Playlist: HITS magazine

To celebrate the release of our first print issues, here's a playlist featuring all artists involved.

HITS x Berlin

We hosted our very first live gig in Berlin - and this is what it looked like.

Cover The HITS

Our latest video series - covers performed by our favourite acts, exclusively for us.

Video Interview: Scenic Route To Alaska

Melting away in front of Stuttgart's castle, we had a chat about touring, band names, Toy Story and a lot more.

Find us on YouTube!

Visit us on the 'tubes for interviews, exclusive performances and outtakes.

Introducing: Square Pig



Hey guys,
here's the next part of July's "Introducing" series, the series where you can get to know four of the coolest music related websites.

As you can tell by reading the headline today's website is called Square Pig.

Just like my house in the sand the site once started out as a personal project of tracking own musical preferences in form of a chart listing.

Best Of: Instagram



Hey guys,
It seems to be THE thing every blogger no matter from what genre has to post this kind of post at least once in a lifetime.

So I'm joining the stereotype tradition and am going to show you my favourite instagram pictures.
I really hope you enjoy.



 left: my favourite place to be - live shows. Especially Jim Kroft ones.
right: cool winter 

Interview: Thomas McConnell



Hey guys,
today the lovely Thomas McConnell is guest of the day on house in the sand.

Thomas, the singer/songwriter from Liverpool (UK), writes and records his own music and has supported China Crisis, Ian McNabb and a lot more.

See what he told me about those support tours, his love for The Beatles, pre-gig nerves and some other interesting things.

Introducing: Beat About Music



Hey guys,
today, as you can read in the title, I'm going to introduce you to another website.
Last week it was Dats Muzik and this week I'll be presenting Beat About Music.

Beat About Music is probably one of the most useful websites I've heard of so far.

It connects "the most important members of the local music community". 

EP Review: "Ruthless Thing" - Tom Mitchell



Hey guys,
I am finally going to review more music for you!

Today I will introduce you the "Ruthless Thing" EP by Tom Mitchell. Of course some bits of my own opinion are blended within.

Tom Mitchell, the singer/songwriter from Bristol (UK) with guitar experience of about 20 years has recently released his first solo EP called "Ruthless Thing". 

When listening to his guitar skills it's no wonder Tom worked with artists like Duffy, The Cadbury Sisters, Juey and John Madden.


The "Ruthless Thing" EP is a personal and guitar based recording. Might sound simple but really is deep and a really great EP. 


Tracklist:
 1) Ruthless Thing
2) Only Party There
3) Hammock
4) From Experience
5) He Forgot To Check His Heart In At The Door


And now here's the track by track review:

Interview: The Castellers




Hey guys,
I found most of the bands featured on hits on Twitter. It's such an easy way to talk to people and exchange links of work.
Exactly that way I found The Castellers, a five piece band from cool Manchester. They play fantastic 60ties influenced British Rock.

The band consists of:
- Paul Paterson (drums)
- Ryan Healey (vocals)
- Alex Moretti (bass guitar)
- Neil Trout (rhythm guitar)
- Russell Robertson (lead guitar, keys)

See what they say about Oasis, Rock'n'Roll, their dislike for Green Day and a lot more.

Get To Know: Tingle In The Netherlands



Hey guys,
I got another band for you which you might enjoy listening to,
Tingle In The Netherlands from the UK.
But since we all don't know that yet, keep on reading, find out about the members and listen to their tracks which are linked below.

Enjoy! :)


Introducing: Dats Muzik

'Join the European revolution. Dats Muzik creates your feature for you!'


Hey guys,
as I already announced on Twitter and Facebook I am going to do a little series throughout July to introduce you to some great music related websites.
There are four websites I want to spread the word about means one new "Introducing:" post each week.

I'm going to start off with a website called Dats Muzik.

Oh Matilda



Hey guys,
as I had nothing planned for this post - to keep the "free-style blogging" alive and Miss Jana from London Calling inspired me to go outside and take pictures, I thought let's do another photography post on house in the sand.
You seem to like them and that's what counts.

So when I came back from my little stroll through the town and checked my Facebook (social media addiction, hello!) I saw the thing that makes a music fan really happy - my favourite band uploaded their new song.

Of course - like every other human being would - I stopped everything I was doing and listened to the song.

The song is called "Matilda" and it's by Martin and James.

The rhythm acoustic guitar and the percussion turn the song into a happy sounding upbeat song. The electric guitar and choir elements give it a folky feeling.

Not only do I really really like the song but also the lyric video they uploaded.
It's the lyrics put on little video snippets of flowers and ducks.

And guess what? The pictures I took look pretty similar.
So this post is in honour of Matilda and this beautiful song. :)

Here's the video, watch it, then press replay and have a look at my picture. 
Then press replay again. 
And again.
 And again.
 And ..................................................... again.

The HITS playlist - part 1



Hey guys,

today I finally got another playlist for you. 
It's one I wanted to post for so long now but somehow never managed to upload.


As you can tell by reading the headline it is the "HITS (house in the sand) playlist" which means all artists I have worked with so far are thrown in there. 

Now there are so many brilliant bands and solo artists I've worked with that I have to split it into at least two or three parts again.

So if you've ever been mentioned on HITS but aren't on the list today, your time to shine will come soon. I don't forget about anyone. ;)


Let's get started: