If you hadn’t been told or didn’t know, you would have thought FFS was a band that had played live together for years. The ease with which the members played off of and with each other was definitely ...

“There are not two bands on stage tonight,” proclaimed Alex Kapranos to the Terminal 5 crowd on Tuesday night (10/6). “There is only FFS!” The collaborative effort between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks ...

Franz Ferdinand and Sparks will release their collaborative FFS album on June 9 and it pretty much sounds like what you’d expect. Which is a good thing, and actually sounds better than what you might ...

"Collaborations don't work," sang Russell Mael and Alex Kapranos toward the end of last night's splendid FFS show at the Orpheum. "Mozart didn't need a little hack to chart! Warhol didn't need to ask ...

When Franz Ferdinand broke big here with its debut album and hit single “Take Me Out” in 2004, the guys crossed paths with Sparks and discussed writing songs together. A couple of demos were created, ...

Fans of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks may not have expected them to team up as a supergroup, but this isn't just a one-off single or gig. The brilliantly-named FFS are gearing up to release a full studio ...

FFS—an acronym meaning “For Fuck’s Sake” in text lingo—is what many people probably thought when they heard that Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand and Los Angeles art-pop legends Sparks were ...

The members of Franz Ferdinand have long admired the ’70s sophisti-pop cult stars Sparks. And today, we learn that they like Sparks so much that they’ve gone ahead and started a band with them. The ...

FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) perform at the Ogden Theatre on Oct. 11. How does a pair of veteran outsider musicians collaborate with a band nearly half their age? Ron and Russell Mael of the ...

The song “Collaborations Don’t Work” appears near the end of the self-titled new album by FFS, the inspired team of Sparks and Franz Ferdinand — and the timing is perfect. By that point on the ...

FFS have released new track 'Call Girl', which is taken from their forthcoming collaborative album. The supergroup, formed by members of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, will release FFS on June 8. The ...