Stereogum — Guitarist Nick McCarthy has been a part of the angular Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand since the band started in 2002. He’s recorded four albums with the band, as well as one with the associated project FFS. And now he’s stepping out. The band... more info

NME — Member parts way with group due to family commitments more info

NME — Jessie Ware, Franz Ferdinand and Hot Chip also sign a pro-EU open letter more info

Stereogum — Four members of Midlake, spearheaded by Eric Pulido, have formed a new supergroup called Banquet, and have recruited Band Of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle, and Travis’ Fran Healy to join them. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Midlake: half of these guys are in Banquet Jason Lytle is a busy guy. In addition to the new Grandaddy record that's being recorded currently, he's also part of a new supergroup called Banquet that also features his pal Ben... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, all four members of Franz Ferdinand got together with Sparks, the ’70s pop-auteur duo, to form a new supergroup called FFS and to release a self-titled album. (They performed on James Corden earlier this week.) One of their early... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared; words by Bill Pearis FFS @ Terminal 5 10/7/2015 "There are not two bands on stage tonight," proclaimed Alex Kapranos to the Terminal 5 crowd on Tuesday night (10/6). "There is only FFS!" The collaborative effort... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — FFS You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... FFS (Franz Ferdinand + Sparks), The Intelligence @ Terminal 5 Sparks and Franz Ferdinand proved to be two great tastes that... more info

Stereogum — The new Franz Ferdinand/Sparks supergroup FFS played live for the first time last night (outside of an appearance on Jools Holland last month) at the Arts School is Glasgow. They played pretty much all of the tracks off of their self-titled debut, wh... more info

Stereogum — FFS — the new supergroup made up of members of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks — have shared a video for “Piss Off,” a song from their self-titled debut that comes out tomorrow. It features the band members as animated creepy little ninja men with... more info