The artist who played guitar in the band Correcto alongside Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson has won the Turner Prize 2009. Read More
Four years have passed since the frankly flat You Could Have It So Much Better , and I think a lot of people's expectations for this album were a tad lower. Read More
The world's first jukebox was installed at San Francisco's' Palais Royal Hotel. 1956 - sheet metal worker Louis Balint was arrested after punching Elvis Presley at a Hotel in Toledo. Read More
THE cult band which spawned chart-toppers Franz Ferdinand is making a comeback after 11 years. Read More
The band which spawned Scottish chart-toppers FRANZ FERDINAND is making a comeback after 11 years. Read More
This time out it's on a smaller scale, as the wonderful cult Scottish band The Yummy Fur has decided to get back together for a few dates. Read More
It was the mating call of four art school underachievers committed to tape. Read More
Cult Scottish band The Yummy Fur , who used to include members of Franz Ferdinand and 1990s , look set to reunite to play gigs in the UK and US next January. Read More
Alex Kapranos is what you might call a well-rounded individual. Read More
NYC collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band will be performing their final NYC show of the year, headlining the Bowery Ballroom [6 Delancey St.] for the first time on Friday, December 11th . Read More
Glasgow's art-damaged rock quartet Franz Ferdinand -- named for the Austro-Hungarian Archduke whose murder sparked World War I ... Read the full Franz Ferdinand bio.