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

• Boys Noize at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day Two, March 26

  published Mar 27, 2011

  Boys Noize, the pseudonym of German producer/label head Alexander Ridha, has delivered some of the best live P.A. performances of Winter Music Conference over the past few years. This has been thank... More >>

• Trentemoller at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day One, March 25, 2011

  published Mar 26, 2011

  Putting Trentemoller on the penultimate slot of Ultra's Live Stage last night was a ballsy move. As a producer, the smart Anders Trentemoller makes sweeping, beautiful soundscapes that are truly cinem... More >>

• Tinie Tempah at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day One, March 25

  published Mar 26, 2011

  If you live in Miami, you might think you live in the most dance-music-saturated place on Earth -- unless, of course, you've spend a lot of time in the U.K. Dance music is part of the pop fabric here,... More >>

• Crossfade's Ultra Fest Chat With Simian Mobile Disco

  published Mar 26, 2011

  If you've only ever heard debut album Attack Decay Sustain Release, you might think otherwise. But Simian Mobile Disco was never just a killer indie-dance crew. Sophomore record Temporary Pleasure h... More >>

• Royksopp at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day One, March 25

  published Mar 26, 2011

  After several years of complete absence from Miami, Norwegian duo Royksopp more than made up for it last night. The pair's pulsing, tripped-out nighttime set on the live stage is already a contender f... More >>

• Erasure at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day One, March 25

  published Mar 26, 2011

  Adding dance-rock originators Erasure and Duran Duran was a smart move for Ultra organizers. The performances should have bridged the psychic gap between old synth work and the newer acts on the live ... More >>

• Royksopp Talks Star Wars, Synths, and the Ultra Fest

  published Mar 25, 2011

  Where will you be this evening at approximately 8:15 p.m.r Well, if you've got a ticket (and even if you don't), make plans to go stand at the foot of Ultra Music Festival's Live Stage. It's definit... More >>

• Simian Mobile Disco's Delicatessen Party at Eve, March 24

  published Mar 25, 2011

  Ultra Week, or Miami Music Week, or the Week Formerly Known as Winter Music Conference, is amazing in that on any given night, there are a number of world-class lineups from which to choose. That can ... More >>

• Take the Cake

  published March 24, 2011

  Few culinary endeavors are as equally comforting and potentially infuriating as baking. On one hand, there are all the mom-really-loves-me... More >>

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  The Overthrow's Ivory Tower at the 1111 Building, March 23

  published Mar 24, 2011

  After this initially funny article in the New York Times, parties continue to roll on in South Beach at World's Fanciest Parking Garage -- i.e. the Herzog & de Meuron-designed 1111 building at the... More >>

• Deathface Talks Blood Baths, Ritual Sacrifice, and the Overthrow's Black Magick Party

  published Mar 23, 2011

  Once upon a time, Chicago-bred, L.A.-based DJ/producer Johnny Love was best known on underground dance floors as half of Guns and Bombs. That project, as the name implies, was all about going hard a... More >>

• Ultra Music Festival 2011: Ten Cheap Eats Within Walking Distance

  published Mar 23, 2011

  If you're a local going to Ultra Music Festival this weekend, you'll already have your own strategy to stay fueled before and after the electronic music marathon. But if you're not from South Flo... More >>

• Simian Mobile Disco Does Delicatessen at Eve and Ultra 2011 in the Same Week!

  published Mar 21, 2011

  By the mid 2000s, Simian Mobile Disco was among the leaders of the indie-dance crossover pack. Its in-your-face, heavily vocal pump-ups were largely responsible for getting rock kids out on the floor ... More >>

• Royksopp Gets Cosmic at Ultra Music Festival 2011

  published Mar 21, 2011

  Royksopp albums, like all good things in life, come to those who wait. The duo of Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland first began experimenting with synthesizers together as kids in their small, sub-A... More >>

• The Overthrow Hijacks Ultra Week With Black Magick and the Ivory Tower

  published Mar 18, 2011

  By the spring of 2010, parties thrown by local creative collective the Overthrow were already legendary. The now-defunct Black Sundays series at Bella Rose became, possibly, the only weekly party on S... More >>

• Catwalk Confidential: A Model's Coming-of-Age Told With Ribald Wit

  published Mar 18, 2011

  Last night's opening of Catwalk Confidential at the Arsht Center's Carnival Studio Theater proved, above all else, that its star, Robyn Peterson, is no dumb former model. The Miami native and creator ... More >>

• Sied Van Riel on the Fly2Miami Twitter Campaign and Direct Dutch Flights to Miami

  published Mar 17, 2011

  How many Dutch DJs, producers, and dance music fans does it take to get a major airline to completely re-route its flight plansr The answer: About 150 of them, plus the power of Twitter and the co-sig... More >>

• Ultra Music Festival 2011 Goes Foodie, Partially: Nine Simian Mobile Disco Songs About Weird Foods

  published Mar 17, 2011

  British electronic music duo Simian Mobile Disco originally made a name for itself in the mid-'00s with its funky, pop-oriented electro sound. But on the pair's most recent album, last year's Delicaci... More >>

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  Catwalk Confidential, Part 2: Robyn Peterson on Helmut Newton & Shopping With Kenzo

  published Mar 17, 2011

  In part one, we introduced you to Robyn Peterson, the playwright and star of Catwalk Confidential, which opens tonight at the Arsht Center and runs through the weekend. The one-woman show explores Pet... More >>

• Catwalk Confidential, Part 1: Robyn Peterson on Modeling and '70s Fashion

  published Mar 15, 2011

  It's easy to mock the world of professional modeling from behind the comfort of our laptop screens and the forgiving waistbands of PajamaJeans. (Pass that bag of Late Night All Nighter Cheeseburger Do... More >>

• Simian Mobile Disco at Eve March 24 and Ultra March 26

  published March 17, 2011

  Simian Mobile Disco at Eve March 24 and Ultra March 26 More >>

• Royksopp at Ultra Music Festival March 25

  published March 17, 2011

  Royksopp at Ultra Music Festival March 25 More >>

• Dutch DJ Sied van Riel uses Twitter to score direct KLM flights to Ultra in Miami

  published March 17, 2011

  Dutch DJ Sied van Riel uses Twitter to score direct KLM flights to Ultra in Miami More >>

• The Overthrow and Trouble & Bass's Black Magick Miami Party at the Castle March 26

  published March 17, 2011

  The Overthrow and Trouble & Bass's Black Magick Miami Party at the Castle March 26 More >>

• On the Catwalk, Yeah

  published March 10, 2011

  It’s easy to mock the world of professional modeling from behind the comfort of our laptop screens and the forgiving waistbands of... More >>