Either Alex Kapranos is hungry or the traditional English dish of beans on toast has played a pretty memorable role in his life.

Franz Ferdinand have announced a month-long U.S. tour in support of their third album, the SPIN-approved Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.

You've read the review and watched the boys chat with SPIN.com backstage in Brooklyn -- but now you can finally hear Franz Ferdinand's much-awaited new record, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.

File this one under "awesome idea combined with a great cause." The War Child International charity, which provides aid to children in war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, recently asked 16 legendary musicians, including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen, to choose a song from their catalogue and a contempo

If you thought Franz Ferdinand were four buttoned-down guys, the band are out to prove you wrong with this clip for "Ulysses," the new single off their latest album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.