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Alex Kapranos

  1. superlatives
    The Greatest and Earwormiest of Franz Ferdinand, According to Alex Kapranos“I think, ‘F-ck. These lyrics are dark, but it sounds so optimistic.’”
  2. the videodome
    Are You ‘Curious’ About Franz Ferdinand’s New Track?They even do an avant-garde hoedown.
  3. chat room
    Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos: ‘The Internet Is Like a Gossipy Girls’ Locker Room’Vulture raps with the Franz front man about his new album, and how rumors get started.
  4. news reel
    Fast-Thinking Alex Kapranos Saves the Year’s Best Party From Overzealous Fire MarshalAddressing revelers on the balcony, the Franz Ferdinand singer’s voice took on the tone of an angry schoolmarm: ‘The Fire Department wants to shut the party down.’
  5. right-click
    Viva Las White Stripes!
  6. The New York Diet
    Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand Dines at Sony’s Private RestaurantFor the past month, Franz Ferdinand front man Alex Kapranos has been spending long hours in a Chelsea studio producing a record by tourmates the Cribs; staying at the Greenpoint apartment of his girlfriend of four years Eleanor Friedberger, lead singer of the Fiery Furnaces; and celebrating the publication of Sound Bites: Eating on Tour With Franz Ferdinand, in which the culinary adventurer and former chef recounts everything from buffets in Singapore to bull’s testicles in Argentina. Before he returns to Glasgow next week to start work on a new record (and to tuck into his favorite curry), we thought we’d ask him where he’s been finding nourishment in his adopted city.