Mike Adams at His Honest Weight

Based in Bloomington, Indiana, singer, songwriter, and local TV talk show host Mike Adams creates a warm world of lush, self-effacing power pop with his musical vehicle Mike Adams at His Honest Weight. He crafts graceful and satisfying melodies with influences ranging from Brian Wilson and the Association to Electric Light Orchestra, Teenage Fanclub, and Third-era Big Star, and he has a grasp on studio technique that gives his material the suitable amount of gloss. Adams first made his mark with the simple but resourceful sound of 2011's Oscillate Wisely (he added some additional polish with a 10th anniversary remix in 2021), and found room for more studio experimentation on 2015's Best of Boiler Room Classics. 2016's Casino Drone added a more refined production approach, and he matched lush, keyboard-driven arrangements with a more personal outlook on 2023's Guess for Thrills.