In this episode we throw a line out to catch the fish below the ice and delve deep into the mind of the great Barry Andrews. We discuss XTC, Shriekback, the new album Monument and the significance of the 'Tiny Green Garden Sticks' from Covent Garden. You can purchase the new Shriekback album from this website: https://www.shriekback.com/store Video version of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBcBiS30Jas&t=37s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063297726030 Yo...
Jul 06, 2025•51 min•Season 9Ep. 69
In this episode we interview the Head Of The Church, the Supreme Leader of this Guitar Driven Chapter and the Archbishop of melodic melancholy, Steve Kilbey. Steve and his band The Church have been at the forefront of the Australian music scene since the 80's and in this interview I get to know more about the physicality of band dynamics, the songwriting process and the snare sound that almost destroyed an entire album. Purchase tickets for the upcoming The Church Tour here: https://premier.tick...
Jun 26, 2025•28 min•Season 9Ep. 68
In our latest flexidisc we look into the story behind Video Killed The Radio Star. The production, the instrumentation, the arrangement and the glasses. Who were The Camera Club? How did Tina Charles fit into the story? Who exactly was Dr. Bop? We heard this on the wireless back in '79. And we've been loving it ever since.
Apr 05, 2025•24 min•Season 9Ep. 67
We at Known Pleasures have had an unusually complicated relationship with The Smiths. But that doesn't mean we can't have the conversation. In this episode we choose 10 songs at random and discuss their pros and cons. Mark makes an appearance at the end to give us his 2 cents worth on the Mancunian quartet. Video Version of this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfMFZtwzt5Y&t=28s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063297726030 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KnownP...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 66
Were there any New Wave Xmas songs? Turns out there were quite a few. Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atLAbrKhJxw
Dec 23, 2024•10 min•Season 8Ep. 65
In this episode we interview Cathy McQuade & Ken Campbell from the Australian New Wave band Deckchairs Overboard. We discuss the early days in Melbourne, Cointreau, Paul Hester, supporting Midnight Oil and Hunters & Collectors, making videos with dice & chains and what they've been doing recently. For those of you who aren't familiar with Deckchairs Overboard, here is the much celebrated 4 x track ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRfNBYNnHg Catherine McQuades Music: https://cathe...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 64
Were Graham Parker & The Rumour part of the Punk Rock scene in Australia? I guess it depends on where you view it from and from behind which pair of shades.
Nov 25, 2024•12 min•Season 8Ep. 63
Lindy Morrison & Amanda Brown from The Go Betweens chat about the music, the memories and the madness of being musicians in the 80's. Pass the cookies and settle in for a podcast with an unusual time signature and a head full of steam. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063297726030 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KnownPleasuresPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knownpleasurespodcast/ Twitter: @pleasuresknown The Known Pleasures Theme Song: https://www.youtube.c...
Oct 28, 2024•41 min•Season 8Ep. 62
This is a personal one. A quick look at the history of one of my favourite music venues in my home town of Brisbane in Queensland.
Oct 15, 2024•8 min•Season 8Ep. 61
Can you clap in time to the I Don't Like Mondays intro? Clearly Patrick can't. In our latest Flexidisc we try to dismantle the classic Boomtown Rats song and try to work out what makes it tick. And the reason? Well, there are no reasons. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063297726030 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KnownPleasuresPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knownpleasurespodcast/ Twitter: @pleasuresknown The Known Pleasures Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com...
Sep 13, 2024•27 min•Season 8Ep. 59
In our latest 'Interview' episode we talk to Craig Hooper, former member of The Reels, The Mullanes (Crowded House) and The Church. We discuss his early days in regional New South Wales, the difficulties in naming bands, being stranded in New Zealand, using electronic instruments to create a unique sound and recording songs that would make your mother proud. Youtube video version of interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7rkBZm7I9s&t=9s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=...
Aug 07, 2024•51 min•Season 8Ep. 58
In 1980, The Pretenders were everywhere. With the first number one single of the eighties, an album that was chock full of great songs and an image that could not be ignored. In today’s episode we’ll discuss the first three albums and follow Chrissy’s journey from Akron Ohio to the streets of London. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RyekXLu1VFePEtwJoCnFw?si=f5e1434b381c4660 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063297726030 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kno...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 57
This is a compilation of a few of our favourite moments from the first 7 years of the Known Pleasures Podcast.
Apr 25, 2024•40 min•Season 8Ep. 56
‘Play high, Hooky! Play high!’ Ian Curtis had been Joy Division’s conductor and lightning rod, giving his crucial nod of approval to Peter Hook’s upper-register bass sound and pulling the strings elsewhere. In May 1980, though, after Ian’s death, the renamed New Order faced an uphill battle. How they not only survived, but thrived spectacularly, is one of the great redemptive stories of rock and roll. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SPnBqYphsObL9HQKoyYYN?si=6f223859504d425a ...
Apr 06, 2024•56 min•Season 8Ep. 55
On the eve of his upcoming tour we interview the former lead singer and songwriter from the seminal UK punk band The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell. We ask him about the new album, his days with The Stranglers and everything in between. So get a grip on yourself and listen in to a few moments of madness from the mind of Hugh Cornwell.
Feb 22, 2024•23 min•Season 8Ep. 54
In our latest flexidisc we will exhume the body of Eileen, run a musical autopsy, and discuss the song that moved a million hearts in stereo in 1982. Was Eileen a metaphor for casting off the social mores of sexual repression and escaping Thatcherite Britain’s humdrum existence? Was Kevin Rowland plundering Celtic rhythms and instrumentation a way of coming to terms with his Irish heritage? Or was it just a cracking good song? Either way, we at Known Pleasures will hum this tune forever, and who...
Jan 22, 2024•23 min•Season 8Ep. 53
While time heals all wounds, the scars of your first hapless podcast episode can run deep. With that in mind, we revisit Simple Minds and attempt to do justice to their Eureka-moment third album, Empires and Dance.
Jan 03, 2024•12 min•Season 8Ep. 52
On our Birthday Party episode we said “there’s never been an Australian band before or since quite like them”. We recently had the opportunity to interview drummer Phill Calvert who told us about the boys’ early school days, his departure from the band and why he knew eventually Nick would go solo. Ladies and gentlemen, release the bats! Video version on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrIVMNzmDA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063297726030 Youtube: htt...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 51
In this episode, Graham interviews the Bass Player from 'The Jam' and 'From The Jam'. The video interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgXy5F8jD2I&t=37s The Known Pleasures Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvn2bfFxC-0
Nov 23, 2023•16 min•Season 7Ep. 50
While Athens in Greece gifted civilisation with democracy, science, philosophy, taxes, writing, and schools, Athens in Georgia gave the world Widespread Panic, REM and the subject of today’s podcast The B-52s. A frenetic drummer in strange glasses, a guitarist who clearly needed to add more strings to his bow, a lead singer who would shout and vociferate more than sing, and two bouffant-wearing female vocalists that sounded unlike anyone else. How was this a recipe for a successful New Wave band...
Nov 16, 2023•48 min•Season 7Ep. 49
Born of the fallout from two of post punk’s best, Shriekback had no right to be any good, because well, so-called supergroups rarely are. But Shriekback were better than good – at their best they were simply majestic, riding a wave of ideas and inspiration that left other 80’s pretenders flailing in their wake. In this episode we’ll attempt to hook, then land the fish below the ice that is Shriekback. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02VcGqVqogjhIEvVATH0t7?si=b5a8aec097d24ebf ...
Sep 18, 2023•46 min•Season 7Ep. 48
Rusty Egan - former drummer with The Skids and The Rich Kids, founding member of Visage and DJ at The Blitz Club in London, sits down with us for a discussion on the post punk scene, the New Romantics and Club Culture in the early 80's. Rusty Egan's Mix Cloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/rustyegan/ Rusty Egan's Sound Cloud Page: https://soundcloud.com/rusty-egan The Known Pleasures YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYXJiCDDsOZYrE6DV_tOIvg The Known Pleasures Facebook page: https:/...
Aug 13, 2023•54 min•Season 7Ep. 47
In our latest Flexidisc we discuss Lene Lovich's 1981 song New Toy.
Aug 03, 2023•14 min•Season 7Ep. 46
In our latest Flexidisc we discuss the Synth Pop classic Fade To Grey by Visage.
Jul 15, 2023•10 min•Season 7Ep. 45
During the mid-seventies, a group of angry young men sprang from the punk scene in London. They possessed a singer-songwriter sensibility, combined with an acerbic wit, lyrical acrobatics and melodies that would have made one or two Brill Building composers weep with envy. The three Musketeers leading the charge were Graham Parker, Joe Jackson, and the subject of this podcast, Elvis Costello. From 'My Aim Is True' to 'Get Happy!!' , Elvis Costello showed the world that songs about guilt and reve...
Jun 21, 2023•59 min•Season 7Ep. 44
Here's our latest Flexidisc shortcast where we discuss Islington's finest Spandau Ballet and their debut single To Cut A Long Story Short.
Jun 02, 2023•11 min•Season 7Ep. 43
We here at the Known Pleasures Institute are producing short form podcasts to be delivered sporadically throughout the year in between our normal full length episodes. Here we discuss the synth pop classic I Ran by A Flock Of Seagulls.
May 02, 2023•13 min•Season 7Ep. 42
In 1988, U2 seemed to believe their roots lay with the Beatles, Hendrix, Billie Holliday and Bo Diddley. The album – and film – Rattle and Hum saw them referencing the above, as well as recording with Dylan, then BB King, at Sun Studio in Memphis. But where were their actual influences in this telling of the tale? The Rottens and Viciouses? The Curtises and Hooks? The Strummerses? Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NTcqN7km05UEpZB2auX5S?si=adc61be685084e11 Facebook: https://www...
Apr 06, 2023•57 min•Season 7Ep. 41
There was one particular genre that sprang from the post punk era that was all at once joyous, political, infectious, melodic, alternative and danceable. It was a revival of the '60s Ska Movement that became known in the UK as Two Tone. And in this multi cultural cafe, full of delectable delights and international flavours, we had the opportunity to taste a little Madness, try a little Selecter, indulge in the sweetness of The Beat and maybe order some Bodysnatchers to go. But before ordering an...
Feb 03, 2023•54 min•Season 7Ep. 40
In this episode we talk with one of the founding members of China Crisis, Eddie Lundon. We discuss their working with drum machines, working with synthesisers and working with fire & steel in the lead up to their first ever tour of Australia, 40 years after the release of their 1st album. So sit back and witness the difficult shapes & passive rhythms of Eddie Lundon from China Crisis. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Known-Pleasures-131768500804116 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...
Dec 23, 2022•27 min•Season 6Ep. 39
