Five new albums to try this week: The 2 Bears, Kindness and more
Stream five new albums from alt-rockers Ex Hex, thrash act Exodus and more – and let us know what you’ll be listening to this week
Kindness: Otherness review – scholarly but sensual experimental soul
Adam Bainbridge’s beautifully crafted new album adds a distinctly English kind of longing to classic club soul, writes Sam Richards
Music blog
Kindness - Otherness: exclusive album stream
Recorded in cities across the globe, and calling upon collaborators such as Kelela, Robyn and Dev Hynes, listen to Adam Bainbridge’s second album and let us know your thoughts
November 2012
Kindness – review
The hipster-list favourites pulse through slap-bass funk that was previously voguish in 1984, writes Caroline Sullivan
September 2012
Music blog
Watch Jake Bugg, Hot Chip, Bat for Lashes, Kindness and Primal Scream play live at guardian.co.uk/music
Kindness: this man should have a Phd in pop
March 2012
Back to the funking phuture
Kindness: World, You Need a Change of Mind – review
Kindness: World, You Need a Change of Mind – review
Album streams
Kindness – World, You Need a Change of Mind: exclusive album stream
October 2011
New music
New music: Kindness – Cyan
Michael Cragg: Man of mystery Kindness is back with another piece of dislocated disco
