Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

"...Dear "real" musicians: For sure, Guitar Hero is bogus compared to the real thing. And..."

July 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...Beatles' "Help." The trebly blues runs of the song's guitarist, Mike Bloomfield, accompanied Dylan's Newport Folk Festival appearance the..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...teens. Pity he never witnessed Nick Curran deconstruct his antihero anthem "No Fun." Growlin', prowlin', and rippin' hot-wired solos..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Air Guitar Nation

What other international competition awards points for general "airiness"? This fun documentary celebrates the weirdness but never mocks the participants.

"...Directed by: Alexandra Lipsitz. Flat out, Air Guitar Nation (winner of the Audience Award at South by..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...park has been designed to look like a giant guitar...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...songs, but the evening's surprise is the emphasis on guitar interplay between Fracasso and Mac McNabb. It's pure music-making,..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Don't Fret the Technique

'Guitar Hero' goes mobile

"...the next day talking about this revolutionary new game Guitar Hero (or its competition, Rock Band) that he spent..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Turn the Other Cheek

Q&A with guitar virtuoso Kaki King

"...Live, her icy blue precision on guitar melts away conservative definitions of guitar hero. Every new..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Jimmie Vaughan: 50 Years Performing

Blues master crowds the Continental through the end of 2013

"...Eternal Austin guitar hero Jimmie Vaughan celebrates 50 years making music on..."

Nov. 25, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Sweat in Your Crack: The Schadentrack

A sweaty, itchy look at this summer's freaky discs.

"...as legend has it, singer Gary Burger stood his guitar against his amp during practice while he took a..."

May 29, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

ACL Live Review: Gary Clark Jr.

Hometown guitar hero catalyzes other artists and genres

"...slot on Saturday night’s American Express mainstage, the homegrown guitar hero brought a sprawling 13-piece backing, including horns and..."

Oct. 13, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

I Like It Hard 'N' Heavy

For the purposes of this Anvil blog, that's what she said

"...to relive the rock and roll dream outside of Guitar Hero...."

Jan. 26, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

ScreenBurn Burns All

Arcade awesomeness

"...the biggest circles around the consoles, was (big surprise) Guitar Hero III. Dell was even hosting a Guitar Hero..."

March 9, 2008 Screens Post by Carson Barker

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...is free-to-the-public, outdoors, and at the request of their hero, Joe Ely. (Waterloo Park, 6pm) -- Andy Langer..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...seven years ago, hot on the heels of the guitarist's first solo album, Strange Pleasure. Since that time, Vaughan..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Mining the vaults of Austin City Limits, navigating the SXSW grid, and hanging with Jenny Wolfe After School

"...night at Stubb's. "There is going to be a Guitar Hero event at South by Southwest," affirms Creative Director..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...Association took over Beerland and rocked out with a Guitar Hero II competition. Guitar Hero – the popular console..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

The Second Coming

Doyle Bramhall II Blows Into Town

"...Blues prodigy. Flashy guitar hero. Arc Angel. Drug addict. Those are the old..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Top Five Games of the Year

The top five games in a Top 10 world

"...1) Guitar Hero II..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Jimi: All Is by My Side

John Ridley's take on Jimi Hendrix veers away the standard biopic.

"...story of the Sixties’ music legend’s meteoric rise to guitar-hero status, dollops of his life doled out from his..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Highest Highs, Lowest Lows: Good Looks’ Jake Ames Discharged From Hospital After Being Hit by Car Following Triumphant Release Show

Beloved guitarist caps “miraculous” recovery by playing a song

"...quartet at their record release show last Friday. Unabashedly, singer/guitarist Tyler Jordan produced a piece of paper and began..."

April 15, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Handicapping the Holidays

We narrow the field for the gamer on your gift list

"...is the first game to replace those phony plastic guitars of Guitar Hero and Rock Band with actual six-stringers..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Half Past Dead

"...cartoonish villain (Chestnut), a hottie henchwoman (Peeples), a lantern-jawed hero (Seagal), a handful of innocents, ten thousand bullets, and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Six-String Samurai

"...Stephane Gauger. The whole Road Warrior/Death Race 2000 post-apocalyptic hero genre is stone-cold dead, and no amount of clammy-lipped..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

JLG by JLG

"...taking walks, reciting aloud passages from Wittgenstein and Johnny Guitar, looking at a childhood picture of himself, and so..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gaming's Nine to Five

What brought our joystick the most joy this year

"...2) 'DJ HERO' All I need to say to piss everyone off..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

It's like Guitar Hero but with a flute ... and Danish

"...This one's for all the Guitar Hero fanatics out there who don't really feel like..."

July 23, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Games Gift Guide

MTV Games Expand on the Guitar Hero template

"...Rock Band follows the basic idea of the Guitar Hero series, which developer Harmonix also helped create, of..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Joey Seiler

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...a term we used back then," demurs Eddie Munoz, guitar hero for the Skunks' original lineup before moving on..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"...Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero...."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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