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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2007 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• Audiocrash and Gene Loves Jezebel

  published December 27, 2007

  Go ahead, say awww: Audiocrash got together thanks to a couple of preschoolers — well, not exactly. See, the wives of band cofounders... More >>

• Ian Svenonius Interviews Shaun Ryder, So Good it Hurts

  published Dec 20, 2007

  I often forget to check up on Vice's online TV venture, VBS.TV, and that's just as well, because then I would really never get anything done at the computer. Whyr Original mini shows that are informat... More >>

• remix.nin.com - a Cool Model for Fan Interactivity

  published Dec 20, 2007

  I'm sure I'm late in the game on discovering this one, but Trent Reznor has proved once again that, love him or hate him, he's always been a forward thinker. Newly freed from the shackles of his con... More >>

• Some "Worsts" For the Year in Music

  published Dec 20, 2007

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• Miami's Best Albums of 2007

  published December 20, 2007

  It's that time of year again — the end, that is, when High Fidelity-style geeks compile High Fidelity-style... More >>

• Picture Perfect

  published December 20, 2007

  The books published by Vice, the infamous free monthly magazine that has been a weathervane of trashy cool, are always smirkingly... More >>

• Another YouTube Odyssey: From Spiritualized to the Ubiquity of Pachelbel

  published Dec 19, 2007

  I can't remember what set it off now, but I've been on a massive shoegaze-revisiting kick lately, diggin' up the lovely space-rock extravaganzas I first zoned out to as a teenager. True fans of this s... More >>

• More on Cafe Tacuba Sunday Night

  published Dec 19, 2007

  Cafe Tacuba Sunday, December 16 the Gusman Theater, Miami There are very few bands around that can continue to garner new, younger fans almost two decades into their careers. Mexico's Cafe Tacuba, ho... More >>

• What do Atreyu and the Whopper Have in Commonr

  published Dec 17, 2007

  What do the band and the burger have in commonr This hungry scene kid loves them both, and he's pissed off when one goes missing! KEEPIN WHOPPERS BR00TAL D00D! (Okay, I feel silly passing on an ad, bu... More >>

• New Florida State Songr

  published Dec 14, 2007

  Stephen C. Foster, composer of Florida's current state song There's been talk of getting rid of Florida's state song for years. "The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)" by Stephen C. Foster was offici... More >>

• Last Night: Jethro Tull at Hard Rock Live

  published Dec 14, 2007

  Jethro Tull at Hard Rock Live Thursday, December 13, 2007 They may belong to an elite group of Sixties survivors, but unlike others of that ilk, Jethro Tull have never attained the special stature ac... More >>

• 'Lectric Friends

  published December 13, 2007

  Back in the mid-Nineties, the Miami-birthed noise act Kreamy 'Lectric Santa was playing now-defunct Miami Beach venue Washington Square.... More >>

• Last Night: the Stooges at Art Basel's Art Loves Music

  published Dec 06, 2007

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• Crowd at In Fashion '07 as Stylish as the Photos on Display

  published Dec 06, 2007

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• Blame It on Rio

  published December 6, 2007

  Dance music's squabbling factions should all join hands and sing "Kumbaya" this Saturday, when Layo and Bushwacka! storm the decks at Shine.... More >>

• Alex Gaudino

  published December 6, 2007

  The Italian-born Alex Gaudino had already enjoyed more than a decade and a half as a successful DJ, remixer, and A&R guy when, earlier this... More >>

• Australian Pink Floyd this Saturday at the Fillmore

  published Nov 29, 2007

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• Sweat It

  published November 29, 2007

  A formerly unlikely block on the southeastern edge of Little Haiti is set to become a playground of sorts for Miami's slowly expanding... More >>

• Space Oddity

  published November 29, 2007

  At times, the oeuvre of Coheed and Cambria can make classic rock works like The Wall or Tommy seem as though they were based on... More >>

• Video: Otto von Schirach Live at Studio A

  published Nov 26, 2007

  In case you missed Otto von Schirach's awesome performance last week at Studio A, now you can at least check it out in shaky video. (And in case you missed the Miami New Times' recent article on Otto,... More >>

• Avenged Sevenfold this Sunday at Revolution

  published Nov 23, 2007

  Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold In the past, Avenged Sevenfold's meathead simplicity pretty much excused all its bad behavior and even worse musical choices. It was as if the five members picke... More >>

• Overtown's Underground

  published November 22, 2007

  Earlier this year, Back Door Bamby took a vacation and forgot to come back. The 10-years-running Monday-night party was the last of its kind on... More >>

• Erick Morillo

  published November 22, 2007

  Even if you don't immediately recognize Erick Morillo by name, if you have ears and are over the age of, say, 16, you most certainly recognize... More >>

• David Guetta

  published November 22, 2007

  People are still talking about David Guetta's last Miami gig, at Cameo during this past spring's Winter Music Conference. The mess at... More >>

• Ritual Elements

  published November 22, 2007

  The sound of fire — it's something humans almost primordially recognize, a steady crackle, a dull roar, a heady crash. Or water — a... More >>