Sometimes a little sexual healing is all you need.  Kyle Dion, the larger-than-life, genre-blending (neo-soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop) guru of steal-your-girl-and-her-sidepiece belongs more in a football stadium with Beyoncé or The Weeknd than he does with us in San Francisco at The Independent (but we appreciate it.) With an inter-galactic aura, treacle-like falsetto, and the snuggest satin pants he could find, Dion shone with songs like “Look Like That”, “Male Gaze” and “Suga On The Rim” off his latest album Soular, along with his 2019 hit “Brown” and his 2020 single “Play Too Much” (featuring UMI and Duckwrth).  While it will raise some hackles to suggest it, Dion might be the second coming of Prince (minus the Jehovah's Witness), down to the criticism of the music industry (“…it is a very dark place, but seeing you here makes it worth it…”), a zero-f*cks-given attitude, a leonine curly coif, and a general sense of pan-sexuality exuding from every pore (and hip gyration).  Dion has been on the scene since 2014, being featured on Kehlani’s “How We Do Us”, but his first major release SUGA (released in 2019) brought him critical acclaim.  Taking the production a big step up, Soular is something that could have easily have been released by Silk Sonic, SIR or the Symbol himself.  He’s your newest favorite artist, so please check him out here.