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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

Northern Winter Beat 2025, Aalborg review - The Courettes, Dungen and Lubomyr Melnyk confront ideas of how to play

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Music Reissues Weekly: Beggars Arkive - The Lurkers’ 1978 John Peel session

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Album: Rats on Rafts - Deep Below

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Music Reissues Weekly: You Got Me Hooked! - More Marylebone Beat Girls

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Formal Sppeedwear, The Windmill review - Stoke-on-Trent trio reinvigorates the new wave era

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Music Reissues Weekly: New York Dolls - Showdown At The Mercer

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Twilights - Twilights Time The Complete 60s Recordings

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Album: The Weather Station - Humanhood

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Music Reissues Weekly: Celebrate Yourself! The Sonic Cathedral Story 2004-2024

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Album: Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions - Cold Blows The Rain

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Music Reissues Weekly: American Baroque - Chamber Pop and Beyond 1967-1971

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Best of 2024: Music Reissues Weekly

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Music Reissues Weekly: Hawkwind - X In Search Of Space, Doremi Fasol Latido

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Albums of the Year 2024: Mercury Rev - Born Horses

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Music Reissues Weekly: Vanilla Fudge - Where Is My Mind The ATCO Recordings 1967-1969

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Album: Ajukaja & Mart Avi - Death of Music

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