One band that would be great to see next year would be Ryan Adams and The Cardinals. He has had some great albums in the past like Gold, Heartbreaker, and Easy Tiger and was touring all the time before he married Mandy Moore. I guess he has a good reason to stay at home now ... there are no dates planned at the moment ...
This track is off III/IV titled Breakdown Into The Resolve :
The Mamas and Papas store in Belfast was really buzzing on Saturday. Nordic patterns were very prominent on the boys knitwear, and the girls clothing had lots of colour and a great fox print too.
The soft toys really stood out, mainly because of their strong vibrant colours :
Here is a great tune to start the week off, and it's from the new Ikea advert. The band is Masters in France and the singer sounds just like Damon Albarn !
It's been a very busy two or three weeks here, so apologies for not updating the blog as frequently as we would like. Here are some more images of what is in Next UK at the moment :
Next have one of the best kids clothing offers on the high street, the baby and toddler area's often have great artwork on the garments. This autumn there are some new photographic techniques and lots of fun graphics as well :
The front of the Patina store has lots of bright colour furnishings, bird cages, accessories, cushions and chairs. And you only have to pop next door for the best Ice Cream ever at Sebastian Joe's !
After hearing I'm Shakin it was time to get a listen to Blunderbuss, the album it came from. Jack White was always kind of inaccessible and out there in the past, but this is an album that just grabs you right from the start!
This is a live version of Missing Pieces from a festival in Japan, but the sound is great :