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 ...

Roddy Frame has announced three special shows to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Aztec Camera's debut album, High Land, Hard Rain. Frame - who is working on a new album due to be released next ...

When Roddy Frame emerged, aged 16, on Glasgow’s Postcard Records, his band was compared by label Svengali Alan Horne to the Velvet Underground. Fanciful, maybe, but Aztec Camera’s debut 45 announced a ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. I’ve heard a ton of transformative cover songs over the years, ...

Davie Scott reveals more insightful tales behind Classic Scottish Albums, selecting another album that changed the lives of those involved and struck a very intimate chord in the history of music.

THE sun shone on two much loved figures from Glasgow music past last night - Roddy Frame and the Kelvingrove Bandstand. The Aztec Camera frontman played al-fresco in a night of rare summer at the ...

Following the 30th anniversary reissue of Aztec Camera’s debut High Land Hard Rain, frontman Roddy Frame releases his latest album on Edwyn Collins’ AED label. He talks to Lucy O’Brien about ...