The Skinny with Mike and Adam

‘Swan Song’ is the fifth album by the ever-evolving band The Plot In You and the follow up to one of our favorite albums of 2018. The band is led by the enigmatic and creative Landon Tewers who seems to be constantly writing and experimenting with new sounds and new elements. So needless to say, we had high expectations of this album when it released on 9/17. Find out what we thought of it in our...

In celebration for the band's upcoming album this weekend, we do a retrospective on one of our long-time favorite active bands, Thrice. We go over all of the band's major releases and reminisce over their bold musical directions and sometimes even bolder projects. Thrice has always been a band that we've counted on to bring us consistently great albums throughout the years, no matter what the...

Halsey is not a woman, she's a god.....and she just released her 4th studio album, 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power', last week! This high-concept record explores the singer-songwriter's thoughts and emotions regarding themes of femininity, misogyny, pregnancy, and spirituality and we'd like to attempt to piece it all together in this track-by-track review! Also discussed on the show this week,...

We've got another mini spotlight episode for you guys! This time, we give the spotlight to a few great, unique, diverse bands who reached out to the show recently and whom all have new music on the horizon! We think these bands are worth sharing with you guys and we hope that you'll go on and learn more about them after this episode. Links to the band's social media and music pages can be found be...

We've recently been acquainted with the music of English singer-songwriter, Frank Turner. His ambitious 2019 album, 'No Man's Land', left a big imprint on us that we decided to talk about it with one another and with the audience in this track-by-track review! Once you're through listening to this episode, go and check out Frank Turner's most recent album and hear for yourself the fantastic story-...

This one is for the mamas and papas out there and for the kids at heart! Suggested to us by a friend of the show over on our Discord, we put together a list of our Top 5 songs from Disney and Pixar movies! Some of these songs come from movies that meant a lot to us a youngsters and since we and a lot of the people that we interact with are parents too, some of these songs also hold a significance...

The follow up to one of our favorite albums of 2020 is here with Creeper's 'American Noir'! Does this companion album recorded during the 'Sex, Death, & The Infinite Void' sessions live up to the bombastic and thematic nature of it's predecessor? Find out what we thought of it in this week's track-by-track breakdown! Also discussed and reviewed this week, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, A Story Tol...

Just like with most art forms, as time goes on and as our tastes evolve, sometimes we outgrow certain albums that we once loved and at the same time, sometimes an album that we didn't like on first impression can end up being a personal favorite years later. That's what this episode is about - some big examples of Albums That We've Changed Our Minds On - thanks to a suggestion brought to us on our...

Thanks to a suggestion on our Discord, one of our listeners asked us to discuss a list of bands that have had some great consecutive album runs! So we did just that! Also on the show, we share our thoughts on albums from bands and artists such as Structures, YONAKA, WILLOW (Smith), Clairo, The Maine, Meat Loaf, Cat Stevens, Dave Matthews Band, and Live! #Structures #Yonaka #Willow #Clairo #TheMain...

So this might be a bit of a strange episode in that we won't be doing so much as a track-by-track breakdown of one of Adam's favorite albums that Mike didn't review 100% favorably on a recent episode, but it'll be more of a personal exploration and evaluation from both the guys in hopes that Adam and help Mike to better understand it. So, in a way, the main segment of the show is more of just a pe...

This is a special cross-uploaded episode in which Adam was nice enough to guest on Mike's new video game podcast, The Dorkiest. If you enjoy this and you'd like to hear more, please subscribe anywhere that you like to listen to great podcasts! We will return to your regularly scheduled Skinny very soon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. Subscribe on: Spotify Amazon Music Apple Podcasts Goog...

Here at the end of June, we're halfway through 2021, so we thought it'd be a good time to check in with both the bets and the draft picks for the year as well as refresh our memories on the major albums that we've checked out so far. Here's to hoping for a lot more big and amazing new album releases for the next six months! Also on the show, we share our thoughts on recent albums from AFI, Free Th...

With the 9th studio album from Rise Against recently released, we thought it would be a great time to go back and reminisce about the history of the band's music and how they've helped influence our music tastes and even our ideals throughout the last 20+ years. So while you're checking out 'Nowhere Generation' this week, whether you're a new or long-time listener of the band, take a trip dow...

On this episode, we just have a nice, chill conversation about the albums that we've been listening to over the past week. It was a lazy, laid-back Memorial Day for us, so we got together and had a nice, casual episode about some music. The next time we get together, we'll have a nice, full episode either about a track by track review of one of the big albums coming up or a show topic. But in the...

I'm sure it's happened to all of us; we fall in love with an album, we listened to it again and again and again, and one day we just realize that we no longer need to listen to it anymore. That's what we're tackling on this week's episode - The Albums That Have Run Their Course in our lives. Be they personal reasons, outside influences, or something that one of the band members did that you don't...

We were lucky enough to score an interview with Xavier Raymond (X-Ray), the lead singer of the pop-punk / metalcore / experimental band 'Flood The Drought' from Canada! Their new single comes out next week and their new sophomore album comes out at the end of July! Check out this very special episode of The Skinny! Also on the episode this week, we share our thoughts on albums from bands like...

On this week's episode, we do a track-by-track review of the sophomore album from Wales band, Holding Absence. This album was very much a HUGE surprise to the two both of us after our middling reception of their 2019 self-titled debut. Find out why this one resonated with us a bit more by hanging out with us on this week's edition of The Skinny! Also discussed this week, we take a little time to m...

We're back after a short two week break and on this week's episode, we become the architects of the proposed Mt. Rushmore of Emo - and hopefully this one WON'T be built on existing stolen indigenous land! We share our nominees of which four scene figures deserves to be carved into the mountain and not only that, but who gets to take the place of each of the four presidents of the current Mt. Rushm...

We'd love to hear YOUR THOUGHTS on what you think of the show and what you think the overall direction should go in. Please be as honest as possible. All answers are set to be anonymous and we will gauge the feedback given and use it to help shape the types of episodes that the listeners would prefer to hear. Thank you so much for your participation and your continued support! We want to make the...

What on Earth is a "diddy"? What does it mean when an album "slaps"? And why do Mike and Adam come up with nonsensical terms and phrases for songs and albums instead of just saying whether or not they enjoy the music like normal people?! The answer to these quandaries and many more can be found in this week's episode, dear listener! Over the many years, we've said a lot of weird stuff and use...

Happy 15 Year Anniversary of the Year 2006, everyone! We here on The Skinny have long lamented our reverence for the music of 2006. So many great albums from so many great bands that would go on to be our favorites and release more classic records in the years to come. But today - like we ever needed an excuse to talk about these amazing records - we're going to share our Top 10 Albums of 2006 wit...

Spoiler alert! We LOVE this album! So please go and listen to it before checking out this week's track-by-track review! If you STILL need convincing, well then you can simply listen to us gush over the entire album as we discuss the well written compositions, the infectious choruses, and the awesome ways that the record knows when to shine and go big! As you can probably tell, we both adore this a...

One of the biggest - and one of the most apprehensive - albums of the year has come out this past Friday and we're fortunate enough to be able to put out a track-by-track review of 'To Those That Wish To Exist' by Architects. The band made a big splash back in October of 2020 with the release of the album's debut single, "Animals", and ever since then, the online discourse revolving this band has...

To celebrate the 360th episode of this show - coming back full-circle, Adam went back and revisited episode 1 from all the way back in 2012 and shared with us some of the topics we discussed back then as well as some of the awkwardness and even some of the cringey moments that us two inexperienced, try-hard podcasters tried to pull more than 8 years ago. Also discussed on the show this week, Manch...

As per tradition in the times of yore, when a man loses a Skinny Betting Special, a man must payeth up. That's right, this week, Adam is cashing in his debt to the betting gods while we watch along together on one of our favorite movies, The Cable Guy from 1996 - starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. You can either watch along with us with a non-movie audio version or simply listen to th...