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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2008 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• The Last of The Year's Best Metal: Reissues

  published Dec 31, 2008

  1. CarcassNecroticism (Earache)Arguably grindcore's finest hour, Necroticism captures Carcass hitting previously unheard-of heights of technical proficiency with such jaw-dropping skill that the album... More >>

• 2008's Top Underground Metal (etc.) Releases, Pt. 2

  published Dec 31, 2008

  6. Jesu Why Are We Not Perfect (Hydra Head)Technically not a heavy release, but how can we discount Justin Broadrick, founding member of both Napalm Death and Godfleshr Fed up with the single-minded b... More >>

• The Last Gasp of Year-End Bests Lists: Metal-ish Albums and Reissues You May Have Missed, Part 1/3

  published Dec 31, 2008

  Boris(Photo via Boris' MySpace page.)Was 2008 another renaissance year for metalr Well, yes -- but the point should be moot by now. Whether metal is "in" or "out" during any given year, the music has ... More >>

• Love, She Wrote and Fallen From the Sky to Headline Music Saves Lives Event at Revolution, Jan. 10

  published Dec 31, 2008

  Fallen From the Sky(Photo via the band's MySpace page.)Pat yourself on the back for attending Saturday's early-evening, all-ages extravaganza at Revolution. It's sponsored by Music Saves Lives, a Cali... More >>

• The Doobie Brothers to Play the Orange Bowl Halftime Show, Thursday

  published Dec 31, 2008

  Ahhh... the sweet sounds of classic Seventies California pop. No one has ever embodied that sound more than the Doobie Brothers. And now that the style the Doobies perfected has become a musical arche... More >>

• Local Motion: Ultrachic - Ultrachic

  published Dec 31, 2008

  UltrachicUltrachic (Self-released)www.myspace.com/ultrachicUltrachic stand on a weird crossroad bridge where they sonically span the golden years of Venezuelan rock (Sentimiento Muerto, Dermis Tatu, D... More >>

• Miami According to Brooklyn: Dating Advice

  published Dec 31, 2008

  To read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. Most of these guys who hang out in this club scene crap have no respect for women whatsoever. They're just out trying to get their... More >>

• 70s Soul Jam at the Fillmore Miami Beach, Scheduled for Jan. 14, Cancelled

  published Dec 30, 2008

  The Seventies Soul Jam, scheduled for January 14 at the Fillmore Miami Beach, was set to feature the Stylistics, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Main Ingredient, and Miami's own Heatwave. The show, howeve... More >>

• Combichrist/Black Light Burns Tour Kickoff Moved to Respectable Street Cafe

  published Dec 30, 2008

  Crossfade reported earlier this month that Combichrist and Black Light Burns would kick off their tour in South Florida on January 14, at Club Premier in Ft. Lauderdale. That sounded like a weird fit,... More >>

• Medeski, Martin & Wood to Play Jam Cruise Pre-Party at Revolution, Jan. 3

  published Dec 30, 2008

  (Photo via Medeski, Martin & Wood's MySpace page.)Despite being a cool, downtown NYC jazz act with roots in the early Nineties avant-garde scene of John Lurie and John Zorn, no one loves Medeski,... More >>

• Local Motion: Luz Marina - Coincidencias

  published Dec 30, 2008

  Luz MarinaCoincidencias (Cacao Musica)www.cacaomusica.comVenezuelan singer/songwriter Luz Marina makes her debut for Cacao Musica with 14 tracks of heavy-breathing soft numbers full of sexy insinuatio... More >>

• Saturday Night: Candyland 13 at SoHo Studios

  published Dec 29, 2008

  Photo by Logan FazioCandyland 13Soho Studios, MiamiSaturday, December 27, 2008Better Than: I expected.The Review:Culture and other similar promotions groups, in an effort to shrug off the nasty mainst... More >>

• Album Review: Plies, Da REAList

  published Dec 29, 2008

  Da REAList is not Plies' meditation on Platonic realism; it's mostly just demonstrably false braggadocio and sentimental hooey. (He could have eliminated this confusion by calling it Da REALest.) The ... More >>

• Local Motion: Music is a Weapon

  published Dec 26, 2008

  (Photo via Music is a Weapon's MySpace page.)Music is a WeaponMusic is a Weapon (Rain Trust)www.myspace.com/musicisaweaponbandMost of the members of Music is a Weapon boast enough years of playing und... More >>

• Tracy Young Spins at Genesis VI at Mansion, Early Early New Year's Day

  published Dec 26, 2008

  There's something a little Sheila E about Tracy Young. Her steadfast, stoic presence when she's doing her DJ thing reminds you of Prince's bongo-smacking concubine in her Arsenio Hall Show heyday. For... More >>

• Lanzallamas Monofonica Perform at the Van Dyke this Fri.

  published Dec 24, 2008

  (Photo via Lanzallamas' Myspace page.)Formed in 2006 by former Suenalo percussionist Fabi Patino, Lanzallamas Monofonica epitomizes what is often described as the "Miami Sound" - a hodgepodge of music... More >>

• Sam Friend Returns to the Vagabond this Friday, Bougie's on Monday

  published Dec 24, 2008

  Currently based in Seattle, prodigal Miami troubadour Sam Friend returns to the Vagabond this Friday for a little soul-soothing in his hometown. The UM School of Music grad eschews the tropical-funk-f... More >>

• All They Want For Christmas: Gift Ideas for MCR, Musiq, Silverchair and More

  published Dec 24, 2008

  Silverchair's Daniel Johns wants an inflatable sheep. No, really. It's after the jump.We've been having trouble figuring out what to buy our friends and family for Christmas this year. To help out on ... More >>

• Miami According to Brooklyn: Miami vs. Ft. Lauderdale

  published Dec 24, 2008

  To read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. Since I've lived and worked in both Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, I want to talk about the differences between the scenes, and also ju... More >>

• The Italoboyz

  published December 25, 2008

  The Italoboyz' moniker is slightly misleading on a couple of levels. First, it's slightly so because although Marco Donato and Frederico Marton... More >>

• Candyland 13

  published December 25, 2008

  As the name of this event, and the fact that it's followed by a numeral, might suggest, the epic December party Candyland began in the golden... More >>

• Random Sort-of-Florida-Band Album Review: WAUMISS, WAUMISS

  published Dec 23, 2008

  WAUMISSWAUMISS (Little Ramona Records)The Carrboro, North Carolina-based duo WAUMISS traces its roots back to Florida, to a series of early-Nineties Tampa and St. Petersburg bedrooms that produced man... More >>

• Streetlight Manifesto Announce Gig at Culture Room, Feb 6.

  published Dec 23, 2008

  New Jersey's Streetlight Manifesto deserve a couple props, first, for still carrying the torch of third-wave ska as it was largely played at its tail end in the late Nineties: in a group of many, many... More >>

• Dayglow Party Returns to Space on Friday

  published Dec 23, 2008

  It's time for that once-a-year event that'll leave you bright and shiny and glowing. No, I'm not talking about the wonderful feeling you'd get buying me all sorts of awesome Christmas presents -- ... More >>

• Corner 3 to Perform at Bougainvillea's on New Year's Eve

  published Dec 23, 2008

  The local alt-rock trio Corner 3 may have only formed in 2007, but the band is based on a longtime friendship, begun when the trio's members were students at Columbus High in the Eighties. Frontman/gu... More >>