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Rock/Pop/Post-Punk Band From The U.K.
Franz Ferdinand: Alexander Kapranos (vocals, guitar); Nicholas McCarthy (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Robert Hardy (bass); Paul Thomson (drums, background vocals).
While the Darts of Pleasure EP proved that Franz Ferdinand had a way with equally sharp lyrics and hooks, and the "Take Me Out" single took their sound to dramatic new heights, their self-titled debut album offers the most expansive version of their music yet. From the first track, "Jacqueline," which begins with a brooding acoustic prelude before jumping into a violently vibrant celebration of hedonism, Franz Ferdinand is darker and more diverse than the band's previous work suggested. "Auf Ausche" has an unsettling aggression underneath its romantic yearning, its cheap synth strings and pianos underscoring its low-rent moodiness and ruined glamour. And even in the album's context, "Take Me Out" remains unmatched for sheer drama; with its relentless stomp and lyrics like "I'm just a cross hair/I'm just a shot away from you," it's deliciously unclear whether it's about meeting a date or a firing squad. The wonderfully dry wit the band employed on Darts of Pleasure's "Shopping for Blood" and "Van Tango" is used more subtly: the oddly radiant "Matinee" captures romantic escapism via dizzying wordplay. "Michael," meanwhile, is a post-post-punk "John, I'm Only Dancing," by equal turns macho and fey; when Alex Kapranos proclaims "This is what I am/I am a man/So come and dance with me, Michael," it's erotic as well as homoerotic. Love and lust make up a far greater portion of Franz Ferdinand than any of the band's other work; previously, Franz Ferdinand's strong suit was witty aggressiveness, and the shift in focus has mixed results. There's something a little too manic and unsettled about Franz Ferdinand to make them completely convincing romantics, but "Come On Home" has swooning, anthemic choruses guaranteed to melt even those who hate swooning, anthemic choruses. Fortunately, the album includes enough of their louder, crazier songs to please fans of their EPs. "Darts of Pleasure" remains one of the best expressions of Franz Ferdinand's shabby glamour, campy humor, and sugar-buzz energy, and "Tell Her Tonight," which debuted on the Darts of Pleasure EP, returns in a full-fledged version that's even more slinky, menacing, and danceable than the demo hinted it might be. And if Franz Ferdinand's aim has always been to get people dancing, then "Cheating on You"'s churned-up art punk and close, Merseybeat-like harmonies suggest some combination of slam dancing and the twist that could sweep dancefloors. Despite its slight unevenness, Franz Ferdinand ends up being rewarding in different ways than the band's previous work was, and it's apparent that they're one of the more exciting groups to come out of the garage rock/post-punk revival. ~ Heather Phares
On their self-titled debut, Glasgow foursome Franz Ferdinand lift the jagged, danceable sounds of British post-punk to elegant and dizzying new heights. While they may seem to have much in common with the wave of American bands emerging in the early 2000s, Franz Ferdinand demonstrates a close study of the genre and proves its prowess. If the Rapture is a rowdy kegger in a Brooklyn loft, then Franz Ferdinand is a gin-soaked dance-off at an outdoor European cafe where no table remains untipped. As disciples of the Fire Engines, Josef K, and Orange Juice, chief songwriters Alex Kapranos and Nicholas McCarthy temper the edges with a sense of melody that wisely falls just shy of Blondie-style bubble gum.
The centerpiece is "Take Me Out" (a U.K. top ten hit), which plays out a series of come-ons between rival assassins, over what begins as a sneering slice of mid-1990s Britpop, only to morph into a funky dance-floor tune. Kapranos is often quoted as saying that the band was started in order to "make music that girls can dance to," but this unusually assured debut is quite liRolling Stone (p.142) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[T]heir album is one killer song after another..."
Spin (p.68) - Ranked #3 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "[T]his Scottish quartet's debut feels life-altering from first listen..."
Q (3/04, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[U]tterly unique. Setting them apart is a bizarre military chic, the best basslines since peak New Order....The most ebullient British debut since Elastica."
Uncut (3/04, p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 - "A dynamic, direct debut from funky, punky junk-shop monkeys who strut, swagger and shrug nonchalantly."
Uncut (p.74) - Ranked #10 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "[With] precise guitars and jagged rhythmic angles, flushed with the arthouse swagger of Talking Heads and XTC..."
Magnet (p.66) - Ranked #7 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2004" - "[P]acked with stuttering mechanical riffs and smoking-jacket panache..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.61) - Ranked #51 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "A marriage of Britpop and post-punk....[It] won us over with its exuberance, hauteur and relentless songwriting."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/04, p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]hey see things in their own way and the songs feel like they're boiling over, there's so much heat under them." Franz Ferdinand Music Review Average Rating: (4.1 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Ferdy
Pretty good sound, off beats and such.
Submitted by medikman2003 (Germany, us army) 
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Like all great bands that are influenced by others, Franz Ferdinand echo and add to rather than copy. They are obviously influenced by British pop bands such as Duran Duran and The Teardrop Explodes. But they take certain elements and blend it into infectious pop tunes that have melody and good lyrics. Give them a try. And I feel they'll get even better.
Submitted by c.hufton2 (Nottingham, UK)
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I'm not the world's biggest Britpop fan, but this CD makes me want to stay out all night clubbing in the UK.
Submitted by mdschill (Philly)
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 Euro Garage Rock
I'd describe this as sort of the European version of the American Garage Rock "movement". It's different in that the lead singer sounds kind of like a sissy. The electric guitar is nice but the bass has waaaay to much of a disco-like vibe going on for me. It's a little too "happy" for my taste. It sounds okay though. Doesn't sound quite like, but seems to have a combination of Death Cab For Cutie and The Shins feel to it. I wonder if that was their goal. Seems kind of suspicious to me.
Submitted by rockstar494 (Mainline, Main, USA)
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Great stuff! Very happy, young band.
This may sound strange but the word that best defines this album for me is 'Young'. It's one of the best fusions of Rock of Pop around and it never fails to make me smile!
Submitted by Rowan (Newcastle, UK)
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Purchase Franz Ferdinand CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Shins Chutes Too Narrow CD (2003)
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This is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut full-length, Oh, Inverted World. With ten songs, clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the new record is a brief yet entirely scintillating glimpse at chiming, reflective, and perfectly skewed pop innovation. Sub Pop. 2003.
The Shins: James Mercer (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Marty Crandall (keyboards); Dave Hernandez (bass); Jesse Sandoval (drums).
Additional personnel: Kevin Suggs (pedal steel guitar); Annemarie Ruljiancich (violin).
Recorded in James Mercer's Basement, Portland, Oregon and Avasti Studio, Seattle, Washington.
Personnel: James Mercer (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Dave Yanul Hernandez (guitar); Anne Marie Ruljancich (violin); Marty Crandall (keyboards); Jesse Sandoval (drums).
Audio Mixer: Phil Ek.
Recording information: Avast! Studio, Seattle, WA (06/2003-07/2003); James Basement, Portland, ...
| | Walkmen Bows And Arrows CD (2004)
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The Walkmen: Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar); Paul Maroon (guitar, piano); Walter Martin (organ); Pete Bauser (bass); Matt Barrick (drums).
Recorded at Marcata, The Magic Shop, New York, New York; Sweet Tea, Oxford, Mississippi; Easley-McCain Studios, Memphis, Tennessee in 2003.
Personnel: Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar); Paul Maroon (guitar, piano); Walter Martin (organ); Matt Barrick (drums).
Audio Mixers: Stuart Sikes; The Walkmen.
Recording information: Easley-McCain Recording, Memphis, TN (04/2003-10/2003); Marcata Recording, New York, NY (04/2003-10/2003); Sweet Tea Studios, Oxford, MS (04/2003-10/2003); The Magic Shop, New York, NY (04/2003-10/2003).
Photographers: Anna Leithauser; Andrew Winslow.
Even though this is the second time around on a major label for most of the Walkmen -- whose previous incarnation, Jonathan Fire*Eater, rather famously dissolved after their first (and last) album for Dreamworks, ...
| | TV On The Radio Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes CD (2004)
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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
TV On The Radio: Kyp Malone (vocals, guitar, loops); Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops); David Andrew Sitek.
Additional personnel: Katrina Ford (vocals); Nick Zinner (guitar); Martin Perna (flute); Jaleel Bunton (drums).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
TV on the Radio's Young Liars EP was a wonderful surprise, signaling the arrival of one of the most unique acts to seemingly come out of nowhere during the 2000s. Its alchemy of strange sonic bedfellows like post-punk and doo wop, and powerful vocals and experimental leanings, into songs that were challenging and accessible was no small feat; indeed, Young Liars was such an accomplished EP that it begged the question -- and ratcheted up the expectations -- of what TV on the Radio could do over the course of an entire album. The answer arrives with Desperate Youth, Blood ...
| | Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News CD (2004)
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..Bad News".Guests:Dirty Dozen Brass,D.Friedman(Flaming Lips)
Modest Mouse: Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, Dann Gallucci, Benjamin Weikel.
Additional personnel: Tom Peloso, The Flaming Lips, The Rising Star Fife And Drum Band, The Dirty Dozen Band.
Recorded at Sweet Tea, Oxford, Mississippi.
After more than a decade with Modest Mouse, Isaac Brock still sounds young and weird and searching, and never more so than on Good News for People Who Love Bad News, which follows the band's meditative The Moon & Antarctica with a set of songs that are more focused, but also less obviously profound. The occasionally indulgent feel of The Moon & Antarctica allowed Modest Mouse the room to make epic statements about life, death, and the afterlife; while Good News for People Who Love Bad News is equally concerned with mortality and spirituality, it has a more active, immediate feel that makes its comments on these subjects that much more pointed. The band hits these points home with a louder, more rock-oriented sound than they've ...
| | Interpol Antics CD (2004)
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Had Interpol been honest with themselves before making their second album, they would've accepted the fact that improving on the debut would be out of the question. Their prime objective, then, would be to make a different record -- not a better one. Suck it up, prepare for the inevitable "sophomore slump" darts, and get on with it. Having fielded comparison after comparison since the release of Turn on the Bright Lights, you'd think the band would've also thought to be more cautious the second time around. They weren't. Believe it or not, Antics opens with a song that resembles a defunct band more closely -- in structure, sound, and sentiment -- than anything on the debut. From the processional church organ to the sighing guitar, from the echo on the spare piano notes to the sound of the drums, from the stained-glass window to the wailing wall, "Next Exit" is a poor facsimile of Gentlemen-era Afghan Whigs (there we go again). Though the remainder of the album sounds like Interpol, and not your favorite unsung band, it's far from a favorable start -- and as Antics plays out, the album begins to form the shape of a Singles Going Unsteady, with five ...
| | Arcade Fire Funeral CD (2004)
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Arcade Fire: William Butler (synthesizer, xylophone, bass instrument, percussion); Richard Reed Parry (double bass); Win Butler (bass guitar); Régine Chassagne, Howard Bilerman.
Personnel: Win Butler (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, piano, synthesizer); Régine Chassagne (vocals, accordion, recorder, piano, synthesizer, xylophone, drums, percussion); Howard Bilerman (guitar, drums); Timothy Kingsbury (acoustic guitar); Anita Fust (harp); Jessica Moss, Sophie Trudeau, Owen Pallett, Sarah Neufeld (violin); Genevieve Heistek (viola); Michael Olsen, Mike Olsen (cello); Richard Reed Parry (accordion, piano, organ, synthesizer, xylophone, upright bass, percussion); Pietro Amato (horns); Will Butler (synthesizer, xylophone, percussion); ...
| | Kris Delmhorst Appetite CD (2003)
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The Boston community was quick to make room for Kris Delmhorst when she first stepped on stage in 1995. Her first solo release, Appetite, fueled a grassroots explosion (to date she's sold 8,000 copies from the stage) which now has her selling out the Northeast's largest acoustic venues and playing over 150 shows a year to clubs, coffeehouses, theaters, and festivals throughout the USA.Her creative efforts have earned her 3 nominations for Boston Music Awards, 1st place in the 2001 Telluride Troubadour Competition, a spot in Performing Songwriter Magazine's top 12 independent releases ...
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Producer Fresh Kils: “…some of the best beats of the year” (NOW, Dec. 2006.) MC More Or Les: "More Or Les produces some of the most digestible, accessible, intelligent, memorable and infectious raps we've ever heard." (CD Baby, 2006.) More Or Les and Fresh Kils: “…a genuine, honest to goodness kick-ass hip-hop show…” (CHARTattack, 2008) .More Or Les is teaming up with Toronto Producer/engineer Fresh Kils to deliver original “uncut dope” (NOW, November 8, 2007) in the form of a collaborative EP scheduled for early 2009. Titled Les-Kils, this duo (with super-skilled guest DJ Uncle Fester from Halifax) rock as a live drum machine, turntable, high energy rap-infused project for Hip Hop audiences and quality music enthusiasts alike.With two critically-acclaimed albums, North American and European touring under his belt, MC, Producer and DJ More Or Les is a Hip Hop triple threat. Voted no. 8 in both NOW Magazine and Exclaim! Magazine’s Top 10 Hip Hop Artists of 2006, More Or Les’ over a decade-long performance career includes such highlights as the 2008 Halifax Pop Explosion, Pop Montréal Festival in ’08 and ’07, ManifesTO Cultural Arts Festival, 2008 Under Pressure Festival, the Luminato Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Wavelength’s 7th Anniversary, Canadian appearances on the Vans Warped Tour, opening for Eyedea & Abilities, a tour of Eastern Canada with the Wordburglar, appearances at The Second City, Style In Progress, a trip to each coast with the Perpetual Motion Roadshow, many local clubs around Toronto, Government of Canada Pavilions at the 2003 World Cycling Championships and the Canadian National Exhibition, as well as busking on the streets.Music releases for More Or Les include his debut and sophomore albums I only stop for the Red Ants and The Truth About Rap respectively, and appearances on the latest release of The Herbaliser. Appearing on their 2008 album "Same As It Never Was", More or Les connected with the group over three shows (Toronto, Ottawa & Montreal) on their 2005 Canadian tour, a week-long gig in London, UK in November 05 and European & Canadian tours in 2006 and 2008.Toronto Producer/Engineer Fresh Kils has been in front of a soundboard since the early nineties. Earning his producer chops in the underground Hip Hop scene of Halifax, NS, Kils began working with a group of MCs that eventually formed the collective known as Backburner. Production work out of this camp includes projects for SJ the Wordburglar, Jesse Dangerously, Jay Bizzy, Ghettosocks and More Or Les. As an Engineer, Kils has worked in music studios across the country with K-Cut (of legendary Canadian Hip Hop group Main Source), Saukrates, US model/musician Tyrese and Hip Hop Producer icon Ali Shaheed Muhammed (of Hip Hop’s early 90’s mainstay ...
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