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

• Shabba Ranks at Revolution 7/2

  published June 30, 2011

  The annual "Flashback Night" has revived classic Caribbean sounds in South Florida for the past five years. After a packed edition last year at... More >>

• Seven Mary Three at the Rock N' Roll Beer-B-Que 7/3

  published June 30, 2011

  Sundays are fun days. Nobody cares if you get up in the p.m. hours, you probably have been absolved of all other responsibility, and we heard... More >>

• Designer Drugs at Club Cinema 6/24

  published June 23, 2011

  A few years back, so-called "new rave" came and went, spawning in its multigenre, neon-baked wake a generation of artists who clearly profited... More >>

• Carlos Varela at Miramar Cultural Center 6/24

  published June 23, 2011

  English-language press has described Carlos Varela as "Cuba's Bob Dylan," for lack of a better analogy. This is somewhat accurate, as Varela is... More >>

• Tributes to Blink-182, Linkin Park, and More at the Pit 6/25

  published June 23, 2011

  The problem with old folks is that they blanket-label all newfangled music without really understanding what's behind it. To anyone over 25,... More >>

• Arboles Libres at Propaganda 6/17

  published June 16, 2011

  The guys of Miami-based Arboles Libres have managed to become darlings of a wide swath of the South Florida scene thanks to their... More >>

• The Pass at Respectable Street 6/16

  published June 16, 2011

  The bluegrass state may seem like an unlikely birthplace for a shiny indie-pop band, but Kentucky's capital, Louisville, has long had an active... More >>

• Heidi and the El Cats at South Shores Tavern 6/17

  published June 16, 2011

  Heidi and the El Cats is a true Lake Worth invention. The Heidi in question (last name Jacobsen) was born in Toronto and worked as a fashion... More >>

• Nashville Pussy at Culture Room 6/8

  published June 9, 2011

  Contrary to its name, foursome Nashville Pussy doesn't actually hail from Music City; the group calls Atlanta home. The moniker's at least half... More >>

• Dick Dale at Respectable Street 6/13

  published June 9, 2011

  All the hale, hearty Southern California sun and sea must have done Dick Dale good. At age 74, the guitar legend continues to go strong and... More >>

• King Django at Propaganda 6/9, Monterey Club 6/10

  published June 9, 2011

  The one-man powerhouse born Jeff Baker but known in musical circles as King Django is one of the most influential Americans in ska, full stop.... More >>

• Disco in Diapers

  published June 9, 2011

  Sure, you may have left behind your wild-child, club-kid days for the peaceful beatitude of parenthood. But we all know better. Under the wet... More >>

• Taylor Swift at BankAtlantic Center 6/2 and 6/3

  published June 2, 2011

  At this point in her extreme cultural domination, it seems pointless to bother uttering the word country in the same sentence as... More >>

• Infected Mushroom at Club Cinema 6/3

  published June 2, 2011

  Psy-trance may have once occupied the realm of fringe raver hippies who had run away to India. But the increasing mainstream crossover of... More >>

• The Monkees at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 6/6

  published June 2, 2011

  For a group that was famously manufactured, the Monkees have outlived vast swaths of their supposedly more "serious" musical counterparts of... More >>

• They Got Beards

  published June 2, 2011

  Long before pop stars specifically set out to create a “brand image,” there were the burly, bearded guys of ZZ Top. From the late... More >>

• Panic! at the Disco at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 5/29

  published May 26, 2011

  Panic! at the Disco — yes, the exclamation mark is back — long ago outgrew the post-emo bombast of the height of the decaydance era... More >>

• Combichrist at Respectable Street 6/1

  published May 26, 2011

  As founder of the iconic futurepop act Icon of Coil, Norwegian sound terrorist Andy LaPlegua showed an early penchant for the darker, harder... More >>

• Christian McGee at South Shores Tavern 5/29

  published May 26, 2011

  A native of Richmond, Virginia, and occasional resident of South Florida, singer/songwriter Christian McGee picks up many of the musical... More >>

• Deftones' Thrilling Abandon Returns to South Florida

  published May 19, 2011

  No one's accusing Deftones of resting on their laurels, even though the band certainly deserves a little R&R. It's been a whopping 23 years since... More >>

• Parallels at Respectable Street 5/19

  published May 19, 2011

  Fun, highly bloggable fact: One-half of Parallels, Cameron Findlay, was originally the drummer for electronic-noise terrorists Crystal Castles.... More >>

• Mustard Plug at Culture Room 5/20

  published May 19, 2011

  At the height of the '90s ska craze, the scene's fans embroiled themselves deep in an internal battle: the so-called "traditional ska" faction... More >>

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Revolution 5/25

  published May 19, 2011

  Despite trials and tribulations and times in and out of the public eye, the pioneering West Coast rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony technically... More >>

• My Chemical Romance Reasserts Itself at Revolution May 17

  published May 12, 2011

  For a heady period from about 2006 to 2008, My Chemical Romance seemed ready to truly run the mainstream-crossover rock world. Its third album,... More >>

• Uh Huh Her at Culture Room 5/13

  published May 12, 2011

  Los Angeles duo Uh Huh Her appears to display its musical predilections openly. The all-female group's name is cribbed, after all, from the... More >>