Sick Set Bro

Tonight we celebrate 69 glorious episodes of our podcast, because 69 is a funny number. Covid restrictions are getting in the way of live gigs again, Reading & Leeds announce a new way of running their festival and Sleeplore, Beauty Sleep and Wood Burning Savages make announcements. Join us live at 8pm.

Iconic designer, artist and CEO of Off-White; Virgil Abloh has passed away. Virgil has left a legacy including but not limited to his design work for artists such as Kanye West, Tyler, the Creator and Drake. Ryan Reynolds is presented a prestigious Governor General's award and Bloc Party return with a modern indie banger.

In the aftermath of the N.I Music Prize and in anticipation for the Grammys, we contemplate creating our own awards ceremony!

We are joined by special guest Jordan Adentunji where we discuss the current climate of the N.I music scene, if he prefers 2Pac or Biggie and what his favourite sneaker is!

A new Beatles museum is just what the music industry needed...Limp Bizkit return with their new album, Drake gets an interesting new 2.2 Million Dollar watch and Sound of Belfast news for this week.

On this week's SSB, we browse through the N.I music prize contestants and make our predictions, discuss the return of Kasabian without Tom Meighan and break down our latest Distant Soundwaves Playlist containing all of our top picks from last month.

Sick Set Bro returns for it's newest season! After a month off, the gang have lots to catch up on including Kanye's new masks, The return of Beauty Sleep, Reasy Ajarro and Dwayne Johnson's music career....what is scarier than that? Join us at 8.30pm for our annualo Halloween Special

We talk with special guests Wynona Bleach about working with Bill Ryder-Jones, recording their debut album in Portugal and what it's like to tour Russia.

Kanye West files to legally change his name, Olivia Rodrigo gives Paramore a writing credit for 'Good 4 U' and Wynona Bleach sign with Fierce Panda

Scott & Matt from three piece rock band 'Lonely Astronauts' join us to discuss their new single and return to live shows.

Money Mike is off on vacation, so Nanndes & The Maple Leaf are at it again as a dynamic duo.  Are Kanye & Drake competing for album of the year?  Who is our favourite picks from this year's Northern Irish Music Prize? Are Ross & Rachel finally getting together!? All this and more on tonight's SICK SET BRO LIVE!

DaBaby Controversy, Northern Irish Music Prize Eligible List and Fred Durst Gets A New Haircut!

Kanye is living at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Wynona Bleach give us another single from their upcoming debut album and Scratch My Progress applications open

We discuss the potential new Kanye West album named after his late Mother "Donda", New Wynona Bleach single, YEO Magazine and why Billionaires are traveling into space.

Will we need covid passports for gigs?  Cherym & Wynona Bleach releasing new music! A Boat crashes into Don's car during the live stream!!!

Live music returns!  New music from ROE, Lemonade Shoelace, Wohn and Mob Wife.

We deep dive into the new Tyler, The Creator album "Call Me If You Get Lost", Van Morrison responds to his Robin Swann comments and A.N.J.A releases her brand new single "Monoxide".

Live music ban extended with Van Morrison taking legal action, Logic comes out of his short-lived retirement and Spotify launches a new app.

We discuss the potential return of live shows with the head of BGO Productions; Sean McCann.  Van Morrison makes some big statements, Sean has a solo EP in the works and Facebook is the graveyard of social media.

We make a playlist of our top 15 songs we have discovered since starting the podcast, play a game of Kanye West Trivia and discuss Bo Burnham's new special "Inside".

Joey from Friends becomes an Irish icon, a previous X Factor contestant speaks out on abuse and we reflect on a year of Covid restrictions.

We discuss the brand new Cherym single, what the worst festival poster in history is and Don unveils an old Ludacris gem from the past.

Bouncers in Belfast, Sam Wicken's Twitter beef with an unknown establishment, new J.Cole and more...

DJ Khaled loves his name, Billie Eilish body controversy and and Elon Musk on SNL.

Potential new Kendrick Lamar coming next week, new Covid restrictions in Northern Ireland around live music and upcoming projects from Don Maple & Hungry Ghost.

Kid Cudi wears a dress on SNL, Live shows come back to Northern Ireland while the Country falls apart and we pay our respects to DMX...

DMX in critical condition after a drug overdose, Kanye West documentary coming to Netflix later this year and Will.i.am reveals his covid mask of the future.

Lil Nas x controversy, sneakers being sold with blood inside them, a powerful music video from Jordan Adetunji and sage wisdom from Rick Rubin all on this week's episode of Sick Set Bro.

We discuss the 2021 Grammy award winners as well as their performances and we try our best to explain what an NFT is, how Kings of Leon released their new album using the format and what it means for the future of the music industry.

With Money Mike absent from the show this week, we have brought back "Nanndes & The Maple Leaf" which is the name of our podcast in an alternate reality where Mike doesn't exist.  Nanndes and Don Maple delve deep into the new Drake EP, speculate about a new potential Paul McCartney project involving QOTSA and Beck that has been teased and unwillingly talk about all those Royal Family shenanigans that has been dominating the news cycle.

Tonight we discuss the potential resurgence of guitar-based chart music, the new single from Moon Landing and the true meaning of glory holes. All this and so much more on tonight's episode of Sick Set Bro Podcast!

The gang livestreams the podcast for the first time as they discuss Reading & Leeds Festival, Post Malone's Pokemon Gig and if copyright laws in music have gone too far.

What sort of release plan works best when dropping new music? Why is Martin Scorsese the topic of Smarten Up Dumbass? What is Fudge Music? These are all questions that you will find the answers to after listening to this week's episode of Sick Set Bro.

Reasy Ajarro join us for a special Valentine's Day episode of Sick Set Bro. We ask sexy questions like; how will Brexit affect visa free travel, how can we recover the Belfast music scene following the pandemic and what does "Reasy Ajarro" even mean? Make babies to this sexy episode of Sick Set Bro this Valentine's Day!

How do you find new music in 2021? That is the big question on this week's episode of Sick Set Bro along with Reasy Ajarro, Revue & Quinncindental in the Shoutout Segment, why we are all stock market experts now and a rendition of a children's book in the stylings of Nick Cave by Don Maple.

It's Independent Venue Week and we are extremely excited to be joined by singer/songwriter Ethan Hanna on this week's episode of Sick Set Bro. We find out how Ethan has been handling the pandemic, what the future holds for him, how the Flaming lips have invented a Covid-safe live show and we check out a bunch of up and coming Canadian artists from Toronto.

We discuss if reviews for artists are actually a good thing or a bad thing, the possibility of Sunflower Festival this year and all the brand new music coming from New Pagans, Reasy Ajarro, Little Geronimo, Sacha and Ember Trails.

We are a man down....but fear not because it is the start of something beautiful!  Nanndes & The Maple Leaf was born tonight in a special 2 man pod.  We discuss how Donald Trump is the devil, what artists we are excited to see make a comeback this year and how Brexit is set to prevent touring across Europe.

Enjoy a New Year cigar with the Bros on this week's episode - We discuss our new year plans while we wait out our current lockdown inception as Covid cases continue to rise.  Dre. Dre is in hospital, Kim and Kanye might be over and we ask an interesting 'BIG QUESTION' regarding friends supporting you as an artist. 

Glastonbury 2021 is still an uncertainty, Bandcamp Fridays will continue in the new year, we recap our favourite music of the year and we ask the big question: "Will live shows ever be the same after the pandemic?"   We have so much to discuss in this extra long holiday special - the brandy and beer was flowing!

KFC is making a lifetime movie about Colonel Sanders starring Mario Lopez, Kid Cudi is dropping Man on the Moon 3 with a feature from Phoebe Bridgers, Fairytale in New York has controversy (again) and we are all going to be watching Jools Holland this New Years Eve - all this and more on this week's SSBP

In a Sick Set Bro first, we are joined by a co-host.  Sarah McCreedy joins us for this entire episode to discuss Bandcamp Fridays, the difference between gigging in the North compared to the South and why Scrooged is the best Christmas movie of all time.

Sarah McCreedy makes an exclusive announcement on the show, we rank Kanye Wests albums & Don Maple once wrote a song all in French about a robot made of dust bin parts? All this and more on this week's episode!

Revue come on the show (virtually) to discuss their new single 'The Wolf', Eddie Van Halen's Son releases a tribute song for his late Father and we discuss how to make music videos on a budget.

System of a Down and Foo Fighters return with a bang, Donald Glover gives us a glimpse into the next Childish Gambino Project, Wynona Bleach release a new music video that was made for only £10 and there has been some WWE drama cooking up online between N.I Music Prize Nominees.

America hangs in the balance, Kanye buys Kim an interesting birthday gift and the boys discuss the upcoming sequel albums from Paul McCartney and Kid Cudi. Shoutouts to Civil Simian, Search Party and Modern Rome regarding their brand new singles.

Spooky, Spooky! Don Mapula returns for the annual Halloween special, joined as always by My-Kill Ledgerwood and Andrew FernanDEAD.  Ferals make a glorious comeback with their new single 'Separate', Civil Simian are on a roll with their third single release within the last 3 months and Kanye West finally went on The Joe Rogan Experience.

WhAt'S tHe DeAl WiTh UnDeRcOvEr BoSs!? *Jerry Seinfeld Voice* - The Northern Ireland music price goes virtual, Ferals are releasing new music at long last and Mike gets a new nickname.

After a year off, the Sick Set Bro crew return.  Kanye is running for president, Don is 3 Heinekens deep and the world is ending....there is a lot to talk about!

Join Don Mapula, Mike-Skull Ledgerwood & Andrew FernanDEAD for a spooktacular Halloween special.  Amidst the horrifying sound effects the Bros discuss the Northern Irish Music Prize, N.I Hip-Hop if Kanye's new album will actually ever come out.

What's the whole deal with the new blink 182 album 'NINE'? What did we get up to during Culture Night 2019?.....and when on Earth is this new Kanye West album actually coming out!?!? All important questions we intend to answer on this episode of Sick Set Bro.