Consequence of Sound — A return to the charming territory of their early output. more info

Chicago Tribune — 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' more info

USA Today Music — New albums from CeeLo's group, the Scottish dance-pop band and the Detroit rapper. more info

DrownedInSound — Kapranos and co have delivered what is simultaneously ‘just another Franz Ferdinand’ album and one of the indie records of the summer. Don’t leave it so long next time. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Starpulse — Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos almost broke up the chart-topping group two years ago after growing tired of the "routine" and "obligations" of the music industry. The rocker was exhausted ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Franz Ferdinand are now streaming their internationally lauded fourth studio album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action exclusively via NPR’s First Listen a week before its release. This exuberant, unencumbered record is the first... more info

Consequence of Sound — Glasgow rockers' first album in four years arrives one week early. more info

Chorus.fm — You can stream *Franz Ferdinand (http://www.franzferdinand.com)*'s new album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, over at NPR (http://www.npr.org/2013/08/19/210175096/first-listen-franz-ferdinand-right-thoughts-right-words-right-action). more info

Chorus.fm — I'm going to be sending over some questions to *Franz Ferdinand* (http://www.franzferdinand.com/index.html) this week. If you have any good ones, leave them in the replies. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “Almost everything could be forgotten,” Alex Kapranos sang Tuesday night at the Echoplex, and that’s a truism he’s observed firsthand. more info