Concert Reviews Episodes
May 14, 2024
E212 Concert Catch-Up: Des Rocs, Dead Poet Society, Finch, Winona Fighter, Trophy Eyes, Rarity, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to catch up on concerts! It's show season, and we've been out and about experiencing live music from Itch guests, favorites, and new discoveries. KC had a special experience seeing Des Roc...
April 23, 2024
E209 The Itch On Tour: Set It Off, Crown the Empire, & Caskets + SAUL, Kingdom Collapse, & Hang Your Hate
This week, we're scratching The Itch to see shows by friends old and new! We got to see Itch guests Caskets on their tour with Set It Off and Crown the Empire , as well as repeat Itch guests SAUL headlining with Kingdom Colla...
March 19, 2024
E204 Booking Shiprocked + The Itch On Tour: Beartooth, The Plot In You, Invent Animate, & Sleep Theory
This week, we're scratching The Itch to lie to you (but just a little)! We've got a smidge more Shiprocked -related business to take care of in the form of booking the 2025 lineup. (Alan, if you're listening...) Plus, Dan saw...
March 12, 2024
E203 March Bandness Announcement + The Itch On Tour: Mammoth WVH and Nita Strauss
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a tradition! March Bandness returns, and we've got an 8-artist field vying for the prize of their very own dedicated Itch episode! Visit the polls below to vote on the first round, and...
March 5, 2024
E202 20 Years, 202 Episodes, and More Shiprocked
This week, we're scratching The Itch for ... more culmination? Not content to summarize Shiprocked in one episode, we're back with part two of our recap. And we sandwiched an interview in between! Shiprocked 2024 was somethin...
Feb. 27, 2024
E201 Shiprocked: The Artist Experience with Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire
This week, we're scratching The Itch for an intermission! When we last left our heroes, The Itch was at halfway through recapping our Shiprocked adventure. Eva Under Fire had an adventure of their own at this point in the sto...
Feb. 20, 2024
E200 20 Years, 200 Episodes, and Shiprocked
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a culmination! After 20 years as a radio show and 200 episodes of a podcast, The Itch finally celebrated in the most fitting way possible: by spending a week stuck on a boat with about...
Dec. 26, 2023
E194 The Itch On Tour: Nonpoint, hed PE, Sumo Cyco, & VRSTY
This week, we're scratching The Itch for déjà vu! We took a road trip to see a Nonpoint tour featuring multiple past episode guests. Sound familiar? If so, kudos! And thanks for knowing your Itch history. Join us for a recap ...
Dec. 12, 2023
E193 Concert Catch-Up: The Urge, Black Stone Cherry, Soul Blind, Faster Pussycat, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to satisfy an urge! St Louis' heroes The Urge reunited once again for a holiday show alongside our guys in Tree One Four and the fellas from Wisemary , and we were there to see it. Plus, K...
Nov. 16, 2023
E188 The Itch On Tour: Les Claypool + Joe Bonamassa
This week, we're scratching The Itch to see more legends! Elite-level bassist Les Claypool (with his Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) and guitarist Joe Bonamassa came through St. Louis, and The Itch was there to see them... in o...
Nov. 14, 2023
E187 The Itch On Tour: Metallica Takes Over St. Louis
This week, we're scratching The Itch to talk about a ton of Metallica ! The biggest metal band in the world came to St. Louis for a pair of packed house, no-repeat sets alongside Mammoth WVH , Pantera , Ice Nine Kills , and F...
Nov. 9, 2023
E186 The Itch On Tour: Taproot, Eva Under Fire, & Heartsick... in Michigan!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to talk about MORE shows! And this was a big one! For the second time this year, we hit the road to see a lineup full of Itch guests. Taproot 's release shows for their new album SC\SSORS ...
Nov. 7, 2023
E185 Concert Catch-Up: 311, The Hu, Sleep Token, Chevelle, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to catch up! We've seen a lot of concerts over the past few months, and we finally had a chance to talk about them! And this one's got something for everybody. Three Days Grace , Chevelle ...
Oct. 24, 2023
E183 The Itch On Tour: Riot Fest
This week, we're scratching The Itch to Riot! For the first time ever, Aaron attended all three days of Chicago's Riot Fest , seeing 20 bands he'd never seen before and eating more than one delicious burrito. Join us for the ...
Sept. 28, 2023
E179 The Itch On Tour: Red & SAUL + Local H
This week, we're scratching The Itch to double up on shows AND episodes! Following our recent interview with SAUL , we had to see the boys live on their tour with Red . And Aaron never passes up a chance to talk about Local H...
Sept. 21, 2023
E177 The Itch On Tour: The New Pornographers
This week, we're scratching The Itch to expand our musical horizons! Aaron saw indie rock royalty The New Pornographers at Thalia Hall in Chicago all the way back in May, and we've been sitting on the recording for months wai...
Sept. 19, 2023
E176 A Conversation with Kenny Wayne Shepherd
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a double episode! Legendary blues rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd joins us to talk about his new album, Dirt on My Diamonds , re-recording his breakthrough Trouble Is... , cover so...
Sept. 14, 2023
E175 The Itch's Labor Day Extravaganza Concert Fiestival
This week, we're scratching The Itch to see four shows at four venues in two days! That's right, The Itch has been so busy that it's another double episode week. Join us for a recap of seeing Fame on Fire and Kingdom Collapse...
Sept. 12, 2023
E174 The Itch On Tour: Eve 6 (Plays Aaron's Birthday)
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a birthday celebration! Aaron may not have had KC and Dan with him for his big day, but he had Eve 6 , and that was enough for a great evening! Join us for tales of ancient automobiles...
Sept. 7, 2023
E173 The Itch On Tour: Dashboard Confessional & Des Rocs
This week, we're scratching the Itch for free beer... and a bonus episode! We've seen so many fun shows lately that, if we publish just one episode per week, we'll perpetually be months behind. So until we're caught up, that ...
Aug. 29, 2023
E171 The Itch On Tour: Secrets, Outline in Color, VRSTY, & Nerv
This week, we're scratching The Itch ... for crime? Dan and KC visited the Red Flag to see the Collapse Tour, featuring Secrets , Outline in Color , Nerv , and our friend Joey Varela and VRSTY , whom the guys may or may not h...
Aug. 22, 2023
E170 The Itch On Tour: grandson & K.Flay
This week, we're scratching The Itch for family fun! In episode 154, Dan introduced his son Dean to our guest grandson . Not long after, Dan and his family got to see grandson at The Factory on his I Love You, I'm Trying...
Aug. 15, 2023
E169 The Itch On Tour: Bloodywood, Vended, & Wargasm
This week, we're scratching The Itch to catch up on the back catalog! Months ago, The Itch saw a series of very memorable shows. But once we started the Upheaval interviews, those episodes got put on the back burner. Now we'r...
Aug. 1, 2023
E167 The Itch Upheaval: In Our Wake
Welcome to the Uprising... one more time! Detroit's In Our Wake joins us to close out the series by sharing the Upheaval experience from the artist's perspective. Join us to hear tales of what it's like to be independent, wha...