Franz Ferdinand Archives

Tim Burgess shares ‘Tim’s Twitter Listening Party’ playlist

Featuring a track from every listening party so far

Every single Mercury Prize winner: what happened next?

As a pandemic-ready new iteration of the Mercury Prize returns for 2020, here's a look back at all the past records that stole the crown.

Daft Punk remixes of Franz Ferdinand, The Micronauts and more are now available on a vinyl compilation

The Argentina-based Music Brokers label are behind the tribute release

The term ‘landfill indie’ is pure snobbery from people who don’t know how to have fun

The term is so sneeringly reductive it’s like your Grandad listing the relative merits of each Pokémon

Alex Kapranos shares new Clara Luciani duet ‘Summer Wine’ and tells us what’s next for Franz Ferdinand

Check out their cover of the Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood classic here, as Kapranos talks to us about inspiration and the magic of the late, great Philippe Zdar.

Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos and Clara Luciani are teasing a collaboration together

"I will give to you Summer Wine"

Franz Ferdinand are trending, but for entirely the wrong reason

"I naively presumed that history was something best learned from rather than repeated."

Boardmasters 2019 offers up ticket refund information after it was abruptly cancelled due to “severe weather conditions”

Boardmasters 2019 have given an update on how fans can claim refunds after it was cancelled last night (August 6) due to bad weather...

Franz Ferdinand drummer drops out of tour after his “finger was crushed by an ugly piece of art”

Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson has been forced to drop out of the band's current tour, having sustained an injury from a falling "ugly...

Watch Franz Ferdinand debut new song ‘Black Tuesday’

Franz Ferdinand have performed a new track called 'Black Tuesday' – check out the fan-shot video below. READ MORE: 50 Geeky Facts About Franz...