Mercury for Franz Ferdinand
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The Scottish rock band beat rapper Ty, Amy Winehouse and The Zutons to take the prestigious music award. &quot;This is coming in a year when we&#39;re surrounded by such fantastic bands,&quot; frontman Alex Kapranos said.
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Updated Two pints of lager and the latest White Stripes single, please
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The Mercury Music Prize, the record industry's equivalent of the literary world's Booker prize, was won last night by Franz Ferdinand, a four-piece rock band from Glasgow.
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The Zeppelin iPod-speaker system is majestic to behold and does justice to any Jimmy Page riff. Plus, the Porsche Design P'7911 drill is as rad-looking as it is easy to maneuver.
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Careful with that antique clock. It could pose a mercury hazard.
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Scottish art rockers Franz Ferdinand, widely lauded as the band of the moment, scooped the most nominations for the NME Awards to be held next month.
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Franz Ferdinand and Keane are expected to be among the acts shortlisted for Brit Awards on Monday.
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The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole new way.
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Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos will discuss music as part of the Edinburgh Lectures series.
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FRANZ Ferdinand, the achingly fashionable Glasgow foursome, last night confirmed their position as one of Britainâs brightest new talents by taking the Mercury music prize ahead of a strong list of contenders.
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Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have won the prestigious British Mercury Music Prize, which just happens to come with a cash award of $35,000 USD.
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The Arctic Monkeys are the favourites to become the first artists to win the prestigious Mercury Prize twice after the rockers made the 12-strong shortlist Tuesday.
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Two pints of lager and the latest White Stripes single, please
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Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand capped an astonishing 2004 in which they sold two million copies of their debut album by leading the field in nominations for the Brit Awards.
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The Mercury Music Prize, the record industry&#39;s equivalent of the literary world&#39;s Booker prize, was won last night by Franz Ferdinand, a four-piece rock band from Glasgow.
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By Christopher Hirst  With heaven on display at King's Cross and the heavens in Greenwich, London is pretty well stocked with the celestial at present. Let's start our extraterrestrial explorations on the Euston Road, not a milieu customarily thought of as Elysian.
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Alex Kapranos, lead singer of top Scottish rock band 'Franz Ferdinand' is to be one of the guest speakers at the prestigious 'Edinburgh Lectures' next month.