Stranger Things Blasts Local Synth Quartet Survive Into Orbit

Scoring the Netflix summer hit

"...subterranean scenes. Two weeks later, viral horror/science-fiction Netflix serial Stranger Things permanently altered the trajectory of Survive when two..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Survive Record Review

RR7349 (Relapse)

"...foursome Survive fresh off soundtracking the phenomenon that's become Stranger Things, the electro-wave group's sophomore full-length commences more melodious..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

The Q&A Hole: How Does Something Get "Overrated"?

With Lauren Weinstein, Tim Doyle, Pat Dean, Mark Finn, and more

"...care about the concept. It involves thinking about cultural things in layers of superficiality with judgment on top. But..."

Sept. 20, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

"...As viewers summer-binged Netflix's Eighties-riffed series Stranger Things, the sci-fi thriller's soundtrack grew as prominent as..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Nuts!

Stranger-than-fiction doc about an eccentric doctor

"...film about John Romulus Brinkley, a doctor, amongst other things, a man who succeeded against terrible odds and powerful..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

DVDanger: Lace Crater

Ghostly romance reinvented, plus more DVD and VOD releases

"...Their low-water mark is eating dirt, but kinks get stranger from there...."

Aug. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dear Glutton: Where to Go on a Friend Date

What is the least romantic restaurant in Austin?

"...Yay! I'm sorry to start things off on such an unprofessionally bias-revealing note, but I..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Booze Delivery Apps at Your Fingertips

Get lit without changing out of your pajamas

"...about to find out what happened to Barb on Stranger Things. You tried a vermouth and soda, but you..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Food Feature by Spencer Beghtol

I Like to Watch: Better Things Than Stranger Things

There are other worlds than these

"...Maybe that’s why Stranger Things feels like it was written by a committee..."

July 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Playback: The Return of the Austin Smoking Ban

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

"...of everything else, while the city's trying to do things to help venues [via Mayor Steve Adler's Omnibus Resolution]."..."

July 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dear Glutton

Have you no heart?

"...to dump someone in a restaurant? As in most things, I suspect Hollywood is to blame: People are always..."

July 1, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Gay Place

Thanks for the prayers, but they're not good enough

"...I've read lots of things asking for moments of silence for the lives lost,..."

June 17, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Cliona Gunter, Vulnerable Maker

This artist opens her home for the West Austin Studio Tour, but more to the point, she opens herself

"...I frequently felt as though I was being shown things I shouldn't see, as though she were an acquaintance..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Jennifer Chenoweth's XYZ Atlas

For years, the artist has been mapping locals' emotional experiences of the city and making them into art

"...I felt like I was being forced to do things I had no use for. I'd be damned if..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Payback

Onetime James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley transcends

"...the southern soul circuit, while the latter was no stranger to the R&B charts. Even late-blooming Daptone labelmate Sharon..."

April 22, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

David Cross Goes Cross Country

In "Making America Great Again!!," David Cross cracks up fans from sea to shining sea

"...you've learned from all these different places. How are things out in the heartland?..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Demolition

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in dramedy as a man rebuilding his life

"...bullet-point metaphors, while forgetting that emotions are messy, unruly things that don’t conform naturally to organizing principles. I might..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lukas Nelson and Willie Nelson

"...cross-platform hit and accompanying Stardust LP. Now, the Red-Headed Stranger applies his touch to a sole composer, the imminently..."

April 8, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Yuck

"...its deficiency. Self-recorded in their new singer's parents' house, Stranger Things commences crunchy via grungy "Hold Me Closer." Guitar-tone..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Paving the Way for Queers in Comedy

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher bring queer comedy to SXSW

"...Southwest internationally known for being at forefront of great things, I made the decision to start this year’s festival..."

March 16, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Jarvis Mayhem

Paging Mr. Herman

Paul Reubens' hard work results in Pee-wee's Big Holiday

"...tabloid scandal-sheet cover boy? Pee-wee/Reubens is all of these things. He is both vintage, punk rock kitsch and smooth,..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Shipping & Handling

Coming-of-age comedy Slash peeks into the world of erotic fan fiction

"...a really handsome guy, some total hottie of a stranger with lank hair the color of a raven's wing..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dead Man's Curse

Simon Rumley mines horror from a real-life death row case

"...Rumley's no stranger to Austin. His film The Living and the Dead..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...Collective, calling it "a model for the kind of things this resolution could achieve."..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

I Like to Watch

The Oscars may be so white, but TV is all Grey's

"...fascinating, because stories are inherently fascinating: lies that say things that are truer than facts...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Minerva Koenig on South of Nowhere

Minerva Koenig wanted her mystery series to show how someone becomes a sleuth

"...Texans are very unique in the way they treat strangers. They're not really stand-offish, they're not really Western, they're..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

String of Sexual Assaults Terrorizes North Austin

Six women have been attacked by a masked man since the end of last year

"...This type of assault, committed by a stranger to the victim, is rarely heard of in Austin...."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Dear Glutton

Where to go on an unpromising Tinder date

"...There seems to be an endless supply of beautiful strangers, all charming and quick with an appropriate GIF on..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Chronicle Endorsements

"...for 21 years and may have dodged a few things in depositions, his reputation as a prosecutor who values..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...luxury yacht decide to play a game to compete. Things will be compared. Things will be measured. Songs will..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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