Interview: Lowrider

Acclaimed band Lowrider are are back, and set to unveil their third studio album ‘Black Stones’ this Saturday at The Depot. Ahead of the much anticipated release, Soph and Seb spoke to drummer Paul about the album and how their sound has and continues to evolve.

Interview: The Bakers Digest

Last time Adelaide lads, The Bakers Digest, were in the Radio Adelaide studio they had just released their single ‘Haunt Me’.  Now almost 6 months later they are back, this time with an EP.

Taylor and Tom joined Soph and Seb in the studio to talk the launch of their EP ‘Thinly Veiled’ at the Crown and Anchor this Saturday.

 

 

Interview: Ghost Notes

Cameron Smith from Brisbane instrumental band Ghost Notes is no stranger to Adelaide, which is apparently his most frequented tour destination across many bands and projects. Danni and Walter spoke to him about his favourite venues, running live venues and studios in Brisbane and re-releasing Ghost Notes’ 2011 debut album as a vinyl double LP.

Interview: Woods

Brooklyn low-fidelity folk-y psych band Woods tore up the Format basement last Thursday night. Seb and Sophie spoke to them on Tuesday about Sugar Mountain Festival, changing lineups, and the challenges of manipulating tape on tour.

Interview: The Presets

After the success of Sydney duo The Presets’ 2008 release Apocalypso, it would’ve been easy to keep the ball rolling while on such a high. But amidst the unexpected rise to fame came another challenge for both Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes: parenthood. Both decided it was best to step away from the limelight and spend time with their new families, and this decision certainly inspired a number of ideas that formed third album Pacifica. The Range spoke to drummer Moyes from Canberra, where the group were preparing for an Australia Day concert, and found out about some of the more sinister yet optimistic themes gathered in Pacifica, and how these might translate to the band’s new live show.

The Presets play at HQ on Tuesday February 5, with tickets still available.

TDU Special: On Yer Bike With Chris & Mike, Stage 4

Andre Greipel sprints to victory over Robert Ferrari of Lampre merida. Image by Kathryn Watt, courtesy of Brisbane Times

Stage 4 of the 15^th Tour Down Under had an unconventional grass start this morning at Modbury with the race winding through the Adelaide Hills and word famous Barossa Valley wine region. Right from the start, current World Champion Philippe Gilbert of BMC made a breakaway with young Australian rider Damian Howson (UniSA ) joining the world champ. The breakaway lasted for 118km of the 126.5km stage before being swallowed up by the peloton. This was always going to happen, with the peloton controlling the gap, with it only getting out to 3-4 minutes.

Damian Howson took the King of the Mountain for Stage 4, with Gilbert taking second and Jack Bobridge claiming third, adding a few more precious points to his KOM lead.

The two sprint’s were taken by Gilbert (BMC), Howson (UniSA) and Brown (Blanco), Brown denying Geraint Thomas (SKY) any time bonuses to add to his lead. Thomas still holds onto the Ochre Jersey with a 5 second lead over Stage 3 winner Tom Slagter, with Movistar rider Javier Moreno in third only a second behind Slagter.

With many of the big names out of contention for general classification, there may be a few surprises in tomorrow’s Willunga and McLaren Vale stage, especially on the Willunga Hill finish.

Expect to see Tiago Machado in contention for Stage 5, as well as many of the Australian riders, who will be out for a win on Australia Day.

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TDU Special: On Yer Bike With Chris & Mike, Stage 3

Tom Jelte Slagter of Team Blanco winning on Stage 3 in Stirling. Photo courtesy of The Advertiser, Sarah Reed.

Stage three of the 15^th Tour Down Under started in the leafy suburb of Unley in front of a massive crowd. The race neutral zone was from Unley to the Toll Gate on the South Eastern Freeway. It was only 2.5km from when the flag dropped to start racing to the King of the Mountain at Eagle on the hill, with local boy Jack Bobridge (Blanco) taking it out, his local knowledge coming into play, followed by Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEDGE) and Garikoitz Bravo (Euskaltel Euskadi).

Soon after reaching the challenging and technical Stirling circuit, of which there were to be 6 laps this year, Simon Clarke (Orica GreenEDGE) and Will Clarke (Agro Shimano) made a break away that lasted until half way through lap five when they were caught by a group of six riders crossing the gap. They rode together for another 20km, until Will Clarke, who had been part of the initial breakaway earlier in the day, and another ride fell off leaving 6 riders left, including Simon Clarke and Daryl Impey. However the breakaway soon split, losing the momentum and were swallowed by the peloton.

Australian Cam Worth (Cannondale) made an attempt at a breakaway late in the stage, however his effort did not last long. Another breakaway came from Tiago Machado (Radioshack Trek) at 4km to go. The climber and time trial specialist had a chance to take the stage, but went to early, burning out with 1km to go.

The move came from Australian David Tanner (Blanco) leading out Tom Jelte Slagter (Blanco). Slagter, wearing the Cycle Instead Young Riders Jersey caught out big guns Matty Goss (Orica GreenEDGE) and reigning world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC) with a brilliant sprint with 400m to go at the two veteran missed this jump and struggled to catch the young Slagter, taking his first professional stage win.

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TDU Special: On Yer Bike With Chris & Mike, Stage 1

Andre Greipel obliterates the rest of the field to take stage 1 of the 2013 TDU. Image by Sarah Reed, Courtesy of The Advertiser

Stage one from Prospect through the Adelaide Hills to Lobethal was a great opening to the 15^th Adelaide Tour Down Under. Right from the start, 20 year-old Queenslander Jordan Kirby, who was recently crowned under-23 national road title, and is riding for the UniSA Australia, made an audacious breakaway, gaining a seven minute lead over the peloton.  Kirby, known for his time trialling abilities, gained top points in the King of the Mountain Category charging up Checker Hill the Category 2 Skoda King of the Mountain climb at just 41.9km in for the day.

The young rider, who has recently been signed to a European team, rode solo for the first 100km of the 135km stage before being caught by Frenchman Jerome Pineau of Omega Pharma – Quickstep.

But the spoils for the day went yet again to Andre “The Giant” Greipel, the fastest sprinter in this years field, took it out again on the line with time to spare after his Lotto-Belisol team worked to get him prime position into the final sprint to the line.

On the show, we wrapped up the results from the second women’s criterium held on the tight Prospect Road circuit. This time Joanne Hogan, who rides for Women’s Spanish cycling team – Bizkaia – Durango when not at home in Australia, took out maximum points from Kimberley Wells who leads the series so far, and Sarah Roy third making a marked improvement from her 7^th placing at the Rymill Park circuit on Sunday.

Chris spoke with Matt Goss from Orica-Greenedge before the race about his expectations for this year’s Tour Down Under. He also caught up with Matty Lloyd, the only Australian in the otherwise all Italian Lampre team and USA native Tyler Farrar. Listen to our podcast to find out what to expect from this year’s Tour Down Under, including how important stage two will be in deciding the race outcome with the formidable Corkscrew Road.

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Interview: SuperCaine

If you’ve not heard of local group SuperCaine, it’s probably because they are about as fresh as a band can get. Whilst the project has only been up and running for a couple of months, they are in the finishing stages of recording and already looking towards a launch. The whirlwind group of established Adelaide musicians dropped in for a chat with Seb and Sophie, giving us a sneak peak of what to expect from the lads in the coming months.

Interview: The Bearded Gypsy Band

After almost 2 years, the young and incredibly talented Bearded Gypsy Band are set to release a live album this Thursday at The Gov. The band joined Seb and Sophie in the studio to talk about the ‘Live at The Wheaty’ release and how they juggle an ever increasing number of shows with their uni studies.