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Franz Ferdinand Save Saturday At Virgin Festival Ontario

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 31, 2009 11:37 am
While hundreds of thousands of British and European fans were mucking about in the fields at the Reading and Leeds festivals in England this weekend, Virgin Festival Ontario couldn't even fill Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre, which has a capacity of 16,000 people. Virgin Festival Ontario was originally to be held at Orillia, Ont.'s Burl's Creek...
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Glastonbury 2009 Diary: Part 2

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By Jonathan Dekel (CHARTattack) July 2, 2009 2:45 pm
Hospitality Campgrounds Pilton, England Glastonbury Festival 10:30 a.m. I awake in a bath of warm sweat. It seems in my hurry to buy an economy tent the previous day I'd forgotten to get one with some sort of window or breeze system. The forecast once again calls for rain, and yet, judging by the 40-degree Celsius weather in this tent, the...
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Franz Ferdinand — Blood

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) June 15, 2009 1:15 pm
Blood is offered as the dub version of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which was a disappointment when it was released earlier this year. People like me who saw the word "dub" and were hoping to find some King Tubby or Lee "Scratch" Perry-type remixes of those songs will be disappointed again. Dan Carey, who produced the original...
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Franz Ferdinand — Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) January 27, 2009 1:38 pm
This Glaswegian band's 2004 self-titled debut and its 2005 You Could Have It So Much Better follow-up were personal top 10 albums in their respective release years. But the four-year gap to get to Tonight: Franz Ferdinand only built hopes and expectations that definitely aren't met here. The quartet promised a groovier sound this time, and...
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Last Night: Franz Ferdinand

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) December 5, 2008 5:05 pm
I hadn't seen Franz Ferdinand since they played Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern right around the time their self-titled debut album came out in early 2004, but that disc and its follow-up, 2005's You Could Have It So Much Better, both made my year-end top 10 lists for those respective years. It's been more than a three-year wait and album three,...
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Toronto Venue Foils Franz And Death Cab's Plans

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) April 18, 2006 3:30 pm
It's hard to pin down exactly what made Monday night's Franz Ferdinand/Death Cab For Cutie show a disaster. Was it the abysmal sound at the Ricoh Coliseum? Maybe the annoying fire alarm that kept going off during Death Cab's set? Or it could have been the unlikely pairing of a young new wave rock band with a sensitive Seattle five-piece. Actually...
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Franz Ferdinand — You Could Have It So Much Better

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) October 4, 2005 3:34 pm
It's hard to believe, but the new new wave is just over a year old. Franz Ferdinand's selt-titled debut hit stores just 15 months ago, and in that time the world has been inundated with indie rock dance bands. With the Killers' continued radio saturation, it's up to the Scottish foursome who started it all to make a banal genre sound fresh...
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Franz Ferdinand — Franz Ferdinand

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 9, 2004 10:30 am
A genesis in Glasgow's arty loft party scene and a shameless retro vibe do nothing to temper the brilliance of Franz Ferdinand's self-titled debut. With opening bass thumps of "Jacqueline," a simple song lauding drunken vacationing, you're sucked into Franz's propulsive dance-rock vision. Not to be outdone, "Take Me Out" and...
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WATCH: LCD Soundsytem - "Live Alone" (Franz Ferdinand cover) music video

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By Mike Searle (CHARTattack) December 19, 2011 4:01 pm
I’m not going to lie, I really do miss James Murphy and the LCD Soundsystem gang, so it’s always a pleasure to report on news coming out of their camp. For this year’s Record Store Day, Franz Ferdinand released the Covers EP which featured artists including Peaches, Stephen Merritt and Debbie Harry providing their own renditions of a few tracks...
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Peaches Cover Of Franz Ferdinand Song Now Available To Normal People

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) April 21, 2011 2:59 pm
What was originally slated as a limited edition vinyl only release for this past Record Store Day on April 16, Franz Ferdinand will now launch their Covers EP via CD for wider distribution.   The five-song collection serves as an homage to the Glasgow rockers by some of the group’s favourite artists and manages to breathe new life into...
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I Read The News Today... For April 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 4, 2011 2:20 pm
A Perfect Circle have announced that tickets for their upcoming summer reunion tour go on sale on Friday. (In other news... LOL.) —aperfectcircle.com Regina indie poppers Library Voices have signed to Nevado Records, which is home to Yukon Blonde, Bahamas and The Golden Dogs. They'll release their Summer Of Lust sophomore album sometime this...
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I Read The News Today... For July 30, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 30, 2010 10:27 am
Strung Out have announced a pretty huge Canadian tour that'll take place late next month and in early September. —MySpace Former Dr. Dog drummer Juston Stens is giving away an EP he made with his band, The Get Real Gang. —parkthevan.com Yo, nerdy hipsters! Here's your chance to win something for being a dork who likes Scott...
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Franz Ferdinand — "Eyes Of Mars" (Featuring Marion Cotillard)

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By CHARTattack Staff March 9, 2010 12:58 pm
Here's the video for Franz Ferdinand's collaboration with actress Marion Cotillard (Nine, La Vie En Rose). The tune was recorded for Dior, and yes, the entire video is one big advertisement for the company's fashion line as well. Cotillard looks kind of hilarious in drag, but where is Alex Kapranos? Still arguing with his label over McDonald's...
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Franz Ferdinand Vs. McDonald's, Record Label

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 22, 2010 12:20 pm
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos isn't hog wild on Epic and Sony Music's decision to let a McDonald's website use one of the band's songs. Kapranos discovered one of Franz Ferdinand's tunes was being used on latenightmcdonalds.com (which no longer exists) and took to Twitter to vent his frustration. Kapranos says the band weren't asked whether...
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Oscar Winner Marion Cotillard To Sing Franz Ferdinand Song In Dior Commercial

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By Valentina D'Aliesio (CHARTattack) January 18, 2010 4:28 pm
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are going upscale: they're set to provide the soundtrack for a new advertising campaign for high-end fashion house Dior. The band wrote a track called "The Eyes Of Mars" that will appear in a television commercial for the Dior fashion line. The song features vocals from Oscar winner Marion Cotillard....
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Avril Lavigne, LIGHTS, Tegan And Sara, Cliks, Franz Ferdinand, Sloan Winners In 15th Annual Year End Readers' Poll

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 13, 2010 5:34 pm
Our computer gnomes have finished their work determining the results for our 15th Annual Year End Readers' Poll, and now we'd like to reveal the winners to you (just in case you didn't see that really long headline there). Avril Lavigne is apparently sexier than any other Canadian female because she garnered a whopping 605,538 votes for the...
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The Yummy Fur Reunite, Tour U.S.

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By Mark Teo (CHARTattack) November 25, 2009 3:12 pm
Cult Scottish art rock group The Yummy Fur — not be to confused with the comic series of the same name — are reuniting. The band will tour next year in support of a new best-of compilation, due out in January via What's Your Rupture? The label hasn't confirmed an exact release date, but the band will be crossing the pond for the first time for...
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Franz Ferdinand At VFest Ontario 2009

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Photographer: 
Carrie Musgrave
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
August 29, 2009

Franz Ferdinand At VFest Ontario 2009

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Photographer: 
Carrie Musgrave
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
August 29, 2009

Franz Ferdinand At VFest Ontario 2009

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Photographer: 
Carrie Musgrave
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
August 29, 2009
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