Music Monday Is Dead! All Hail The Playlist!

Recently I made a conscious decision to start writing more and as Seth Godin says, the more you write, the less rubbish you get. Some might even say, the better you get. I'm hoping to get out a bit of the nonsense that rattles around in my mind and hopefully put it in some form of entertaining and even informative discourse for the readers. For a while now, writing about things that interest, intrigue and inspire me is a pursuit that I really enjoy, and the fact that it keeps me searching for and discovering these "things", whatever they may be, is just as important.

But I digress. This post is an announcement. ANNOUNCEMENT. Music Mondays is no more. Though I loved the posting up whatever had been filling my ears that week, I fear that I won't be able to keep posting every single Monday. I still felt it was important to keep the music aspect of Village Boy as music is such a huge and important part of my life, I couldn't do without it. Plus I love nothing more than getting people interested in music I love, and when people do the same for myself. So make your peace with Music Mondays and welcome The Playlist in the world. The Playlist will be featured whenever I few it is necessary to share a track with you, new or old, genre irrelevant. As the posts grown it will create a series of songs for your listening pleasure. So with that, enough for your eyes, here's something for your EARS:

Drake - Headlines


Drake ft Nicki Minaj - Make Me Proud



Nas - Nasty



The Black Keys - Lonely Boy



Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf



Jay Electronica ft Mobb Deep - Call Of Duty: MW3




Now that seems like a pretty good way to start The Playlist.

Kanye West: MONSTER.

With My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West provided us with a feast for our ears. A beautiful, dark, twisted, fantastical feast. With his 30 minute film, Runaway, the feast was truly visual, a beautiful piece of art. All Of The Lights was a sensational music video. Now comes his latest visual piece, Monster. The darkest song on the album deserved one hell of a dark video:



Featuring an incredible performance from Nicki Minaj, as well as appearances from Jay Z and Rick Ross, and a lot of dead white girls. It's a shame that the video has to start by asking the audience not to be offended and to appreciate it as a piece of dark, because it really is a special piece.

Music Monday 18.

I'm back from New York (blog update to follow this one) and let's get things back to normal with a cheeky Music Monday. I know you've been missing it.

Canterbury - Calm Down



I saw Canterbury supporting Kids In Glass Houses (I think) a few years ago and instantly fell for their melodic pop-rocky sound. I love the way that the two lead singers' voices play off of each other and then together, they both have genuinely good voice, which is often rare for this genre of good music. They have just recently made it back into my iTunes recently played list in a big way and are now starting to get some radio play. It's always nice when a band you've listened to for a few years start making the strides that they deserve. Canterbury have got the quality and the sound that can give them main stream success, I just hope that they don't, dare I say it, sell-out in the way that KIGH or You Me At Six have done to some extent.

Plan B - The Recluse (Nero Remix)



Plan B has had huge success with this concept and deservedly so. Having been a fan of Plan B since his first album, I am interested to hear his new album, in which he has promised to go back to rapping over guitar, to hear the sound and the reception it gets. The Recluse is among my favourite tracks off of the album, and this Nero remix just gives the track much more power and energy.


And now what appears to be the weekly Kanye West section:

Kanye West - Devil In A New Dress



To me, this track is not as good as See Me Now, but it's up there. It's yet again proof that Kanye is heading back to his golden Dropout years sound, a sound that is such a pleasure to listen to and enjoy. Excited for the album is continuing to grow.

Kanye West - Monster (Ft, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver)



As huge as those first 4 names are in this line up, it's not a massive surprise to hear them working together. But then Bon Iver. BON IVER? I'm a huge fan of Bon Iver, but it's just crazy that he's supplied the beats for this song. I heard about them working together a while back, but for the track to be this aggressive and angry is a huge surprise. And it works, just. I think.