The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand have released a new song, “Always Ascending”, ...

Franz Ferdinand embrace the dark of the night in the peculiar music video for their latest single, “Night or Day.” The Rianne White-directed was captured at a rainy AYR Studios, the location where the ...

Franz Ferdinand @ Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (more by Kyle Reinford) Franz Ferdinand play Music Hall of Williamsburg again tonight (10/8). Then they join M.I.A., Hot Chip, Chakha Khan, and ...

LONDON (AP) — Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They waltzed in stripped-shirts and quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky ...

It’s an overcast afternoon when Alex Kapranos joins our Zoom call from his hotel in Portland, Oregon, but he doesn’t seem to mind. If anything, it reminds him of Glasgow’s own trademark cloudy skies.

Named for the Serbian archduke whose assassination sparked World War I, Franz Ferdinand has caused a similar stir on U.S. airwaves this year. "Take Me Out," their discotheque call to arms from this ...

The Scottish music scene takes place inside a space the size of a college campus. Visit a few selected pubs and clubs in Glasgow’s West End, and it’s likely you’ll bump into a member of Belle & ...