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"

More

2007 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• Space Oddity

  published November 29, 2007

  At times, the oeuvre of Coheed and Cambria can make classic-rock works like The Wall or Tommy seem as though they were... More >>

• Muscles

  published November 15, 2007

  It's hard to know when — or if — the Australian one-man dance act known as Muscles is being serious. Live, ensconced behind a small... More >>

• Joy! Joy!

  published November 8, 2007

  It's a good month for Joy Division fans to maybe think about trying to smile. Sure, the confusing multiple release dates for Control,... More >>

• Lifting Heavy

  published October 11, 2007

  The rural Texas-based quintet Fair to Midland holds the platypus-rare distinction of sounding like pretty much no one else in rock music... More >>

• Rockstar Approved

  published October 4, 2007

  About two years ago, Jason Tyler lost everything in a Chicago house fire that was started accidentally by a superstar DJ and good... More >>

• Dashboard Confessional

  published September 20, 2007

  Listening to Dashboard Confessional can sometimes be like picking at a scab or poking at a cavity — vaguely painful and enjoyable at the... More >>

• The Used

  published August 30, 2007

  A few years back, the Used's Bert McCracken and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way were the enfants terribles of the '00s... More >>

• Fantastic Voyage

  published August 30, 2007

  Tahita Bulmer, the effervescent frontwoman for New Young Pony Club, has little love for the sort of po-faced, pseudo-earnest bloke rock that's... More >>

• The Bang Gang Deejays

  published August 30, 2007

  The Bang Gang has attracted international attention as one of Sydney, Australia,'s sweatiest, most forward-thinking club nights, where techno... More >>

• Baby Anne

  published August 23, 2007

  Give Orlando-based DJ/producer Baby Anne a gold star on two counts. One, for still carrying a torch for Florida breaks, our state's woozy,... More >>

• Green Velvet

  published August 2, 2007

  In true space-age, dance-music-weirdness style, Green Velvet was birthed as the alter ego of an alter ego: that of Cajmere, AKA Curtis Alan... More >>

• Hip-Hop Jedis

  published August 2, 2007

  Just minutes after the end of the recent Democratic presidential debate, Vinnie Paz is nonplussed. As the frontman of the rugged Philadelphia... More >>

• The Radiators

  published July 26, 2007

  First, to clear up any confusion: This is the Radiators from New Orleans, the three-decades-plus-strong bluesy, funky rock group, not the also... More >>

• Bonde do Rolê

  published July 19, 2007

  In ice-cool genre-mashup circles, Brazil is the de rigueur frontier for new hard-hitting, urban-sexy dance beats. Bonde do Rolê, hailing... More >>

• Kristeenyoung

  published July 12, 2007

  The first time Kristine Young, frontwoman for, um, Kristeenyoung, was summoned to meet Morrissey, she was summarily ejected from his Rome... More >>

• The 69 Eyes

  published July 5, 2007

  The 69 Eyes perform with Night Kills the Day, Wednesday 13, and Fair to Midland on Thursday, July 5, at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort... More >>

• Rabbit in the Moon

  published June 28, 2007

  If you dipped your toes in the waters of the Florida rave scene during the past, oh, 15 years, you´ve probably collected some warm, fuzzy... More >>

• Guns ´n´ Bombs at Revolver

  published June 28, 2007

  It´s a straight-up L.A. invasion in Miami this weekend. The attack on Friday´s edition of the weekly Revolver party comes from the... More >>

• Los Tigres del Norte

  published June 14, 2007

  The average unsuspecting gringo has no idea: Across Latin America, Los Tigres del Norte are huge. Regularly selling out stadiums of more than... More >>

• Truthier Than Thou

  published May 17, 2007

  The guys of Underoath love Jesus, make no bones about it, and want you to know that. But the St. Petersburg-based quintet isn't about that... More >>

• 54-46

  published May 3, 2007

  In the days of the British Invasion, it was the Beatles and the Stones. In the days of early Jamaican reggae, it was Bob Marley and Toots Hibbert.... More >>

• My Chemical Romance and Muse Rock Sunrise

  published April 26, 2007

  So how does a vaguely punk-oriented band, bred in the usual circuit of grungy clubs, adapt to platinum-sales and an arena tour? On Sunday night at... More >>

• The El Word

  published March 15, 2007

  The sophomore album by hip-hop artist El-P portrays a world plagued by war and malevolent technology. Cities are burning under the noses of... More >>