Alex Kapranos and band take on 'Passionfruit'Drake, Franz Ferdinand's Alex KapranosFranz Ferdinand covered Drake‘s ‘Passionfruit’ during a live session in the rapper’s hometown of Toronto. Appearing on Canada’s The Strombo Show, Alex Kapranos and …Continue reading »The post Watch Franz Ferdinand cover Drake in To...

Franz Ferdinand are extremely good at being a band, and it's entirely possible that we don't talk about this enough. More than a decade on from the release of their debut album, long after the hype around them has died down, they still are finding fun and inventive ways to engage in the task of…

It's fun to watch new pop singles become modern standards. It happened a few years ago with Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" and again with Lana Del Rey's "Love" -- over and over again, when given a chance to cover someone else's material, artists chose those.

The Scottish band bring some sax-synth goodness to the screen Franz brought their new-look line-up to NYC for the first time, but sounded as good as ever as they treated the island to indie anthems 'Michael', 'Do You Want To' and 'Take Me Out'. Franz Ferdinand joined forces with No Wave icon and former Contortions frontman James Chance for a TV ...

Have you seen Franz Ferdinand live lately? It fucking rules. Seriously. Last year, the band played my sleepy Southern college town, and I was not prepared for them to be as good as they were. They were lithe and energetic and had hits for days, hits that you barely even remember until you actually hear…