Kieron Tyler

When Lancashire and Texas united to fashion a modern psychedelic landmark. 2004’s superb These Were The Earlies by The Earlies is reissued for its 21st anniversary (out through @inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

Happy to have given this its new home.

Great LP. In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper - the 4th album from  Slovenia’s Širom - opens the door to inner space (out through @ilkamedia.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/sl...

The Most Up Till Now – A History 1966-1970 is a deep-digging, last-word box-set celebration of the great California hippie-popsters The Peanut Butter Conspiracy (out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

Happy to see my review of Mirra, Benedicte Maurseth’s great evocation of Norway’s uplands and its wildlife, is the most-read piece on @theartsdesk.bsky.social today. Out through @soundslikegold.bsky.social & @ampersandPR.bsky.social. Here it is: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

portals//polarities, the debut album from Estonian-voiced, London-based electro-popsters Night Tapes, marks them as one to watch for (out on Nettwerk Music Group). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

Can anyone help? Playing David Ackles' American Gothic - it still has the price sticker from where it was bought. But I can't recall which shop it was. I may have got it from Cheapo Cheapo on Rupert Street. Does anyone recognise the price sticker?

The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 is amazing. Must-have, first-ever release of the earliest document of Sly and the Family Stone. Out on High Moon Records. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

Went to see Brìghde Chaimbeul at Hackney’s Round Chapel (through @ilkamedia.bsky.social). Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social. Here: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/br...

New @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. The cover=Bob Dylan. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’s Corporal (@soniccathedral.bsky.social), @theantlers.bsky.social’s Blight (@transgressive.bsky.social), Dead Famous People’s Wild Young Ways (@tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social).

“Robyn is a former pop puppet who has cut her strings” said The Guardian’s 2007 review of the ‘Robyn’ album. Originally issued in 2005 in Sweden, it reappears for its 20th anniversary. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

Lamenting the increasing regularisation and ubiquity of the abhorrent. Yasmine Hamdan’s I Remember I Forget بنسى وبتذكر is out on Crammed Discs. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

French version of the 1st Kinks LP vs the UK original. The former with its reconfigured, hit-single-featuring tracklist which works well. Best of all: in the UK for Dave Davies "no girl passes unnoticed when he's around"; in France he has the rather less mild "réputation de Don Juan."

A narrative as important to the understanding of punk and post-punk as stories shouted with much more volume. Chiswick Records 1975-1982 - Seven Years at 45 RPM is out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social:
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

International is Saint Etienne’s (@bobpetesarah.bsky.social / @rockingbob.bsky.social) final album. It’s an unalloyed winner. Out this week on @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

I read this. My reaction was - and remains - appalled at Mr Dowling. His dog was upset from the start of this, yet he persisted further upsetting his dog. Poor dog. Shame on Mr Dowling.

From where the seeds of Christie’s Yellow River were sewn. Soul-tinged Leeds mod-poppers The Outer Limits are dug into by @cherryredrecords.bsky.social’s Just One More Chance: Anthology 1965-1968. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social:
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

Existing in its own space, Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra is a haunting, intense evocation of Norway’s uplands and its wildlife. Out through soundslikegold.bsky.social & @ampersandPR.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

A whole album dedicated to The Beatles’ What's The New Mary Jane. It’s terrific. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

Album: Eve Adams - American Dust A sticker on the cover of American Dust is says it’s “an ode to the beauty of the American Southwest,” specifically the High Desert area within the wider setting of California's Mojave Desert. North-E...

W link which works: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

Taking inspiration from the Californian desert - but warm rather than desiccated. Eve Adams’ American Dust is out this week through @inhousepress.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

Issued in November 1977 but recorded in September 1975, I’m A Mess by the Isle of Wight’s Stormtrooper was a mighty punk-presaging noise with top-notch lyrics. Comes with a Sid Vicious and Wreckless Eric-adopted badge. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKbW...

The bonus-stuffed 3-CD @theresidents.bsky.social set American Composer’s Series centres on 1984’s George & James and 1986’s Stars & Hank Forever! albums. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

I See You still knocks it into a hat with its combination of urgency and psychedelic disorientation.

The Fourmost's second single, November 1963's I'm In Love. Written by Lennon-McCartney, and as good/bad as Tommy Quickly's Tip Of My Tongue. How did LenMac react when hearing this feeble cast-off on the radio? Great, publishing money?? Or, oh dear??? Here: youtube.com/watch?v=wAQt...

Marissa Nadler’s ethereal, sparse new album New Radiations explores disconnection. Out on @mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social’s @bellaunion.bsky.social and Sacred Bones. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...

The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. On the cover, Robert Plant. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Patrick Watson’s Uh Oh (@secretcityrecords.bsky.social).

Despite their idiotic name, these San Francisco psychedelic pioneers sounded astonishing. The previously unissued evidence from 1966 is collected on Just Like Gold - Live At The Matrix. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...

YouTube video by Golden Decades The Ivy League - Tossing and Turning ( 1965 Promo Created By 192 TV Holland Colourized /AI Stereo )

Calling Denmark Street people. Amazing footage in this (colourised) 1965 Dutch TV film for The Ivy League's Tossing and Turning. And, see John Carter frying eggs. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z2P...

The Rise and Fall of The Clash, Now TV review - London falling Open-mouthed incredulity is a reasonable reaction to this 2012 documentary on one of the UK’s prime punk-spawned bands, available on catch-up via streaming service Now TV’s tie-in with Sky Arts. There...

Watch and be mesmerised as this miserable tale unfolds. A revised version of The Rise and Fall of The Clash is about to come out. Here's what I said about the - to be lauded as, by focussing on the bad times, it is a mould breaker - original: theartsdesk.com/new-music-tv...