The band is famously quoted as saying they wanted to make music “that girls would dance to” (this was back when indie-rock was a more male-dominated space), and I’m happy to say they’ve succeeded. Yes, the occasional phone captured a favorite chorus or two, but all in all, this audience was living in the moment. Not so for Franz Ferdinand this past weekend. Since the dawn of the phone camera, going to a concert has usually involved staring past a sea of glowing screens recording the experience for perpetuity. For a small band with a big sound, this was a great venue. The Fillmore in Minneapolis is small enough to foster an immediate connection between audience and artists, but it’s big enough to pack in enough people to really make it a party. Recordings never truly capture pure talent, and they especially can’t capture atmosphere, which is where Franz Ferdinand really impressed me. Franz Ferdinand’s instrumentalists, even with newer members like Tait, Dino Bardot, and Julian Corrie, are a strong team, each sharing the spotlight and clearly enjoying the talent of their bandmates just as much as the audience. Instead, those aforementioned guitar lines are as exciting to the audience as the singing, and the vocal layering provided by Kapronas’ bandmates on guitar, keyboard, and bass was icing on the musical cake. There was a good balance between vocals and instrumentals, an important detail because frontman Alex Kapranos’ voice is much stronger and fuller than captured on their albums and it would’ve been easy for him to steal the show from less charismatic musicians or with different songs. What I wasn’t prepared for was just how truly great Franz Ferdinand sounds live. After listening to their entire discography in preparation for this concert, I knew I was in for the smooth vocals and instantly recognizable guitar lines that earned the band numerous accolades, including Grammy-nominations and two Brit Awards.
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