Yesterday Scotland's most debonair post-punks took Tonight's slinky fourth single to the new and mercifully improved Tonight Show. Amrit and I have been playing a game in which we rank how enthusiastically Conan thanks each band after its performance. I... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND SHOW COCO "WHAT SHE CAME FOR"»
Posted on August 27, 2009 in , (12 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Franz Ferdinand | Neverever | Rain Machine | The Blood Arm
Franz Ferdiand took two stabs at a "No You Girls" video, for the "Can't Stop Feeling" they opted to squeeze two takes into single frames via all sorts of split-screen hyjinx. The guys pull and shove, do push ups and... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND VIDEO - "CAN'T STOP FEELING"»
Posted on July 2, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand
You might have had enough "No You Girls" after its iPod commercial, but that didn't stop Franz Ferdinand from going Vanessa Beecroft and crafting an official video that included lots of guitar-gun mugging by the band and lots of leotarded... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND VIDEO - "NO YOU GIRLS" (VERSION 2)»
Posted on June 22, 2009 in (5 comments)
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Following in the footsteps of Lily Allen, All-American Rejects, Fall Out Boy, Ladyhawke, and thousands of teens on YouTube, the boys in Franz Ferdinand have put a debonair spin on Britney's ubiquitous comeback single. No surprise, they make it sound... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND COVER "WOMANIZER"»
Posted on April 7, 2009 in (31 comments)
Tags: Britney Spears | Franz Ferdinand
Earlier today, Nick McCarthy dropped a German rap on a Super Furry track. Now he's making like a sniper aiming his instrument at slinky flappers. I like this guy's life. Franz Ferdinand clearly timed the video for the disco come-ons... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND VIDEO - "NO YOU GIRLS"»
Posted on March 13, 2009 in (29 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | Them Crooked Vultures
SFA have been promising so many things lately: a new album in three days titled Dark Days/Light Years, featuring a collection of "riffs and grooves" with no pedal steel or country rock (Daf is now phobic), zero acoustic ballads (for... CONTINUE READING NEW SUPER FURRY ANIMALS (FEAT. NICK MCCARTHY) - "INAUGURAL TRAMS"»
Posted on March 13, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Sunny Day Real Estate | Super Furry Animals
This will not go Feist or even Chairlift in its residual artist popularity impact, but it will probably still run pretty deep in terms of its straight residual (as in cash money) impact: Franz Ferdinand have lent their party times... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND ARE ALL ABOUT THIS FUN IPOD»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Apple | Arctic Monkeys | Franz Ferdinand | iPod | Micachu And The Shapes
Some Franz fans didn't agree with our Tonight evaluation. If you currently have no opinion, you can stream the record at the band's MySpace and decide where you stand in regard to generic Glaswegian disco rock.... CONTINUE READING STREAM FRANZ FERDINAND'S TONIGHT»
Posted on January 23, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Franz Ferdinand | Modest Mouse
At this point you've likely heard "Ulysses" and its "funky" Spoonerisms in more than one form. We weren't blown away by the track then (or now), but after listening to Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, we can understand why the guys chose... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: FRANZ FERDINAND - TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND»
Posted on January 13, 2009 in (70 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Wale
Lots of artists you enjoy are covering lots of other artists you enjoy for another tribute album organized by and benefitting War Child, the "network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war." The pairings... CONTINUE READING TV ON THE RADIO, HOT CHIP, BECK SHOW SOME COVER LOVE FOR THE NEW WAR CHILD COMPILATION »
Posted on January 12, 2009 (18 comments)
Tags: Beck | Duffy | Elbow | Estelle | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | Lily Allen | Mick Jones | Peaches | Rufus Wainwright | Scissor Sisters | The Hold Steady | The Kooks | The Like | The National | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
So what we have in the lead single to Tonight: Franz Ferdinand is the Kapranos crew tumbling one of their signature disco hooks through some Spoon, some dirty club synths, and a narcotic, half-time (and somewhat throwaway) bridge. The video... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND VIDEO - "ULYSSES"»
Posted on January 9, 2009 in (24 comments)
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And boy is Penelope pissed. (Rimshot) We've already heard the "funky" "Ulysses." It comes from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the Glaswegian quartet's long-awaited crime scenic followup to You Could Have It So Much Better, which is out the end of next... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND DO "ULYSSES" IN THE STUDIO»
Posted on December 23, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Real Estate
Tonight's first single "Ulysses" moves with a funk(ish) lilt. Though maybe a tad more sinister, this live version of the new track "What She Came For" also showcases the band in full-on UK swagger-mode, continuing the slight disconnect between the... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND - "WHAT SHE CAME FOR" (LIVE)»
Posted on December 18, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | The Dead Weather
You heard its funky first single and now you can peek the morbid album cover for Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. It's meant to emulate Weegee crime scene photographs of NYC from the 1940s. Check it at NME.com.... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND REVEAL ALBUM ART»
Posted on November 26, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Franz Ferdinand
For those paying attention It's been a long wait to get a followup to You Could Have It So Much Better. Last Monday we had a fan-constructed version of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand's "Ulysses," which was made using the stems available... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND - "ULYSSES"»
Posted on November 17, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | The Kills
Speaking of Franz Ferdinand (+10 for me for highly original blog segue), the oM crew did "Take Me Out" on Saturday night at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. Before Kevin Barnes reverently disco-rocks like it's 2004, you'll see one of the... CONTINUE READING OF MONTREAL COVER FRANZ FERDINAND»
Posted on November 10, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Franz Ferdinand | of Montreal | The Decemberists | The Very Best
There's a new Franz Ferdinand remix competition over at Beatport. The twist: FF's original "Ulysses" hasn't been released yet (it'll be out in January), so the remixers have no final template to follow, and their results won't be "tainted by... CONTINUE READING HEAR FRANZ FERDINAND'S "ULYSSES," SORT OF »
Posted on November 10, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Ezra Koenig | Franz Ferdinand | The Decemberists
Feel like wishing you were at Diesel's 30th Anniversary blowout in Brooklyn? Try this live stream of the party -- which has included a set of Hot Chip with Chaka Khan, and M.I.A. + T.I. + Franz Ferdinand -- at... CONTINUE READING WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE DIESEL XXX PARTY»
Posted on October 12, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Chaka Khan | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | M.I.A. | Nine Inch Nails | T.I.
Glastonbury '08 didn't just give us this cute little Oasis/Jay-Z feud -- it's where Kapranos & Co. delivered "Katherine Kiss Me," a first full-song glimpse at what Franz Ferdinand 3.0 might sound like (i.e. like Franz Ferdinand 1.0). That was... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND - "LUCID DREAMS"»
Posted on August 11, 2008 (10 comments)
Tags: Clogs | Franz Ferdinand
Turns out you won't need to wait for Madden '09 to hear new Franz Ferdinand. Also turns out that last sentence isn't complete nonsense. Alex and friends recently let us know we could expect a new song on the soundtrack... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND - "KATHERINE KISS ME" (LIVE AT GLASTONBURY)»
Posted on June 30, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Glastonbury
After offering that 45-second clip a couple months ago, Franz Ferdinand are giving us a bit more info about their upcoming third record: It's out January, but you can hear new FF -- a song that may or may not... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND OFFER UPDATE ON THIRD ALBUM, SONG TO MADDEN 2009»
Posted on June 26, 2008 in , , (8 comments)
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Yeah, what the headline says. Also, the YouTube header says "Under The Stage," which is where this appears to be taking place. Add this to the seven songs they previewed recently in a secret basement show at the Admiral Bar... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND TEASE US WITH 45 SECONDS OF A CATCHY SONG»
Posted on April 16, 2008 in (7 comments)
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