Down With Boring

Thomas Headon, Sinead O’Brien, Stella Donnelly, spill tab and Vlure are all joining us from Brighton’s The Great Escape festival on this special edition of Down With Boring. Reporting live from the south coast new music extravaganza, we’ll be checking in with some of our favourites as hundreds of exciting new acts hit the seaside.

Opus Kink, Malady and L’obectif are the special guests on the latest edition of Dork’s flagship radio-show-slash-podcast Down With Boring. We’re behind the scenes at our Dork’s Night Out x The Great Escape preview show last month to talk to three of the buzziest bands around. That’s not all. We’ll be having a look at the 5-star, chart-topping debut album from Fontaines D.C, plus the latest full-length from this month’s cover stars Blossoms. There’s also the latest music news, new music from Holly Humberstone, Easy Life, Baby Queen, Arcade Fire, Sinead O’Brien and loads more.

This time, we catch up with The Wombats at their huge headline show at London’s O2 last week, as they take their most recent album ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ on the road alongside their greatest hits. That’s not all. We’ll be having a look at the 5-star, chart-topping debut album from Wet Leg, as well as all the latest music news, new music from Maggie Rogers, Lizzo, Wallice, Courting, Gently Tender, Porridge Radio and more.

With their surprise new EP ‘Planet of the Youth’ due to arrive this coming Friday, The Vaccines' frontman Justin Young calls in for a catch up. That’s not all. We look at the 5-star new album from Walt Disco, as well as all the latest music news, new music from Sports Team, Harry Styles, Arcade Fire, Priestgate and more.

Swim Deep, Lime Garden and Priestgate are special guests on the latest edition of Down With Boring. This week, we're behind the scenes at the latest edition of Dork's Night Out, held at London's 100 Club earlier this month. We'll be catching up with all three bands on the bill, and getting all the action from the night.

With debut album ‘If My Wife New I’d Be Dead’ out now, we’re calling up potentially the Best Pop Star on the Planet CMAT for a release week debrief. Can we start a chart battle? It’s worth a go, right? That’s not all. We’ll be having a look at the recent new album from Nilüfer Yanya, as well as all the latest music news, new music from Florence + The Machine, Wet Leg, Dave, Just Mustard and more.

With their debut album ‘Backhand Deals’ set to drop on Friday (25th February), Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard join Jake and Jamie for the latest instalment of our flagship audio ‘wotsit’. That’s not all. We look at the recent new album from alt-J, as well as all the latest music news, new music from Fontaines D.C., Foals, Sundara Karma, Bree Runway, The Goa Express and more.

Willow Kayne is the special guest on the latest edition of Down With Boring. Having just dropped her debut EP-slash-mixtape-slash-what-are-we-calling-them-now, ‘Playground Antics’ – and scored 5 Dork stars in the process – the 2022 Hype List star joins Jake and Jamie for the latest instalment of our flagship audio ‘wotsit’. That’s not all. We have a look at the new album by this month’s cover stars Bastille, as well as cover all the latest music news, new music from Alfie Templeman, Lava La Rue, Blossoms, Wallows, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard and a nice shot of Barry Manilow. Delicious.

Leeds gang Yard Act have just dropped their five-star, Dork approved debut album ‘The Overload’, and will be joining Jake Hawkes and Jamie Muir on tonight’s episode as they embark on an actual, real-life chart battle. The tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife. That’s not all. We’ll be looking at their competition too – ‘Night Call’, the new album from Olly Alexander’s Years & Years. There’ll also be all the latest music news, new music from Holly Humberstone, Griff & Sigrid, English Teacher, Priestgate, CMAT, Lime Garden, Swim Deep and even a bit of N Dubz.

In the first edition of 2022, we're 'live' from Rockaway Beach where there's no available guests to chat to thanks to our good friend Covid, but a whole load of new music to go through - including The Weeknd, Yard Act, Let's Eat Grandma and loads more.