Stranger Things Blasts Local Synth Quartet Survive Into Orbit

Scoring the Netflix summer hit

"...Though Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein produced the series' score, the..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"...Kyle Dixon trails off. The afternoon traffic outside Apothecary Cafe..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...last 15 years have spawned from Austin's musical underground. Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, key pushers in analog synth..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Mother Falcon’s Major Label Deal That Wasn’t

Mother Falcon signs to Universal and seconds later terminates the contract

"...Survive's Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein landed a pair of Grammy..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Survive Record Review

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"...a moody John Hughes flick. Like Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon's Netflix score, the entirely instrumental nine-track disc vibes..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

"...Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein create a haunting, eerie work..."

May 3, 2019 Music Review by Christina Garcia

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

"...one and two – released separately this month – Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein nod as bluntly to pioneering..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Levitation Announces Free DJ Sets by Ty Segall, Blonde Redhead, the Black Angels

Alongside a public Numero Group pop-up shop “of precious lost sounds”

"...1pm: Water From Your Eyes 2:30pm: Ty Segall 4pm: Kyle Dixon 5:30pm: Twin Tribes Friday, October 27 1pm: Blonde..."

Oct. 18, 2023 Music Post by Maya Wright

Faster Than Sound: Raw Punks Mujeres Podridas on Comfort and Love

Brutal bandmates get nostalgic ahead of free Saturday show at Fairweather Cider

"...delivers another soundtrack of supernatural soundscapes by Austin composers Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – beyond the new season's..."

July 15, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

10 of Austin's Best Bars

Looking for a new place to drink, dance, or eat? We got you.

"...tinned fish. Find food pop-ups and frequent DJs, including Kyle Dixon of Survive, spinning in the takeaway bottle corner...."

June 25, 2022 Food Post

Portraits of Austin Musicians With Their Pets During Stay-at-Home

"...Kyle Dixon (Survive) with Havi..."

May 7, 2020 Photo Gallery

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...3) Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Playback: 2018-19 Austin Music Poll Ballot

Kevin Curtin votes in the only election that matters, and you can too

"...Film/TV Composer: Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Stranger Things, season 2..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...7) Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Stranger Things 2 (Lakeshore)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: Sound on Sound Fest Is Set, but What About Fun Fun Fun?

SOS Fest dropped its lineup this week, but what of predecessor FFF?

"...Sky, which features a coterie of collaborators including Survive's Kyle Dixon and his Pure X bandmates Austin Youngblood and..."

June 23, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...1) Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Stranger Things Vols. 1 &..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...Netflix's retro sci-fi smash Stranger Things, scored by members Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. The duo's eerie thematics resulted..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...of eerie synth explorations from the Netflix hit by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, members of Austin analog tribe..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Return of the Austin Smoking Ban

A decade after the initial smoking ban, local health group hopes to stomp out smoking patios

"...Netflix's most binge-worthy new drama, features soundtrack work from Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of Austin's Survive (revisit "Retro-Futurists..."

July 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...Austin's foremost synth super squad. The core four of Kyle Dixon, Mark Donica, Adam Jones, and Michael Stein load..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Brainclub Vol. II

"...Compiled by Pure X's Jesse Jenkins and Kyle Dixon of Survive, Holodeck's second Brainclub collection offers a..."

May 16, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Vortex Repertory Company's Underground

Driven by Lisa B. Thompson's powerful text and masterful acting, this new drama drops a truth bomb

"...Mason Dixon and Kyle Brown are both well acquainted with the..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...joint announces the shuttering of both its Manchaca and Kyle locations, with only a Dripping Springs outpost remaining for..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Guide to the Works

"...by Kyle John Schmidt; directed by Elizabeth C. Lay..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Lea Carpenter, Eleven Days Catherine Chung, Forgotten Country Dianne Dixon, The Book of Someday Ben Dolnick, At the Bottom..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...In a dreary Midwestern suburb, aggro punk rocker Simon (Kyle Gallner) finds himself on the run again after a..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...a Toronto quintet that those of us below the Mason-Dixon might not have gotten a whiff of yet. A..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature