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These disco-loving Scottish art-school punks spend much of their second album boasting of their badness. Singer Alex Kapranos is blessed with Mick Jaggeresque persuasiveness--Evil and a Heathen and I'm Your Villain would be musts on any syllabus of "Songwriting for Cads"--but he's also growing in ways that suggest depth. The fast songs have more than one musical thought (some even scoot past the 3-min. mark), while the slow ones have the courage to be pretty (Fade Together) and vulnerable (Eleanor Put Your Boots...
...Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better; $13.49 These disco-loving Scottish art-school punks spend much of their second album boasting of their badness. Singer Alex Kapranos is blessed with Mick Jaggeresque persuasiveness-Evil and a Heathen and I'm Your Villain would be musts on any syllabus of "Songwriting for Cads"-but he's also growing in ways that suggest depth. The fast songs have more than one musical thought (some even scoot past the 3-min. mark), while the slow ones have the courage to be pretty (Fade Together) and vulnerable (Eleanor Put Your Boots...
...Shoppers and playgoers in the West End can drop into one of Hamburger Union's hip and trendy outlets?on Dean Street or Garrick Street?or north Londoners can grab a quick bite at a third on Upper Street in Islington. These newcomers are challenging GBK's dominance with Scottish, grass-fed, additive-free beef. For Atkins dieters who still want to indulge, the chefs will omit the bun, but carbo-loaders can feast on the "proper chips, never frozen." You can also get the vegetarian options, milkshakes and wine that GBK pioneered, and with speedy service. Lovers of burger...
...something it isn’t. Oh, I don’t know, see it for yourself. But bring booze when you do! I’d recommend a bottle of the finest Scotch whisky you can find, in honor of Norm Macdonald’s gloriously unnecessary Scottish supporting character...
...Shoppers and playgoers in the West End can drop into one of Hamburger Union's hip and trendy outlets - on Dean Street or Garrick Street - or north Londoners can grab a quick bite at a third on Upper Street in Islington. These newcomers are challenging GBK's dominance with Scottish, grass-fed, additive-free beef. For Atkins dieters who still want to indulge, the chefs will omit the bun, but carbo-loaders can feast on the "proper chips, never frozen." You can also get the vegetarian options, milkshakes and wine that GBK pioneered, and with speedy service. Lovers of burger...