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  Franz Ferdinand Quietly Reveal LP4 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action'

  May 16, 2013 – We already heard a couple of new Franz Ferdinand tracks earlier this year, but we'll get a whole set of fresh songs this summer. The Glaswegian dance-rock connoisseurs will return with their fourth studio album — Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action — on August 27 via Domino Records (August 26 for U.K. …
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  Franz Ferdinand Play Seven New Songs Live, Here Are Two

  March 6, 2013 – Franz Ferdinand's long-awaited fourth album is due late this summer and as a run-up to the forthcoming release, the Glaswegian post-punk rockers played seven new songs during an intimate club show on Wednesday night. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Alex Kapranos Guests With Boom Bip

  September 22, 2011 – Beatmaking alchemist Bryan Hollon, aka Boom Bip, is a pro at powerhouse collaborations. The L.A.-based producer's partnership with Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals as Neon Neon earned him a U.K. Mercury Prize nomination in 2008, and his backing band includes members of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Gnarls Barkley. …
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  LCD Turn Franz Ferdinand Track Into Hot Disco

  April 12, 2011 – For Saturday's Record Store Day, Franz Ferdinand will release Covers, which features takes on the British band's songs by Peaches, ESG, Blondie's Debbie Harry, and others. …
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  Strokes' Next Song, Arcade Fire's Tour

  February 22, 2011 – The second song fans will hear from the Strokes' upcoming album, Angles (out March 22), will be "You're So Right." The New York City quintet will release the track on March 1 as the B-side on the 7" vinyl for their first single, "Under Cover of Darkness" (listen here). …
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  FIRST LISTEN: 'Alice in Wonderland' Soundtrack!

  February 4, 2010 – Franz Ferdinand, Wolfmother, Avril Lavigne, Owl City, and Pete Wentz and Mark Hoppus, among others, have re-imagined songs from the 1951 movie classic Alice in Wonderland for Tim Burton's psychedelic remake of the Disney film, in theatres March 5. …
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  Franz Ferdinand Collabo with Oscar-Winning Actress

  January 20, 2010 – French actress Marion Cotillard won an Oscar for her performance as singer Édith Piaf in 2007's La Vie en Rose. …
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  The Best of Virgin Mobile Freefest

  August 31, 2009 – All summer long, we've been chronicling the best and worst moments of every major music festival, from South by Southwest to Lollapalooza. At Sunday's Virgin Mobile Freefest in Columbia, Maryland, just between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, it was nearly impossible to find a surly crowd or witness a trainwreck set. …
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  Pope Gets Signed, Meth's Glorified Pellet Gun

  August 6, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news the Internet had to offer this week: Pope Benedict XVI has signed up with Snoop Dogg and Ashlee Simpson's record label to release an album called Alma Mater -- beating Kanye West to the punch, perhaps? [USA Today] The Pope's really more of a Franz Ferdinand fan anyway. [NME] What's better than Indonesian percussion?Indonesian percussion played by robots! …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 26, 2009 – In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip blogger Perez Hilton. …
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