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 other's lives over the past few weeks.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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

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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 #ConanGray #Creeper #TheDevilWearsPrada #HauntedMouths #Hundredth #LaDispute #LIGHTS MaggieLindemann #SleepToken #SlowlySlowly #Starset

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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 begins at:

#AFI #BrandNew #BrianFallon #BringMeTheHorizon #TheGaslightAnthem #Halsey #TheHorribleCrowes #MyChemicalRomance #PearlJam #SleepToken #SpanishLoveSongs #Thursday #Underoath

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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 #GooGooDolls #TheGaslightAnthem #GreenDay #Live #TheMenzingers #MyChemicalRomance #RiseAgainst #Saosin #SensesFail #Soundgarden #TempleoftheDog

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