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

Band: NARCS

Title: Two Birds, One Stone Later
Genre: Alternative Rock

Label: Clue Records
Release: 2nd September 2013
hits rating: 8/10

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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 within two days.

NARCS are:

Wilko (vocals, guitar)

Joe (guitar, vocals)

John (bass, vocals)

Stanley (drums, vocals)

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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 4:

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Album Review: 'Yellow Lorry' by Andrew Ferris

 Artist: Andrew Ferris
Title: Yellow Lorry

Genre: Folk,

Label: unsigned
Release: 8th October 2013
hits rating: 8/10

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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 Lorry' and asked me to review it. Of course I didn't say no to an offer like that.
Andrew is a singer/songwriter from the United Kingdom who's currently living in Austria.

Tracklist:
1) Smile
2) Moving On
3) Lost At Sea
4) The Little Things
5) Little Bird
6) The Fall Of Man
7) Faster Than The Leaves
8) Something Changed
9) The Remainder

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EP Review: 'Sea Of Yards' by Greg McEvoy

Artist: Greg McEvoy

Title: Sea Of Yards

Genre: Folk-Rock
Label: unsigned
Release: 17th September 2013
hits rating: 9/10

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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) Someone Who's Around

2) The Words In My Head

3) Alone In The Fire

4) Forever

5) Fear Of Love

6) All This Time

7) Kerouac

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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 tuned to see what Ben tells us about starting out as a musician, John Mayer's lyrics, Jim Kroft and a lot more...

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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 guitars (lead, rhythm and bass) and vocals. Leah does the keys and synths and is also a vocalist.
We both write the music and lyrics as a team. Both were born and raised in London, though Alexander has greek Cypriot heritage. 

 How would you describe your music?

Our sound was once called 'Decadance'. We like this. It's hard to sum up as we try to make music that defies genre stereotypes. We mix the big guitars and choruses from classic rock, add some straight up dance beats, bass and synths sprinkle over some classical orchestration and some vocal harmonies...but then again we also like a simple, well played riff, a pretty piano line, a rough vocal with a lot of passion.

What ever fits the song.

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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 is a power trio featuring Al Strange (drums, backing vocals, Mikael Johannesson (lead guitar) and Phillip Strange (lead vocals, bass)

How would you describe your music?

The band plays a brand of guitar driven hard rock, mixing styles of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. We like to cross into other genres too in order to keep it interesting.

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Single Review: 'Monsters' by Bloody Diamonds

 Band: Bloody Diamonds
Title: Monsters
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Strange Blood Records / Be One Music
Release: 12th March 2013
hits rating: 9/10

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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 from Halifax (Canada) and so far they've released their debut album called 'They've Got Secrets' and their most recent single 'Monsters' which is the one I'm going to talk about today.

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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 supporting them.

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