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I just read Austin’s favorites and noticed that our lists don’t even have one record in common. Which means that he has bad taste, and also that he hasn’t heard Fearless. In no meaningful order:

This morning I chatted with Mates of State about adding instruments to their live shows and touring with kids--they bring their baby June and four-year-old Magnolia everywhere they go. They needed something to protect the baby's ears during shows and couldn't find mini-headphones at a music store, so they had to buy some for June at a firing range! A baby in headphones is one of life's cuter things.

Hometown: Berlin, Germany (via Brighton, U.K.)
Album: Jim
Why He's Worth Watching: With a background in electronica, Jamie Lidell is an unlikely candidate for soul-music stardom, but with his multilayered live shows, disarmingly personal lyrics and intricate revisions of 1960s classics, the British musician proves that he doesn’t care about rules or expectations. As he continues to fuse the past and the present, his scope will only increase—even Lidell may not know where he’s going next.
For Fans Of: Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, Caribou

Jamie Lidell and Conor Oberst have a lot in common. Alright, not a lot. But they do have one significant thing in common: a determined, earnest pursuit of authenticity. Their methods, though, couldn’t be more different, which is why, on a beautiful Saturday morning in June when he’d rather be outdoors than in the lobby of a photo studio, Lidell has a hard time competing with Oberst, whose music bellows at us through the speakers. “I can’t fucking concentrate with this shit,” Lidell gripes. “Shut the fuck up!”

What should one expect from a show that opens with the new soul of neo-soul and closes with glitzy Brit-pop royalty? Classy-good times, no doubt. Mark your calendars, then, because Jamie Lidell will open a handful of shows for Elton John this December, on the heels of an extensive tour.

Click above to watch "Another Day" from Jamie Lidell's new album JIM, out now on Warp Records.

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Loose but listenable collection of modern soul sides

Today’s neo-soul music frequently feels racked by an identity crisis. A new sonic approach has been slow to emerge, and records in the genre often loosely alternate between slicker versions of old Motown shuffles and synthesizer-heavy late-period Stevie Wonderisms. U.K. upstart Jamie Lidell’s latest is trapped squarely in this box, but the quality of his vocal performance generally keeps things from being stifling. With his limber delivery and his ease with open melodies on songs like “Another Day,” Lidell’s songs lack the caloric content of Amy Winehouse or the sexed-up gloss of a Timberlake joint, but they still convey a wrought charm. While Winehouse’s commercial beacon informs Lidell’s approach through much of the album, the better moments come when he seeks other corners of the spectrum, such as on the Al Green-inspired “Green Light.”

Jamie Lidell has released the tracklist for his highly anticipated third album, Jim, slated for an April 29 release on Warp Records.

Lidell made a name for himself in the world of British electronic music in the late '90s as a member of the group Super_Collider. He went on to release his debut solo album, Muddlin Gear, in 2000, but it was his 2005 record, Multiply, that made the music world at large sit up and take notice.

Forsaking his electronic roots, Lidell offered up a funk-infused, throwback to the soulful music of Motown greats Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding. A remix of the album was released a year later as he began touring, and later recording, with his creative kindred spirit Beck Hansen.

Jim was recorded in Berlin, Paris and Los Angeles, and dabbles in gospel, soul, disco, R&B and hillbilly funk. “I haven’t tried to hide the influences,” he admitted in a statement. “This is the music I love.”

Jim tracklist:
“Another Day”
“Wait For Me”
“Out Of My System”
“All I Wanna Do”
“Little Bit of Feel Good”
“Figured Me Out”
“Hurricane”
“Green Light”
“Where D'You Go”
“Rope Of Sand”

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Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Fun fact: Lidell has joined the ranks of the Scissor Sisters and Ryan Adams as one of Elton John’s favorite new muses, with the veteran pop star lauding the neo-soul vocalist in his Interview magazine column.
Why he’s worth watching: After an auspicious opening stint on Beck’s spring tour, a remixed version of his sophomore album, Multiply, and multiple U.S. TV appearances, Lidell is on the verge of escaping his “hipster-secret” status.
For fans of: Sly & the Family Stone, Al Green, Jamiroquai

As he openly admits in “What’s The Use?,” Jamie Lidell is a musical question mark. (“A walking, talking question mark,” he sings.) After gaining recognition as one of the most gifted producers in experimental British electronica, the 34-year-old studio savant embraced a different direction for his solo career: blue-eyed soul, as seen on last year’s buzz album Multiply, which looks to Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder instead of recycling the eclectic dance music Lidell made in his late-’90s group, Super_Collider.

“I wasn’t so thrilled by the prospect of doing another electronic album, something abstract, something hard to get,” Lidell explains. “[I wanted to] make some songs to put on with your corn flakes in the morning, something to wake up to.”

Multiply is an alternate-universe soundtrack of U.K.-bred funk (albeit after a long Motown layover). Unlike other contemporary soul searchers Joss Stone and Jamiroquai, there’s a gritty, bluesy bent (and lower register) to Lidell’s soulful, oft-falsetto voice, belying an appreciation for the Southern soul of Otis Redding, alongside obvious Sly Stone and Marvin Gaye influences. “There’s always a magic moment for Otis Redding to come into a person’s life, and it definitely did in mine,” Lidell recounts. “Music travels. Growing up as a white boy in England, I did a good job of pushing all of that music into my ear.”

Lidell will be touring throughout November before heading back into the studio. Considering his recent past, Lidell’s “musical chameleon” approach is keeping all doors open and everyone guessing.

British soulman and acclaimed crooner Jamie Lidell has announced a slew of U.S. tour dates in support of his breakthrough 2005 album, Multiply. Lidell will also make his television debut tonight on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, performing with his full band.

Lidell started his musical career as one half of the experimental electronica duo Super_Collider with producer Cristian Vogel before beginning his own blue-eyed soul solo project.

November
1 – Safari Sam's, Los Angeles, CA
2 – Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA
3 – Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR
4 – Neumos, Seattle, WA
7 – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
9 – Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
10 – Granada, Lawrence, KS
11 – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (w/ Hot Chip)
13 – Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
14 – Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
16 – Paradise, Boston, MA (w/ Kid Koala)
17 – Hamilton College Annex, Clinton, NY
18 – Webster, New York, NY
19 – World Café, Philadelphia, PA (w/ Kid Koala)
20 – Black Cat, Washington DC
21 – Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
22 – Earl, Atlanta, GA