Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand

Review by Wayne Robins, Boston Phoenix, May 2004

I’M THUMBING through the March issue of Uncut, the comprehensive and entertaining British music monthly, when I hit the front of the review section and ...

Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand

Review by David Sinclair, Times, The, March 2004

AH, THE FIRST HYPE OF SPRING. In media watering holes from Camden to Sauchiehall Street, the tastemakers began sniffing the wind as long ago as ...

Access All Areas

Report by Gavin Martin, Independent, The, June 2005

DURING THE RECORDING sessions for Franz Ferdinand's new album, the band have not just been making music. Between work on the eagerly anticipated follow-up to ...

Franz Ferdinand: Whatever You Want Us To Be

Report and Interview by Daryl Easlea, Dazed & Confused, November 2005

With their second album, Franz Ferdinand, the post-millennial fab four, look certain to become one of the biggest bands on the planet. Where better to ...

Afro-Indie: Across The Great Divide

Report and Interview by Ben Thompson, Observer, The, June 2008

Suddenly indie rockers are embracing African sounds. Could the long years of a cultural apartheid be coming to a close, asks Ben Thompson ...

Franz Ferdinand: Tonight

Review by Dorian Lynskey, Guardian, The, January 2009

ON THEIR eponymous 2004 outing, Franz knew exactly what they wanted to do and they executed it to perfection. They conjured something fresh from Orange ...

Franz Ferdinand: Sheffield Academy, Sheffield

Live Review by Stephen Dalton, Times, The, October 2009

FRANZ FERDINAND'S reputation as arty, stylish, witty and literate rockers precedes them, but it was wearing very thin in Sheffield last week. ...