Brooklyn Voices – June 2010

June 6, 2010 by

01_02_04-01The lineup for the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Village Voice’s Siren Music Festival in Coney Island will include two local acts: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, based in Greenpoint, and Matt and Kim, who met while they were students at the Brooklyn campus of Pratt Institute…De La Soul headlines Brooklyn Bodega’s 6th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park, performing on the last day of the July 5-10 event…Other concert series of note include the 101.9 RXP Summer Concert Series at The Williamsburg Waterfront beginning June 25 and the AfroPunk Festival at Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene, June 25-27…Two-time Grammy nominee MGMT is offering their newest release, Congratulations, in CD and vinyl formats with a limited edition scratch-off front cover. The Brooklyn Heights-based band recorded several of the tracks at Greenpoint’s Context Studios…. High Violet is the fifth studio album by The National.The band produced it themselves, much of it at their own studio in Brooklyn…
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
make it look easy with I Learned the Hard Way, which debuted at number 15 on the US Billboard 01_02_04-02200. Described by various critics as “superb,” “ass-kicking” and “honest and true soul,” among other accolades, the album is also riding high on the R&B and Independent charts as we go to virtual press…The Chemo, Busta Rhymes’ ninth studio album, is scheduled to be released on July 6…Jay Z has been tapped by Oprah Winfrey to appear on the premier episode of her new cable talk show, Master Class, in January…Notable Quote: “You can’t tell people what they want to hear if you also want to tell the truth,” from Soft in the Center, a featured track on The Hold Steady’s latest release, Heaven is Whenever.