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  Mayer Hawthorne, 'How Do You Do' (Universal Republic)

  October 11, 2011 – Unlike the Brit birds of the last decade who've revived moldy soul, this Michigan-born, Los Angeles–based baby face doesn't wail as though his heart's been squashed. Even when confronting romantic ruin, he just shrugs and smiles: "I spilled hot coffee on my shirt / It hurt," goes a typically terse rhyme. …
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  Watch Mayer Hawthorne's Hilarious New Clip

  October 6, 2011 – Breaking up is even harder to do than usual in the new video from Michigan-bred retro-soul smoothie Mayer Hawthorne. Watch it below. From Hawthorne's upcoming major-label debut How Do You Do, "The Walk" is a jaunty, Temptations-style kiss-off to a now-irritating lover. …
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  SPIN's Cool Backstage Artist Portraits

  August 19, 2011 –  …
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  A Q&A with Mayer Hawthorne

  October 20, 2010 – For a white kid growing up in Ann Arbor, Mich., jet-setting soul musician isn't necessarily the first career choice that comes to mind. And it didn't really for Mayer Hawthorne either. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: New Mayer Hawthorne Video

  July 20, 2010 – L.A.'s leading pale-faced soulster Mayer Hawthorne plays the majority of instruments on his 2009 self-produced debut, A Strange Arrangement, which helps explain why his throwback R&B is still holding listeners' attentions a year later. …
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  Retro Soul Star Mayer Hawthorne Opens U.S. Tour

  March 9, 2010 – "This is gonna be a long night," Mayer Hawthorne said to the packed crowd at Webster Hall Thursday night after set-opener "Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'," a knee-shaking nod to the Temptations. Flashing a cheeky grin as light reflected off his thick-framed Buddy Holly spectacles, he then confessed, "I got goosebumps. I mean, c'mon, it's New York City." True. …
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• Mayer Hawthorne, 'A Strange Arrangement' (Stones Throw)

  August 31, 2009 – If honky soul is having an extended moment thanks to Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, and Jamie Lidell, Mayer Hawthorne probably has no clue. Hawthorne (né Andrew Cohen) is trapped in a time-stop circa 1976, and his immaculate debut is replica music, constructed and buffed to a high sheen. …
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