When it appeared in the spring of 1983, Aztec Camera‘s debut album, High Land, Hard Rain, was an acoustic-driven breath of fresh air. Led by teenaged singer/songwriter/guitarist Roddy Frame, the ...

You may remember that Domino reissued Aztec Camera’s classic 1984 debut, High Land Hard Rain, earlier this year. It’s been a good year for fans as frontman Roddy Frame also released a new solo album, ...

You may remember that amongst this year’s Record Store Day exclusives were vinyl reissues of Orange’s Juice‘s ’80s Polydor albums You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever, Rip it Up, Texas Fever and The ...

Travis and The Killers have teamed up for a live performance of Aztec Camera’s ‘Somewhere In My Heart’ while in Glasgow. Both bands took over the OVO Hydrow in Glasgow last week (June 27) as part of ...

Postcard Records, the influential indie record label behind bands including Orange Juice and Aztec Camera is the basis for a feature film from new Scottish producer Freedom, which has struck a ...

Aztec Camera’s 1983 debut album High Land, Hard Rain turned 30 this year, and to celebrate, Domino Records is planning a special anniversary reissue. Due February 4 (which is technically closer to the ...

It’s hard to believe Scotland’s Roddy Frame was a teenager when he released the first Aztec Camera album three decades ago. The bittersweet yet buoyant acoustic pop of the immensely appealing High ...

There are two ways of looking at this incomplete history of Roddy Frame’s time in Aztec Camera. You can gaze at the contents – everything except for the band’s two Postcard Records singles and then ...

Roddy Frame played Aztec Camera's High Land, Hard Rain in full last night [December 1] at the first of three shows to mark the album's 30th anniversary. The show - at London's Theatre Royal, Drury ...

Another week and we’ve scooted to 2019. Next year: perfect vision. This week I have a post, in my new format, about my boss, music reviews of records by Aztec Camera, Chet Atkins, Athens Inside/Out ...

Earlier today it was confirmed that all four Orange Juice albums will be reissued by Domino. Now it’s been announced that fellow Scottish New Wavers Aztec Camera will also re-release their debut ...

The key figure of Film Forum’s rewarding “Cine Mexico” series isn’t a director or a star—it’s Gabriel Figueroa (1907–1997), a great cinematographer whose career reads like a history of Mexican film.