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 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.
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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 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’).
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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 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.
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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 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.
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