The Skinny with Mike and Adam

We've got an extra album review for you guys this week. We've got yet another highly anticipated release with Saosin's long awaited third album, 'Along the Shadow'. Find out what we thought in our track-by-track review.

This week, we'll be reviewing two albums in two separate episodes. On this episode, we'll going track-by-track with the long awaited fourth album titled 'Misadventures', from San Diego's Pierce the Veil. (Review begins at 19:07) Also on this episode, we discuss the new song and album release date for The Amity Affliction's fifth record; our thoughts on the new song from Brand New; an announcement...

Kicking off a massive month of music releases, Adam and Mike review 'The Shadow Side' by Andy Black - the solo album from the lead singer of Black Veil Brides. Find out what we think of this album - in which we were not anticipating at all due to the fact that we are not fans of Black Veil Brides. Did our distaste for BVB carry over to this solo outing? Or were we pleasantly surprised?

On this week's episode, Mike shares with Adam and the audience the results and experience so far on OK Cupid and whether or not he thinks it'll be a success. Before that, we discuss album release dates for Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mark Hoppus comments on Tom Delonge's statements from last week, Scott Stapp clarifies the rumors that he's joined Stone Temple Pilots, and Wes Scantlin gett...

Catching up on all of the recent news and album announcements for the past couple of weeks, Adam and Mike discuss the new albums coming out in the next few weeks and into the Summer for bands like Emarosa, Blink 182, Bayside, Northern Lights, Lindsey Sterling, Moose Blood, and many more. Sounding Off, Adam reviews albums from New Found Glory and Every Time I Die.

In a very special mini-episode, Adam was lucky enough to interview the lead singer of New Zealand's most popular band, The Innocence In Inspiration, Julian Darby. We find out why the band has taken so long to branch out to the United States and what inspires Julian in his song-writing and in his everyday life. #AnotherLifeSaved

This week, after two weeks off, we forgo a normal format show for a fast-n-loose casual episode and discuss all the news and topics that we've missed like the Man Overboard Farewell For Now tour, the new album from Thrice, the reunion of Mike's favorite band Thursday, the Warped Tour lineup, and many more.

Adam and Mike head off to San Diego, CA to check out Brian Fallon (yet again) for the Painkillers Tour. While we were there, we got to talk with some awesome and knowledgeable fans about their relationship with Fallon's music, The Gaslight Anthem, the new album, and other such topics. 

Adam and Mike do a track-by-track review of 'Painkillers' by Brian Fallon (Review begins at 28:22). Also on the show, new album announcements from Pierce the Veil, Andy Black, and Saosin; an article that speculates which members of Guns N Roses will attend the reunion show at Coachella; the nominations for the Alternative Press Music Awards; Microsoft opens up Xbox Live for cross platform play; an...

Mike creates a Tinder profile and looks through the available fish-in-the-sea as a way to gauge the likeliness of his chances of being alone forever. Love is grand... Also discussed on this episode, the new album release date for Tegan and Sara; the new song from A Day To Remember; The 1975's new album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200; the new trailer for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping;...

Adam and Mike review “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it” by The 1975 (Review begins at 36:21). Also discussed, new albums announcements and release dates for LIGHTS, Sunrise Skater Kids, Dance Gavin Dance, and Architects; Foo Fighters released a video outlining their future plans; multiple members of A Lot Like Birds released statements regarding the departure...

Adam and Mike attended the Brian Fallon solo tour last week - in which they intended to release an episode interviewing fans but couldn't due to weather. They discuss the show, the songs, and the comedy stylings of Brian Fallon! Also discussed, Mikey Way's new band, Electric Century; Jarrod Alonge's Sunrise Skater Kids full length album; the scrapped Blink 182 album; Moose Blood dropping out of Se...

Valentine’s Day was this past Sunday. There are usually two types of people on Valentine’s Day: people who are in love and in happy relationships and people who are alone, sad, and miserable. On this week’s show, Adam shares his Top 5 Favorite Love Songs and Mike shares his Top 5 Songs He Listens To When He’s Alone and Miserable. Also discussed on this episode, we've got a slew of new album announ...

We're back from a week off and this week, Adam and Mike discuss their trips to Montana and Missouri. Mike went on vacation to help take his mind off of what's been a difficult year so far. And Adam went to visit family due to his grandfather passing away. Also, rounding out the end of the episode, Adam reviews albums from La Dispute, Tonight Alive, and Moose Blood.

On this week's episode, Adam and Mike review the first highly anticipated album of 2016, 'Death of a Bachelor' by Panic! at the Disco (Review begins at 23:03) Also discussed on the episode, the widow of the late Wayne Static of Static X was found dead in her home last week of an apparent suicide and the members of Thursday got back together for the first time in five years. Finally, Mike briefly d...

Adam and Mike sit down and go through all of the important news stories that have gone by during the past five weeks while the Skinny recorded their end of the year music discussions. Also, we talk about what some of our most anticipated albums of 2016 are. Topics include Wes Scantlin's recent arrest, the death of David Bowie, the new solo song by Brian Fallon, and many, many more. Finally, Adam r...

With 2015 FINALLY behind us, 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! Please Like our page on Facebook  and feel free to continue the discussion over there. Let us know what you thought of our lists and tell us what some of YOUR favorite songs of the year are as well.

With the new year upon us and 2015 now a distant memory, Adam and Mike share the songs that they will remember going forward as 2015's BEST! This week, we hear their Top 12 Best Songs of 2015 (part 1: songs 12 - 7).  Since this ended up being an extra long episode, please tune in next week to hear the second half and find out what songs they have considered to rule above them all!

It's our final episode of the year, so what better way to celebrate than to share our Best Albums of 2015! 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 Albums of 2014! Did you listen to any albums this year that disappointed you or just flat out hated? Please feel free to  share your thoughts .

**Production note: Please bare with us again this week as we experienced more audio glitches and sound issues which caused Mike's microphone to cut out in some spots of the recording. We are working on figuring out the cause of the problem(s) and we will prevent them from happening once we get to the bottom of it. Again, we apologize and we thank you for your patience.** We've reached the end of 2...

On a brief mini-sode, Adam and Mike discuss the recent San Bernardino shooting incident and how Adam was about a block away from the madness when it occurred. Also, one of Adam's favorite frontmen, Scott Weiland, died on Friday at the age of 48.

Adam and Mike catch up and talk about their first pop-punk concert with The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, and You Blew It! They also ponder whether or not they are too old to attend pop-punk concerts. Also discussed, Spotify reuploads Victory Records' music; Randy Blythe of Lamb of God was jumped in Dublin; rumor has it, Guns N' Roses will be reuniting for a world tour; The A...

Adam and Mike review “ Hate Me ” by Escape the Fate. Also on the episode, new album announcements from Panic! At The Disco, Tilian Pearson of Dance Gaving Dance, Jarrod Alonge, and Shane Told of Silverstein; Spotify pulled all Victory Records music from their service over unpaid royalties; Taylor Swift's album 1989 became the fifth album in history to spend a year on the Billboard Top 10; Mike rev...

Adam and Mike review “ ASD ” by A Skylit Drive. (Review begins at 20:45) Also on the show, the guys share their thoughts on last week's Feels Like Forever US Tour; SECRETS release their new single and announce the release date of their new album; Tilian Pearson of Dance Gavin Dance released a new song; Jesse Lacey of Brand New made a handful of tearful announcements at a recent show; Miley Cyrus i...