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 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.
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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 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.
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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.
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.
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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 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.
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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 The Suburbs’, and blasting through some quality new music from the likes of The Pill, Courting, Good Neighbours and one of the best new bands we’ve heard in ages, Florence Road.
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