Magma vs. Cardiacs

Syzygy wrote: Magma. I can understand why people love the Cardiacs so much, but they've never done it for me (even though Guapo axeman Kavus Torabi is in the current touring line up).

Not true, he's stated in an interview that the Cardiacs are never touring again (due to Tim's health, I assume).

Logan wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Cardiacs must be better than Magma, but i won't vote. I think you might like Cardiacs, at least I hope so.  Have a listen to this: There's lots of music at youtube.

Magma. I can understand why people love the Cardiacs so much, but they've never done it for me (even though Guapo axeman Kavus Torabi is in the current touring line up).

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Thats just creepy and stupidly chaotic - Not for me if thats any indication....

It's a good indication of their early stuff but their later albums (including the much lauded Sing to God) is a very VERY different kettle of fish. This video is a perfect example of their more sober, less frenetic side:



I adore both of these bands and couldn't imagine living without either, but My Loyalty Demands. Cardiacs it is.


Edited by Trouserpress - September 02 2010 at 08:35

Cardiacs escape me - is Sing to God that good? May try it one day....

Cardiacs for me. 
I've been listening to them for a year now and they are still going strong.

Here is my favorite of their videos:



As for Magma, I only started listening to them somewhere around the release of Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré so I still have a lot of ground to uncover.


Edited by Rune2000 - August 31 2010 at 18:16

Cardiacs are a band I feel like I should like, but for some reason don't. Their sound (re: his voice) really grates on me after a couple songs.

Magma on the other hand...

Snow Dog wrote: Cardiacs must be better than Magma, but i won't vote.

I think you might like Cardiacs, at least I hope so.  Have a listen to this:



There's lots of music at youtube.

Cardiacs must be better than Magma, but i won't vote.

SaltyJon wrote: Logan wrote: I'm glad you did, because of it I'm revisiting Cardiacs' music, and will be delving deeper into the band's music. Aside from discovering new-to-me music, one thing I love about such topics is that they can prompt me to re-listen to music I haven't heard in quite a while.  Well I suppose we can indirectly thank both Trouserpress and Rune2000 as well then, because Rune2000's review of Sing to God was what got me to listen to them again recently, when I really fell in love with that album, and TP recommended me an order in which to check out the rest of their material (which I've done thanks to iTunes) which really made the music grab me even tighter.

 I knew Cardiacs' music before joining PA, but Trouserpress' abundant enthusiasm got me into exploring it more after I joined PA. I don't often look at PA reviews , but I have noted that Rune has written good reviews of much music I really like. I had read Alexander's (Rune2000) review of Sing to God before because there was a topic where someone was, as I recall, slamming Cardiacs and I was looking up the reviews of the albums (perhaps there was a reported review for Sing to God? A few years ago I would have remembered such things easily, but my memory loss is another topic.  Maybe I was just looking into some rater's ratings since a low rating of something piqued my interest).