Mayer Hawthorne and the County + The Stepkids

Lace up your dancing shoes: Detroit soul man Mayer Hawthorne hits town, and we recommend you be there to hear tracks from his outrageously groovesome 2011 disc, How Do You Do (and to check out his band's matching ’50s-style ensembles). Arrive early for Connecticut trio the Stepkids, who make gorgeously woozy funk music that suggests Sly Stone and the Temptations with a fuzz pedal or two thrown in.