Down With Boring

Down With Boring is gearing up for the festive season, bringing an early Christmas present to all Dear Readers from across the land. The latest episode of our essential podcast-slash-radio-show dives into the archives to unpack what makes our annual Christmas Night Out such a treasured tradition, as well as catches up with our latest Xmas chum, Master Peace. Unwrapping tales from past editions, th...

Porridge Radio join us fresh from the release of their incredible new album ‘Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me’ and in the midst of their UK headline tour. We catch up with Dana from the band to chat all about their exciting next chapter, and find out what she would fill a giant hole in the ground with. The important questions. Meanwhile, we’re dissecting Kendrick Lamar’s surprise...

Down With Boring is back for its latest episode with a line-up hot enough to keep the heating off until December at least. Lambrini Girls are our special guests, as they get ready to drop their much anticipated debut album 'Who Let The Dogs Out'. A record that puts the world to rights, stops, gives a long hard stare then metaphorically beats the living shit out of you until you do something about...

Down With Boring – Dork’s sonic sanctuary of chaos and contemplation – returns with enough musical muscle to power a small indie disco (or at least your Monday evening existential crisis). Sunday (1994) are our special guests – a band who’ve mastered the art of making any emotion sound impossibly beautiful. Their debut EP sits somewhere between a Mazzy Star dream sequence and that film you caught...

This week’s special guest is none other than rising star  Antony Szmierek , who’ll be dropping by to chat ahead of his much (much, much) anticipated new album, ‘Service Station At The End Of The Universe’. Insert your own roadside punchlines here. But that’s not all, folks! We’re also set to dissect two of the most anticipated albums of the season. First up, we’ll be exploring current Dork cover s...

Hold onto your flatpack furniture, folks, because Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is about to get a whole lot wavier with our new edition. This week’s episode is set to feature none other than Circa Waves‘ frontman Kieran, who’s dropping by to chat about the band’s exciting new chapter, their brand spanking new album, and – because why not – the joys of assembling Swedish...

Live from Truck 2024 with The Amazons, VLURE and Divorce.

Down With Boring is checking in with another of our summer festival specials, as the circus hits the road and appears LIVE! ON STAGE! AT READING! CAPITAL LETTERS REQUIRED! Recorded direct from the Aux Stage at last month's edition of August's premier chaos factory, Jake and Jamie are joined by Dork faves Talk Show and Daydreamers, plus some very big pot plants - because nothing says live podcast l...

Down With Boring is back from its festival based soiree for a very special edition recorded at this month’s Dork’s Day Out extravaganza. One of a series of festival specials you’ll be blessed with over the next few weeks, Jake and Jamie are talking to all the acts that blessed our summer party a few weeks ago, including Gretel, Nell Mescal, Bleach Lab, Phoebe Green, Lip Filler, Delights and Welly....

We're back after a short hiatus with the mighty Pale Waves, direct from their secret Dork's Night Out comeback show a few weeks ago. Plus Charli xcx, Fontaines D.C., Welly and more.

This week’s edition of our flagship podcast-slash-radio-show-slash-thingy Down With Boring features special guests aren’t-they-doing-well ‘viral’ sensations Good Neighbours. The duo have had a storming year so far, with breakthrough track ‘Home’ running up hundreds of millions of streams as they mark themselves out as one of the most exciting new bands ‘around’. Elsewhere on the latest DWB, we’re...

This week’s edition of our flagship podcast-slash-radio-show-slash-thingy Down With Boring comes to you live (well, recorded live) and direct (well, after a few days of editing) from last week’s bumper edition of Dork’s Night Out. Taking place at London’s iconic 100 Club last Wednesday (8th May), we’re chatting to our future superstar headliner and Hype List 2024 cover queen Nell Mescal, the impos...

They’ve just come off a UK tour that saw them live streaming to more people on the Dork Instagram than could fit in the venue they were playing ( and London’s KOKO is no tiny circuit venue, ‘FYI’ ). With their new album ‘Midnight Butterflies’ imminent, Dork indie faves Sea Girls are back in to Down With Boring this week. Plus! We’ll be talking the new album from current cover star Lizzy McAlpine,...

This week, we’re ‘live’ from Brighton’s Prince Albert with Panic Shack and Plantoid for Son Estrella Galacia’s mini-fest of live music, beer culture, gastronomy, and a commitment to “positive environmental impact”. Oooo, etc.

Down With Boring is embracing chaos this week, as we’re joined by special guests, Courting. With their second album, ‘New Last Name, ‘ out earlier this year, the former Dork cover stars are typically ‘good value’, as ever. Elsewhere on this week’s show we’ll be chatting through new music from Bleachers, Yard Act, Conan Gray, Been Stellar, Hinds, Charli XCX and more.

English Teacher are on the road to a debut album that’s more than worth the wait. Taking a break from roaming around Bruges to call in from separate hotel rooms, elsewhere on this week’s show we’ll be chatting through new music from IDLES, Crawlers, Lime Garden, Alfie Templeman, Thomas Headon and Talk Show.

On this week's DWB, we're going deep on the album of the moment, The Last Dinner Party's debut full-length 'Prelude to Ecstasy'. Plus, new music from Paramore, Pixey and more.

Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is catching up with one of our Hype List 2024 inductees this week. NewDad are about to release their debut album ‘Madra’, and the Galway gang will be joining us to talk all about it. Elsewhere on this week’s show we’ll be chatting through new albums from Green Day and The Vaccines, plus spinning new music from Rachel Chinouriri, English Tea...

Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is back for the new year, and already knee-deep in festival fun. Recorded live from this weekend’s Rockaway Beach, Jake and Jamie are on site and checking in with the likes of The Cribs, Dream Wife, Hinds and DEADLETTER. Start the year as you mean to go on, and all that.

Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is reporting live from our big Christmas bash this week. Recorded live from Dork’s Christmas Night Out last week at London’s legendary 100 Club, we’re joined by Panic Shack, Lambrini Girls and The Itch as we run through all the festive fun.

Down With Boring is checking in with the brains behind one of our favourite albums of 2023, as the magnificent former Dork cover-star Georgia joins us for a catch-up. She’s heading up an episode packed with faves, as we delve deep into Baby Queen‘s debut album ‘Quarter Life Crisis’, check out new music from VLURE, Spector, NewDad and Wasia Project, and welcome back the mighty Girls Aloud. Oh. And ...

Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is going global for an Iceland Airwaves special, recorded live from the festival earlier this month. Hosts Jake Hawkes and Jamie Muir are joined by a slew of talent, including Eurovision legend Daði Freyr, brilliant Belfast trio Kneecap and Dork faves Lime Garden and Sprints. Plus, y’know, just the President of Iceland. No. Really.

Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is getting spooky at last Thursday’s Night of the Living Dork II this week, as we bring you all the action from our big Halloween spectacular. Recorded at the show, hosts Jake Hawkes and Jamie Muir are joined by ‘the bands’ – the magnificent Walt Disco and equally terrific FEET – for a suitably themed special edition of the pod.

As they play one of this week’s War Child UK Day of the Girl shows – which we’ll be all across as media partner, ‘FYI’ – we’ll be catching up with northern indie trailblazers The Mysterines. Elsewhere, we’re going deep on Paramore‘s collab-tastic new sort-of-remix-sort-of-rework album ‘Re: This Is Why’, plus new music from some of the most exciting new acts around, including Mary In The Junkyard,...

This week, we're focusing on Mitski's brilliant new album, plus new music from Declan McKenna, Bleachers, Holly Humberstone, blink-182 and more.