Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand talks about the kindness of benefactors, ambitions, and the rush of love for his newborn son ...

Alex Kapranos has branded embracing Franz Ferdinand's sound as "liberating" on their new album. The 52-year-old singer loves that their first studio album in seven years, 'The Human Fear', is ...

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 ...

Singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos’ response is simple. “I want to put the records out when they’re ready. We’re quite lucky with our label, Domino, as they have that old-style indie mentality ...

The punk band, whose current members are Alex Kapranos, Audrey Tait, Miaoux Miaoux, Bob Hardy and Dino Bardot, has proved age has not slowed them down. And they are touring the globe to celebrate ...

Alex Kapranos has been consumed by fear of late. Nothing too terrible. “The fear of non-existence. The fear of a futile life. The fear of losing people you love. If you have periods of solitude ...

Franz Ferdinand covered Britney Spears’ chart-topping hit “Womanizer” for BBC Radio 1. Sixteen years later, the Scottish rockers have another spears cover on deck for a different BBC station. In Radio ...

For the remaining founding members, singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos and bass player Bob Hardy, that means, as ever – no matter ...

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 ...

Frontman Alex Kapranos says the album tackles relationships forming and breaking down. “The title is a clue to the scene,” he teases. “But it wasn’t written to the theme, at least not ...

An incredible week, including an appearance on national TV, ended on a sour note for Beccy Webster after her newly-opened cafe was vandalised. The door and window of R & R Cafe in Westdale Lane, on ...

"So if you're lonely," frontman Alex Kapranos sings invitingly following a dramatic strum of wiry guitars. There's a rising tension as he maps out his lust-as-target-practise lyrics, and right at ...