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Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
Review by Wayne Robins, The Boston Phoenix, 21 May 2004
IM THUMBING through the March issue of Uncut, the comprehensive and entertaining British music monthly, when I hit the front of the review section and ...
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Franz Ferdinand: Always Ascending
Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 8 February 2018
FIVE YEARS is a long time in pop, but Franz Ferdinand's artful, oblique take on the medium has allowed the band to negotiate the hiatus ...
Comment by Andy Gill, The Independent, 14 June 2006
The shortlist for Britain's most prestigious music prize is announced next week. Avoid being on it, warns Andy Gill ...
Afro-Indie: Across The Great Divide
Report and Interview by Ben Thompson, The Observer, 15 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 ...
Smart Bomb: Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand (Domino) *****
Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, March 2004
Delightful, dashing debut from Scottish punk-funksters ...
Franz Ferdinand: Whatever You Want Us To Be
Report and Interview by Daryl Easlea, Dazed & Confused, 31 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 ...
Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 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 ...
Review by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 18 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 ...
T.V.O.D.: In the green room with Franz Ferdinand
Interview by Everett True, Plan B, October 2005
FOR SHEER ENNUI and inertia, waiting in a Channel 4 green room for a band to finish 40-mmute take for a TV show so you ...
Report by Gavin Martin, The Independent, 17 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 ...
More Originality Please: The BRITS
Report by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 10 February 2005
THE BRITS Awards Panel must be relieved that their 25th Anniversary coincided with a revival in the fortunes of new UK music makers. ...
Franz Ferdinand: Heaven, London
Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 22 January 2009
FRANZ FERDINAND are back, but their advance publicity has been distinctly misleading. ...
Franz Ferdinand, Cold War Kids: Portland, Oregon
Live Review by Jason Cohen, Rolling Stone, 17 December 2008
CHRISTMAS GIFTS from 94/7 FM come in bigger packages: the Portland alternative station's "December to Remember" concert series features eight bands over four evenings, instead ...
Review by John Doran, The Quietus, 10 December 2008
The Quietus got an early listen to the new Franz Ferdinand album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, and pegged it back to the office to give you ...
Conquistadors! Franz Ferdinand in Madrid
Report and Interview by Keith Cameron, MOJO, October 2005
Glasgow's skinny-ribbed art-punk superstars enjoy a Spanish stroll. Hola boys! says Keith Cameron ...
Franz Ferdinand: Reigning rock star geeks
Profile and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, December 2005
IT LOOKS LIKE Andy Warhol's fabled Factory in New York. Walls, windows, doors and furniture are all encased in tin foil. Silver balloons add a ...
Almost Famous: Franz Ferdinand
Profile by Paul Lester, Uncut, March 2004
The big new big band of 2004. Resistance is useless... ...
Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino)
Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 30 September 2005
WHAT WOULD you give for a tenth of the confidence with which Alex Kapranos carries himself? With five singles taken from Franz Ferdinand's eponymous debut ...
Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
Review by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, March 2004
They're talking "a European aesthetic", they're talking "vaudevillian art-pop". Yet it's so much more than that... ...
Interview by Roy Wilkinson, MOJO, February 2004
Post-punk guitars, and looking back to go forward ...
Music review: Why Franz Ferdinand are still the best
Live Review by Simon Price, The Independent, 24 August 2013
Art-pop kings remind the world why they rank among this century's finest songwriters with a truly scintillating comeback gig. ...
Franz Ferdinand: Sheffield Academy, Sheffield
Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 19 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. ...
Franz Ferdinand: Somerset House, London
Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 18 July 2014
AS THE millennium dawned Franz Ferdinand were hailed as the saviours of British rock. Cheekbone-sharp and catwalk-cool, these angular Anglo-Scottish aesthetes were arty smarties who ...
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