep the sound fresh, the band would like to distinguish their musical tunes to those of Kaiser Chiefs and Razorlight. They replace the electric guitars piece with synthesizer because according to guitarist Nick McCarthy, "There too many guitar bands out there now."
The 2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival Headliners
February 14, 2007 02:02:47
As of this year, the Bonnaroo Music Festival is scheduled to take place June 14-17 on a 700-acre farm in rural Manchester, Tenn., 60 miles south of Nashville. And among the 75 acts slated to perform at the music festival, there are the likes of The Police, The White Stripes, Tool and Wilco.
The complete lineup, to be announced Wednesday Feb 14th, includes planned performances by Widespread Panic, The Roots, Franz Ferdinand, and The Flaming Lips. Also slated to perform among others are The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, Regina Spektor and many more.
More about Ferdinand and Cutie's Upcoming Tour
March 06, 2006 04:03:49
As their spring tour date draws nearer, rock bands Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie set to bring total satisfaction to their fans as they have decided to run the tour for over one month, starting from March 22 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon until April 28 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. What's more is that the agents for both groups have intended to keep ticket prices low besides to offer general admission seating whenever possible. "We didn't want to double the price even though it's double the headliners," said Trey Many, Death Cab for Cutie's agent. "I think the lowest price is about $28, but the highest is only $40. We also wanted the fans to get up close to the stage, and in most cases, we have a GA (general admission) floor." Guess that would be such a great news for all fans of both bands then.
The NME Awards Champions
February 24, 2006 11:02:37
Young quartet Arctic Monkeys is the new sensation of music industry as they nab three NME awards at the annual NME awards held Thursday Feb 23rd, 2006. They among others win the categories of Best Track for their single "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," while also is named Best New Band and Best British Band, only to become the first group at the NME awards to do so.
Meanwhile, the leading nominee Kaiser Chiefs who is up for six categories only win one award mainly for Best Album category for "Employment." Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, in addition, secures the Best Live Band award, while Oasis wins Best Video category for "The Importance of Being Idle." Best International Band award goes to The Strokes, and Best Solo Artist award is given to Kanye West.
Cutie and Ferdinand Join Forces for U.S Tour
February 04, 2006 12:02:27Get ready to see the hottest act of this year for Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand set to team up for a co-headlining tour in the United States, starting March 22 in Oregon. Death Cab bassist, Nick Harmer, has revealed that the idea to tour with Franz Ferdinand came after the members of his band began talking about plans to launch a U.S. tour. "We were like 'Why don't we tour with another big band and see how it goes?" he remarked. As for the reason for picking Franz Ferdinand to accompany them, he simply said: "The Franz Ferdinand guys all seem to be very much in line with how we feel about rock 'n' roll." Hmm, really can't wait to see the gig.
ShockWaves NME Awards 2006 Nominees
January 27, 2006 11:01:11After weeks of counting down the votes, the nominations for the ShockWaves NME Awards 2006 can finally be announced. Leading the way on the shortlist is music group Kaiser Chiefs, which vie for six nominations, including that of Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album for "Employment", Best Track and Best Video for "I Predict A Riot", Best Music DVD for "Enjoyment", and Best Website.
Among the many nominees there you can find Arctic Monkeys, which ups for four nominations; Best British Band, Best New Band, Best Live Band, and Best Track for "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor." Some other nominees are Oasis, Block Party, Franz Ferdinand, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Killers, The Strokes, Foo Fighters and many more. Get the full list of nominations at http://www.nme.com/news/nme-awards/22040.
Brit Awards Nominees
January 11, 2006 04:01:40Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt are leading the nominations at next month's Brit Awards with five nods each. As of Blunt he's up for British Male Solo Artist, Pop Act, British Breakthrough Act, British Album for "Back To Bedlam" and Best Single for "You're Beautiful."
Meanwhile, Kaiser Chiefs are nominated for British Group, British Rock Act, British Live Act, British Breakthrough Act and British Album for "Employment." Following close behind is Coldplay with four nods, including British Group and British Live Act, thanks to the huge success of their album "X&Y."
Nickelback Tops Chart with the Right Reasons
October 13, 2005 01:10:37Canadian rock band Nickelback has nothing but all the right reasons to top the Billboard 200 albums chart Wednesday. This is the first time for them to have such attainment in which their album "All the Right Reasons" has become their first U.S. No. 1 album, sold 317,000 copies in its debut week. Chicago rapper Twista is at 2nd with "The Day After" sold nearly 129,000 copies.
Country star Sarah Evans' "Real Fine Place" opening at No. 3, ahead of Gretchen Wilson's "All Jacked Up" which drops to No. 4 from last week's No. 1 debut. Sheryl Crow's "Wildflowers" drops three places to No. 5 with 106,000 copies in its second week, followed by Kanye West's "Late Registration" at No. 6. Entering the chart at No. 7 is Fiona Apple's "Extraordinary Machine" which has been sold for 94,000 copies.
Big Day for Big Musicians
October 06, 2005 01:10:02The 'big' day is coming and 'big' musicians are preparing themselves to welcome the 'big' event. We're talking about the 2006 Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Included in the initial list of performers at the event among others are The White Stripes, Iggy & the Stooges and Franz Ferdinand. Apart, there will also Kings of Leon, The Mars Volta, AFI, Sleater-Kinney, Soulwax/ 2 The Magic Numbers, The Living End, Cut Copy, the End of Fashion and Youth Group.
Again; Franz Ferdinand Touring the United States
September 28, 2005 01:09:24Keep on fire and energized, Scottish band Franz Ferdinand is again touring the United States, bringing "Do You Want To" from their sophomore album, "You Could Have It So Much Better," which is due out Oct. 4. Also they will play two new songs "Walk Away" and "Outsiders," which both have a slower tempo than their other songs.
Speaking about the tour, frontman Alex Kapranos said "We find ourselves in a much better position than we did last year touring because then we had only a certain amount of songs to draw upon. When we played for an hour, we had to play almost everything we knew." In the meantime, Franz Ferdinand will next hit Magna, Utah; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Vancouver, British Columbia; San Francisco; Los Angeles; San Diego; New York and Toronto.
Franz Ferdinand Could Have It So Much Better
August 03, 2005 10:08:24Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand finally fix to rename its second album "You Could Have It So Much Better ... With Franz Ferdinand." Initially intended to be a self-titled album, it stays to the plan for international release on October 3 and North America by the next day.
Franz Ferdinand Ready to Hit the Road
July 13, 2005 11:07:52Scottish rock act Franz Ferdinand has nearly completed working on its second album, which happens to be a self-titled one, and has revealed plans for a month-long North American tour, begins September 20 in Chicago.
Prior to the tour is the album October 4th release via Epic. In sequence, several tracks from the set will be performed earlier this spring during a series of gigs in Russia.
Fresh New Album of Franz Ferdinand
July 05, 2005 10:07:08Lead singer Alex Kapranos said his band Franz Ferdinand is close to release the track list for its second album, which is set for an October 4th release. The new album, which Kapranos said will not have a title, will be distinguishable from its 2004 predecessor only by its color scheme and will be released via Epic Records.
"We still want to make people dance, but we didn't want to repeat the same beats," that's what Kapranos felt about the album. Motivated with such eagerness, the album will entertain fans with such hits, as "Do You Want To?," "Walk Away," "Turn It On," "I'm Your Villain," "Evil and a Heathen," "This Boy," "Well, That Was Easy," and "You Could Have It So Much Better."
