WEEKEND VIDEO
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Franz Ferdinand
“No You Girls”
Tonight…Franz Ferdinand
2009
iTunes
New sounds show up gradually over the course of Franz Ferdinand’s third album: a groove that’s more rubbery than usual here, a hint of dreamy synth there. Those flourishes never add up to a radical reinvention. But they don’t need to, as long as the group’s dance-punk formula remains in working order. The mix of Alex Kapranos’ louche croon with the band’s disciplined racket is still a knockout, and they’ve switched things up enough to keep it interesting.