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".
[13] And Stephen Deusner, also writing for Pitchfork, said in the album's review that, "Boiler Room Classics is shot through with deep nostalgia and an even deeper melancholy, as though Adams’ true subject is the fleeting nature of happiness, the impermanence of family and friends".
[16] Press According to Nerdist.com, in their online premiere of Casino Drone, "with an earnest voice he sings through a constant flux of emotions, negotiating guitar harmonies that oscillate frequently between major and minor keys...
"[17] Aquarium Drunkard says, on Casino Drone, "pleasures are frequent, from the palm-muted chunk-chunks of “Diem Be” to the shimmering, synth dappled “Bronze Worlds,” and the album's final stretch, featuring the languid “Keep My Heart Alive” bleeding into ambient washes and motorik pop on “Ideas Man,” indicates that even when Adams strays from conventional power pop, he retains his homespun appeal.
Highly recommended"[18] In their May 2016 new release preview, the AV Club claimed, "Mike Adams should’ve been on The Ed Sullivan Show.
"[19] NPR Music said of Casino Drone's lead single, Bronze Worlds, "The swirling, dreamy atmospherics and subdued melodies hint at his love of the obscure (Starflyer 59) and the renowned (The Beach Boys), creating something unique in the process.