There’s a free gig in Tripod on Thursday night for the final of Bright New Sounds, a sort of online battle of the bands, supported by Vodafone, that has been running for the past while.

The top 5 downloaded bands have been chosen, and all that’s left is the final. All you need to do to get tickets is to visit this page here and register your interest.

Interestingly, back in February, Jim Carroll of On the Record was absolutely scathing of the terms and conditions of the competition.

Darragh Doyle has more info and links.

Gatsby album promo:

Unfortunately their web site seems to be a bit missing at www.gatsby.ie. You can browse the directory structure though, and there’s 6 songs to be downloaded if you dig through.

More: [myspace] Gatsby.

The Pistons, based in Dublin, are currently taking a break from gigging while they do deal with the hassle of the leaving cert. Below, Lead singer Matthew Burgess blasts out an acoustic version of Caught in Your Trap.

More: www.thepistonsmusic.com | Bebo page. | Myspace page.