Down With Boring

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 Together For Palestine, and attempt to unpack the mystery of Elton John’s oven. We’ll be back in January with a special live episode recorded on stage at Rockaway on 2nd January.

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.

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.

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?!

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’).