Southbound Festival 2009 Photos… coming soon!

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Here’s a little sneak peek of photos from the weekend of tunes at the Southbound Festival down in Busselton!

Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

Franz Ferdinand @ Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

The Hives @ Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

Stay tuned to this blog for more photos and thoughts about Southbound!

Update (06/01/09): Franz Ferdinand and The Hives @ Southbound Festival 2009, Busselton

Update (21/03/09): Festival Countdown - More photos from Southbound Festival 2009

Perth Music Venues - The Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach

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The Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach

In 1986 Reabold Hill’s abandoned quarry, which had not been used for eighty years, was re-opened as ‘The Quarry Amphitheatre’. Surrounded by natural bush land, it and offers panoramic views across the City to the Darling Range and provides an ideal setting for intimate acoustic concerts with a capacity audience of 644 people.

- Extract from The Quarry Amphitheatre’s Live At The Quarry website.

Paul Kelly @ The Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach

The Quarry Amphitheatre in City Beach is fairly new to the live music scene, having started its Live At The Quarry series only in the early Summer of 2008 with the likes of James Morrison, Holly Throsby, Old Man River and Kate Miller-Heidke.

Paul Kelly @ The Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach

This summer, though with a smaller line up but nonetheless a warm mix of live acts, started off with Paul Kelly’s A-Z series. The shows spanned over four nights, singing 100 songs thematically from A to Z, over his 30-odd years as a songwriter accompaniment from his nephew Dan Kelly. Oh gosh, how I would have loved to have been to all four nights, but I arrived in the middle (in the middle, in the middle) of the series where he had started off on the letter “L”. Paul Kelly was also handing out his books if people had pointed out lyrical errors after they were performed. With a hundred songs to go through, and many more in his back-catalogue, who can blame him for forgetting some words, hey?

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The Mountain Goats @ Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

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The Mountain Goats @ Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

Last time I saw The Mountain Goats was on 2nd January 2007 and, oh boy, was that a joyous show! And though they had originally planned to come back April this year, it had to be cancelled for “personal reasons”. But, being huge fans of Australia, they promised to be here later in the year… and they did! I’m only a modest fan, only owning The Sunset Tree and Get Lonely, but John Darnielle is such a great storyteller. He gets very emotive while on-stage and always puts on a good show. Given the packed out crowd and loud reception, I reckon The Mountain Goats earn the title of “folk rockstars”!

The Mountain Goats @ Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

I was pretty surprised at the mix of people at the show. The Mountain Goats are truly ones to bring everyone together. I also didn’t expect to be squashed into the front of the stage either. Gosh, that place needs some better ventilation! Though I think the situation has improved there since the renovations. Anyway, I don’t think I can say much more… excuse this poor excuse for a blog post. Though, here’s another photo for you.

The Mountain Goats @ Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

One thing that I will have to post is the autographs I got from both John and Peter Hughes after the show. I shall post it soon… it’s very special. Here’s a bit of trivia for you: John Darnielle doesn’t shake hands - he would rather hug you. He’s also a big fan of Missy Higgins, having toured with her in the US. Rumour has it that she has actually immigrated to America! I guess that explains why she does all her touring there!

A couple more shots are on my Flickr photostream. And there’s a review and a (really tiny) photo in this week’s Drum Media Perth.