Down With Boring

Another Monday, another Down With Boring. This episode, we’re diving into Danny Brown’s latest full-length, ‘Stardust’ — a wildly inventive, joy-soaked reinvention from an artist who’s swapped chaos for clarity without losing the weird. Clean(ish), gym-going and living in Austin with a new crew of hyperpop misfits, Danny’s found his people and made a record that sounds like 2025: part grime flashback, part future-pop meltdown, all personality. There’s new music too, obviously — Hayley Williams adds another track to her ever-expanding solo album with ‘Showbiz’, while ROSALÍA’s ‘La Perla’ lands as part of an album that’s set to scramble those end-of-year lists. Holly Humberstone is back with ‘Die Happy’, Sorry preview their new album ‘COSPLAY’ with ‘Candle’, and The Itch drop ‘Space In The Cab’, right before their First Fifty show for Dork at London's Sebright Arms this week.

No guest this week, but instead we're going deep on the new album from Lily Allen, and checking out new music from the likes of Sports Team and... Cruz Beckham?!

We’re joined by Friends of the Magazine and Dork 100 at The 100 Club alumni Divorce, fresh from the surprise release of the deluxe edition of their brilliant debut album ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’. With new single ‘Wendolene’ in the wild, we’ll be catching up on what’s been ‘quite the year’ for the four piece. Elsewhere, we’re taking a closer listen to Hype List stars Good Neighbours’ debut ‘Blue Sky Mentality’, plus new tracks from Westside Cowboy (‘Don’t Throw Rocks’), Maisie Peters (‘Audrey Hepburn’), Sorry (‘Today Might Be The Hit’) and Fcukers (‘I Like It Like That’).

Down With Boring is back, and we’ve got a bumper show lined up. This week, Friends of the Magazine and former Dork cover stars Sprints swing by, with Sam and Jack chatting all about their brand new – and properly ace – album, plus plenty of nonsense besides. We’re also diving into the buzzy new record from Geese that’s picking up rave reviews everywhere, while in tracks we shine a light on Olivia Dean’s crowning moment and celebrate the brilliant return of Danny Brown, alongside fresh new cuts from current cover star Tame Impala and the Really Very Good Brogeal. With new festival lineups dropping and a whole lot more to chew over, it’s set to be another jam-packed night with Down With Boring.

Down With Boring is back on home turf tonight, returning to full-fat chaos after a summer of irregular specials and festival shenanigans. Joining us in the ‘studio’ (well, Zoom call – Ed) are Friends of the Magazine VLURE, who are about to drop their much-anticipated and Really Very Good debut album ‘Escalate’; we will, once again, attempt to make pill-punk happen. Elsewhere, we dig into two standout records: King Princess with ‘Girl Violence’ and Shame with ‘Cutthroat’. There are brand-new tunes from JADE, Gurriers and Vegas Water Taxi too, plus a spin from our newest best mate David Byrne. No, we’re not explaining. You’ll have to wait.

And breathe. Reading Festival 2025 is over, and what a weekend it was. To celebrate another massive year, we’ve put together a very special edition of Down With Boring, recorded live from the festival site. This week, we’re bringing you all the action and gossip from the field. We’ve got three of the weekend’s most exciting artists, starting with the magnificent Lambrini Girls, who dropped in for a chat after they made their incendiary Main Stage debut. We also caught up with the brilliant Nell Mescal to get all the details on her upcoming EP and massive new tour dates. Plus, we dive into what’s coming next from Liverpool’s own buzzy new talent, Luvcat, who gives us the latest on that much-anticipated debut album. It’s the perfect way to relive the weekend, or just catch up on what you missed.

Down With Boring has escaped the studio, pinched a couple of wristbands and planted itself slap-bang in the middle of Live at Leeds: In The Park for another one-off, on-stage spectacular. Yep – we rocked up to Temple Newsam at the tail-end of May, flanked by the lingering aroma of churros and factor-50, determined to prove that Jake and Jamie can, in fact, operate heavy machinery (read: microphones) in broad daylight. To kick things off, we corralled three of the day’s finest rabble-rousers – Sunday (1994), Do Nothing and Brògeal – for an hour of controlled mayhem that somehow took place in an actual pub on an actual festival site. It gets louder, sillier and 100% more likely to derail into chaos, basically.

After a weekend of seaside nonsense, sticky floors and far too many tote bags, Down With Boring is back with a stacked Great Escape 2025 special. We had three stages across the weekend (not to brag, but yes, that is a lot of stages), and we’re recapping the chaos the only way we know how — by talking to some of our favourite artists on the line-up. We catch up with Picture Parlour, fresh from a huge return at Dork’s Night Out at the 100 Club and newly armed with their latest single ‘Who’s There To Live Without You?’. The band dropped in for an early afternoon chat that set the tone for a busy weekend in Brighton. We also speak to Westside Cowboy, the name on everyone’s lips across the festival. We caught them before their fourthshow of the weekend (yes, really), just as it became abundantly clear they were one of this year’s must-sees. piri & tommy also stopped by to talk all things new era – ahead of their headline slot at our upcoming Dork 100 show at Colours Hoxton, before their euphoric performance at our Dork Closing Party on the beach. And finally, we’re joined by Lynks, who returned to The Great Escape with a bang – rightfully headlining our beach stage with a set full of anthems, sweat, and very welcome chaos.

Down With Boring returns, and this week we’re joined by special guests Prima Queen. With their debut album ‘The Prize’, the London-based indie-rock duo Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden are fulfilling all that much talked about potential in style – and this is their reward. The poor souls. Elsewhere, we’re delving deep into Julien Baker and TORRES’s highly-anticipated collaborative album ‘Send A Prayer My Way’, a soulful and intimate collection rooted in their shared Southern heritage. We’ll also spin brand-new tunes from Chloe Qisha, Addison Rae, Fontaines D.C., and KennyHoopla—each bringing something fresh and distinct to the big pop ‘table’. Plus, we’re breaking down the buzzworthy moments from Coachella, including The Weeknd’s Ferris wheel takeover and Katy Perry’s boundary-pushing 11-whole-minutes in space.

Down With Boring’s latest episode is here, with everyone’s favourite Swedish troublemakers in tow. Viagra Boys are our special guests. With their brand new self-titled album ‘viagr aboys’ set to drop on 25th April, the Stockholm post-punk outfit are checking in for a chat and a dose of their trademark chaos ahead of its release. Meanwhile, we’re going over Black Country, New Road’s new album, and blasting through some quality new music from the likes of CMAT, Wet Leg, VLURE, Black Honey, Little Simz, and more. Expect bangers and the usual not-so-boring ‘shenanigans’ – basically everything you need to spice up your day.