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

• Respectable Street to Rock the Block New Year's Eve

  published December 30, 2010

  One need only to look at the annual installments of Moonfest, or of its own rowdy anniversary parties, to know that Respectable Street knows... More >>

• Dieselboy Leads Dub Nation Tour to Revolution

  published December 9, 2010

  Dieselboy's influence is hard to overstate. After years of making hard-core rave mixtapes — before drum 'n' bass even existed as a genre... More >>

• Every Time I Die Tops Brutal Culture Room Bill

  published November 4, 2010

  For a way-too-long moment in the mid-'00s, too many hardcore-offshoot bands boasted names about days/months/seasons or some form of the verb... More >>

• Jacuzzi Boys Promise a Hot, Fierce Night at Respectable Street

  published October 7, 2010

  Jacuzzi Boys are quickly gaining critical mass on the national circuit, yet they've cleverly avoided the hype overload of certain other South... More >>

• Beach House's Sepia-Toned Blanket of Moodiness Unfolds at Fillmore Miami

  published October 7, 2010

  Much like actual boarded-up buildings near the shore, Beach House songs offer a lot to unpack on first encounter. Each unforgettable, eerie... More >>

• Megadeth and Slayer Brutalize Bayfront Park

  published September 30, 2010

  Last year was especially good for classic metal in South Florida, as all of the big four — Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and... More >>

• Pepper to Play Two Nights at Culture Room

  published September 23, 2010

  Music trends come and go, but Hawaiian trio Pepper keeps on trucking with a time-tested sound that's mellower than its namesake spice. Whatever... More >>

• Deftones Rock Fillmore Miami

  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 >>

• Stay Slutty

  published July 1, 2010

  The crowd at the recurring TechnoSluts parties is pretty much unlike any other. Think a colorful Venn diagram meeting of that rarefied overlap... More >>

• Skarhead Holds Nothing Back at Ballers Rock Bar

  published May 6, 2010

  Skarhead, repping the outer boroughs of New York City, gives those '90s bands who put the "hard" in hardcore a run for their tough-guy money.... More >>

• Band of Horses Rides Into Fillmore Miami

  published April 22, 2010

  Ben Bridwell's swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses,... More >>

• Newport Guitar Festival Feeds Local Ax Fetishists

  published April 15, 2010

  For a particular subset of music geeks, a guitar is more than just a means to a musical end. For these ardent acolytes, the guitar itself is the... More >>

• Arctic Monkeys to Rock Fillmore on Thursday

  published April 1, 2010

  Thursday's show at the Fillmore marks the Arctic Monkeys' first performance in South Florida, but the Sheffield, England, rockers already count a... More >>

• Cedric Gervais Debuts Sophomore Album at WMC

  published March 25, 2010

  Cedric Gervais, Miami's king of Space, has a lot to live up to at this year's WMC. Last year, his moody, slow-burning jam "Mauri's Dream"... More >>

• Damon Fowler Group Hits Tobacco Road on Thursday

  published March 4, 2010

  The namesake guitarist of the Damon Fowler group may look, at first, a little too fresh-faced to really know about the blues. And yes, Fowler... More >>

• D.O.N.S. Drops New Album at B.E.D. on Tuesday

  published March 4, 2010

  In what may be a somewhat dubious distinction, D.O.N.S. is best-known to many clubbers as a remixer of Technotronic's immortal "Pump Up the... More >>

• Steel Pulse Mellows Out Revolution on Wednesday

  published March 4, 2010

  One of the longest-running roots reggae bands around, Steel Pulse now boasts a list of former members twice as long as that of its current... More >>

• Paleface

  published February 18, 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... More >>

• Terror With Emmure, After the Burial, Miss May I, and Thick as Blood

  published February 11, 2010

  Los Angeles-based five-piece Terror formed in 2002, after the '90s golden years, when hardcore was still hard. Still, burly frontman Scott... More >>

• MillionYoung Makes His Miami Club Debut at Vagabond

  published February 4, 2010

  The Coral Springs-based act MillionYoung has been hailed as South Florida's own bona fide entry into what is cringe-inducingly called glo fi... More >>

• New Found Glory and Saves the Day

  published February 4, 2010

  New Found Glory's 2000 self-titled second album was what really catapulted the Coral Springs quartet into bona fide national stardom. Released... More >>

• Scary Kids Scaring Kids

  published January 28, 2010

  This six-piece melodic punk act from Arizona is oft labeled "post-hardcore," but we think their pairing of fantastic riffs with serviceable... More >>

• Return to Planet E

  published January 28, 2010

  Nothing about Friday night's party at Revolution, presented in part by South Florida rave-scene stalwarts Culture, is forward-looking. Take the... More >>

• Thomas Function

  published January 28, 2010

  The Alabama foursome Thomas Function makes its label home on Fat Possum, that Epitaph offshoot that began as a blues imprint. That family tree... More >>

• Green Sky and Shroud Eaters

  published January 28, 2010

  Pity the hapless hipster who wanders into Sweat Records this Saturday night looking for a copy of Vampire Weekend's "Contra." In an unusual but... More >>