From the looks of their tour openers, it would seem that Green Day is still pretty nostalgic for the year that American Idiot came out: Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs, and the Bravery will open for the band as they crisscross the world from July to October. No, really, I swear this story isn’t a piece from 2004 that had a re-datestamped version of it horked up by Google News! Here’s proof! [LiveDaily] More »
The biggest surprise of the tale of Franz… More »
Our look at the closing lines of the biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Tonight, the third studio album by the Scottish rock outfit Franz Ferdinand:
Since the leak last week of Franz Ferdinand’s Tonight, the overly polite anti-piracy outfit Web Sheriff has been in full-on overdrive, policing leak sites to make sure that any links to Rapidshare or Megaupload go dead faster than you can say “draw.” One of those sites, the popular “release news site” (translation: aggregator for said R’share/M’upload links) RLSLog, is crying that the Sheriff done took his mission too far, because the site has been vaporized by its Web host:
ARTIST: Franz Ferdinand
TITLE: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
WEB DEBUT: Jan. 10, 2009
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 27, 2009
While few people may pick Franz Ferdinand as… More »
As 2008 recedes in our collective rearview mirror, the headlines trumpeting bad news are still there: record sales are lousier than ever, the economy sucks, record executives are still trying to flog the Pussycat Dolls. But there are still reasons to be excited by what’s to come in the probably contracting, definitely shapeshifting world of pop music. Nine things to look forward to today and in the 364 days that follow after the jump!
ARTIST: Franz Ferdinand
TITLE: “Lucid Dreams”
WEB DEBUT: Aug. 11, 2008
I’m not sure how I feel about “Katherine Kiss Me,” a new song that Franz Ferdinand performed at Glastonbury this weekend. More »
