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As the classic U2 song goes, "all is quiet on New Year's Day." Maybe everyone's sleeping off the wreckage of the night before, but the first day of the year bears a certain fragile symbolism -- new beginnings, a moment of delicate (and increasingly delusional) hope that this year might be better than the last.

Seemingly every time we at Stereogum publish a retrospective on some classic album, someone responds, "Fuck, I'm old." But the landmark musical releases of your youth turning 10 or 20 years old is only one of many ways you can be alerted to your own aged status. For instance, I have recently discovered that Hulu…

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and 'Trainspotting' author Irvine Welsh have also spoken out against TrumpDonald TrumpRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke has mocked Donald Trump’s woeful approval ratings as the US President arrived in London today for a highly controversial state visit. Quote-tweeting a photo of Trump’s 21 percent ...

Is LP 6 on the way? Franz Ferdinand have performed a new track called ‘Black Tuesday’ – check out the fan-shot video below. Read more: 50 Geeky Facts About Franz Ferdinand The Scottish indie outfit released their fifth album, ‘Always Ascending’, in February 2018. In a four-star review NME described the ...