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Twelve Artists You Have to See at Ende Tymes

By Ray Cummings
Revisiting Paul Anka's "Having My Baby"

By Chaz Kangas
NYC's Memorial Day Weekend 2013 EDM Party Guide

By Jay Stephens
The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend

By Brittany Spanos
The Ultimate List of Free Summer Concerts in NYC

By Jay Stephens
10 Foreign Language Songs That Rule the World

By Jesse Sendejas Jr.
Q&A: Andre Nickatina on Mac Dre

By J. Pablo
French Montana's Excuse My French Almost...

By J. Pablo
Cheap Trick Care About NYC Metal/Hardcore

By Brian McManus
Meet Music's Next Superstar: Shia LaBeouf

By Brittany Spanos

Interviews

Q&A: Kindness On Baby DJ Reality Shows, The Democracy of Pop Music And How Easy It Is To Get Him To DJ Your Wedding

By Chris Tarantino Mon., Jul. 16 2012 at 9:00 AM

Categories: Chris Tarantino, Interviews, Kindness

Marek Berry

"Kindness is a dick!" How great it would be if that were true, even if just for irony and anthropomorphism's sake? But no, Adam "Kindness" Bainbridge stays true to his vague moniker. A multi-disciplinary artist and longtime DJ who studied photography, Banbridge is just casual about his newfound fame, an attitude which in the past has been misinterpreted as pretension and "caginess." Over the course of an afternoon together, I found him to be a cheeky, guileless young man on the brink of a very exciting career but trying to retain a bit of himself in the process. While the Music Gods don't typically grant clemency, kindness can always help.

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Lists

12 For '12: A Dozen Songs From This Year That You Should Hear Right Now

By Maura Johnston Wed., May 23 2012 at 10:00 AM

Categories: Adam Lambert, Beth Jeans Houghton, Biz Markie, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Evans The Death, FOE, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, Icona Pop, Ke$ha, Kindness, Lists, Nile Rodgers, R. Kelly, Rebecca Ferguson, Sylver Tongue

Evans The Death.

In this week's Voice I offered up a midseason report of sorts, listing 12 particularly outstanding tracks from this year. Here, for your listening pleasure, are the 12 songs in streamable form (via a combination of YouTube and Soundcloud so as to not lock anyone—or any songs—out). Happy listening, and if you'd like to share a 2012 song that's particularly tickled your ears, by all means do so in the comments.

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Last Night

Live: Kindness Shows Its Hand At (Le) Poisson Rouge

By Eric Sundermann Fri., May 18 2012 at 9:00 AM

Categories: Eric Sundermann, Kindness, Last Night, Live

Kindness
(le) Poisson Rouge
Thursday, May 17

Better than: You.

Adam Bainbridge, mastermind of UK electro project Kindness, is a cool guy, but he might be just a little too cool for his own good. Last night at (le) Poisson Rouge—where Kindness made its New York City debut—Bainbridge firmly established himself as a powerful and talented stage presence. But he also showed himself to be willing to undermine that charisma with snide, off-the-cuff comments and an arrogant, almost pretentious attitude.

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Recent History

The 17 Best Songs Of 2012 (So Far)

By Maura Johnston Fri., Mar. 30 2012 at 3:00 PM

Categories: Carly Rae Jepsen, Kindness, Lists, Maura Johnston, Pistol Annies, Pop. 1280, Recent History, Tanlines, The Arctic Monkeys, Usher, fun.

Tomorrow is the last day of March, as you might already know, and it also marks the end of the first quarter of 2012. What better way to close out a three-month span than to size up its musical offerings via playlist? Below, please find the contents of my "2012 awesomeness" playlist, a running-all-year diary of the songs that have hit my ear in a particularly pleasurable way. Among the 17 bands on it are Tanlines, Pop. 1280, fun., and Pistol Annies!

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