The first I heard of Franz Ferdinand's admittedly spectacular masterpiece 'Tonight' was on the Steve Wright In The Afternoon show, where said host duly bent the ear of lead singer Alex Kapranos and screamed, "Ere son, I'm loving the new style!" Because that's how Wrighty talks, you know. Annoyingly so, at 4pm. Though I did chuckle slightly, under the illusion it was completely untrue - and rather just the usual sycophantic, hoity toity drivel we've come to expect from DJs and presenters. Everything's hip, new and happening these days. And blimey, it sounds like the kind of thing Lorraine Kelly would say to Marti Pellow on LK Today. Despite being a ...  Read the complete review

Franz Ferdinand: Where to start? How about in 2002, in glasgow, scotland? The band takes its name from the famous Archduke of Austria, just incase you spotted the relationship between a post-punk 21st century band and the Archduke. This is the third studio album from the band, entitled 'tonight'. It was released on the 27th of Janurary 2009. Ok, to the music. I am a massive fan of franz ferdinand and this album does not dissapoint once again. With its quirky, almost sexual lyrics, cool rhythmic guitars and backing vocals this band couldnt ever dissapoint, right? This album has a great progressive feeling to it, it ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a fan of Franz Ferdinand yet so far I have been unable sadly to watch them play live. The albums they release will be as close as I get to them. Thankfully they have once again produced a kicking third album! Tonight was released late January and I have been unable to stop playing it. Lead singer Alex Kapranos stated that "The last record was...like a teenager having sex. This one's a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dance floor." And to be honest in an odd kind of way I agree. Not that I didn't like their last album but their most recent wipes it under the carpet. The songs on this album still have the thumping ...  Read the complete review

This new album, long awaited after a long absence from actively pursuing the music scene by Franz Ferdinand. It's more mature and experimental, and although it has been slated by some people, I feel that this is because these people had typecast FF as jaunty-whimsical one trick ponies, capable only of releasing music along the lines of their first two albums, and because this is different, it shocked and disappointed these people, who perhaps did not give it a fair listen for this reason. I listened to it objectively, although with anticipation, as a fan of FF since the beginning. I have gone into a few stand-out tracks below in further detail. There are no songs I would  Read the complete review

Tonight was the third album from the franz Ferdinand indie boys from Scotland. I enjoyed their other albums so when this one came out I just couldn't not buy it. The first track off the album Ulysses is the best by far. It starts off with a really nice drum beat and then the lyrics kick in, its similar in this way to a lot of their older stuff however it sounds like a totally different franz Ferdinand, their style of singing seemed to change ot a somewhat creepy style, but fortunately this is only at the beginning of the song. They have gotten a lot more electro and I think this is sadly for the worse as I think the old style suited the boys ...  Read the complete review