One Day International will plat a pre-Christmas show at The Button Factory on Thursday 18th December. One Day Internationa are Matt Lunson on vocals, Cormac Curran on piano, Danny Snow on bass, Ross Turner on drums and Eimear O'Grady on cello and they have just released their debut album, the lush and melodramatic Blackbird on Independent Records. Tickets are €15 on sale now through Ticketmaster and other usual outlets nationwide. Booking Line: 0818 719 300. Listen to 4 songs from the album.
Head on down to Whelans tonight for the launch of One Day International's album Blackbird . I mentioned the album a few weeks back . Extra incentive tonight as Cathy Davey and Conor O' Brien aka Villagers are supporting. They have dates coming up in Limerick, Cork, Dundalk and Cork too. Another band playing this week are folky math rock London band Cats and Cats and Cats . I'm hearing great reports about last night's Dublin show. Catch them over the next few days in Limerick's Baker [...]

Lots of hip'n'cool shows coming up, including one by the gentleman above. Lowdown on a handful of them in the readmore... First up- conveniently timed to my belated discovery of Talking Heads, David Byrne is to play the National Concert Hall on April 6th (that's 2009, people). Tickets are 55.50 & 61.50. It's a Byrne/ Brian Eno vibe for the show, with the pair having just released their new record ' Everything That Happens Will Happen Today '. But... the shows will not feature Eno (so more chance of them playing [...]
There are loads of impressive Irish albums out this month and next, so for the rest of the week the blog will be mostly featuring Irish artists making some great music. Had you have told me two years ago I could have filled the blog with Irish music, I would have drop-kicked you into the indie-landfill but now, we've got an eclectic mix of genres represented and it's quite a delight. Personally, I have to thank my girlfriend Aoife whose Indie Hour radio show has been running for four years tirelessly and thanklessly on [...]

Tonight sees the ninth birthday of The Ruby Sessions in Doyles, College Green with very special guests Cathy Davey , Lisa Hannigan , One Day International and Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers. Entry is just €6 and starts at 9pm.