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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: Catch-A-Fire - Treasure Isle Ska, Top Ranking DJ Session

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Music Reissues Weekly: Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Art / Empire / Industry - The Complete Red Noise

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Best of Roxy Music

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Album: Marina Allen - Centrifics

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Sons of Adam - Saturday's Sons: The Complete Recordings 1964-1966

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Music Reissues Weekly: Ultravox! - Live At The Rainbow 1977

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Swinging Blue Jeans - Feelin’ Better Anthology 1963-1969

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Fleet Foxes, Islington Assembly Hall review - exceedingly alive

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Album: Ezra Furman - All of Us Flames

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Music Reissues Weekly: Lou Reed - Words & Music, May 1965

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Telstar Story, The Heinz Sessions Vol. 1

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Movers - Vol. 1 1970-1976

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Album: Raf Vilar - Clichê

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Hit Parade - Pick Of The Pops Vol.1

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Album: Friendship - Love the Stranger

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Beatles - Get Back

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