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 the weekend’s most exciting artists, starting with the magnificent Lambrini Girls, who dropped in for a chat after they made their incendiary Main Stage debut.

We also caught up with the brilliant Nell Mescal to get all the details on her upcoming EP and massive new tour dates. Plus, we dive into what’s coming next from Liverpool’s own buzzy new talent, Luvcat, who gives us the latest on that much-anticipated debut album.

It’s the perfect way to relive the weekend, or just catch up on what you missed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Years’, as he steps out as a Proper Concern in his own right. If how that gig went down is anything to go by, he’ll do just fine.

Meanwhile, we’re diving deep into Dork cover stars’ Divorce and their debut album ‘Drive To Goldhammer’, and blasting through some quality new music from Sports Team, Black Country New Road, Chloe Qisha, HotWax and more.

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 around.

First up, Welly stops by to chat about his(-slash-their-slash-whatever) brand new album, life inside the Hype List Tour, and the ever-pressing question of how many browser tabs is too many. (Apparently, a lot fewer than we currently have open!) We’ll also get the lowdown on his favourite Chas ‘n’ Dave tracks and compare notes on some ultra-local venue choices along the way.

Meanwhile, Polly Money checks in to talk about releasing fresh material, much of which she’s debuting live on tour. From new tunes to on-the-road tales, there’s plenty to keep your ears perked for.

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 stride, occupying that sweet spot between ambition and authenticity. Which basically means it’s high time they made it onto the show.

Meanwhile, we’re going over Inhaler’s new album ‘Open Wide’, and blasting through some quality new music from the likes of Welly, Chloe Slater, Divorce and more.

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 ‘studio’ with your actual Boygenius, plus an extended chat about weird sea creatures. You’re used to it by now.

During the chat, jasmine mentions a crowdfunder for her friend Yulia, currently on remand in HMP Bronzefield following a violent raid and arrest in November. More information on the fundraiser and a link to donate can be found here.

Meanwhile, we’re dissecting FKA twigs’ new album ‘Eusexua’, and blasting through some quality new music from Chloe Qisha, Viagra Boys, Swim School and more.