Posts by Amanda Macchia

Kool Keith is a little bionic, at least on the inside. He dreams of interplanetary adventures, supersonic time travel, and juicy brown booties. He’s equal parts Dr. Octagon, Dr. Dooom, and the Ultraman himself, all personas released via past records, and it’s a wonder he can find himself amidst his many on-stage personalities. The only […]

It’s the 1990s and homogenization is spreading across the music industry, infiltrating MTV and further lobotomizing radio. The effects of major label subsidiary operations had all but dismantled and expunged independent labels from the market. In 1989 A&M Records, one of the country’s most successful indie labels, was sold to Polygram. A year later the […]

Photos of Battles at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA on 9/30/15. Photos by Amanda Macchia