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

• Rock-and-F'in-Roll Invasion From the Mad Rockets and the Freakin Hott on March 13, Radio-Active Records

  published Mar 04, 2009

  Although based in sunny Fort Lauderdale, the foursome of Mad Rockets channel the grit of Motor City in their dirt-under-the-fingernails brand of rock and roll. It's easy to tell where the band's music... More >>

• Mates of State, Beach House, or No Age Could Share The Stage With 311 at SunFestr

  published Feb 27, 2009

  Crossfade reported recently that Palm Beach County festival staple SunFest had announced the first phase of its lineup, and that among the major acts was the improbably long-lived 311. The Omaha regga... More >>

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  Morrissey Cancels South Florida Show ... AGAIN

  published Feb 26, 2009

  Local Morrissey fans were super-excited at the end of 2007, when it seemed the singer would return for a second area show that year. After an extremely well-received performance at Boca's Mizner P... More >>

• The Kryptonite Metal Festival Returns to Tobacco Road this Friday

  published Feb 25, 2009

  No one can ever accuse Oski Gonzalez, the tireless booker at Tobacco Road, of favoring any particular genre in his famous multi-band, mini-festival extravaganzas. So heavier stuff gets its due this we... More >>

• The Slightly More Authentic Version of Gene Loves Jezebel Plays Respectable Street This Friday

  published Feb 25, 2009

  True, Gene Loves Jezebel hails from the United Kingdom and hit a peak with moody songs in the Eighties, while wearing spackled-on makeup and plenty of shiny flair. But to label them a "goth" band, per... More >>

• Kryptonite Metal Festival

  published February 26, 2009

  No one can ever accuse Oski Gonzalez, the tireless booker at Tobacco Road, of favoring any particular genre in his famous multiband... More >>

• Ex-Norwegian

  published February 26, 2009

  The band members have last names like Garcia, and there's nothing even particularly Scandinavian-sounding about this homegrown trio. Formerly... More >>

• Father Bloopy is Now Known as Ex-Norwegian -- and Big Star-Lovers Should Take Note

  published Feb 20, 2009

  Look, the band members have last names like Garcia, and there's nothing even particularly Scandinavian-sounding about this homegrown trio. Formerly known by the definitely worse name of Father Bloopy,... More >>

• Luther Campbell Speaks on Going to Jail

  published Feb 20, 2009

  On Wednesday, the Miami Herald reported that Luther Campbell had been taken to jail Tuesday night "for allegedly owing $10,223.36 in a child support case." However, in an official statement yesterday,... More >>

• "Acoustic Soul" Singer/Songwriter Justin Nozuka Plays Culture Room Feb. 25

  published Feb 18, 2009

  The New York-born, Toronto-raised singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka boasts an entertainment-world pedigree that will perhaps forever haunt him in blurbs such as this. His mother, Holly Sedgwick, is sist... More >>

• Justin Nozuka

  published February 19, 2009

  The New York-born, Toronto-raised singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka boasts an entertainment-world pedigree that will perhaps forever haunt him in... More >>

• Black Metal Titan Satyricon Plays Club Cinema

  published February 19, 2009

  It's hard to overstate the influence of the Norwegian band Satyricon on the world's extreme heavy metal scene. Its tenacity alone is amazing... More >>

• Q&A With Satyricon, Playing at Club Cinema This Sunday

  published Feb 17, 2009

  It's hard to overstate the influence of the long-running Norwegian band Satyricon on the world's extreme heavy metal scene. Its tenacity alone is amazing -- the core of the band, frontman/songwriter S... More >>

• Iron Maiden Adds Ft. Lauderdale Date as Last Stop of Tour

  published Feb 16, 2009

  Maiden fans, despair not: The band's added, last-minute, a South Florida gig as the very last one of its current Somewhere Back in Time tour. And yes, fans will know that this is Iron Maiden's first s... More >>

• More Langerado Rescheduling: Ozomatli at Culture Room, Mar. 7

  published Feb 12, 2009

  Finishing up what looks to be, perhaps, the last of the Langerado rescheduling announcements, Ozomatli will now appear at Culture Room on Saturday, March 7. Unlike Sunday's indie-fave head-to-he... More >>

• Black Tide Bassist Speaks on Lineup Changes, Current Tour, Upcoming New Material

  published Feb 11, 2009

  The last time the Miami-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at Revolution on their tour with Welsh metallers Bullet for My Valenti... More >>

• Black Tide

  published February 12, 2009

  The last time the Kendall-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at... More >>

• Julio Iglesias

  published February 12, 2009

  There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who at some point have not been reduced to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of... More >>

• Buy Your Mom or Abuela a Ticket to See Julio Iglesias This V-Day at AAA

  published Feb 09, 2009

  There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who have not been reduced, at some point, to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of the suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. While Iglesia's true c... More >>

• Yonder Mountain String Band Show at Revolution is Postponed

  published Feb 09, 2009

  Bad news for fans: Yonder Mountain String Band just announced that it was postponing all of its shows from February 11 to 15, with the vague explanation, "due to circumstances surrounding the band." T... More >>

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  More Langerado Rescheduling: Tokyo Police Club at City Limits, Mar. 8

  published Feb 09, 2009

  City Limits, besides snagging Bad Brains, has also grabbed blog darlings Tokyo Police Club to play the same weekend the band would have played Langerado. Unfortunately, the show goes up against two ot... More >>

• Last Night: Adult Swim Presents Tim and Eric Live

  published Feb 09, 2009

  Adult Swim Presents Tim and Eric LiveRevolution, Ft. LauderdaleSunday, February 8, 2009Better Than: Grammys, ShmammysThe Review: It takes an, um, special sensibility to really get into the Cartoon Net... More >>

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  The Postmarks Play South Florida Again, with John Ralston, Feb. 13

  published Feb 06, 2009

  The February 13 show at Respectable Street Cafe features two of the finest local acts to break out of Broward and Palm Beach counties: John Ralston and the Postmarks. Of the two, the Postmarks are per... More >>

• Yet More Langerado Rescheduling: King Khan & the Shrines at the Vagabond, Mar. 7

  published Feb 06, 2009

  So far, this is the only Langerado band who's definitely scheduled to play Miami proper.... It's King Khan and the Shrines, a bizarre, garage/Stax-style soul freakout that must be seen to be believe... More >>

• Even More Langerado Rescheduling: Tricky and Modest Mouse Move Shows to Revolution

  published Feb 06, 2009

  ...No, not together. Tricky takes the stage for a super-rare South Florida appearance on Friday, Mar. 6 at the venue (200 W. Broward Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale). The all-ages show starts at 7 p.m., and tic... More >>