The Skinny with Mike and Adam

We've reached the end of 2016! 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 were neither the best nor the worst, but are at least worth bringing up for one reason or another.

Apparently, the United States elected a new president, or something. So this week, we get all Fox News/MSNBC/CNN and have our first and only political discussion for this year. We share our thoughts and perspectives from an independent, third-party point-of-view and discuss topics such as the legitimacy of President Trump, the hypocricy of both the Republican and Democratic parties, the exhausting...

Back from a two week break, we do a fast-and-loose style episode and catch up with some of the news stories we missed like The Word Alive, Craig Owens new side project, new albums from AFI and The Menzingers, and many more. Also, we walk through Adam's experiences with the Chicago Cubs winning the world series after 108 years and the recent concerts we've been to.

One of our last most-anticipated albums of 2016 is the comeback album from Sum 41 called '13 Voices'. Sum 41 has been a favorite for us here on the show and we feel like they are a highly underrated band with an ever evolving sound. Find out how this new album stacks up with the rest of their releases in our track-by-track review. Also discussed on this episode, Frank Iero and his bandmates were i...

We've got a full track-by-track review for the seventh album, "Mothership", by Sacremento post-hardcore/funk band, Dance Gavin Dance. DGD has been a fast favorite amongst the two of us, making this album another highly anticipated release for us. Find out if this album lives up to their previous records - some of which have gone on to be some of our all-time favorites. (Review begins at 18:30) Als...

In anticipation of Sum 41's new album releasing this week, Adam and Mike go back in time to review 2011's 'Screaming Bloody Murder' - which they consider their best album to date. Sum 41 is a band that The Skinny considers highly under-rated who were passed over because of their less-than-stellar old singles. But if you can look past that, you'll find that the band is ever-evolving who has taken i...

This week, we've got the seventh album and follow-up to one of our favorite albums of 2014, 'Tidal Wave' by Taking Back Sunday. Needless to say, it is easily one of our most anticipated albums of this year. So find out if it met our expectations in our track-by-track review. (Review begins at 25:04) Also on the show this week, the Spice Girls are holding auditions for two new honorary members to j...

Now that we have access to a well-known fictional time-traveler, we enlist his help once more in altering the past and re-doing our Best Albums of 2013. 2013 was a great year for music and since then, we've listened and fallen in love with a large number of records that we passed over originally; so much so, that we thought it was necessary to go back and tell our past selves about them...just lik...

It's been two years since the world's greatest rap duo, Drive By Curious, released their debut album. At long last, they have released their follow-up, Come On Guys (although, I'm still not sure they're aware that the grammatical error turns that album title into something completely different). Not only that, but both mcKILLough and Rainbow Sprinkle join us in the studio after our review to talk...

A Day To Remember's sixth studio album, 'Bad Vibrations', was released this past week. Find out what two men in their thirties thought about this album from a band which consistently writes music for modern teens. (Review begins at ) Also discussed on the episode this week, Chris Brown was involved in a standoff with LA SWAT (unfortunately, he was not shot); and we've got album release dates for M...

After an unintentional week off, we're back with this week's episode in which we review the seventh studio album by New York punk band, Bayside. We were intrigued by lead singer, Anthony Raneri's, recent podcast interview in which he described the writing process for this record as well as the difficult themes of divorce, custody, and depression. Find out what we thought about it in our track-by-t...

Back in 2014, The Amity Affliction's 'Let The Ocean Take Me' was ranked very high on both Adam and Mike's top albums of the year. Because of this, the band's new album 'This Could Be Heartbreak' has quickly become one of our most anticipated albums of this year. Find out how it stacks up against their acclaimed last album in our track-by-track review (Review begins at 34:00). Also on this episode,...

In a very special episode this week, Adam and Mike are granted a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet a famous fictional time-traveler to positively affect the past. So what better way to take advantage of this theoretical technology than by re-doing our lists for our Best Albums of 2012! Find out what the smarter, wiser, (and sadder) Mike and Adam from the future say are the best albums from th...

We're back in the studio this week, but we've got a lot of album announcements to catch up on as well as a review of the surprise hit second album from Southern California hardcore punk band, Capsize. The band's first album was serviceable at best, so we weren't really expecting to enjoy this follow-up from the band as much as we did. Find out why we enjoyed it so much in our track-by-track review...

200 Episodes! Wow, I never would have thought we would have done this many episodes of The Skinny. And lucky for us, this week's show coincided with our trip to the Taste of Chaos tour in San Bernardino, CA. We were surprised with the opening act for the day, solo artist Cory Wells, who moved us with his raw and passionate performance. Thankfully, he was nice enough to sit with us and give a great...

One day before we get to go to the Taste of Chaos tour as media press, we went to see Senses Fail perform at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. Senses Fail has been a long time favorite for Mike and on this week's episode, we get to talk to other long time fans about their history with the band and how much the music and the song-writing relates to them.

Many of Blink 182's long time fans have been eagerly awaiting their seventh studio album 'Calfornia' which is the band's first album not to feature founding member Tom DeLonge. Does this new direction for the band pay off? Or are they missing a vital cog in their music making machine? Find out what we thought in our track-by-track review. Also on the show, Mike briefly reviews '131' by Emarosa and...

We've got a nice, full episode for you guys this week. Mainly, we review the new album from Hail the Sun called 'Culture Scars' as recommended by one of our listeners. (Review begins at 33:03) Also on the episode this week, we share the new album release dates for Capture the Crown, Sianvar, The Color Morale, Lindsey Stirling, Of Mice & Men, and Taking Back Sunday; Aerosmith announces their 20...

On this week's episode, we got the pleasure of getting to know Valley Taylor, the frontman from the band Higuera. Their debut EP, 'Always Have A Secret Plan' is out now! We reviewed the album on a previous episode and now we got to the lead song-writer of those songs. We discuss Valley's musical influences, his life growing up in an untraditional household, the song-writing process, and much more!...

For the past several weeks, we've been giving the spotlight to a lot of popular, well-known bands with our track-by-track reviews, but this week, we'll be shining the light on some well-deserving indie rock bands from Los Angeles by reviewing two EPs; the self-titled EP from Outside Animals and 'Always Have A Secret Plan' by Higuera. Also, Adam reviews "Bloom & Breathe" and "Parallel Lives" by...

Rounding down our review season, we check out the fourth album by LA soul-punk band, letlive. The band takes quite a musical departure from their previous records, so find out what we thought about it. 

On today's episode, we review the second full-length album from Beartooth, "Aggressive". This is the follow-up to the surprise debut album from former Attack Attack! frontman, Caleb Shomo.  Also on the episode, Adam reviews "We Don't Have Each Other" and "Bittersweet EP" by Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - the side-project from Dan 'Soupie' Campbell from The Wonder Years.

Keeping the review train running, Adam and Mike review one of the comeback record from the recently reunited Thrice. It's one of our most anticipated albums of the last four years, so find out if it lives up to the hype. Also on the show, Adam reviews "Resurrection" by New Found Glory and "All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us" by Architects.

On this week's episode, we got to talk to Colin Orthmann from the LA band, Outside Animals. Their new self-titled EP comes out this Friday, June 10th and we discuss the LA music scene, what the band has been up to for the past three years, and we get to know Colin a little better with our set of lightning round questions at the end. Check out the band's music over on iTunes, SoundCloud, and on the...

One of our most anticipated albums of 2016 is finally out - Headspace by Issues. This week, we do a track-by-track review of the record and find out whether or not it lives up to their interesting, if not devisive, first album. Also on the show this week, Adam reviews "From Parts Unknown" by Every Time I Die, "Radiosurgery" by New Found Glory and "Boxes" by the Goo Goo Dolls.