Music Reviews Episodes

June 10, 2025

E273 New Rock Roundup: ALT BLK ERA, Architects, The Darkness, and Sleep Token

This week, we're scratching The Itch for new rock! We're five months into 2025 and overdue to spotlight some of our favorite albums of the year so far. The Itch has been enjoying sounds from across the rock spectrum, and we'r...

Jan. 7, 2025

E247 The Itch Awards and Top 20 Albums of 2024

This week, we're scratching The Itch for awards season, baby! The fifth annual Itch Awards are here, honoring the best rock releases of 2024. We've got albums galore, featuring a plethora of past and future guests. Who were o...

Aug. 6, 2024

E224 New Rock Roundup: Bring Me the Horizon, The Warning, Nothing More, & Dead Pony

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a roundup! We're talking about four of our favorite albums from the second quarter of 2024. And it's an Itch International Rock Roundup to boot, featuring Britain's Bring Me the Horizo...

April 9, 2024

E207 New Rock Roundup: Dead Poet Society, Blind Channel, & Kid Kapichi

This week, we're scratching The Itch for albums! We're filling you in on three of our favorite records from the first quarter of 2024: Dead Poet Society 's "FISSION," Blind Channel 's "Exit Emotions," and Kid Kapichi 's "Ther...

Jan. 9, 2024

E196 The Itch Awards and Top 20 Albums of 2023

This week, we're scratching The Itch for excellence! The 2023 Itch Awards are here and, as always, they're accompanied by our collective countdown of the top 20 albums of the year. If your music queue needs refillin', we'll d...

Oct. 31, 2023

E184 A(nother) Conversation with Joey Varela of VRSTY

This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate All Hallows Evarela! Our friend Joey Varela of VRSTY joins us for his second holiday-timed episode. Their new album Levitate is out now, and we dive into all the details, from...

Guest: Joey Varela

May 4, 2023

E153 Q1 Rock Roundup

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a roundup! It's been ages since we've taken inventory of our favorite recent rock releases, and the backlog has grown unwieldy! So join us as we explore 2023 albums from Gorillaz , God...

April 18, 2023

E151 Record Store Day Draft Special

This week, we're scratching The Itch to scratch a record! RSD 2023 is coming up, and we're each drafting our top 3 releases from this year's batch! Plus, we've got a rundown of some massive music drops from the past couple of...

April 8, 2023

E149 The Soundtracks of 1998 with Brian Colburn and Gomez

Happy Rex Manning Day! This week, we're scratching The Itch for a pseudo-tradITCHion: our yearly movie/music maship episode! And because we never forget a promise (probably), we've invited last year's intended guests, podcast...

Guests: Brian Colburn , Gomez

Feb. 28, 2023

E144 The Itch On Tour: White Reaper, Narrow Head, & Taipei Houston

This week, we're scratching The Itch to get back to live shows! After a successful Shiprocked Series, we're going On Tour again with a discussion of our experience seeing White Reaper , Narrow Head , and Taipei Houston live a...

Jan. 16, 2023

E137 The Itch Awards Part 2: Winners and Top 20 Albums of 2022

This week, we're scratching The Itch for closure! You hear us talk about the Top 20 all year long, now it's time for the payoff! We're dropping this episode a day early because we want to get it to your ears (and to clear the...

Jan. 9, 2023

E136 The Itch Awards Intermission: Memories and Honorees

This week, we're scratching The Itch to drop 20 extra albums on you... the Almost Top 20! We've done the calculatin' and collaboratin' and chosen the The Itch's official Top 20 albums of 2022... but we also had some individua...

Jan. 5, 2023

E135 The Itch Awards Part 1: Nominees and Top EPs

This week, we're scratching The Itch for awards season, and you have a say! In part 1, we're presenting a few categories of our own, a few for you to vote on, and our top 5 EPs of the year! Click the links below to help us de...

Jan. 3, 2023

Flavor of the Week: Kid Kapichi - Here's What You Could Have Won

As we put the finishing touches on The 2022 Itch Awards, we're tiding you over with a preview of an album that you'll soon hear more about. Taken from our live radio show on KCLC-FM, enjoy the first Flavor of 2023: Kid Kapich...

Aug. 30, 2022

E115 Nu Rock Roundup: I Prevail, Hollywood Undead, Blind Channel

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a segue! We enjoyed our time with Blind Channel so much that we decided to include their album Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous among a couple of bands you could definitely call ...

Aug. 16, 2022

E113 The Death of Peace of Mind: Bad Omens, Good Sounds

This week, we're scratching The Itch to go back in time! Bad Omens released The Death of Peace of Mind earlier this year and, well, we just didn't get to it until now. But that's not because the album isn't worthwhile. Rather...

July 19, 2022

E109 Q2 Rock Roundup: Dorothy, Nova Twins, & The Warning

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a Roundup! It's been a while. An entire quarter, in fact. And while there were a ton of albums worth talking about in Q2, we opted to zero in on one of our favorite topics: women who r...

July 12, 2022

E108 The Itch On Tour: Teenage Wrist, Softcult, & Soul Blind

This week, we're scratching The Itch to run it back! Aaron saw another show and we've got things to say about it! Listen to this 90s-sounding goodness as Teenage Wrist becomes the first true Itch On Tour two-timer, Softcult t...

July 5, 2022

E107 The Itch On Tour: Sumo Cyco & Black Satellite

This week, we're scratching The Itch to visit Cyco City! Or at least Reggie's in Chicago. Sumo Cyco finished their headlining tour with New York's Black Satellite there a couple weeks back, and The Itch's own Aaron was t...

June 2, 2022

E102 Back From the Dead: The Return of Halestorm

This week, we're scratching The Itch to debut a new segment! Flavor of the Week has been a staple of our radio show for years, and album reviews have always been part of the podcast, both as part of Roundup episodes and as la...

May 31, 2022

[Short Cuts] The Metallica Blacklist

The Itch originally had plans to record a full episode on The Metallica Blacklist when it was released last year. Alas, it didn't come to be. But as we prepare our next batch of episodes (including multiple interviews and an ...

May 3, 2022

E99 Ego Trippin': Papa Roach and the Art of Survival

This week, we're scratching The Itch to finally give Papa Roach the full episode they deserve. We've mentioned Jacoby Shaddix and the gang in so many episodes that we felt it was time to sit down and give them the whole spotl...

April 19, 2022

E96 10 Turning 20: Our Favorite Albums of 2002

This week, we're scratching The Itch to wax nostalgic! 2002 was the year that all three members of The Itch graduated high school and became radio students in together in college. It was formative, transitional... and full of...

March 29, 2022

E93 Q1 Rock Roundup: The Violent, VRSTY, and Bloodywood

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a roundup! Our first one of the year, in fact. KC, Dan, and Aaron have each brought a new rock album from the first quarter of 2022 to the table, and now it's time to sell you on why y...