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You’d be hard pressed to find anything written about Mayer Hawthorne that doesn’t, in one way or another, refer to his “retro” soul sound. And, yeah, his crushed-velvet croon is obviously — and overtly — shaded by the classic pop and R&B of the 1960s and ’70s. But more than rehashing vintage sounds, the Michigan native’s latest album, How Do You Do, reminds us of a simple, immutable truth: Baby makin’ music is just timeless, no matter how you dress it up — or undress it, for that matter. This Sunday, May 27, Hawthorne knocks up the Higher Ground Ballroom. The Step Kids open.