Franz Ferdinand are playing Glasgow's Barrowlands tonight. Here, in an interview to mark the release of the latest LP, Alex Kapranos talked kingfishers, being a new dad and the story of The ...
Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos has found fatherhood a familiar experience – as it reminds him of his band's early days. Kapranos and wife Clara Luciani welcomed their first child last year ...
Time was dying young was the only way to go for a rock star.  But clearly no one told the likes of Kurt Cobain of the value ...
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos dubbed Oasis as "boring" in an impromptu question and answer session with fans on Twitter last night [May 8]. When asked what tips he would give to new bands ...
But what goes into making one? Here's Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand on the art of a debut album... “You only get to make your debut album once and if you don’t get it right, you don’t ...
For the remaining founding members, singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos and bass player Bob Hardy, that means, as ever – no matter ...
A legendary Scottish rock band has been inducted into the Barrowland Ballroom Hall of Fame. Franz Ferdinand, led by Alexander Kapranos, expressed their gratitude on social media, saying that they are ...
AN ICONIC Scots band was last night inducted into the Barrowlands hall of fame after rocking the famous venue. Franz ...
Franz Ferdinand's new album, The Human Fear, is making a bid for No.1 this week. According to the Official Charts Company Midweek sales flash, it is currently in pole position. ...
CREDIT: Nicholas O’Donnell In an interview with NME last September, frontman Alex Kapranos opened up about there being a “hunger” once more for bands like theirs to return. “Of course ...
While appearing as the latest guest on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room at Maida Vale Studios in London, the ‘Take Me Out’ hitmakers covered Spears’ 2003 hit track with an orchestral section ...
“I can imagine that in the charts” – Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos on their hit, Take Me Out—Series 1, Rise of the Misfits ...