Last year, Franz Ferdinand released their Covers EP, which collected other bands' versions of their songs, on Record Store Day. Now, they've brought in a few other people to remix those covers.…   Read Story »

Earlier this year, Franz Ferdinand released the Covers Record Store Day EP, which features a whole mess of other artists taking on Franz tunes. One of those artists was LCD Soundsystem, whose version…   Read Story »

Though it's been a little while since LCD Soundsystem released this cover of Franz Ferdinand's "Live Alone" as part of a Record Store Day vinyl compilation, the now-defunct group recently dropped the…   Read Story »

Franz Ferdinand's Record Store Day contribution is a vinyl-only set of covers -- that is, other artists covering songs from their 2009 LP Tonight. Artists on the EP include Debbie Harry, Stephin…   Read Story »

The Belle & Sebastian-curated ATP Bowlie 2 took place earlier this week (December 10-12) at Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead. (In 1999 B&S curated The Bowlie Weekender, which ultimately…   Read Story »

"Do It Again," a track from Scottish songwriter Edwyn Collins' seventh solo album Losing Sleep, features Franz Ferdinand dudes Alex Kapranos (+ mustache) and Nick McCarthy. Its Kieran Evans-directed…   Read Story »

We heard Franz Ferdinand's collaboration with Marion Cotillard a couple months back, and now it has the much-needed visuals to go with it. This Dior commercial (Cotillard is the new face of Lady…   Read Story »

Sony stepped in it this time. NME reports on a Twitter-spat (aka twat) Kapranos is having with his U.S. label Epic, owned by the Sony corporation, who licensed one of Franz Ferdinand's tracks to the…   Read Story »

Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose, Nine) is the face/voice of Dior's Lady Dior handbag line. Franz Ferdinand wrote the song she and Alex Kapranos sing about the bags.…   Read Story »

At Seattle's biggest music festival, rain is not unexpected; still, the downpours at Bumbershoot '09 were scary even for this neck of the Pacific Northwest. No bands got electrocuted, but the sound…   Read Story »