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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2011 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• Food Flux

  published September 29, 2011

  The increasingly distant connection between food — the stuff that grows, walks, flies, and/or swims — and “food” — the... More >>

• A Naughty New Year

  published December 29, 2011

  New Year’s Eve falls on a Saturday this year, and that gives you permission to engage in all kinds of extra ridiculousness. With the night... More >>

• Warped Weirds Wonderland

  published December 22, 2011

  About three-and-a-half years ago, the local noise and experimental music community seemed like it was about to lose an institution: the... More >>

• They All Scream

  published December 15, 2011

  Local quartet Ice Cream dubs its style “doom pop” and often plays the same kind of rough-around-the-edges DIY gigs as heavier acts... More >>

• Highlonesome at Propaganda December 26

  published December 22, 2011

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• Candyland 2011 at Revolution Live December 23

  published December 22, 2011

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• Hard Rock Holiday

  published December 15, 2011

  Prog rock has always been, by definition, kind of overblown -- epic keyboard! Finger-tapping, warp-speed guitar solos! Melodies across more... More >>

• Blueprint at Propaganda December 20

  published December 15, 2011

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• Night Moves

  published November 24, 2011

  For a regular Miami nightcrawler, some things are no big deal. A beautiful woman struggling out of a body stocking, a bedazzled performance artist... More >>

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  Art Basel Music: Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams and Yelawolf, December 3

  published Dec 05, 2011

  See the full 38-photo Basel Castle 2011 at Overthrow Castle slideshow. Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams, Yelawolf, Penguin Prison, Caligula, Heroes x Villains, Tamara Sky, and a million others The... More >>

• Spa Date

  published November 17, 2011

  While other South Florida bands to break out big have drawn endless rains of haterade (ahem, Surfer Blood), the Jacuzzi Boys can pretty... More >>

• Hardcore Heroes

  published November 3, 2011

  When Agnostic Front appeared in the early ’80s, the band’s sound helped define what would come to be known as hardcore. If punk... More >>

• Beat of the Drums

  published October 20, 2011

  Never mind the fact that the Drums hail from the concrete jungle of Brooklyn. The trio’s best songs are the kind of brisk, breezy... More >>

• Get Schooled

  published October 13, 2011

  In the mid-’00s, guitarist and songwriter Benjamin Curtis enjoyed moderate success as one-fourth of Secret Machines. That New York act... More >>

• Anthrax at Revolution Live November 2

  published October 27, 2011

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• Kendrick Lamar at Revolution Live October 28

  published October 27, 2011

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  The Rapture at Grand Central, October 18

  published Oct 18, 2011

  See the full 24-photo Rapture at Grand Central slideshow. The RaptureWith PoolsideGrand CentralMonday, October 17, 2011Better Than: Staying home and bemoaning the weather.Monday might be the last nig... More >>

• Play Time

  published October 6, 2011

  If the mother-daughter age difference in The House of Bernarda Alba seems accurate, that’s because it is. Staged at the Arsht... More >>

• The Rapture's Vito Roccoforte Talks Mattie Safer, Fresh Starts, and Road Trips

  published Oct 17, 2011

  Last week, we here at Crossfade spoke with the Rapture's drummer Vito Roccoforte, discussing the band's new album, In the Grace of Your Love, as well as the dubious genre term dance-punk and the indie... More >>

• Modern Blondie

  published September 29, 2011

  Swedish power-poppers the Sounds have been saddled with Blondie comparisons since the beginning. It’s an obvious but accurate tag.... More >>

• The Rapture's Vito Roccoforte Talks Comebacks, Video Games, and Massive Australian Success

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Earlier this week, New Times caught up with Vito Roccoforte, drummer of the influential New York dance-rock act the Rapture. After some five years largely out of the American spotlight, the Roccoforte... More >>

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  The Rapture on In The Grace of Your Love, "Dance-Punk," and the Last Decade

  published Oct 10, 2011

  It's been five years since the Rapture released a new album and six since the band toured. So yes, you can call the group's new joyously jangly and danceable studio album, In the Grace of Your Love, a... More >>

• The Rapture at Grand Central October 17

  published October 13, 2011

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• Blow This

  published September 22, 2011

  Clarence Reid remains one of the great undersung musical legends of Miami. As the lore goes, in 1952, at the age of 13, he hitched a ride to the... More >>

• J. Cole at Revolution Live October 1

  published September 29, 2011

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