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.
Dork Radio’s Down With Boring returns with The North (https://readdork.com/artists/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. (https://readdork.com/artists/fontaines-d-c), Sports Team (https://readdork.com/artists/sports-team), Bleech 9:3 (https://readdork.com/artists/bleech-93), Holly Humberstone (https://readdork.com/artists/holly-humberstone) and Fat Dog (https://readdork.com/artists/fat-dog).
7 Sept 2026
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 deterioration while catching up with some of the weekend's best talent and putting them through their paces in a brand new game, On The Grid, inspired by the main stage's latest rebrand. The awards are clearly in the post.
James Marriott (https://readdork.com/artists/james-marriott) stops by freshly armed with news of his upcoming single and a headline date at Brixton Academy. He opens up about climbing the festival bill, fleeing the British winter for Australia, and whether he'd rather post a selfie with Timothée Chalamet or the world's oldest tortoise.
Opening up the festival to a packed tent, Tooth (https://readdork.com/artists/tooth) join in to recount their full-circle memories of attending Reading as teenagers, their DIY approach to making gig zines, and the terrifying experience of playing bass while Shame's Josh looks on.
Pop contender Arthur Hill (https://readdork.com/artists/arthur-hill) checks in after meeting fans and coming off a massive year. He discusses his cover of 'Careless Whisper', bringing a live horn section to the stage, preparing for his debut US headline tour, and his surprising holiday hotspot of choice.
Finally, making their UK festival debut, Minneapolis indie outfit She's Green share their perspective on Reading's rite-of-passage energy, staying in a remote cabin to write their upcoming debut album, and why hot dog eating contests might just be their true calling.
27 Jul 2026
Down With Boring #0170: 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 reasonably assemble. Swim Deep opened with a masterclass in festival fun, tracks from fifth album 'Hum' going down a treat before those classic indie bangers finish the job. Just For Fun and KuleeAngee kept things moving at pace with some of the best new music you’ll hear all weekend, while our favourite Luton party-starters The Itch turned the fairy forest into a full-blown fantasy rave. Then, against all health and safety advice, Sports Team headlined at a gloriously disreputable quarter past midnight with a packed tent and a Vanessa Carlton cover.
We grabbed Sports Team, Swim Deep and The Itch for a much needed catch up as we desecrated the UK's most idyllic festival site in the name of weird, wonky and wonderful pop music.
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