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Mike Adams At His Honest Weight

American indie rock band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ30689066 ↗
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Mike Adams At His Honest Weight is an indie rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. They have been active since 2011 and have released albums on St. Ives Records, Flannelgraph Records, Joyful Noise Recordings, Burnt Toast Vinyl, Sounds Familyre, Jurassic Pop, and Kingfisher Bluez.

History

Oscillate Wisely (2011)

Oscillate Wisely is the debut album from Mike Adams At His Honest Weight. Originally released jointly in 2011 by St. Ives and Flannelgraph Records on 200 vinyl LPs, Flannelgraph records reissued the album on cassette on 2016. It was recorded by Mike Adams, mixed by Adam Jessup, and mastered by Eric Day.

Press

Amazon.com named Oscillate Wisely one of its "Editor's Picks" on the day it was released, and later called single, "Bad Weather", one of the "50 best mp3s of 2011"

Styrofoam Drone called Oscillate Wisely, "gorgeous" and said, "Adams manages to balance the album with smart and intelligent indie rock that sometimes gets noisy, and on the other side comes all the stranger, darker stuff from the left side of the field".

Best of Boiler Room Classics (2014)

Best of Boiler Room Classics is the second album from Mike Adams At His Honest Weight, jointly released by Flannelgraph Records and Joyful Noise Recordings in 2014. Best of Boiler Room Classics was co-produced by Mike Adams and Adam Jessup.

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