The Brothers Movement rose from the ashes of Dublin outfit Mainline, and soon found gigs playing their psychedelic rock in support to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Jesus and Mary Chain.
The band members include NEIL PAXTON - electric guitar/vox, DANDA- electric guitar/vox/harmonica, SCOTT GLENNON - electric guitar, CONOR PAXTON - bass guitar, DERICK O'NEILL - keys/synth and ANDY PARKES - drums.
God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental/post-rock three piece band hailing from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. They formed in 2002 and released their debut album 'The End of the Beginning' (2002) on their own Revive Records label.
Their two music videos for 'The End of the Beginning' and 'From Dust to the Beyond' received airplay on MTV UK and on other MTV European networks. 'All Is Violent, All Is Bright' (2005) is the band's second album. God Is an Astronaut released an EP called 'A Moment of Stillness' in 2006. Their third album, 'Far from Refuge' was released in April 2007 on Revive Records and as a download via their website. Their fourth, self-titled album 'God Is An Astronaut' was released November 7, 2008 on Revive Records.
The band's live performances make use of projected, self-edited footage along with impressive lighting arrangements to form what the band calls a "full audio visual show". Each song is accompanied by its own video.
Monster Magnet is an American hard rock band, hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, and named after a 1960's toy that Wyndorf (vocals and guitar) loved. Monster Magnet's style and material are heavily influenced by 1970s space rock bands such as Hawkwind and Captain Beyond.
Their colorful career began in 1989 with 2007 seeing the release of greatest hits collection, 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Monster Magnet. They also wrote and the official theme song for WWE No Way Out 2007 which obviously endeared them to wrestling fanatic Dan Hegarty!
Produced by SWR/DASDING at Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany on 4th November 2008 for the Eurosonic Partnership of the EBU.
The Mighty Stef [AKA Stefan Murphy] is a singer and songwriter from Dublin Ireland sailing a sea of influences that include everything from The Rolling Stones to the Pogues, Nick Cave To the Clash and Johnny Thunders to Johnny Cash.
The Mighty Stef's sophomore full-length release '100 Midnights' includes collaborations with Cait O'Riordan and Shane McGowan, the later who lends his vocals to haunting Townes Van Zandt cover 'Waitin' Around To Die'.
Also available on The Firstborn Is Dead Recordings is the 'Death Threats' E.P which was released in May 2008' and The Mighty Stef's acclaimed 2006 debut album 'The Sins of Sainte Catherine'
MOTH COMPLEX is a Dublin based electronic rock band fronted by singer and songwriter Aoife O'Leary.
Moth Complex have been featured as "Best Unsigned Band" in UK's Metal Hammer magazine and Germany rock magazines, and they have just completed their first video, for the song 'Tied Up In Knots'.
Aoife began working on Moth Complex with Gerry Owens, having known his writing and production in his previous band, Skindive. Live and for this session, the Moth Complex band is completed by Ronan O'Leary, on guitar, Eoin Markey on bass and Damien Murphy on drums.
Crystal Castles is a Toronto-formed band, named after the Crystal Castle from She-Ra: Princess of Power[ consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass.
Crystal Castles are known for their chaotic live shows and Kath's remixes for a number of groups, including 'Hunting for Witches' by Bloc Party, and 'Atlantis to Interzone' by friends, Klaxons.
The duo released their first full-length album on Last Gang Records in 2008. Crystal Castles' music is easily recognized by their heavy use of samples and distorted female vocals.
Recorded by 2fm extrAlive at the Little Big Tent at OXEGEN on Saturday 30th August 2008.
One Day International is Matt Lunson on vocals, Cormac Curran on piano, Danny Snow on bass, Ross Turner on drums, Eimear O'Grady on cello. Their album 'Blackbird' was produced by Brian Crosby (BellX1 and The Cake Sale. is The band describe it as being "Full of tales of lovers and strangers, confidence and vulnerability." So, is their first session for 2fm.
You may well wonder why a solo project from the former drummer with Kilkenny band Blue Ghost demands your attention. Jeremy Hickey's latest release as R.S.A.G (as in Rarely Seen Above Ground) 'Organic Sampler' is remarkable, and earned him a nomination for the Choice Awards.
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip (Dan Stephens and David Meads) are a band originally hailing from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. The duo signed to Rob da Bank's Sunday Best Records in the UK/Europe and Sage Francis's Strange Famous Recordings in the USA. Their debut album 'Angles' was released in 2007 in the UK and 2008 in the US.
Since March 2007 they have undertaken multiple UK, US and European tours. The band have also appeared at the Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds Festival 07 and 08, Lowlands, Fuji Rock Festival, Coachella, Monolith Festival, supporting RJD2, EL-P, Mark Ronson, Basement Jaxx and Fujiya & Miyagi and so on. The duo undertook a three-date British mini-tour in July 2008, performing in London, Manchester and Glasgow.
The shows were presented as 'Motivational Seminars', using four forms of motivation--Love, Lessons, Storytelling and Religion--to link their songs throughout the show. The duo ended each gig with covers of the Sugababes' 2005 song 'Push The Button' and Prince's 1991 track 'Cream'
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Produced at the ON3 Festival a the Bayern 3 Studios, Munich, on 29 November 2008 for the Eurosonic Partnership of the EBU
There have been rumours going around that they've spilt up, but they haven't - Therapy? Are back! Andy and Michael came in to chat to me on the show last night, and told me about their twelfth album 'Crooked Timber'. If you missed it, take a listen back to last night's show.
As you'd expect with Therapy, they have a big European tour lined up - this band never do things by halves! I'll have plenty more new tracks from the album on the show this week, and next (and the weeks to come).
There's A LOT of really good new music out this month, and I'll be wading my way through it over the coming weeks. Over the next few days though, you'll get to hear the long over-due new single from Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Zero'. Maybe long over-due is a bit unfair as it's only bee around 18 months since their last EP, but it's been worth every second of the wait! It's taken from their forthcoming album 'It's Bitz', which is due for release on April 10th.
Other bits and pieces include the latest from Dark Room Notes - 'Let's Light Fires' is the first single from their Debut album 'We Love You Dark Matter'. You'll also get to hear new tracks from And So I Watch You From Afar, Depeche Mode, Therapy?, Royksopp, Giveamanakick, Distractors, PJ Harvey & John Parish, A Plastic Rose and MANY, MANY others!
U2's 'No Line On The Horizon' is on course for # 1 tomorrow with phenomenal first week sales which are greater than the rest of the Top 20 combined. The previous first week's sales record is held by the group's 2004 album 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb'.
The success is repeated elsewhere with the No 1 position wherever the chart has been returned. So far, that's # 1 in France, Belgium, Japan, Finland, Poland and the Czech Republic 'No Line On The Horizon'. is also set to be # 1 in the UK when the chart is announced on Sunday which will bring U2's total of # 1 UK albums to ten, which equals The Rolling Stones and just one less than Elvis (11 # 1 albums) and five behind The Beatles. 
