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Cardiacs are a British band formed in 1977. Combining the excitement and energy of punk rock with the intricacies and technical cleverness of early British progressive rock, a combination sometimes referred to as pronk, although singer Tim Smith prefers the description psychedelic, their sound is unique, varied, complex and intense.

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insomniacme wrote:
last month

It's been quite a long recovery. I doubt he will ever perform again tbh....

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stefp wrote:
last month

Thanks for the good news, My_Magician :)

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weeclairelim wrote:
last month

Check out Kavus (of Cardiacs) new band Knifeworld: www.myspace.com/knifworlduk http://www.last.fm/music/Knifeworld Cheers! C x

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My_Magician wrote:
last month

According to Ginger (Wildhearts) in a message to me on twitter, "Tim is getting better all the time". Good news.

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crimsonking93 wrote:
May 2009

Hey, "The Everso Closely Guarded Line" have to be in the charts !!!

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SimiArbeit wrote:
May 2009

You non-Finnish people aren't probably familiar with this Finnish punk-prog classic, but you might like to be: Toppatakkeja ja Toledon terästä. Full album seems to be available in Spotify.

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minehost wrote:
May 2009

Big Ship needs to be listened to more!

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erroneousnicnam wrote:
May 2009

Tour? Tour tour tour? Back on track Timmy?

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Taxidermy3 wrote:
April 2009

Get well soon, Timmy!

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Pajser wrote:
April 2009

Šašavo! :D

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JAMOOL wrote:
March 2009

Has anyone heard about Tim lately??

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stoneagedinosau wrote:
March 2009

Oh and obviously all the side projects Sea Nymphs, Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr Drake, Spratleys Japs, William D Drake, Tim Smith's Extra Specialoceanlandworld, Levitation, Dark Star etc Oceansize are pretty sharp too

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stoneagedinosau wrote:
March 2009

You have summed it it up perfectly Mr Voltigeur. Try Mr Bungle / Silvery / The Trudy / Blossom ... etherealpixie but nothing ever comes close

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Voltigeur wrote:
March 2009

It really is great to have a band to call your favourite, and for so few of your friends to have even heard of them, let alone like them.

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buddyboy68 wrote:
February 2009

If your looking for a band that can make music as intense and as catchy belly doing butterflies as this forget there isnt one. But its great to hear shouts for cardiacs!!

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TrueMithrandir wrote:
February 2009

Factsies = wat??

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Jordie57 wrote:
January 2009

brilliant

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Factsies wrote:
January 2009

some of this shit reminds me of deathrock/ sex gang children :/ am i insane??

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kubik69 wrote:
January 2009

"they sound like nothing you have ever heard before" :D

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gr3ggy wrote:
January 2009

I cannot stop watching tarred and feathered http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfWoWHHRNA it is mesmerizing! I highly,highly recommend Sleepytime Gorilla Museum also

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