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

• Initial Lineup Announced for Langerado 2009: Snoop Dogg, Chromeo, Bad Brains, Public Enemy, Cafe Tacuba, and More

  published Dec 09, 2008

  After much Internet gossip and rumor-mongering, the folks behind Langerado announced they would release the first phase of the festival's 2009 lineup yesterday morning. That didn't happen, with a dela... More >>

• Enter the New Times Battle of the Bands For a Slot at Langerado 2009!

  published Dec 09, 2008

  Listen up: With all of the hush-hush hullabaloo around Langerado's revamped location and lineup in 2009, there's going to be a lot of attention on the festival and its new incarnation. So wouldn't you... More >>

• Brand New Black Chiney Mix+ Willy Chin Birthday Bash

  published Dec 09, 2008

  South Florida's favorite reggae sound system, Black Chiney is at again. They just released a brand new free mix  project full of the hottest tracks coming out of Jamaica at the moment. But in typ... More >>

• Q&A With Ogre of Skinny Puppy, Performing with ohGr at Culture Room Friday

  published Dec 09, 2008

  As half of Skinny Puppy, Nivek Ogre (or just Ogre, or Kevin Ogilvie) created, in the Eighties, a much-imitated, arresting blend of industrial and hard rock, belched forth amid bewildering onstage thea... More >>

• Locos Por Juana Nominated for Grammy, Celebration at Jazid Dec. 19

  published Dec 08, 2008

  Miami's favorite Latin - rock - cumbia - whatever mash-up band, Locos Por Juana, has finally got its due from the awards gods. The Locos have finally scored their first Grammy nomination, in the categ... More >>

• Hercules & Love Affair Also to Play Ultra's Second Day

  published Dec 08, 2008

  Hah! Ultra is sounding better and better! Looks like the organizers have also flip-flopped their booking M.O. this year. Since the festival's expansion into a two-day affair, things have generally g... More >>

• First Phase of Ultra Lineup Announced! Santogold, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, and More

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Billboard unveiled this morning the very first phase of the lineup for the 2009 Ultra Music Festival, and it's actually time to get excited. As the festival has expanded in size, its organizers have m... More >>

• Interview with Prefuse 73, at Heathrow Lounge on Sunday

  published Dec 05, 2008

  If you are into dazzling, disjointed hip-hop beats, then you have probably heard of a whiz kid and producer that goes by the name of Prefuse 73. Born in Miami, but raised in Atlanta, Prefuse 73 (born ... More >>

• Thursday to Headline 2009 Taste of Chaos Tour, at Revolution Mar. 17

  published Dec 05, 2008

  This past spring's Taste of Chaos tour arrived in South Florida smack in the middle of Winter Music Conference, on a weekday, and at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in downtown Miami, no less -- awkwar... More >>

• Last Night: Nodzzz and Matt & Kim; The Gossip After Dark

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Matt & KimNodzz and Matt & KimThe Converse/Kill Your Idols space at the Marcy Building, the Design District, MiamiThe Gossip After DarkO.H.W.O.W., MiamiThursday, Dec. 4Better Than: Anything ... More >>

• Combichrist, Black Light Burns Kick Off Tour in Ft. Lauderdale, Jan. 14

  published Dec 04, 2008

  Andy LaPlegua, the mastermind behind the twisted industrial / EBM / whatever juggernauts that are Combichrist and Icon of Coil, has a lot of pals in South Florida. So he seems to always be around, but... More >>

• Mötley Crüe Returns to South Florida on Mar. 3

  published Dec 04, 2008

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• UPDATE: No Age/Panda Bear Ticket Giveaway Closed!

  published Dec 03, 2008

  Friday night's No Age/Panda Bear show at Karu & Y, sponsored by Nike and ANP Quarterly, is still, as we reported, invite-only. But the nice folks at Nike have given us a number of free passes to g... More >>

• Art Basel's Got Music Too

  published December 4, 2008

  Separating visual arts from music is artificial, if not impossible. Organizers of Art Basel Miami Beach recognized this from the beginning with... More >>

• Jason Mraz

  published December 4, 2008

  To haters, this Mechanicsville, Virginia native is a purveyor of Top 40 schlock, just another pretty boy with a sincere face and a soul as deep... More >>

• Miami According to Brooklyn

  published December 4, 2008

  "Brooklyn," as the current day manager of The Vagabond downtown is known, has done and seen it all around the South Florida music scene... More >>

• Miami According to Brooklyn

  published Dec 03, 2008

  (Photo by Justin Namon)"Brooklyn," as the current day manager of the Vagabond downtown is known, has done and seen it all around the South Florida music scene since arriving here from his native New Y... More >>

• Last Night: Shai Hulud at Backbone Music, Delray Beach

  published Dec 03, 2008

  After the Burial, Born of Osiris, and Shai HuludBackbone Music, Delray BeachTuesday, December 2, 2008Better Than: Feeling old in a place with no live music....The Review: Backbone Music, in the heart ... More >>

• The Britney Spears Circus Comes to Town Mar. 7

  published Dec 03, 2008

  ...No, really. As part of her Great American Second Act, Britney Spears' upcoming comeback tour is titled The Circus Starring Britney Spears, proving again that the woman's got more dark wit than ex... More >>

• Rachel Goodrich Featured in the New York Times

  published Dec 02, 2008

  It's always a good feeling as a publication when artists that you've been covering on the ground for years finally gain the national exposure that you know they deserve. Such was the feeling yesterday... More >>

• Very, Very Cool Blog/Florida Music Archive: Cosmic Hearse

  published Dec 02, 2008

  A while ago, I posted about a very cool blog called the South Florida Music Scene Past and Present, which is devoted to hosting downloadable versions of all kinds of yesteryear goodness. Luckily, the ... More >>

• Throwback Tuesdays: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "West Palm Beach"

  published Dec 02, 2008

  Plenty of songs have extolled the watery, nubile virtues of Miami, or even of Florida in general. But few -- beyond those by hyper-local artists based here -- have name-checked other specific locales ... More >>

• Also Not Basel-Related: Jason Mraz, Dec. 5

  published Dec 01, 2008

  To haters, this Mechanicsville, Virginia native is a purveyor of Top-40 shlock, yet another pretty boy with a sincere face and a soul as deep as a wading pool. Well, that set wouldn't get within 100 y... More >>

• Completely NOT Basel-Related: Nic Fanciulli at Mansion Dec. 6

  published Dec 01, 2008

  Yes, while everyone else is running around in a pseudo-art-related frenzy, there are a few big events this week that are absolutely NOT related to Art Basel. It seems almost anticlimactic to talk abou... More >>

• Art Basel Week: Prefuse 73 and Eliot Lipp, Dec. 7

  published Nov 28, 2008

  Shoring up Heathrow's more dancefloor-friendly offerings is tonight's party, which tends more towards the experimental and heavy. Prefuse 73 was born Guillermo Scott Herren in Miami but grew up in At... More >>