Sweeping The Nation — 2003 was in some ways the year everything we knew about pop splintered - Phil Spector's arrest, Michael Jackson's post-Martin Bashir arrest, Britney being kissed by and then duetting with Madonna with the precipice starting to hove into view.... more info

Nialler9 — BNQT (pronounced “Banquet”) , the group made up of Eric Pulido of Midlake, Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healy of Travis, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy will play Vicar Street on November 2nd this ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — It seems like everyday I read a new think-piece or drab facebook status about how rock is dead. Yet, half of the reason I’m still going with this here blog and life in general is because of getting to see rock bands like Franz Ferdinand put on grea... more info

Stereogum — Indie supergroup BNQT (pronounced Banquet), which includes members of Band Of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Grandaddy, Midlake, and Travis, just released their debut album in April. Their first single, "Restart," now has an accompanying video. It's a fant... more info

Popdose — We had the chance to see Franz Ferdinand's current U.S. tour. Here's our review! more info

Stereogum — Franz Ferdinand performed in Charlotte, NC last night and they played a new song called "Huck & Jim" during the set. A fan captured the song in full and uploaded it to YouTube. Franz Ferdinand also brought out the classic "Take Me Out" and closed the... more info

Stereogum — Franz Ferdinand have added two new members since the departure of founding guitarist Nick McCarthy last year, and the Scottish rockers debuted their new lineup today at Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, AL. Watch some footage of new members Dino Bardo... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the indie supergroup BNQT -- which includes members of Band Of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Grandaddy, Midlake and Travis -- released Volume I, their first LP. And last night, they were the musical guests on Late Night With Seth Meyers, where... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — “Archduke,” the title of Rajiv Joseph’s new play, sounds like the answer to a high school social studies quiz on 20th century European history. As I hope all of you remember, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to t... more info

Stereogum — BNQT is the new indie-rock supergroup that counts Band Of Horses' Ben Bridwell, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, Travis' Fran Healy, Grandaddy's Jason Lytle, and Midlake's Eric Pulido among its members. Each of them wrote and handle lead vocals on tw... more info