Kieron Tyler
- Bio
- Kieron contributes to MOJO, and his writing has also appeared in Q, The Guardian, The Independent, Billboard and Music Week. He consults for major and independent labels on catalogue reissues. He is also the editor of theartsdesk's Reissue CDs Weekly. kieron.tyler@theartsdesk.com
Articles by Kieron Tyler
Reissue CDs Weekly: Dr. Feelgood, The Three O’Clock, Ane Brun, Ruthann Friedman
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Dr. Feelgood: Taking No Prisoners (with Gypie 1977-1981) Read more... |
CD: Sigur Rós - Kveikur
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Kveikur is really the first new album from Sigur Rós since 2008’s Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. Their last, 2012’s Valtari, only had two fresh tracks and was otherwise redone offcuts or... Read more... |
Chelsea Light Moving, Village Underground
Saturday, 15 June 2013
“We’re Chelsea Light Moving, we’re from London.” Coming from Thurston Moore during the first UK outing of his post-Sonic Youth combo, that’s amusing. Not only are the rest of the quartet American,... Read more... |
DVD: Beyond the Hills
Friday, 14 June 2013
Returning from Germany to her native Romania, Alina is reunited with her childhood friend Voichita, now resident in a convent. The pair return to Voichita’s orthodox sanctuary but Alina changes.... Read more... |
Borgen's Birgitte Opens London Nordic Festival
Thursday, 13 June 2013
It’s more pulse-quickening than a visit from Denmark’s actual prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. This weekend Sidse Babett Knudsen, Borgen’s Statsminister Birgitte Nyborg, arrives in London to... Read more... |
PARADISE: Love
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
The likelihood of leaving a screening of PARADISE: Love without feeling either queasy or at least a little off balance is low. This realist-styled portrayal of middle-aged Teresa’s excursion to Kenya... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Burt Bacharach
Sunday, 09 June 2013
Burt Bacharach: The Art of the Songwriter - Anyone Who Had a Heart Read more... |
Bobby Womack: Across 110th Street, BBC Four
Saturday, 08 June 2013
Last year, Bobby Womack's album The Bravest Man in the World made news. It was no mean feat that it existed at all. The soul great had hung in there after ostracism from the music business, drug... Read more... |
DVD: Children's Film Foundation Collection - Weird Adventures
Friday, 07 June 2013
Losing your pet mouse would be distressing enough. But misplacing the white rodent on a school trip to the Tower of London is beyond careless. It’s downright irresponsible. But that’s routine... Read more... |
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Titling their long-delayed second album The Second Coming meant The Stone Roses had run out of religious metaphors for their 2012 reunion. They already had a song called “I Am the Resurrection”.... Read more... |
CD: Phildel – The Disappearance of the Girl
Monday, 03 June 2013
Few albums evoke the essence of wind, but landscapes buffeted by the elements are vividly depicted on Phildel’s The Disappearance of the Girl. With frost-coated but warm-centred songs about darkness... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Ian Dury, Tom Moulton, José Feliciano, Archie Shepp
Sunday, 02 June 2013
Ian Dury: Lord Upminster / Ian Dury & the Music Students: 4,000 Weeks Holiday Read more... |
CD: The Pastels – Slow Summits
Monday, 27 May 2013
It's apt that the word "slow" crops up in the title of the first album proper in 16 years from Scotland’s seminal and influential indie kingpins. "Stately" would be even more suitable. The pace at... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Rodion G.A., Dudley Moore, Four Tet, Cheap Trick
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Rodion G.A.: The Lost Tapes Read more... |
Lubomyr Melnyk, Village Underground
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Imagine the rising and falling piano cadences of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Then plug the gaps between each note with any of those which may have been encountered on the path to the next. Once that... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Scott Walker
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Scott Walker: The Collection 1967-1970 Read more... |
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How to contact Kieron Tyler
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Kieron Tyler Author Statistics
- No. of articles written: 400
- Date joined: 14 October 2010
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