Album reviews

• Frazey Ford: Indian Ocean review – folk with Memphis soul

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  25 Oct 2014: The former Be Good Tanyas singer channels Al Green for this gem of a solo album, writes Kitty Empire

• Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures CD review – a disc of the year

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  25 Oct 2014: Stuart Skelton is up there with Philip Langridge in this exemplary recording, writes Fiona Maddocks

• Mozart, Schubert, Stravinsky: Piano Duos CD review – dizzy heights from two of the world’s greatest

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  25 Oct 2014: Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in a joint rectial? Yes, it’s pretty good, writes Nicholas Kenyon

• Charles Mingus: Mingus Moods review – conveys the essence of the man

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  25 Oct 2014: This anthology of pieces from Mingus’s classic period show the depth and intelligence of his music, writes Dave Gelly

• The Ting Tings: Super Critical review – catchy but superficial

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  25 Oct 2014: The follow-up to a difficult second album is all surface and short on hooks, writes Killian Fox

• We Are Shining: Kara review – a head-swirlingly intoxicating dance record

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  25 Oct 2014: London duo Morgan Zarate and Acyde blend originality, wit and mischief on a delirious party record, writes Ally Carnwath

• Yusuf: Tell ’Em I’m Gone review ‑ still the Cat with the cream

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  25 Oct 2014: Producer Rick Rubin and Tinariwen join the erstwhile Cat Stevens on this strong new set, writes Phil Mongredien

• Oswald, Napoleão: Piano concertos CD review – distinct Romantic voices

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  25 Oct 2014: Oswald and Napoleão shared much in common but their music here is very different, writes Stephen Pritchard

• Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn review – banjo couple combine styles sweetly

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  25 Oct 2014: Technically and stylistically complex, the fingerpicking shines brightest on the old standards, writes Neil Spencer

• Why Scott Walker + Sunn O)))'s Soused is the one album you should hear this week – video

  
  24 Oct 2014:

  Alexis Petridis recommends Soused, the new collaborative album by Scott Walker and Sunn O)))

• Taylor Swift: 1989 review – leagues ahead of the teen-pop competition

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  23 Oct 2014: Why do people take Taylor Swift so much more seriously than her peers? Great songs, smart turns of phrase and a noticeable lack of the usual hollow pop platitudes all help, writes Alexis Petridis

• Ultimate Painting: Ultimate Painting review – autumnal indie full of perfect melodies

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  23 Oct 2014: Indie pals Jack Cooper of Mazes and James Hoare of Veronica Falls deliver the best record either has ever played on, writes Michael Hann

• Superfood: Don’t Say That review – vigorous 90s-influenced alt-rock

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  23 Oct 2014: There’s just enough energetic interplay on Superfood’s debut to overcome the charge of being another 90s nostalgia-rock band, writes Tshepo Mokoena

• Bass Drum of Death: Rip This review – typical but spirited guitar-based delinquency

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  23 Oct 2014: John Barrett’s fifth album as Bass Drum of Death is full of fairly familiar tilts at rock’n’roll rebellion, but that’s no bad thing, writes Harriet Gibsone

• Mallory Knox: Asymmetry review – endearingly honest alt-rock

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  23 Oct 2014: This Cambridge quartet’s second album has a sincerity and charm that elevates its fairly conventional alt-rocking, writes Dom Lawson

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