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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

Music Reissues Weekly: Linda Smith - I So Liked Spring, Nothing Else Matters

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Album: Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazlewood - Death Songbook

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Music Reissues Weekly: Congo Funk! - Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River

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Julia Holter, EartH Theatre review - loosening up can take time

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Music Reissues Weekly: Patterns on the Window - The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974

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Music Reissues Weekly: Status Quo - The Early Years

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Album: Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle

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Vossa Jazz 2024 review - Norwegian festival embraces William Parker’s spaciness, Karin Krog’s classicism and much more

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Music Reissues Weekly: Niney The Observer Presents Lightning and Thunder!

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Album: High Llamas - Hey Panda

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Mystic Tide - Frustration

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Music Reissues Weekly: Groove Machine - The Earl Young Drum Sessions

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Say She She, Koko review - flawless, pizazz-filled show from rising stars

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Music Reissues Weekly: Mark Eric - A Midsummer’s Day Dream

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Album: The Bevis Frond - Focus on Nature

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Music Reissues Weekly: Blank Generation, Just Want To Be Myself

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