Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 30/09/202630 September 1966 - 60 years ago today. The Troggs release the fantastic I Can't Control Myself. Saying they're here to stay with 1st single on the Page One label. Here as it was in the shops of Australia (on Parlophone!), Germany, and - with the same pic - Denmark and France. 001
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Eternal, the Joy Division live box set. "BRIEF NUDITY". A 15 classification too. Eh? (@jd-central.bsky.social) 020
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 23/09/202623 September 1966 - 60 years ago today. The UK release of the scornful Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?, The Rolling Stones' most aurally dense and outre single so far. The in-your-face French pic sleeve here, as per the US issue. All in all, a declaration. Of sorts. 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Jet Black Berries idiosyncratic 1985 US new wave album Sundown On Venus is reissued (@babyrobotmedia.bsky.social) - a non-conformist oddity well worth seeking out. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 043
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dig David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name or Judee Sill? Then Bitta Houdi’s This Bed Was Made For Me is just the ticket (@inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/us... 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Odd piece of Stranglers prehistory - The Blue Maxi's version of Here Comes Summer. UK release May 1970. Dave Greenfield was their keyboard player. Smiling here on the Dutch pic sleeve. It very much does not sound like The Doors: youtube.com/watch?v=thtD... 061
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The unilluminatingly titled box set Tarkovsky collects Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov and Eduard Artemyev’s music for Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Roublev, Solaris, Mirror & Stalker. Anyone seduced by these films needs it. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 001
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Todd Rundgren’s Damned If I Do tour stops off in London at Cadogan Hall - giving fans what they want, while giving himself what he wants (@toddrundgren.bsky.social @cadoganhall.bsky.social). An absolute joy. Wrote about it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/to... 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Marr's Guitars at Christies. Good Lord. More than enough specifics here - should the wallet be deep enough - to recreate constituent elements of How Soon Is Now. And more. As if national fabric is being sold. 000
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just got this. 1965. Virginia band The Heart Attacks. Their only 45 Babba Diddy Baby, the only record on the Remus label. A track which will not quit. Despite what's written on the label, it was not 10p. Here: youtube.com/watch?v=sxbJ... 020
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 06/09/20261989-1992 is handy overview of the early, pre @subpop.bsky.social, days of beloved US indie band Velocity Girl. Out on @slumberlandrecords.com. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 265
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Went to the glorious Hardanger Music Festival (Hardanger Musikkfest) in Lofthus, Norway. An overwhelming cultural inundation with Benedicte Maurseth, Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen, Helsinki Chamber Choir, more. Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ha... 023
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Intimations of Fairport Convention, The Velvet Underground, Teenage Fanclub and The Loft. Wish Road South, Max Kinghorn-Mills’ 5th album as Hollow Hand, is a stylistic switchback (@inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/wi... 001
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Johari Salleh’s Jazz Dari Angkasapuri and Alfonso Soliano’s Tiga Trombone are two albums celebrating major figures in Malaysian jazz (@inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at them today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 111
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026August 1965 - The Yardbirds' Five Yardbirds hits UK shops. In Australia, there's also a Five Yardbirds EP. A very different thing, collecting all their previous A-sides. "Five nice, ordinary but distinctive young men." Ordinary but distinctive. Eh? 000
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just out - The Cramps' Gravest Gravy: Oct '77 sessions w Alex Chilton which also spawned the 1st 2 singles. Inc tracks not on the tape circulating of the sessions. And, on the tape, tracks not on it or 45s: Teenage W, Sunglasses, Love Me, Uranium Rock, Strychnine, I'm Cramped. These to come?? 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026What was David Bowie doing when The Laughing Gnome came out? A question answered the exhaustive Riot Squad box set I Take It That We’re Through - Anthology 1965-1967. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 132
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026From April 1964, a real curio - The Spiders' I Want To Hold Your Hand knock off Baby Doll, even borrowing lyrics. They were Link Wray/The Wraymen, & Lawn was an affiliate of their label Swan. Spiders = Beatles. Geddit. No cigars though. Here it is: youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5e... 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Refining rather than advancing, Materia exists within an established safety net. Julia Holter’s new album is out this week on @dominorecordco.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/de... 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The One Chord Wonders / Quick Step single was not all The Adverts recorded for Stiff in March 1977. The single of the hitherto unheard We Who Wait / New Boys changes the story. Top-drawer stuff, and I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 021
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Freak-out electric guitar, free-jazz sax and more evident leanings towards jazz. On her 14th album, Temple Songs, Laura Veirs enters new territory. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/te... 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026On the live album CBGB’s 1985, Rochester New York’s Absolute Grey’s blend of folk rock and psychedelia is an attention grabber (@patthomashistorian.bsky.social was in the band). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 122
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Released June 1967 - the Scotty McKay Quintet's blistering Train Kept A'Rollin. Guest guitar from Jimmy Page: one of his highest-octane Yardbirds-era outings. What was said about it for the Acid Dreams LP too. Here it is: youtube.com/watch?v=W3FD... 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 05/08/20262 of 2. 5 August 1966 - 60 years ago today. The Beatles' Revolver LP and Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine single were issued. Here's what I said for @theartsdesk.bsky.social about the 2022 Revolver box set (and John Lennon's relative absence from the LP): theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...theartsdesk.comMusic Reissues Weekly: The Beatles - RevolverJohn Lennon does not appear on “Love You Too” and “For No One”. With “Taxman”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Here, There and Everywhere”, “Good Day Sunshine” and “I Want to Tell You”, his contributions are limite... 032
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 05/08/20261 of 2. 5 August 1966 - 60 years ago today. The Beatles' Revolver LP and Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine single were issued. Here's how the single was in Japan (great Budokan pic), Denmark, Germany & Australia. Varied approaches. 021
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Compiled by @rockingbob.bsky.social, the elegant Motorway City - The Golden Age of Car Travel 1966-82 is a hymn to when driving was an end in itself. Out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 0143
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A musical storm in a shabby Shoreditch basement. Went to see Bristol’s terrific Sunglasz Vendor at Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes. Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/su... 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 29/07/202629 July 1966 - 60 years ago today. Glenda Collins' Joe Meek-produced/written It's Hard To Believe It and (in the UK) The Byrds' 5 D (Fifth Dimension) are released. Amazing records, though back then perhaps for different audiences. 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026French copy of The Yardbirds' Over Under Sideways Down. Considering the title of the B-side, it's ironic that Jeff Beck isn't seen in the photo used for the sleeve. 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The reappearance of Gloria Mundi’s July 1978 debut album I, Individual is a surprise - a punk-era landmark of British art rock. Out through @punk77-79.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 021
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Where the Fades Meet, Andy Dragazis’ new album as Blue States, evokes the roots of acid jazz. Out this week on @memphisindustries.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/bl... 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Floating Frequencies / Intuitive Synthesis 1, Eleh’s foundational 2006 album of electronic minimalism, is reissued. Out on @imprec.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 063
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Armagideon Time - When Punk Met Dub (1978-1984) is a partial account of how Brit-punk absorbed an aspect of reggae. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 042
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 08/07/20268 July 1966 - 60 years ago today. The Troggs' With A Girl Like You is issued. Wild Thing was no one-off. Reg Presley was now writing hits. The equally great, MC5-covered I Want You on the flip. UK here, and as it was in shops for Germany, Denmark and France. 020
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Beautifully crafted and shimmering, but intrinsically aloof. US-based Australian duo Luluc’s sixth album Sweet Thief is out this week (through @inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/th... 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"What poets do you dig?” "Smokey Robinson.” So said Bob Dylan in December 1965. Shop Around - The Smokey Robinson Songbook is a first-rate salute to a creative colossus. Out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 001
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 01/07/20261 July 1966 - 60 years ago today. A good day for record buyers. New releases: The Action's Baby You've Got It; Dusty Springfield's Goin' Back; The Pretty Things' A House In The Country; The Hollies' Would You Believe LP. 000
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Marking the 50th anniversary of the release of their sole single Keys to Your Heart, a look at Joe Strummer’s pre-Clash (@theclash.com) band The 101’ers - making the case for wading through their tangled musical legacy. On @theartsdesk.bsky.social today: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 012
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 27/06/202650 years ago today - 27 June 1976 - the just-defunct 101'ers Keys to Your Heart was released by Chiswick Records. The sole single by Joe Strummer’s pre-Clash (@theclash.com) band. Here it is, plus the Chiswick Records press release. More on this tomorrow for @theartsdesk.bsky.social. 011
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Here's the Japanese Doors Touch Me EP, from May 1969, with a nice pic of them on stage at The Roundhouse on either 6 or 7 September 1968. Behind them - by John Densmore. Is this Mick Farren? 200
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Cate Kennan’s (@catekennan.bsky.social) crepuscular, intriguing second album Shadows makes a virtue of nebulousness. Out on @krankyltd.bsky.social through @rarelyunable.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ca... 013
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Big in Sweden. But not so big in their home country. Sect Maniacs - The Complete Sixties Sessions is a box-set tribute to the frequently fantastic Downliners Sect. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 063
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 14/06/2026New edition of the album capturing ‘possibly the most powerful human sound ever recorded.’ John Coltrane’s Ascension is out again for what would have been his 100th birthday. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 192
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Former Servants lynchpin David Westlake’s great 2nd solo album, 2002’s Play Dusty For Me, was barely issued back then. Now - albeit in digital-only form - it reappears via @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 152
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Slightly off for its 60th anniversary - recorded 31 May 1966 at West Hampstead's Klook's Kleek (later The Moonlight), the fantastic live Zoot! LP from Zoot Money's Big Roll Band - one of the topmost UK soul/R&B/jazzish albums. 010
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The glorious Promise Me Delight - Italo Disco And European Pop From The Golden Age is a firm candidate for one of the year’s most notable archive releases. Out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 042
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026A deeply weird listen - Australian issue of the 1st Clash LP. Mastered/EQd to emphasis the mid range: a conventional take on the sound. Not a trebly scratch as per the UK. Extra clarity too. It works: esp Deny, Cheat, Garageland. The live White Riot is awful though, as there's little to work from. 020
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Unreservedly recommended. Really Into Somethin' - Brit Girl Sounds and Styles 1962-1970 stands on its own, head held high. Compiled by @clunkie.bsky.social, out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 2113
Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026First-rate Chicago soul. The definitive, deeply researched Darrow Fletcher Presents Jacklyn & Genna Records is out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu... 044
