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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2010 Stories by Arielle Castillo

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  Concert Review: Jay-Z at BankAtlantic Center, February 20

  published Feb 22, 2010

  Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the show.Jay-ZWith Trey Songz and Young JeezyBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSaturday, February 20, 2010Better Than: Listening to the AutoTuned train-wreck on... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Artopia in Video, Again

  published Feb 17, 2010

  Okay, okay, so this is the last time we'll blog about Artopia for now -- we just really want you to come to the next one, if you missed this time. (We'll give you presents.) Miami New Times' event las... More >>

• Tweets From Last Night: Nouvelle Vague at the Manuel Artime Theater

  published Feb 17, 2010

  Over here at Crossfade, when we're home alone, chained to our computers and wasting away from lack of food, booze, and human company, we like to live vicariously through Twitter. (It's also good for c... More >>

• Video: Dashboard Confessional on Jimmy Kimmel Live

  published Feb 16, 2010

  Poor Chris Carrabba. In the early-00s, when his project Dashboard Confessional first appeared, he was hailed as the bard of the overly-self-analyzing generatio, an acoustic troubadour reviewed in the ... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Venejer at Hot Topic, Dolphin Mall, February 11

  published Feb 16, 2010

  The recent trend of bands playing at Hot Topic stores around South Florida inspires mixed feelings. On one hand, those stores are already dark, disorganized, and impenetrable as it is, and the thought... More >>

• Morgan Page

  published February 18, 2010

  In the dance music world, Deadmau5 has a Midas touch that works even indirectly. Two years ago, his remix of L.A. producer Morgan Page's track... More >>

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  Q&A With Norwood Fisher of Fishbone, Playing Culture Room Tomorrow Night

  published Feb 16, 2010

  Though Fishbone's home turf -- South Central L.A. -- may not have been a typical rock and roll breeding ground, plenty else about the band's birth was fortuitous. The band's early musical brew, heavy ... More >>

• WMC 2010: Mixed Doubles Daytime Party at Electric Pickle

  published Feb 15, 2010

  Electric Pickle must have some serious staff rotations lined up for WMC, because its daily roster doesn't leave a whole lot of room for sleep. (See, for instance, the 14-hour Crosstown Rebels Get Lost... More >>

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  MP3 of the Day: "Stampede" by Rebel

  published Feb 15, 2010

  Miami trio Rebel has one of those band names that's maddening to Google. Luckily, New Times summed up everything you need to know about this Anglophilic trio in a recent feature. In short, it's been a... More >>

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  Lyrikill's Last Newscast Interruption Removed From YouTube; Still Up on WorldStarHipHop

  published Feb 15, 2010

  Last Friday, as I was writing a post about Broward rapper Lyrikill's infamous newscast interruptions, it turned out, all but one had been deleted due to copyright infringement. The 954 prankster had g... More >>

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  Lyrikill's Top Newscast Interruptions Removed From YouTube

  published Feb 12, 2010

  I'll admit I hadn't heard of Broward MC Lyrikill until I read this post on Miami New Times' news blog, Riptide 2.0, yesterday. He might now be my favorite 954 rapper. Um, not really -- but I did spend... More >>

• Ten Under 10 For the Weekend of February 12 - 14

  published Feb 12, 2010

  Friday, February 12*Navegante has been called "the Latin Gnarls Barkley," and he plays this Friday night at Jazid, in Miami Beach, with local trio Penelope Sky. No exact word on cover but it should be... More >>

• Valentine's Day Nightlife Ideas For Laughter and Forgetting

  published Feb 12, 2010

  If you're single on V-Day, don't feel weird -- South Florida is full of the similarly unattached and possibly disillusioned! Join them and be alone, together, at these V-Day alternative parties.... Or... More >>

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  WMC 2010: Annie Mac's White Room Showcase, Plus Two Other Parties

  published Feb 12, 2010

  Hipster dance music trends may come and go, but BBC uber-DJ Annie Mac is always one step ahead of them all. Definitely the fiercest female on Radio One, her eponymous Friday-night show, with its trade... More >>

• WMC 2010: Crosstown Rebels Get Lost Five-Year Anniversary

  published Feb 11, 2010

  Sure, all the big Crosstown Rebels stars were just here for the Rebel Rave tour at Space this past Saturday. A WMC stop, though, with a Crosstown Rebels Get Lost party, is an absolute requirement. (Be... More >>

• Video: Tristan Clopet Covers Vampire Weekend's "Cousins"

  published Feb 11, 2010

  The handsome Canadian transplant Tristan Clopet is something of a musical anomaly on the local scene. With his band, the Juice, he skips both the indie flavors of the week and the super-commercial asp... More >>

• "Anti-Folk" Originator Paleface to Play a String of South Florida Shows in February

  published Feb 11, 2010

  Paleface is an archetypal musician's musician, the kind of fiercely talented guy whose friends all go on to surpass him in fame, but never stop singing his praises. Known as one of the originators of ... More >>

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  Morgan Page Celebrates His New Album at B.E.D. on February 23

  published Feb 11, 2010

  In the dance music world, Deadmau5 has a Midas touch that works even indirectly. Two years ago, his remix of the L.A. producer Morgan Page's track "The Longest Road" scored a Grammy nomination, and of... More >>

• Wednesday Blog Watch: REVMiami's Anniversary, Soul in Hollywood, Dubstep Mixes

  published Feb 10, 2010

  *It's been a while since we checked in on REVMiami, Ric Delgado's webzine that aims to capture the underground music and arts culture of the city -- well, mostly along the Biscayne Corridor. It's been... More >>

• New Mixtape From Dan Black, Playing Ultra March 26

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Turns out mixtapes aren't just for rappers. But British critical darling Dan Black, who recently played to a somewhat unappreciative crowd at LIV, doesn't have much use for genre constraints. A rare p... More >>

• Concert Review: Saves the Day and New Found Glory at Revolution, February 9

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Fireworks, hellogoodbye, Saves the Day, and New Found GloryRevolution, Fort LauderdaleTuesday, February 9, 2010Better Than: Being forced to actually eat sardines, while packed like themrThe Review:If ... More >>

• Wish You Were There: Furthur's Miami Show on YouTube

  published Feb 09, 2010

  While most of the city was freaking out over the Super Bowl, some other legends were in town on Friday night: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, formerly of the Grateful Dead. In a pretty unusual booking for dow... More >>

• New Mad Decent Podcast Features Rusko, Playing Ultra on March 27

  published Feb 09, 2010

  Out of all the big-name dubstep producers, Rusko is probably the one with the most obvious sense of humor. His tracks are bass-heavy, sure, but they're also full of quirky, high-end samples, and gener... More >>

• MP3 of the Day: "44 Kaliber Love Letter" by Alukard, Playing the Vagabond This Thursday

  published Feb 09, 2010

  After a seemingly endless heyday, rap-rock eventually became one of the most reviled musical artifacts of the end of the last millennium. But it's been more than a decade since then. Fred Durst has di... More >>

• Alukard celebrates its debut full-length release at the Vagabond this Thursday

  published February 11, 2010

  Alukard celebrates its debut full-length release at the Vagabond this Thursday More >>