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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: The Sun Shines Here - The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984

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Field Music, Francis Lung, Electric Ballroom review - neither band is capable of standing still

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Music Reissues Weekly: Graham Collier - British Conversations

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Music Reissues Weekly: Fire - Father's Name Is Dad, Flowerman - Rare Blooms From The Syn

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Psychedelic Soul - Produced By Norman Whitfield

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Album: Efterklang - Windflowers

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Van der Graaf Generator - The Charisma Years 1970-1978

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space; Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Help Yourself - Passing Through, The Complete Studio Recordings

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Album: The Eivind Aarset 4-Tet - Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Goldie & the Gingerbreads - Thinking About The Good Times

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Album: Low - Hey What

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Laura Nyro - American Dreamer

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Leslie Winer - When I Hit You, You’ll Feel It

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Album: Saint Etienne - I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

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Reissue CD Weekly: Iggy and the Stooges - Born In A Trailer

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