“Is This The Life” was not only the band’s only modest hit but also the band’s most radio-friendly song by a mile — it’s sort of a Cure-ish blend of new wave and post-punk and the only song on this ...

Yesterday came the very sad news that Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith passed away on Tuesday night (7/21), following a 12-year battle with a “complex and poorly understood” health condition. Cardiacs were ...

If you know who Cardiacs are, your response to them generally falls into two camps - those who think they’re the best band in the history of music, and those who wish they had never existed. By all ...

A packed Hammersmith Odeon, December 13, 1984. Awaiting their heroes, Marillion fans are growing increasingly impatient with support act Cardiacs, a bunch of outliers led by the charismatic Tim Smith.

Steven Wilson, Dream Theater, Solstice, Cardiacs and IQ have delivered strong records this year. But what’s your number-one ...

The cult-beloved British band Cardiacs released Guns, their most recent album, in 1999. For a very, very long time, they’ve been planning a new double LP called LSD. The lead single was supposed to be ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Katja Ogrin/Getty Images Mike Vennart envisioned becoming a shredder – but instead he ...

Here’s something I’ve always appreciated about Cardiacs – they are as advertised. If you read about them you will encounter a number of sweeping and clichéd generalisations. "You either love them or ...

Tim Smith, frontman of the influential British cult rock band Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59. Smith started the cult rock band Cardiacs in about 1980 as the lead guitarist and vocalist with his ...

A terrible beauty was born when the first official full-length Cardiacs album arrived in 1988. Still sounding arrestingly weird and gloriously wonky 35 years later, A Little Man And A House And The ...