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

• Video: Bobby V. Releases Miami-Filmed "Phone #," Featuring Plies

  published Aug 25, 2010

  The week of Rick Ross' Teflon Don release madness, a whole slew of artists were around town partying or working. One was Bobby V., formerly known as Bobby Valentino until he ran into legal troubl... More >>

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  Lauryn Hill Won't Actually Play Arsht Center; Miami Date Still Possibler

  published Aug 24, 2010

  Yesterday, we speculated on the possibility of a November performance by Lauryn Hill at the Arsht Center, based on a promotional postcard we got in the mail this past weekend from the venue. Still, wh... More >>

• Three New Pitbull-Featuring MP3s: "Gimme a Bottle" and Two More

  published Aug 24, 2010

  Before Lil Wayne went away, as they say, he was the omnipresent rapper. Lil Wayne was on everything, to the point that when our sister paper the OC Weekly ran this (what seemed obviously) satiric... More >>

• Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah's "Miami 2 Ibiza": The Hottest Record in the Worldr

  published Aug 23, 2010

  .... Well, it is, according to BBC Radio One's Zane Lowe, who dubbed the house supergroup's latest track "the hottest record in the world today" this past Thursday. In dance music, 2010 is officially ... More >>

• MP3: The Drums - "Down by the Water;" Grand Central Show With Surfer Blood Sept. 18

  published Aug 23, 2010

  Sniffing the winds of bloggy change, it seems like with the turning of the seasons is coming a backlash to the wave of feel-good, dreamy beach-rock that dominated this summer. This is silly for severa... More >>

• Lauryn Hill to Play Miami at Arsht Centerr

  published Aug 23, 2010

  Not too long ago, I bought some tickets for an Arsht Center event to give as a gift. Since then, I've remained on the venue's snail-mail list, and this past Sunday, a little postcard caught my eye. In... More >>

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  Contest: Win Two Tickets to See Serj Tankian at the Fillmore Miami Beach on October 9!

  published Aug 23, 2010

  Crossfade is giving its readers the chance to see and meet Serj Tankian on Saturday, October 9 at the Fillmore Miami Beach! We're giving away a pair of tickets, plus entry to a meet and greet wit... More >>

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  Concert Review: Interpol at the Fillmore Miami Beach, August 21, 2010

  published Aug 22, 2010

  Click here to view photos from Interpol at the Fillmore Miami Beach.InterpolWith Twin TigersThe Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, August 21, 2010Better Than: Spending comparable bucks on a trendier flavor... More >>

• In This Week's Print Music Section: Interpol, Mumiy Troll, and More

  published Aug 18, 2010

  Don't like ink smudgesr Didn't feel like battling an insulation-needing bum for a print edition of our humble newspaperr Birdcage in desperate need of linerr No worries, Crossfade's got you covered. O... More >>

• Deftones

  published August 19, 2010

  The Fillmore Miami Beach has been absolutely slaying lately with its indie-style bookings, but here's a new announcement from the venue to make... More >>

• Budweiser Superfest

  published August 19, 2010

  Fans of more grown-up R&B — the kind that usually hinges on actual music, as opposed to synthesized computer beats, and real soul —... More >>

• Mumiy Troll, Russian independent rock band, plays two-night stand in Miami Beach

  published August 19, 2010

  Mumiy Troll, Russian independent rock band, plays two-night stand in Miami Beach More >>

• Gyptian at Mansion This Sunday; Read About the Origin of "Hold Yuh"

  published Aug 16, 2010

  Rising dancehall king Gyptian has made a definitive bid for the song of the summer with "Hold Yuh," his inescapable song built on that tinkling piano riddim coming out of seemingly every car. It's spa... More >>

• Tila Tequila Attacked: Video From the Gathering of the Juggalos

  published Aug 16, 2010

  We won't belabor explaining what a "juggalo" is -- for that, you could just listen to the infamous Insane Clown Posse song, called, well, "What Is a Juggalor" (According to that song -- which a high s... More >>

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  Phoenix Announces Fillmore Miami Beach Show

  published Aug 16, 2010

  We've broken our "1" key over here typing out exclamation marks regarding all of Live Nation's recent bookings, especially at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Suffice it to say, Fillmore, we love you, keep b... More >>

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  Free Big Boi Concert on South Beach This Wednesday at SoBe Live

  published Aug 16, 2010

  If you have ever, ever professed to love hip-hop, here are two things you need to do/plan to do, immediately, if you haven't completed at least step one:1) Get Big Boi's new solo album, Sir Luscious L... More >>

• Juan Basshead Named Top U.S. Dubstep Artist By Major U.K. Newspaper

  published Aug 11, 2010

  Yesterday, the major U.K. newspaper The Sun ran a music trend piece whose thesis more or less deserves a resounding "Duh" from anyone around here. The headline: "Dubstep making leaps in the ... More >>

• Souleye, Alanis Morissette Expecting Their First Conscious-New Age Spawn

  published Aug 11, 2010

  We reported here this past June that Alanis Morisette had semi-secretly married Mario Treadway, who was previously known around South Florida as a vaguely neo-hippie, conscious rapper known as Souleye... More >>

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  Fantasia Overdose Followed News of Affair Partially Set in Miami

  published Aug 11, 2010

  Poor Fantasia. The erstwhile American Idol champion won fans and hearts on season three of that show with her squeaky, unusual voice and around-the-way appeal. Still, she was relatively public wi... More >>

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  In This Week's Print Music Section: Cynic, the Crystal Method, and More

  published Aug 11, 2010

  While this blog keeps on trucking with the multiple daily updates, there is, in fact, in a nod to Stone Age tradition still a print music section that comes out weekly. That's where the longer music f... More >>

• NKOTB Cruise 2011 From Miami Announced; Tickets On Sale Friday

  published Aug 10, 2010

  We love musical cruise season every winter. It brings such a random assortment of sea-bound voyages, from the by-now-an-institution Jam Cruise to our new favorite, the garage-rock-soul-themed Bruise C... More >>

• Another Fillmore Miami Beach Show: Wolf Parade, November 10

  published Aug 10, 2010

  Wolf Parade: One of the many bands who arose in that one crop of lupine-themed acts a few years back. It's been a few years since these Quebecois were the indie rock flavor of the week, and back then,... More >>

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  Photos: Waka Flocka Flame, Trina, and Others at Rick Ross' Be Out Day

  published Aug 10, 2010

  Rick Ross' annual Be Out Day returned last week to the North Miami Athletic Stadium for its third year, and we just got our mitts on some photos of the star-studded charity event. For all his flossy g... More >>

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  Massive Attack / Thievery Corporation Tickets are NOT on Sale Today; Presale Link Inside

  published Aug 06, 2010

  The Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation double-header in Miami is most definitely still on for October 26 at Bayfront Park.... But in case you logged on to Live Nation or Ticketmaster earlier and got ... More >>

• MP3: Kissy Sell Out - "Harriet"; Miami Date at LIV September 8

  published Aug 06, 2010

  Unlike many of his "MySpace generation" peers -- the words from his press materials, not ours -- English phenom Kissy Sell Out has refused to move on to new flavors like tropical disco or fu... More >>