Formed in Glasgow in 2002, Franz Ferdinand consisted of Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Paul Thomson, and Nick McCarthy. Just two years after forming the band released their debut studio album. Since that ...

LONDON (AP) — Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They waltzed in stripped-shirts and quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky ...

Interview with Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos ahead of its Wednesday concert at Atlanta's Buckhead Theatre, 11 months after the Scottish band rocked Shaky Knees festival.

In 2022, Franz Ferdinand released their greatest hits album, Hits To The Head. Today, the indie-rock veterans are announcing a new LP titled The Human Fear, arriving in January and produced with Mark ...

Fear is the mind killer, as anyone who’s read Dune knows, but for Franz Ferdinand it’s inspiration. Various forms of foreboding informed every song on the Scots’ upcoming sixth studio album The Human ...

Franz Ferdinand says their new album revolves around the most uncomfortable of emotions. "People don't like admitting to feeling fear," says frontman Alex Kapranos. "Bob [Hardy] and I had this great ...