Cardiacs
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“Brought back to life with tremendous care”: Cardiacs’ On Land And In The Sea
By Dom Lawson published
The late, great Tim Smith’s prog-punk magnum opus returns on vinyl for the first time since 2007

Cardiacs announce that their final album, LSD, will be released in September
By Jerry Ewing published
The late Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith's final album has been completed by his brother Jim, Kavus Torabi, Mike Vennart and more...

Tim Smith’s Cardiacs story will end with long-awaited final album LSD
By Rob Hughes published
Members of the band who influenced Steven WIlson, Radiohead, Opeth, Andy Partridge and more explain what they did and why it mattered

Jethro Tull grace the cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!
By Jerry Ewing published
Plus Kevin Godley, Ghost Of The Machine, Mike Ratledge, Can, Cardiacs, Amplifier, Karmakanic, Envy Of None and more...

“As smart and surprising as Cardiacs themselves”: A Big Book And A Band And A Whole World Window
By Jo Kendall published
The idiosyncratic English art-rockers’ history is detailed in a pleasingly DIY limited-edition chunky read.

Colin Edwin’s prog world includes Captain Beefheart, Magma, Cardiacs, Gong and more
By Grant Moon published
Former Porcupine Tree and current O.R.k. member on seeing Daevid Allen live, falling under Tim Smith’s spell, messing about with plastic cameras and, well, Lonnie Donegan

Fully authorised visual history of Cardiacs to be published
By Jerry Ewing published
New Cardiacs biography, A Big Book And A Band And Whole World Window, will be published in January

“Once you understand them, and have felt them in your heart, you will struggle to find anything that will ever come so close”: Mike Vennart introduces The Cardiacs
By Mike Vennart published
Biffy Clyro and Empire State Bastard guitarist Mike Vennart lists his top 10 songs from the late Tim Smith’s catalogue
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