COVER: In the shadows of Motown

Fledgling hip hop producer turned successful soul singer Mayer Hawthorne gives credit to Detroit’s eclectic scene, his birthplace of Ann Arbor and his parents’ placation techniques

Fledgling hip hop producer turned successful soul singer Mayer Hawthorne gives credit to Detroit’s eclectic scene, his birthplace of Ann Arbor and his parents’ placation techniques

Montreal’s Parlovr break up and make up. Everything’s relatively hunky dory now, with their tortured follow-up Kook Soul finally ready for public consumption, but the deeply personal second release was the product of a fractured band.