Monthly round-up: October

Hey guys, last month I started the monthly round-up series and got really nice feedback from you. Thanks for that! :)Due to that I'm definitely going to write a post about what happened in October.I must say this month has been crazily busy - I wrote about 20 reviews in 14 days, roadtripped through the country and met some really wonderful people. A few incredible...

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EP Review: 'Sundial' by Ben Barritt

 Artist: Ben BarrittTitle: SundialGenre: Acoustic, FolkLabel: unsignedRelease: 19th April 2013hits rating: 9/10 _____________________________________  Hey guys, Ben Barritt is a singer/songwriter from London, residing in Berlin. I remember when I first saw him playing guitar in May 2012 during the JK headline tour I was already really impressed. Shame...

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Album Review: 'Honestly' by Tyler Ward (Bonus Edition)

Artist: Tyler Ward Title: Honestly Genre: Pop Label: Sony Music Release: 18th October 2013 hits rating: 8/10 _________________________________ Hey guys, if you're familar with YouTube you probably have heard the name Tyler Ward. He's a singer/songwriter from Denver (US) who started out by putting cover songs on YouTube in 2008. Since then Tyler built an incredible...

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Concert Review: Martin and James | Universum Club, Stuttgart - 24th Oct 2013

Main Act: Martin and JamesTour: Life's A Show Tour (with band)Support Act: Jim Kroft (acoustic) Date: 24th October 2013Venue: Universum Club, Stuttgarthits rating: sorry, they broke the scale/10 ____________________________________________ Hey guys, I again was lucky enough to see my three favourite musicians on stage. Yes, I visited another Martin and James concert...

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Interview: elias (part 2)

Hey guys, today I present you part 2 of my interview with the German band elias. Again there's going to be the 'original' version in the beginning and you'll find a translation if you scroll down.  If you haven't seen part 1 yet, hurry up and do it!Click heeeeeeeeere. So Leute, jetzt nochmal auf Deutsch.Heute gibt's Teil 2 des Interviews mit elias, die...

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Interview: elias (part 1)

Hey guys, today I've got some quite different content for you. Yeah, it's an interview but in German. But don't worry, if you scroll down you'll find a translation. ;)Hallo Leute, ich werde wohl immer eine Weile brauchen, mich auf's Deutsch schreiben umzustellen, aber gut. Letzte Woche war ich in Berlin und habe dort Elias, Max und Adrian von der Band elias zum Interview...

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Get To Know: The Assist

Hey guys, the very cool guys of The Assist gave house in the sand a quick visit and answered some questions so you can get to know them. Enjoy! : ) Who are you? We are a 4 piece indie/alternative band from Walsall. The lads are Mikey Stanton on Vocals, Ryan Stanton on Guitar, Jak Baker on Bass and Ben Faulkner on drums ...

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Instagram, please save me.

Hey guys, I have to be honest with you: I forgot to prepare a post for today. Normally things like this don't happen but apparently I'm just human and I make mistakes. All posts I'm currently working on take an awful amount of time to finish so there's nothing I could show you today -  except: some pictures.Instagram pictures to be exact. I quite like this...

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Concert: Martin and James | Magnet Club, Berlin - 17th Oct 2013

Main Act: Martin and James Tour: Life's A Show Tour (with band)Support Act: Jim Kroft (with Ben Barritt) Date: 17th October 2013Venue: Magnet Club, Berlin hits rating: 10000000/10 ___________________________________________________ Hey guys, wow.   I returned home from a two day trip from Berlin to interview the band Elias (online soon) and see...

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EP Review: 'Look.See.Don't.Trip' by Kismet Ryding

Band: Kismet RydingTitle: Look.See.Don't.TripGenre: RockLabel: unsignedRelease: 14th October 2013hits rating: 9/10  ______________________________________________ Hey guys, Kismet Ryding, a psychedelic garage rock band from Grisby (UK) just released their new EP 'Look.See.Don't.Trip'. The band formed in 2009 after a party in the Humphreys kitchen....

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Album Review: 'Two Birds, One Stone Later' by NARCS

Band: NARCS Title: Two Birds, One Stone LaterGenre: Alternative Rock Label: Clue RecordsRelease: 2nd September 2013hits rating: 8/10 _________________________________________ Hey guys, NARCS, the four-piece band from Leeds (UK) released their debut album 'Two Birds, One Stone Later' in September. The band had several plays on radio and managed to record it...

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The HITS Playlist: part 4

Hey guys, as you can probably tell by having a look at the topic - it's house in the sand playlist time. The hits playlist consists of all the artists that have been featured so far. As quite a few artists have visited the little house it's split off into multiple parts. Here's part ...

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Album Review: 'Yellow Lorry' by Andrew Ferris

 Artist: Andrew FerrisTitle: Yellow Lorry Genre: Folk, Label: unsignedRelease: 8th October 2013hits rating: 8/10 ________________________________________________ Hey guys, the record I'm reviewing today got released after a Google hangout concert which was visited by 200 people. Those words speak a lot, don't they? Andrew Ferris just released his album 'Yellow...

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EP Review: 'Sea Of Yards' by Greg McEvoy

Artist: Greg McEvoy Title: Sea Of Yards Genre: Folk-RockLabel: unsignedRelease: 17th September 2013hits rating: 9/10 ___________________________________________________ Hey guys, today I'm happy to share my review of Greg McEvoy's EP 'Sea Of Yards' with you. Greg is a singer/songwriter from Toronto (Canada) and you could define his music is folk rock.  Tracklist:  1)...

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Interview: Ben Barritt

"Hey Ben." "Hi." "Can I have the set list, please?" "Sure." "Thanks, I'll buy your EP now." "Oh, that's how it works?!" And that's how I got into a little conversation with Ben Barritt. And guess what? That conversation turned into an interview! I'm really excited for you to get to know the singer/songwriter and guitarist (amazing guitarist!).  So stay...

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Get To Know: Eutopia

Hey guys,  another wonderful duo sat down to answer the 'Get To Know' questions. Eutopia are introducing themselves to you and I really hope you enjoy the lovely details they shared with us. (I love the insight of their lives! :) ) Who are you?We are Eutopia a London based electro-rock/power-pop duo, Alexander Kotziamanis and Leah Lennick. Alexander plays the...

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Monthly Round-Up: September

Hey guys, today's post is something quite new for HITS.  It's a round-up of all posts published in September.I thought this kind of summary of the month could be useful for those of you who are not able to check out every blogpost I write but still would like to stay up to date. And it's nice to reflect what happened during one month, right? :) ...

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Get To Know: Evilyn Strange

 Hey guys, it's get to know time! This time around it's the rock band Evilyn Strange who tells you a bit more about them. The band was founded in 2008 and is part English, part Swedish. All members have been playing together since 1996 which is my year of birth and that means these guys have to be good, right? Get to know them now: Who are you? EVILYN STRANGE...

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Single Review: 'Monsters' by Bloody Diamonds

 Band: Bloody DiamondsTitle: MonstersGenre: Hard RockLabel: Strange Blood Records / Be One MusicRelease: 12th March 2013hits rating: 9/10 _________________________________________ Hey guys, today I've got a 2-track single review for you. The band Bloody Diamonds sent me their tunes a while ago to review them for you. Bloody Diamonds is a hard rock band...

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Tour Tip: Martin and James with special guest Jim Kroft

  It's the unexpected things in life that make it awesome! Hey guys, with that being said you probably already get that I'm a bit excited right now.('a bit' is an understatement but that's another topic) So informed blog readers already know that Martin and James are going on tour - this month.And informed Twitter readers also already know that Jim Kroft is...

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