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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2009 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• We Don't Care How Far

  published December 31, 2009

  Every time I look at Propaganda's web site and see the drink specials and cheap prices, I want to crawl up inside it and stay. Unfortunately... More >>

• Ring In the New Year and Roll the Dice

  published December 31, 2009

  Thanks to whatever changes in the gaming and racing laws (it's hard to keep track), there's finally a pseudo-casino within City of Miami limits:... More >>

• Blowfly

  published December 31, 2009

  The Big Day Out Festival is one of those "some-day" trips to daydream about. An annual series of massive one-off fests throughout Australia and... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Candyland 14 in YouTube Videos

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Alright, so while it briefly crossed my mind to check out Candyland 14 this past Saturday, in the end I just couldn't bring myself to do so. I attended a couple of the early numbered editions of this ... More >>

• New Year's Eve Palm Beach County: Trip Don't Fall, Protoman, and More at Propaganda

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Every time I look at Propaganda's web site and see the drink specials and cheap prices, I want to crawl up inside it and stay. Unfortunately that's not an option, as I have to report to offices in the... More >>

• Tickets Still Available for the Groove Cruise, Departing From Miami January 28

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Live in South Florida long enough, and the idea of the cruise loses its luster with the appearance of ever sunburned, hair-braided tourist clutching a cardboard box of souvenir rum. It's okay, says J... More >>

• Free New Year's Eve Party, Upcoming Concerts at Magic City Casino

  published Dec 28, 2009

  Thanks to whatever changes in the gaming and racing laws (it's hard to keep track), there's finally a pseudo-casino within City of Miami limits: The Magic City Casino. It's in a new building on the si... More >>

• Phish Afterparties at White Room With Break Science, Boombox, and EOTO

  published Dec 28, 2009

  Not to be outdone, White Room is hosting its own special events today through Wednesday, courtesy of Glitterglu Productions and Under One Beat Entertainment. The stand of shows  is called "Black ... More >>

• Phish Afterparties and NYE at the Vagabond with Orchard Lounge, Aquaphonics, Particle

  published Dec 28, 2009

  Here's more in immediately useful news over the next few days if you're into this sort of thing. As we've mentioned here, the Vagabond has its own events planned every night of this week, with Phish a... More >>

• Phish Afterparties With the Heavy Pets, and New Year's Eve Festivities at Tobacco Road

  published Dec 28, 2009

  The Vagabond and White Room aren't the only downtown Miami venues opening their doors to the Phish crowds who will invade starting any minute now. A little further south, Tobacco Road starts its own s... More >>

• Blowfly to Play Australia's Big Day Out Festival; Warm-Up Show on January 2 in Fort Lauderdale

  published Dec 22, 2009

  The Big Day Out Festival is one of those "some-day" trips to daydream about. An annual series of massive one-off fests throughout Australia and New Zealand, it's like a Reading or Leeds done Down Un... More >>

• Locals Welcome Phish Phans This Sunday With "Landarado" at Churchill's

  published Dec 22, 2009

  The upcoming three weeks in South Florida are pretty much heaven on earth for "phans" and other chilled-out festival-loving types. Phish's four-night stand at the American Airlines Arena begins on the... More >>

• Candyland 14

  published December 24, 2009

  Above all else, Candyland deserves an award for being South Florida's longest-running annual electronic music festival. Yeah, uh, "festival"... More >>

• Nonpoint

  published December 24, 2009

  It's hard to believe that at the end of the decade, any band once labeled "nu metal" is still going strong. So leave it to musicians from South... More >>

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  Another Nonpoint Hometown Show, the Day After Christmas at Revolution

  published Dec 18, 2009

  It's hard to believe that at the end of the decade, any band once labeled "nu metal" is still going strong. So leave it to a band from South Florida, land of anomalies. In late 2009, Fort Lauderdale... More >>

• Candyland Returns, Again -- But This Year at White Room

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Above all else, Candyland deserves an award for being South Florida's longest-running annual electronic music festival. Yeah, uh, "festival" - that's what they're called now, to avoid that pesky "rave... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Miami Music Festival Vids on YouTube

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Alright, I promise this will be the last Miami Music Festival post for a while. But in case you wanted to see what you missed -- because you missed it, didn't your -- check out these YouTube clips of ... More >>

• Concert review: Stonefox wins, the inaugural Miami Music Festival fails

  published December 17, 2009

  Concert review: Stonefox wins, the inaugural Miami Music Festival fails More >>

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  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Recap of Saturday Night at the Miami Music Festival

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Click here to view a full slideshow of pictures from Saturday night at the Miami Music Festival.If a few artists' performances really shone at the Miami Music Festival this past weekend, it only serve... More >>

• Pulp Live in Fort Lauderdale Closes, Everyone Shrugs

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Pulp Live announced last week, via its various social networking pages, that it had closed until the venue "finds a new location." Well, that's always the way closing establishments try to put a nice ... More >>

• Don't Even Try Putting Him in One

  published December 10, 2009

  No one would ever accuse Chris Palko, the New York rapper who goes by Cage, of coming across as warm and cuddly. From the beginning of his career... More >>

• They're Not Pink

  published December 10, 2009

  Contrary to what you may be thinking, Boxwood is not what male boxes wake up with in the morning. Or it may be. But that's not what this post is... More >>

• Q&A With Cage, Playing at Revolution on Saturday

  published Dec 11, 2009

  No one would ever accuse Chris Palko, the New York rapper who goes by Cage, of coming across as warm and cuddly. From the beginning of his career on the circuit, he's mined his own set of personal t... More >>

• Miami Music Festival Preview: People From Venus, Playing Tonight

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these places you've ... More >>

• Miami Music Festival Preview: Empress Raw, Playing Tonight

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these places you've ... More >>