Email Author Arielle Castillo

Awards

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 17, 2009

  "Black Metal Titan Satyricon Plays Club Cinema"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ

  "Taking Back Screamo"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 28, 2009

  "Iggy Pop: King of the Dogs"

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2012 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• Sumsun at Speakeasy Lounge February 11

  published February 9, 2012

  Sumsun at Speakeasy Lounge February 11 More >>

• The Avett Brothers at Sunset Cove Amphitheater February 10

  published February 9, 2012

  The Avett Brothers at Sunset Cove Amphitheater February 10 More >>

• Tool at BankAtlantic Center February 6

  published February 2, 2012

  Tool at BankAtlantic Center February 6 More >>

• Scott H. Biram at Propaganda February 6

  published February 2, 2012

  Scott H. Biram at Propaganda February 6 More >>

• The Kills at Revolution January 28

  published January 26, 2012

  The Kills at Revolution January 28 More >>

• Machine Gun Kelly at Revolution January 26

  published January 26, 2012

  Machine Gun Kelly at Revolution January 26 More >>

• Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22

  published January 19, 2012

  Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22 More >>

• Hooray for Ray

  published January 5, 2012

  Let’s reflect on all the amazing things Ray Charles gave the world before he succumbed to lung cancer in 2004. He basically helped invent... More >>

• Black Violin at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center January 15

  published January 12, 2012

  Black Violin at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center January 15 More >>

• Afrobeta's Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio on their upcoming EP

  published January 12, 2012

  Afrobeta's Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio on their upcoming EP More >>

• Donna the Buffalo at Revolution January 6

  published January 5, 2012

  Donna the Buffalo at Revolution January 6 More >>

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  Art Basel Music: Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams and Yelawolf, December 3

  published Dec 05, 2011

  See the full 38-photo Basel Castle 2011 at Overthrow Castle slideshow. Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams, Yelawolf, Penguin Prison, Caligula, Heroes x Villains, Tamara Sky, and a million others The More >>

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  The Rapture at Grand Central, October 18

  published Oct 18, 2011

  See the full 24-photo Rapture at Grand Central slideshow. The RaptureWith PoolsideGrand CentralMonday, October 17, 2011Better Than: Staying home and bemoaning the weather.Monday might be the last nig More >>

• The Rapture's Vito Roccoforte Talks Mattie Safer, Fresh Starts, and Road Trips

  published Oct 17, 2011

  Last week, we here at Crossfade spoke with the Rapture's drummer Vito Roccoforte, discussing the band's new album, In the Grace of Your Love, as well as the dubious genre term dance-punk and the indie More >>

• The Rapture's Vito Roccoforte Talks Comebacks, Video Games, and Massive Australian Success

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Earlier this week, New Times caught up with Vito Roccoforte, drummer of the influential New York dance-rock act the Rapture. After some five years largely out of the American spotlight, the Roccoforte More >>

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  The Rapture on In The Grace of Your Love, "Dance-Punk," and the Last Decade

  published Oct 10, 2011

  It's been five years since the Rapture released a new album and six since the band toured. So yes, you can call the group's new joyously jangly and danceable studio album, In the Grace of Your Love, a More >>

• People From Venus Frontman Makes Short Film Ball of Love

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Paul Isaac, of local New Wave-inflected foursome People From Venus, is best known around town as a rock frontman. But close followers of the band might have noticed that his and the other members' art More >>

• Tour the New Planet Pit Interactive App, Designed by Miami's ROBA Interactive

  published Aug 09, 2011

  To quote another rapper: Pitbull isn't a businessman, he's a business, man. In a time of general industry floundering, Mr. 305-turned-Mr.-Worldwide has anointed himself the king of endorsements and More >>

• Filmmakers Bryan Lorenzo and Jose Luis Martinez on Nochebuena

  published Jul 19, 2011

  When Bryan Lorenzo graduated from the University of Miami film program, he already had his next project in mind. As a transplant from Maryland, Lorenzo, though half-Dominican, had initially felt like More >>

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  Designer Drugs Talk Hardcore/Softcore, Sex Cult, and the Dark Art of Remixing

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Last week, Crossfade urged you to gobble some Designer Drugs and dance till death at the Fillmore Miami Beach's July edition of the more-or-less monthly Honeymoon Series. So ... Did you heed that adv More >>

• 12th Planet Talks Dubstep, Brostep, and Why Skrillex is the Future

  published Jul 15, 2011

  ​Tomorrow marks dubstep ambassador 12th Planet's much-anticipated return to Miami, when he'll headline an evening at Grand Central rounded out by Juan Basshead, MC Jumanji, Animal Krackerz, and More >>

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  Dance Till Death With Designer Drugs at the Fillmore Miami Beach July 23

  published Jul 13, 2011

  Electronic music producers Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson, better known as Designer Drugs, represent the grimy underground club scene of the New York-Philly axis. Don't expect to eve More >>

• 12th Planet Talks Pop Production, DJ Craze, and Hardcore

  published Jul 11, 2011

  When 12th Planet (AKA John Dadzie) talks, the world of bass music listens. That's because, as we explain in last week's mini-feature on the DJ, producer, and label co-founder, the man has been hardc More >>

• 12th Planet Brings That Brutal Bass to Grand Central July 16

  published Jul 07, 2011

  John Dadzie, better known as 12th Planet, is one of the reigning kings of American dubstep. He vividly remembers the first time he was smacked upside the head with heavy bass. It was the '90s. He was More >>

• David Guetta Releases New Video With Flo Rida, Talks Hip-Pop Crossover

  published Jun 29, 2011

  ​Turn on any Top 40 or urban radio station these days and it's clear there's been a massive sonic sea change. Gone from the biggest hits are the old trunk-rattling, snare-heavy, often Middle E More >>