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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

theartsdesk Q&A: Mercury Rev

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CD: Dungen - Allas Sak

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Bert Jansch

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Tangerines

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A Girl at My Door

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DVD: The Tribe

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Pere Ubu

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DVD: The New Girlfriend

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Reissue CDs Weekly: The London American Label – 1966

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CD: Nicolas Godin - Contrepoint

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Reissue CDs Weekly: The Isley Brothers

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DVD: The Town That Dreaded Sundown

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En Équilibre

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CD: Beach House – Depression Cherry

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Reissue CDs Weekly: Julian Cope

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