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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

Alan Sparhawk, EartH Theatre review - an absorbing game of two halves from the former Low mainstay

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Album: Sally Shapiro - Ready to Live a Lie

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Music Reissues Weekly: Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love The Stax Singles 1966-1970

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Album: Robert Forster - Strawberries

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Music Reissues Weekly: Chapterhouse - White House Demos

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Music Reissues Weekly: Roots Rocking Zimbabwe

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Shack, Union Chapel review - the surprise return of the Liverpool legends does not run to plan

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Music Reissues Weekly: John McKay - Sixes and Sevens

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Album: Lael Neale - Altogether Stranger

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Hamburg Repertoire

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Music Reissues Weekly: 1001 Est Crémazie

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Album: Maria Somerville - Luster

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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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