Bunbury bands are starting to make a name for themselves and finally a new scene is being born, with everything from metal and folk excelling to the point of them making their way out of the town and on to bigger and better things. This proved prominent with two lots of Bunbury boys Toucan Fishbat and Look For Trains preparing themselves for what was a night of dramas, alcohol infused journalism and good music. It all begun with a simple sound check, Dave Evans, renowned for being the South Westerly nice guy within our music scene, sporting chops that would rival any fans of the 70's stood up to the mic and couldn't get any closer than 3 foot without experiencing heavy feedback proving to be a nightmare on the ears of the punters within and fold backs alone hummed at a heavy volume throughout the entirety of the night with all members of both bands being somewhat disgruntled.

The 'bat boys � proved their professionalism and strummed forth playing all tracks from their forthcoming album with minimal hitches along the way. A snapped string held the trio up for a minimal amount of time and whilst the restring was in procession Dan Britain, highly acclaimed bass player and his drumming companion Dean Kerr jammed to their hearts content with Dave coming back to finish off their set. The boys played to their consistent live form and are an act someone will pickup on sometime soon without a doubt, a track of interest and a personal favourite The Cold Blood is one to definitely have a listen to and is online on myspace at this very moment.

Second and last up were Look For Trains. A band who've put their stamp on the local scene throughout the last few months. Seeing the guys play quite a few months ago it's obvious that the guys put their all into their music and a passion for life, music and good song structure itself was apparent in their tunes. Each song wrapped and winded its way around with lyrical content being about life, death, love and hate with a deepness that made one think about some of the choices in my short period of existence. Again the guys had difficulty with "Bob The Dud"� sound engineer who was more interested in making it look like he was busy rather than actually doing anything and the sound itself hadn't improved from the very first sound check and it put a little bit of a dampener on the evening.

The generosity of both bands saw this fan/reviewer more than well looked after with drinks and a good laughs in the plenty, people like Brendon Norton, Clint Poletti and Ray Clapp should be commended for their work and contribution to the ever expanding scene as their efforts amongst many others have put the South West music scene on the map. The Prince Of Wales is no longer the only venue for live music with British India & The Misbelievers taking stage in Collie at The Crown Hotel on the 29^th of this month, various bands going through the Esplanade of Busselton as of late, a more consistent flow of bands heading through the Dunsborough Tavern (formally The 3 Bears) and Settlers Tavern in Margaret River make for a more than fulfilling South West tour and hopefully within the next six months or so our scene will be more exciting than that of the city, the talent is here, so are the people, thankfully the venues have finally opened their eyes and ears and music as a whole, no matter what genre... is back in fashion. Don't let it be a fad' support your local scene, do your bit and head down to a local live music venue near you!