F1 - Williams and Toyota agree on a 3 year engine deal. Will David Richards and Prodrive become McLaren's 'B' team? The FIA clips BMW-Saubers wings, and is now targeting Renault's and Ferarri's 'mass damper' systems.

WRC - Buy yourself a ride at the Rallye Deutschland. McRae and Grist to drive again in USA.

V8 Supercars - At the Queensland 400, Garth Tander first, daylight second. Jason Bright, James Courtney and Craig Lowndes do their best, but can't match Toll HSV for pace. Skaife and HRT have another disappointing weekend. David John from Team Kiwi speaks to Newstalk ZB about a move to Ford.


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Heading up the show this week is Ethel Suspense with 'John Wayne'. This is yet another of the fantastic Finnish indie bands that I've been playing lately. The band, from Helsinki, originally formed in 1998, and after a break of several year, are back together writing, recording and giging.

One of my favourite Scottish indie bands, Dropkick play the title track from their new CD, 'Obvious'. In support of the CD launch, the band are giging throughout Scotland over the next few weeks, so check the web site or MySpace page for gig dates. And if you want to hear more of the tracks from that album, Grant Mason presented an interview with the band on Three from Leith #49.

Here's a great Dannish indie band; Ehlers/Thejsen with the Art of Loneliness. CD details and more of their music is available on their web site.

And last but not least, Id Guinness is a Canadian who has been getting lots of airplay on AMP podcast around the world. 'River Rising' is taken from his latest CD, and there are more of his tunes on his MySpace page.

Background music: Chris Juergensen - Absolution (courtesy of Magnatune).


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V8 Supercars - Jason Brights move starts tongues wagging about where Steven Richards, Jason Richards and Greg Murphy will end up next year. Team Kiwi jump ship to Ford. Are rumours of an alleged illegal test simply a prank?

F1 - Michael Schumacher and Ferrari spoil the Renault show at Magny Cours. JPM pulls the pin on his F1 career and signs up for NASCAR next year. The FIA and the manufacturers continue to fight over an engine freeze for 2008.

ARC - In the Safari Rally Tasmania, Dean Herridge sneaks past Simon Evans to win his first ARC round.


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First off in the show are The 20belows with 'This Boy's Giving Up'. Bjarke, Peter, Kasper and Ulrich are The 20belows, they have just finished an album and are in the process of having it released, and will be touring throughout Europe during Jan/Feb with The Mcrackins. There's more details at their MySpace page.

The second track is Patrick Alexander with 'Seven Sins'. The track is taken from his recently released EP, and there are more of his tunes at MySpace.

Pillow are an acoustic-pop-folk group from Copenhagen. The band is playing gigs through Denmark during July and September, plus they have a new CD coming out September or October. 'Can't Get You Out of My Mind' and more of their tracks can be hear on their MySpace page.

And the final track is from Brian Tronsgaard. You can hear more of his music on his MySpace page, plus there's details of where you can hear him live. This track is called 'Water Down Your Troubles'.


Background music: Chris Juergensen - Absolution (courtesy of Magnatune).

Special thanks for GD from the Bite Size Bonus podcast for his kind words last week.

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WRC - Ireland, Norway and Portugal all in for 2007. Cyprus, Turkey and Australia missing from the WRC calendar. Can Chris Atkinson stay in the series without Subaru Australia support next year?

ARC - Rally of Canberra looking shaky for next year; ACT Tourism Minister Andrew Barr doesn't think it attracts enough tourism to justify support. Meanwhile, Octagon is complaining the Safari Rally isn't garnering enough local support.

Marcos Ambrose - Ambrose scores a 3rd place in Kansas, the best result for a rookie driver so far this year. Thanks to TruckSeries.com for the audio grab.

V8 Supercars - Craig Lowndes and 888 Racing score their second round win of the year in Darwin. The Toll-HSV team put in another strong performance. And Jason Bright decides to leave FPR at the end of the season to drive for his own team, Britek.


Tunes on the show:

The Wireflys - Since You Noticed. From Newcastle (Australia), The Wireflys are Chris, Ben and Justin. They have an EP that's due for release soon, so check out their web site or MySpace page for details of where you can get it, plus live gig dates.

Kate Akhurst - End of the Day. Kate is a singer and pianist, and is recording new songs later this year. But in the meantime, she is gigging around Sydney so check out her MySpace page for dates.

Additional Moog - Holy Jukebox. This is the first US-released single for the Birmingham-based band. Thanks to Lost Cat Records for making the track available.

Automatic Eye - Green Valley 99. For gig dates and more of Pete and Heikki's tunes, have a look at their MySpace page.


Background music: Chris Juergensen - Absolution (courtesy of Magnatune).

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F1 - BMW still managed to flex its wings. JPM out of F1 next year?

WRC - Sebastien Loeb and Stephane Sarrazin race at Le Mans, while Chris Atkinson tackles the 24 hour Nurburgring race. Thanks to Subaru Australia for the audio grabs.

ARC - Simon Evans and Toyota, dominate the Rally of Queensland.


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The Sweeties - Mayday. All the way from Finland, you can listen to more tracks from The Sweeties at their MySpace page.

The Motifs - Pinecone. The Motifs is Alexis who is a 22-year-old uni student from Melbourne, who writes and records all her own songs. You can hear more of her quirky but catchy tunes on her web site. Although Alexis doesn't have a CD for sale at the moment, send her a nice email and a little cash, and she might just send you a demo of her songs.

Lisa Redford - Dragonfly. Taken from her 2005 CD 'Lost Again, this track has received airplay on radio throughout Europe and the US, and is available from HMV or Amazon. She's also playing live throughout England during July, so check out her MySpace page for gig dates.


Background music: Chris Juergensen - Absolution (courtesy of Magnatune).

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