The Mix Tape Podcast — Another round-up of the week's best music news... iTouch ad featuring Franz Ferdinand debuts...M.I.A. Gives birth to a baby boy…Noize Makes Enemies reports on the death of the album…Fever Ray premiers video for “When I Grow Upââ... more info

Battery In your Leg — I didn’t realize just how much I missed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs until I heard this new song. Do you remember a simpler time when The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand and the YYY’s ruled the indie airwaves (and dancefloors)? The early Aughts, such a magical p... more info

8/1 — MP3: Blondie - Call MeMP3: Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Blondie Cover] more info

8/1 — Yeni bir yardım albümü yine ünlüler karması yineyeniyeniden cover'lar. War Child, 15 ikona müzikal geçmiÅŸlerindeki en favori ÅŸarkısını ve ÅŸarkıyı kimin yeniden yorumlamasını soruyor. Ä°Åžte so... more info

Idolator — After last night's Brit Awards, the Killers and Coldplay hustled over to the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire for a concert benefiting the international charity War Child, which released an all-covers comp featuring the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Fran... more info

Time Out, London — The Cure headline to celebrate their 'NME Godlike Genius' award. Stellar supports from Franz Ferdinand, Crystal Castles & White Lies more info

Stereogum — This will not go Feist or even Chairlift in its residual artist popularity impact, but it will probably still run pretty deep in terms of its straight residual (as in cash money) impact: Franz Ferdinand have lent their party times dance-rock cut "... more info

Persona Sauna — If you aren't familiar with it already, War Child: Heroes is charity album that has also chosen to create a compilation of covers, but it gives it an American Idol-esque flavor by asking the original artists to choose who should attempt to remake the... more info

AngryApe — It will be released following the group's upcoming tour more info

XFM.co.uk — Franz Ferdinand have revealed that their stint as Xfm DJs on The Residency has brought tears to the eyes of their drummer Paul Thomson. more info