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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: Patty Waters - You Loved Me

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Tallies, Old Blue Last review - Canadian quintet rejuvenates indie prototypes

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Music Reissues Weekly: 999 - A Punk Rock Anthology

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theartsdesk in Estonia: Tallinn-Narva Music Week review - solidarity through music on the Russian border

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Music Reissues Weekly: Kokomo - To Be Cool

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Music Reissues Weekly: Dusty Springfield - Dusty Sings Soul

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Music Reissues Weekly: Fame - Jon Savage’s Secret History Of Post-Punk (1978-81)

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Album: Linnéa Talp - Arch of Motion

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Teenage Fanclub, Union Chapel review - pushing forward with gusto

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Music Reissues Weekly: Saturno 2000 - La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-1983

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Music Reissues Weekly: My World Fell Down - The John Carter Story

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Album: Nicole Faux Naiv - Moon Rally

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Prefects - Live At The Festival Suite 1978, Un-Scene! Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982

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Music Reissues Weekly: All Turned On! Motown Instrumentals 1960-1972

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The Weather Station, Scala review - communion achieved against the odds

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Album: Maridalen - Bortenfor

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