[Words and photos by Alex Lupul. -AC] Celebrating 20 years of music together, Glasgow, Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand brought their aptly titled “Hits to the Head” tour to Toronto on August 17. The setlist–and
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Here are some things you might not know about Franz Ferdinand: (1) Singer Alex Kapranos met guitarist Nick McCarthy at a party where Nick kept stealing Alex’s drinks. Alex was going to bust
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One of the more unusual reference books I have on my shelf is one from Franz Ferdinand singer, Alex Kapranos. It’s called Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand. This grew out
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It’s impossible to predict what will inspire the creation of a hit song. Some songs emerged from the creator’s mind fully formed. Others slowly evolve in a completely unexpected way. Take this Franz
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A character like Donald Trump inflames all sorts of passions, including (especially?) those who oppose what he stands for. Many in opposition are musicians who have been moved to write songs expressing their
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I saw my first back-to-school flyer over the weekend. Too soon. Waaaaay too soon. And now, the music news. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is in stable condition after collapsing during a Hollywood Vampires show
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The longest short week of the year is the one that falls after Labour Day. Am I wrong? We might just get the first Faith No More album in 19 years soon. Well,
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One hundred years ago today on a tiny, narrow street in Sarajevo, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip killed the visiting Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. The sequence of events that followed over
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