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.

In the five years since we sadly lost Cardiacs leader Tim Smith at age 59, surviving members and the band’s label Alphabet Business Concern shared a previously unreleased song with the world and ...

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 ...

There was a fusty, claustrophobic aura surrounding Cardiacs’ 1988 debut album, A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window. Released 14 months later, On Land And In The Sea captured them ...

Begun in 2007 and finished towards the end of last year by a dedicated group of late frontman Tim Smith's closest comrades, Cardiacs' LSD is a triumph of creativity and friendship over adversity, and ...

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 ...