Just in - Sex Pistols: Looking For A Kiss In Kristinehamn. On first pass, comes across as the most significant Sex Pistols Official archive release since 2020's (poorly packaged/presented/will-this-do) 76/77 box. This is quite something, best Sid-era item ever?? More on it in due course.

Singing as smooth as the top of a kitten's head. A Dream is all we Know is the new The Lemon Twigs LP. Out on Captured Tracks through Prescription PR. I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

The Warsaw Middlesbrough 14th September 1977 / Joy Division Manchester 28th September 1979 LP is a thrilling live document of one of Britain’s greatest bands (Joy Division, Joy Division Central). A mandatory purchase. I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

My World is a January 1972 Bee Gees single. Got a copy a few months ago (Norwegian issue). Flip it - On Time is its wonderful non-LP B-side, along Tony Joe White / Muscle Shoals /southern soul lines. Here (recorded 1971 not 1970, clip's wrong): m.youtube.com/watch?v=fa8pJn…

Two brilliant Linda Smith (Linda Smith) albums are reissued: 1995’s I So Liked Spring & 1996’s Nothing Else Matters. On Captured Tracks through Carry On Press. I’ve looked at them today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

Death Songbook unites Paraorchestra, Charles Hazlewood, @SuedeHQ's Brett Anderson, G W E N N O, Nadine Shah, sebastian rochford, adrian utley on a voyage into darkness. On WorldCircuitRecords through DawBell. I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

The new MOJO Magazine is out. On the cover, Kate Bush. Inside, me (@MrKieronTyler) on Bibi Club’s Feu de garde (@secretcityrcrds), Conrad Schnitzler’s Slow Motion (@bureaublabel).

Long Island's paint-peeling The Mystic Tide sold barely any records in the 60s. Today though, they're top of the charts: my review of their Frustration LP is the most-read piece on theartsdesk.com. On numerogroup through Carry On Press. Here it is: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

Congo Funk! - Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River explores Brazzaville & Kinshasa's - capitals of 2 different countries - interconnected musical ecosystems. On AnalogAfrica through Ilka Schlockermann.  I’ve Looked At It Today For @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

Who originally bought these? Why? Where were they until I (separately) got them? 1968/1967 UK Captain Beefheart/Magic Band & Zappa/Mothers of Invention singles. Each of which was hardly topper-most of the pop-most.

Went to see julia holter at EartH (@tashiwada Elizabeth Goodfellow on stage too). On Domino Recording Co through aoife kitt. Wrote about it for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/julia-holter-e…

Patterns On The Window - The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 suggests a nebulous year in music: one resisting easy definition, and one where Dr. Feelgood set a marker for the future. Out on Cherry Red Records. I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

Before the boogie and denim: garage-punk paint-peelers, prime British psych-pop and dollops of inspiration from The Bee Gees.  All this and more on Status Quo’s The Early Years (1966-69) (through Chris Hewlett). I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

Evidence for a form of recalibration, Jane Weaver’s Love In Constant Spectacle is also exquisite – and her most cohesive, most welcoming album to date. Out next week on Fire Records (@BellaUnionMgmt). I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

Went to Vossa Jazz 2024 – where the music matters more than anything else (@LittleHueyMusic, Hanna Paulsberg, Laila Melkevoll, Music Norway, Norwegian Arts in the UK, Norsk jazzforum). Wrote about it for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/voss…

Blood, fire and a blooping, gurgling synth. Niney The Observer Presents Lightning And Thunder! is a valuable Cherry Red Records collection dedicated to the early works of the reggae polymath. I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

Hey Panda is the head-spinning new High Llamas album on 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖌 𝕮𝖎𝖙𝖞. And with it, Sean O'Hagan – radically – reshapes his music. I’ve looked at it today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

Out now - MOJO Magazine's Depeche Mode special. Inside, me (@MrKieronTyler) on their debut LP Speak & Spell. It's now such a long way from 1st seeing them at the Hope & Anchor.

The new MOJO Magazine is out. On the cover, Pearl Jam. Inside, me (@MrKieronTyler) on Saint Saviour’s Sunseeker (@VLFrecords through Jodie Banaszkiewicz) & Six Organs Of Admittance’s (@6organs) Time Is Glass (@dragcityrecords).

Syrup pudding is in. Onions are out. Dusty Springfield reveals all on the back of April 1964 1st EP. Curious explanation of how the name Springfield was adopted.