The Skinny with Mike and Adam

We’ve reached the halfway point of 2026, so Adam and Mike go through the mid-year review for The Skinny! We check it with the album draft picks and the bets and see if there have been any exciting new developments so far. Also on the episode, thoughts on the music output of the year so far, hype checks on the albums that have been announced for the second half of the year, and catching up on each...

In this episode, Adam becomes more and more delirious reading the upcoming new releases calendar and we catch up with what we've been listening to over the past several week, including more Alan Jackson, The Deftones, Carly Rae Jepsen, and even a NEW album from 2026.  _______________________________________ Consider supporting the show by donating and tipping on our Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.c...

It's that time once again for the greatest sporting event of the year...the Skinny Draft Special for the 2026 season! Just like we did last year, we are 'drafting' bands to release new music this calendar year to come out on top with the highest score! _______________________________________ Find us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/2jv87Wypvw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profil...

This week, we share the best of the best with our tracks 6 to 1 of our Best Songs of 2025! Let us know what you thought of our lists over on our social media pages linked below and tell us what some of YOUR favorite songs of the year are as well. #ArmsLength #BarteesStrange #ConanGray #Creeper #HauntedMouths #LIGHTS #MotionCitySoundtrack #RebeccaBlack #SamFender #SleepToken Check out our Spotify P...

With the new year upon us, Adam and Mike share their favorite songs of 2025! This week, we hear their Top 12 Best Songs of 2025 (part 1: songs 12 - 7). #Avantasia #Creeper #TheDevilWearsPrada #EthelCain#Ghost #Hundredth #SamFender #SlowlySlowly _______________________________________ Find us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/2jv87Wypvw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/theskinnypodcast.bsky...

2025 has come to a close, and unfortunately, the album output this year has been…questionable, to put it nicely. With that being said, we are foregoing our traditional 3-episode end-of-the-year spectacular in favor of one final episode to close out the year. We countdown our least favorite albums, the okay albums, and the ones that were slightly better than okay! #ArmsLength #Avantasia #Babymetal...

After thirteen years of doing this together, Adam and Mike have made it to episode 500!  To celebrate this milestone, we’ve been counting down our Top 100 Albums leading up to this episode where we share albums 10 to 1!  We hope that you’ve been enjoying this ride with us all year long and from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU so much for spending time with us! It means the world ♥ Countdown be...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #20 to #11! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 1:00:25 #AFI #blessthefall #BrandNew #BrianFallon #BringMeTheHorizon #FromFirstToLast #GooGo...

On the road to 500, we've invited a very special guest; someone who's been such a big part of this podcast for many years with his comments, letters, feedback, interactions, and suggestions, friend of the show - and joining us from The Dorkiest Podcast - Daniel, is back to share his TOP 100 ALBUMS! We hope you enjoy having another massive list of albums to check out for yourselves from som...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #30 to #21! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 54:40 #TheAmityAffliction #ArmsLength #Bayside #BrianFallon #Chiodos #Cona...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #40 to #31! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 46:32 #AFI #TheAmityAffliction #BringMeTheHorizon #Creeper #FromFirstToLas...

We’ve reached the halfway point of 2025, so Adam and Mike go through the mid-year review for The Skinny! We check it with the album draft picks and the bets and see if there have been any exciting new developments so far. Also on the episode, thoughts on the music output of the year so far, hype checks on the albums that have been announced for the second half of the year, and catching up on each...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #50 to #41! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 47:55 #ArmorForSleep #AsItIs #BlessTheFall #BobDylan #BringMeTheHorizon #C...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #60 to #51! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 53:06 #Bayside #BrianFallon #BringMeTheHorizon #CoryWells #Creeper #DeathC...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #70 to #61! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 53:03 #BadOmens #Beartooth #BobDylan #DaveHause #FrankTurner #TheHonoraryT...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #80 to #71! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! Countdown begins at: 1:02:03 #AliceInChains #ASkylitDrive #Bayside #BrianFallon #BringMeTheHori...

Welcome back to The Greatest Song In The World, our recurring monthly segment in which we and members of our audience submit some of our all-time favorites in search of The Greatest Song In The World! This month, we’ve got four great nominees thanks in part to some of our listeners and friends of the show! Please continue to stay subscribed to the show as we will continue to share our love for the...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #90 to #81! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! #ChrisCornell #CoheedAndCambria #CountingCrows #Halsey #Letlive #LinkinPark #LucaTurilli #RedHo...

To celebrate our upcoming milestone later in the year, we are redoing and reevaluating our Top 100 Albums! On this episode, we countdown albums #100 to #91! Stay subscribed and tune in at the beginning of each month in 2025 as we continue to share another set of albums that we hold dearest in our hearts! #TheAmityAffliction #ArmorForSleep #ASkylitDrive #BringMeTheHorizon #CoheedAndCambria #Emanuel...

It's that time once again for the greatest sporting event of the year...the Skinny Draft Special for the 2025 season! Just like we did last year, we are 'drafting' bands to release new music this calendar year to come out on top with the highest score! And of course, just like the last few years, we're opening up the draft to our listeners as well! So, find out how you can win a pr...

With 2024  FINALLY behind us - for realsies this time - we release the second part of our Best Songs list! This week, we share the best of the best with our tracks 6 to 1! Let us know what you thought of our lists over on our social media pages linked below and tell us what some of YOUR favorite songs of the year are as well. #Bayside #BringMeTheHorizon #ConanGray #CoryWells #Halsey #Japandroids #...

With the new year upon us and 2024 now a distant memory, Adam and Mike share the songs that they will remember going forward as the year's BEST! This week, we hear their Top 12 Best Songs of 2024 (part 1: songs 12 - 7). Check out the Spotify playlist curated by our listeners over on Discord of some of THEIR favorite songs of this past year as well:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Dc7Pd10nj7hkm...

It's our final episode of the year, so what better way to celebrate than to share our Best Albums of 2024! These are the albums we listened to that will stay with us beyond this calendar year. They are the ones that surpassed our expectations and the ones that we will HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking to listen to some great music! Thank you for celebrating this year in music with us for the past...

In our part two of our three-part end of the year music celebration, we talk about the albums that let us down, the albums that we hated, and the albums that failed to meet our (sometimes unreasonable) expectations - it's our Most Disappointing and Worst Albums of 2024! Did you listen to any albums this year that disappointed you or just flat out hated? ⁠ ⁠Please feel free to share your thoughts⁠⁠...

We've reached the end of 2024! What better way to celebrate than by reflecting on all of the music and albums that we've listened to, reviewed, and celebrated over the past year! In our part one of our three-part series, we share and discuss our Honorable Mentions - the albums that just missed our Top 10 list this year. These are our albums that landed in our Top 20 to 11 of 2024! #AaronWestAndThe...