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

• Art Basel Music: Millionyoung at the Multiversal Group Show, December 6

  published Nov 30, 2009

  The term "chillwave" might have been coined sarcastically by the parody blog Hipster Runoff, but the music blogosphere has taken it and run with it. A sort of 2k9 reiteration of the old "downtempo," t... More >>

• Art Basel Music: He Say She Say at Cinema, December 3

  published Nov 30, 2009

  Million Dollar Mano was already a favorite on Chicago's free-spirited house/hip-hop crossover scene. His new project, though, might get even wider attention, thanks to the addition of a little female ... More >>

• Art Basel Music: Converse Presents Kinky and Mala Rodriguez at the Awarehouse, December 5

  published Nov 30, 2009

  Kinky remains one of the best Mexican exports of crossover acts who fuse their country's native sounds with contemporary rock and dance sounds. Mala Rodriguez, meanwhile, is a fierce female rapper fro... More >>

• Happy Thanksgiving! Two More Free Tickets to the Ras Kass Show This Friday

  published Nov 26, 2009

    As we promised yesterday, here's a holiday giveaway of two more tickets to see Ras Kass in a comeback gig at White Room on Friday. Click here to read yesterday's post with all the details.... More >>

• Art Basel Music: Giant Step Presents Kid Sister at the Delano on December 4

  published Nov 25, 2009

  If you missed Kid Sister's performance not long ago at LIV, here's an opportunity to check her out again in a slightly more relaxed setting. Giant Step always curates quality events, and for Art Bas... More >>

• Last-Minute Giveaway: Free Tickets to See Ras Kass (UPDATE: We Have A Winner, More Tickets Tomorrow)

  published Nov 25, 2009

  At one point, the California MC Ras Kass seemed poised for a real mainstream takeover. Known for killer freestyles and guest verses, he issued a pair of early albums, Soul on Ice and Rasassination,... More >>

• Art Basel Music: O.H.W.O.W. Brings NYC's Max Fish Down to Miami in the Old PS14 Space

  published Nov 25, 2009

  Mike Bones and Brian DeGraw. Max Fish is the coolest no-bullshit bar on Manhattan's L.E.S., and in celebration of its 20th birthday, the good folks at OHWOW have recreated the bar here in Miami, in it... More >>

• Art Basel Music: King Britt's Three-Night Stand at the Gansevoort South

  published Nov 25, 2009

  In a departure from his usual soulful house sets, the Philly DJ/producer King Britt gets glitchy and left-field in the Miami installment of Saturn Never Sleeps, a monthly party he cofounded with his f... More >>

• Art Basel Music: Electric Pickle's Week-Long Party Schedule

  published Nov 24, 2009

  We've already blogged a couple times about Poplife's big Art Basel party on Saturday, December 5 featuring the Golden Filter. Electric Pickle's got a lot of other stuff going on during Basel week, tho... More >>

• Canned Food Drive at (((SHAKE))) This Thursday at the Vagabond

  published Nov 24, 2009

  Nightlife never takes a holiday -- nightlife, as a concept, exists permanently as an alternate-universe holiday. So in case you were wondering, yes, the usual (((SHAKE))) hip-hop party and bullshit wi... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Jackson Browne's Miami Beach Show on YouTube

  published Nov 24, 2009

  Yesterday morning, Crossfade contributor Lee Zimmerman gave a pretty thorough run-down of Jackson Browne's show this past Saturday at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Still, sometimes a YouTube video is wort... More >>

• The Soul in the Pole

  published November 26, 2009

  It might have been a little scandalous when Miley “Jailbait” Cyrus did her infamous pole slide atop an ice-cream cart at the last Teen... More >>

• Showcase Schedule Is Up for the Miami Music Festival

  published Nov 23, 2009

  With all the Art Basel hype (only one week away, woooo), you can be forgiven if you forgot our previous announcement about the Miami Music Festival. In its inaugural year, it's a three-day shebang sty... More >>

• Ten Under $10 For the Weekend of November 20 - 22: 2 Live Crew, Tobacco Road's 97th, and More

  published Nov 20, 2009

  Friday, November 20*Everyone raised here likes 2 Live Crew, pretty much. So everyone we've mentioned this party to is excited about the fact that the group is playing for just $10 tonight at White Roo... More >>

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  Celebrate ANR's Homecoming with an Art Show and Dance Party on Saturday in North Miami

  published Nov 20, 2009

  Word is that Studio 1415 is an impressive new art/music space in North Miami. And it's been a while since Awesome New Republic have been home -- they recently did the whole CMJ thing in New York as pa... More >>

• Concert Review: The Ska Is Dead Tour at Culture Room, November 19

  published Nov 20, 2009

  The Ska Is Dead TourWith Deal's Gone Bad, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, and the ToastersCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, November 19, 2009Better Than: Remembering the misled late-'90s mainst... More >>

• Local DJs Duke It Out On iPhones/iPod Touches Tomorrow Night at Voodoo Lounge

  published Nov 19, 2009

  Can you hear that faint thumpr It's the heads of turntable purists smacking their heads against their desks. Still, like it or not, what constitutes "DJing" has forever changed with technology -- it's... More >>

• Wednesday Blog Watch: Panic Bomber Calls Out Clueless Promoters, and Cassettes Still Live

  published Nov 18, 2009

  *Richard, a.k.a. Panic Bomber, over at Atomisk calls out a clueless promoter, LOLZ ensue. No, an unpaid local opening band should not have to provide YOUR PA and backline to save money, cheapskate. Ap... More >>

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  More Art Basel Music: Amanda Blank Twice in One Night, December 2

  published Nov 18, 2009

  With her much-anticipated solo album, I Love You, out since August, the sassy rapper/singer Amanda Blank is repping Philly hard during Art Basel Miami Beach. Well, at least on Wednesday, when she'll... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Lita Ford Sings "Close My Eyes Forever" at Revolution

  published Nov 18, 2009

  Lita Ford may have taken a long while out of the spotlight, but the Internet ephemera floating around, capturing her show last weekend at Revolution, proves she's got staying power. There's really som... More >>

• Megadeth

  published November 19, 2009

  One of the most tragicomic moments in the 2004 Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster features not the band but rather Megadeth... More >>

• DJ T

  published November 19, 2009

  Proof that music journalists are sometimes good for something, Thomas Koch, AKA DJ T, made his true mark in the industry by founding... More >>

• Ska Is Dead tour lands at Culture Room this Thursday

  published November 19, 2009

  Ska Is Dead tour lands at Culture Room this Thursday More >>

• A Primer on the '90s Survivors at the Ska is Dead Tour, Thursday at Culture Room

  published Nov 17, 2009

  The fourth edition of the recurrent Ska is Dead tour lands at Culture Room on Thursday with a bill straight out of 1997. Ska has been reviled and declared dead for about the last 30 years, but it seem... More >>

• Get Physical With DJ T at Electric Pickle on Thanksgiving Eve

  published Nov 16, 2009

  Proof that music journalists are sometimes good for something, Thomas Koch, a.k.a. DJ T, made his true mark in the industry by founding Groove magazine some 20 years ago. With Koch at the helm as edit... More >>