Matt Robidoux lives in Northampton, MA and maybe you know him from his band SPEEDY ORTIZ, in which he plays guitar. He is also known to perform solo, and lives in such close proximity to Feeding Tube Records that I have to say I am jealous. And don’t forget about the label he runs HIDDEN TEMPLE TAPES.
BOSTON BANDS ON BILLS IN WEST MASS: HIGHLIGHTS (in no order):
Guilded Brick, Holyoke
PAINTINGS BY :gRETA sVALBERG, sONYA sOMBREUIL
MUSIC: cHAIN, tHE wICKED iT, gASTRIC lAVAGE.sUNBURNED hAND oF tHE mAN
Feeding Tube Records, Northampton %
CLOUD BECOMES YOUR HAND, HAPPY JAWBONE FAMILY BAND, QUILT, LAMINATED APES
Carriage House, Turner’s Falls %
BAD HISTORY MONTH, FRANK HURRICANE, MISS OLIVIA KENNETT, MWCHINS
The Elevens, Northampton
FAT WORM OF ERROR, GUERILLA TOSS, ZEBU, SEDIMENT CLUB, THE DREEBS
Feeding Tube Records, Northampton
GROSS (open practice) ^
Somewhere in Franklin County ^
BANG! BROS, WHITE LIMO, HORAFLORA, BROMP TREB, MBTA, KURT WEISMAN
King Street Manor, Northampton &
EGG, EGGS, MIDDLE KINGDOM, FUNNY MONEY
Disclaimers:
% I played
^ I couldn’t go 🙁
& the show was at my house