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Kieron Tyler

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Kieron Tyler has contributed to Britain's MOJO magazine since 1999 and is the author of 'Smashing It Up: A Decade Of Chaos With The Damned', the critically-acclaimed and definitive biography of the first decade of the pioneering British punk rock band. His writing has also appeared in Billboard (America), The Guardian, i (the newspaper), The Independent, Les Inrockuptibles (France), Music Week, Q, Rumba (Finland) and Ugly Things (America).

Articles By Kieron Tyler

Album: Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

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Music Reissues Weekly: Magazine - Real Life, Secondhand Daylight, The Correct Use of Soap

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Yardbirds - The Ultimate Live at the BBC

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Album: Møster! - Springs

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Music Reissues Weekly: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Singles

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Music Reissues Weekly: Gerry and the Pacemakers - I Like It! Anthology 1963-1966

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Album: Tess Parks - Pomegranate

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Music Reissues Weekly: Rain - Tomorrow Never Comes: The NYC Sessions 1967-1968

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Album: Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal - Catching Fire

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Music Reissues Weekly: Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa

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Album: Permafrost - The Light Coming Through

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Devil Rides In - Spellbinding Satanic Magick & The Rockult

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Music Reissues Weekly: Why Don’t You Smile Now - Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

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Album: Alan Sparhawk - White Roses, My God

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Music Reissues Weekly: New Jill Swing

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Music Reissues Weekly: Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs

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