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Down With Boring
by Dork
Direct from leading UK music mag Dork, Down With Boring is our flagship podcast, delivered every two weeks. Featuring the best and most exciting new, emerging and established acts around, the latest tracks, the best new albums and loads more.
Episodes
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Down With Boring #172: The North
Dork Radio’s Down With Boring returns with The North joining as special guests for the first monthly episode following a summer in the festival trenches. The show also features new music from Fontaines D.C., Sports Team, Bleech 9:3, Holly Humberstone and Fat Dog.
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Down With Boring #171: Reading 2026
Dork’s flagship podcast-slash-radio show Down With Boring is back to close out the festival season with a bang, dropping a special update straight from the fields of Reading Festival 2026. With Jamie still AWOL, Jake is left holding down the fort. Across the weekend, he charts his real-time...
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Down With Boring #170: Latitude Festival 2026
Down With Boring makes a (brief) return from its summer hols with a special update from Dork's Big Latitude Opening Party. Taking over Henham Park's Alcove Stage as the crowds set up camp and wandered into the arena for the first time, we filled the woods with the Dorkiest line-up we could...
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Down With Boring #169: The Great Escape 2026
Dork's flagship podcast-slash-radio show Down With Boring is back this month with a special show recorded direct at this year's Great Escape! Spanning the festival's four days, Jake and Jamie caught up with Dork favourites in pubs, vans and gazebos across a brilliant week on the south coast....
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Down With Boring #168: Lime Garden, Olivia Rodrigo and more
Back for another edition with an album of the month from Lime Garden, new music from Olivia Rodrigo, Blossoms and The Itch, and loads more.
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Down With Boring #167: Naomi Scott
Dork's flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring returns with an hour of extra sunlight and Naomi Scott in tow, fresh off the release of her brilliant new album 'F.I.G.' The acting-type-turned-pop-force joins us for a chat recorded at London's hive of new music, the Sebright Arms – and,...
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Down With Boring #0166: Westside Cowboy
Jake and Jamie check in with Westside Cowboy at both ends of their completely sold-out UK headline tour — once at the start, and once at the finish line (cheers, technology failures). Across the episode, they dig into the band’s rapid rise, the reality of touring, and – as ever – the important...
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Down With Boring #0165: Overpass
Overpass join as special guests. We get into their debut album, life on the road, what touring actually does to your brain, and whether they’d happily live on a log flume forever. There’s plenty of new music to get stuck into too. We’re talking Madison Beer’s new album, A$AP Rocky’s latest, and...
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Down With Boring #0164: Rockaway Beach Live
Down With Boring comes at you recorded live from this month's Rockaway Beach, featuring Antony Szmierek and Prima Queen.
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Down With Boring #0163: Xmas Special with Fred from Spector
This week, Fred from Spector drops by to chat about the shows wrapping up the year, the 10th anniversary of ‘Moth Boys’, and what Christmas presents he’d buy for Nelson Mandela and CMAT. Naturally. We also get into our favourite — and least favourite — Christmas classics, talk about ‘Lullaby’ by...
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Down With Boring #0162: The Best of 2025
This time Jake and Jamie are running through the tracks and albums that made their 2025 - expect a bit of Viagra Boys, a touch of Antony Szmierek, a teaspoon of Turnstile and a big old helping of CMAT.
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Down With Boring #0161: Danny Brown, ROSALÍA, Hayley Williams and more
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…
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Down With Boring #0160
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?!
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Down With Boring #0159: Divorce
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...
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Down With Boring #0158: Sprints
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...
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Dork With Boring #0157: VLURE
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...
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Down With Boring #0156: Reading 2025
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...
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Down With Boring #0155: Live at Leeds: In The Park 2025
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...
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Down With Boring #0154: The Great Escape 2025 Special
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...
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Down With Boring #0153: Prima Queen
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....
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Down With Boring #0152: V**gra Boys
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...
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Down With Boring #0151: Chloe Moriondo
Down With Boring is back with a legitimate long-term Friend of the Magazine in tow. Chloe Moriondo is our special guest. With brand new album ‘oyster’ set to drop this coming Friday (28th March), the two time Dork cover star is checking in. Meanwhile, we’re going over Welly‘s new album ‘Big In…
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Down With Boring #0150: Bradley Simpson
Down With Boring is back for its 150th (!!) episode for a new edition of our flagship radio-show-slash-podcast. Bradley Simpson is our special guest, grabbed live and direct from our rammed Dork 100 show last month. That came straight ahead of the release of his debut solo album, ‘The Panic…
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Down With Boring #0149: Hype List Tour 2025 Special
Down With Boring is back for its latest episode, recorded live at the London leg of our Hype List 2025 Tour with Welly, Polly Money, and The Pill. Expect a bumper edition of our flagship radio-show-slash-podcast, as we dig into all the behind-the-scenes action from one of the most exciting bills...
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Down With Boring #0148: overpass
Down With Boring is back for its latest episode. overpass are our special guests. Fresh off being included in our very exclusive Hype List for 2025, the quartet are on the verge of dropping their new EP, ‘Dependent’ at the end of the month. It’s a collection that showcases a bdn hitting their...
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Down With Boring #0147: jasmine.4.t
This time, jasmine.4.t is our special guest, fresh off the back of the release of her Really Very Brilliant Indeed debut album, ‘You Are The Morning’. Released on Queen Phoebe Bridgers’ label Saddest Factory, we get some (probably not) world exclusive stories of what it’s like to be ‘in’ the...
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Down With Boring #0146: Rockaway Beach 2025
Down With Boring brings the seaside shenanigans of Rockaway Beach to your ears, as our intrepid hosts Jake and Jamie deliver a festival special recorded live from the glamorous Butlin’s Bognor Regis that proves January doesn’t have to be all dry veganuary pledges and forgotten gym memberships....
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Down With Boring #0145: Christmas Special 2024 with Sports team
Ho ho ho, etc etc etc. Sports Team are wrapping up 2024 by joining us for a very special Christmas edition of Down With Boring, and – much like your nan’s present pile – this one’s absolutely stacked. Our essential podcast-slash-radio-show is closing out the year with a festive feast of…
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Down With Boring #144: Master Peace
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,...
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Down With Boring #0143: Porridge Radio
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...
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Down With Boring #0142: Lambrini Girls
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…
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Down With Boring #0141: Sunday (1994)
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...
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Down With Boring #0140: Antony Szmierek
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…
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Down With Boring #0139: Circa Waves
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...
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Down With Boring #0138: Truck Festival 2024
Live from Truck 2024 with The Amazons, VLURE and Divorce.
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Down With Boring #0137: Reading Festival 2024
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…
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Down With Boring #0136: Dork's Day Out 2024
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...
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Down With Boring #135: Pale Waves
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.
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Down With Boring #0134: Good Neighbours
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...
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Down With Boring #0133: Nell Mescal, Lexie Carroll & Scout
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),...
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Down With Boring #0132: Sea Girls
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...
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Down With Boring #0131: Panic Shack + Plantoid
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.
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Down With Boring #0130: Courting
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...
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Down With Boring #0129: English Teacher
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...
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Down With Boring #0128: The Last Dinner Party, Paramore and more
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.
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Down With Boring #0127: NewDad
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...
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Down With Boring #0126: Rockaway Beach 2024
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...
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Down With Boring #0125: Dork's Christmas Night Out
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.
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Down With Boring #0124: Georgia
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...
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Down With Boring #0123: Iceland Airwaves
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…
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Direct from leading UK music mag Dork, Down With Boring is our flagship podcast, delivered every two weeks. Featuring the best and most exciting new, emerging and established acts around, the latest tracks, the best new albums and loads more.
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