Artist: Alex Kapranos

Esta mañana la banda escocesa Franz Ferdinand nos sorprendió a todos con el anuncio del lanzamiento de su nuevo disco 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' que saldrá a la venta el próximo 26 de Agosto.

Nuevo álbum de los escoceses. Bajo el título Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions , el grupo de Glasgow regresa después de cuatro años sin editar material nuevo y lanzará su cuarto álbum de estudio en el mes de agosto. El disco estuvo grabado en los estudios de Alex Kapranos en Escocia, de Nick McCarthy en Londres, en Club Ralph , así como en un par de visitar a Oslo y Estocolmo . Son 10 canciones que retoman la esencia de su álbum debut según declaró su disquera [...]

Anoche, Franz Ferdinand se presentó en Glasgow , su ciudad natal. Durante el concierto la banda escocesa interpretó dos nuevos temas. Si bien todavía no se sabe nada de un nuevo disco de Franz Ferdinand , desde el año pasado la banda liderada por Alex Kapranos estuvo presentando nuevos temas. En esta oportunidad, los escoceses brindaron un mini show de 40 minutos en Glasgow e interpretaron dos composiciones nuevas llamadas [...]

O vocalista do Franz Ferdinand , Alex Kapranos, confirmou que Roxanne Clifford, líder do  Veronica Falls , participará do novo disco dos escoceses. Kapranos revelou pelo Twitter que Clifford "canta um pouquinho" no novo trabalho dos caras. A relação entre a vocalista e a banda não é recente: ela é a moça que aparece na capa do single  Do You Want To , de 2005. Ainda sem maiores detalhes, o quarto álbum do  Franz Ferdinand deve ser lançado neste ano. No ano passado, o grupo tocou algumas músicas novas em [...]

Our London’s favorite five-piece Citizens!, who released their 11-track album last year "Here We Are" in Scotland last year are now on tour in the US! After their first jaunt across the USA and Canada last fall as part of the Ooh La L.A festival, CMJ Music Marathon and two very succesful tours in Asia and in Australia Citizens! are coming [...]

UK's Citizens! Release Here We Are (prod. by Franz Ferdinands' Alex Kapranos) on 10/9/2012 via Kitsuné / Cooperative Music + First USA Tour and CMJ London's five-piece Citizens! recorded their 11-track-debut in Scotland last year with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand . The result is Here We Are . After touring Europe and playing at the major festivals, the band is eager to release their debut in the States on October 9, 2012 via Kitsuné / Cooperative Music [...]

Alex Kapranos de Franz Ferdinand dijo que la extinta banda liderada por los hermanos Gallagher le resulta “aburrida” , durante una improvisada entrevista con fans a través de twitter. Cuando le preguntaron qué consejo le daría a las nuevas bandas, Kapranos aconsejó no realizar covers de Oasis , porque todo el mundo lo hace, y eran “jodidamente aburridos” . Never cover Oasis. [...]

    Después de habernos presentado dos estupendo sencillos (" True Romance " y " Reptile "), la banda inglesa CITIZENS! nos presenta "Caroline" el tercer sencillo de su álbum debut Hear We Are , producido por Alex Kapranos de Franz Ferdinand. 

We've already heard two fantastic singles, "True Romance" and "Reptile!", and here's a brand new track, called "Caroline", from London's indie-pop band Citizens! . Taken from their Alex Kapranos (of Franz Ferdinand) produced album "Hear We Are", which is set for release on May 28th via Kitsuné. As a bonus, you can grab their tasty remix of Man Without Country's latest single "Puppets" below. Download here

Dopo il nome dei Sigur Ros il cartellone dell' A Perfect Day Festival che si terrà al Castello Scaligero di Villafranca si arrichisce di un altro nome di rilievo del rock internazionale. Il primo ospite della seconda giornata della kermesse si lega al nome dei Franz Ferdinand che dopo tre anni di assenza dai palchi italiani tornano on stage nel Belpaese. Continua a leggere Franz Ferdinand al Perfect Day Festival: sabato 1 settembre la band di Kapranos a [...]

The now-defunct LCD Soundsystem and Debbie Harry both had a hack at Franz Ferdinand's chugging juggernaut Live Alone for last April's Record Store Day. However NYC DJ and producer Brennan Green's rework lassoos all the emboldened aforementioned into the same pen to heave together this dancehall clobberer: hinging on wondrously rotund bass octave pummel, glimmers of synth, and Manzaneran stabs of well-preened guitar glitz has been added to what was once all but a little mundane. Harry duets with Kapranos, rendering James Murphy's involvement all but enigmatic although that's presumably just as [...]

Sarà il Primavera Festival di Barcellona a battezzare l'atteso ritorno sui palchi dei Franz Ferdinand assenti da tempo on stage. Il gruppo guidato dal carismatico Alex Kapranos sarà poi impegnato in un tour attraverso il vecchio Continente che potrebbe anche toccare l'Italia anche se al momento non ci sono ovviamente notizie certe a riguardo. Intanto i fans dei Franz Ferdinand restano sempre in attesa del loro quarto album dopo che l'ultimo lavoro Tonight: Franz Ferdinand è targato ormai 2009. [...]

    Los 5 chicos londinenses recién firmados con Kitsuné, nos presentan el video de su nuevo sencillo “Reptile”. Todavía no hay fecha para su álbum debut, pero sabemos que saldrá este año y que será producido por Alex Kapranos de Franz Ferdinand. Enjoy.    

It is not often that you come across a record that speaks to you more than it does require listening upon first play. This particular record seems to offer more to the listener than just a collection of songs for roughly 40 minutes. It almost paints a story of emotions throughout and all seems to fit toget... Read more..

never knowing where you came from or where to go ♫  Citizens! - True Romance (Gigamesh Remix)  [Please do not re-host. Link to this post.] More London based indie synth pop dance fun! AND it's remixed by Gigamesh! What, what!? I guess the weekend starts on Tuesdays these days. Lets focus on the magic of that Gigamesh remix for a moment. No need to talk about it really. Just listen some more. That Gigamesh is a genius. And what better way to get me even more pumped for the music of Citizens!? Catch them [...]

• CITIZENS! - Girlfriend
• CITIZENS! - True Romance - Gigamesh Remix

Given the renaissance that glitchy, ambient electronica has enjoyed of late with the likes of Gold Panda , Mount Kimbie , and Seams garnering widespread laudation, it'd be all too easy to gloss over the perennial ability of Boom Bip to fling forth similarly blissful joy. However where he once daubed droplets of synth wizardry atop atmospheric minimalism his sounds now ooze ominously, like mercury dripping from a shattered thermometer, evoking a more extroverted strand of delight. Having spent recent times in the company of melancholia mastermind Gruff Rhys, the pair [...]

El músico Bryan Hollon , también conocido bajo su pseudónimo artístico Boom Bip , ha sabido aliarse con grandes nombres en la escena indie, como Gruff Rhys , frontman de Super Furry Animals y director del film Separado! que pudimos apreciar en el BAFICI de este año. Esta vez, Boom Bip colabora con Alex Kapranos , [...]

The good thing about instrumental hip-hop artists? Their doors are open to all kinds of collaborations. L.A. musician Bryan Charles Holton, better known as Boom Bip , will demonstrate this with a new album, out this fall. Boom Bip, who has released only two proper solo albums in his 13-year career, will follow up on Blue Eyed in the Red Room (2005) and his Mercury-nominated collaboration with Gruff Rhys Stainless Style (2008) by branching out and grabbing some diverse indie and alternative names. The new [...]

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Filed under: News , Exclusive Getty Images Musicians are just like us -- they watch TV, play video games, make fancy meals and then tweet about it all. But some musicians really enjoy their eats and need more than a mere 140 characters. In the case of My Morning Jacket 's Jim James , Zooey Deschanel 's She & Him bandmate M. Ward , and Beastie [...]

Bets are on you being unaware of Box Codax as of yet. Alexander Ragnew and Manuela Gernedel too are presumably names that don't ring many bells. Nick McCarthy however is one lodged fairly firmly into contemporary indie memory. Archdukes and Hagströms aside however, this is his "little baby" we're talking, just days before the release of the troupe's sophomore LP Hellabuster. Prepare for the tripartite "contemporary Gilbert and Sullivan" to warp your every songwriting preconception... Dots: For those that are yet to experience Box Codax, what's the story, morning glory? [...]