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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: Motor City Is Burning - A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972

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Tallinn Music Week 2025 review - Estonia’s capital accommodates all flavours of music

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Album: Sofia Härdig - Lighthouse of Glass

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Music Reissues Weekly: Ibex Band - Stereo Instrumental Music

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Album: Erlend Apneseth - Song Over Støv

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Music Reissues Weekly: Yeah Man, It's Bloody Heavy

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Album: Toria Wooff - Toria Wooff

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Music Reissues Weekly: Too Far Out - Beat, Mod & R&B From 304 Holloway Road 1963-1966

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Mercury Rev, Islington Assembly Hall review - the august US psychedelic explorers cover all bases

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Music Reissues Weekly: Norma Tanega - I Don't Think It Will Hurt If You Smile

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Album: The Loft - Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same

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Music Reissues Weekly: Liverpool Sunset - The City After Merseybeat

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Album: The Burning Hell - Ghost Palace

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Music Reissues Weekly: Kraftwerk - Autobahn at 50

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Album: bdrmm - Microtonic

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Rats on Rafts, The Victoria review - crepuscular Dutch quintet begins to see the light

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