Concert Reviews Episodes
March 30, 2023
E148 The Itch On Tour: Nonpoint, Blacktop Mojo, & Sumo Cyco
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a road trip! The whole gang headed to Kansas to see, for the first time ever, a tour full of bands we've had on the show! Join us at The Bottleneck in Lawrence for the most apropos sto...
March 21, 2023
E147 The Itch On Tour: Badflower, Des Rocs, & Blood Red Shoes
This week, we're scratching the Itch to tread familiar territory! We saw Badflower and past Itch guest Des Rocs at Red Flag , which may as well be the official venue of The Itch. Though we've discussed the artists and the ven...
March 14, 2023
E146 The Itch On Tour: Bush + Giovannie and the Hired Guns
This week, we're scratching The Itch to hit the road again! Rock stalwarts Bush and rising Itch favorites Giovannie and the Hired Guns came through town separately, and we were there to see them! Join us for discussion about ...
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...
Feb. 7, 2023
E141 Shiprocked Recap: The Captain's Log
This week, we're scratching The Itch to bring it all full circle! Dan finally made it to Shiprocked, and he's got a heck of a lot to say about it! Join us as he recounts the Captain's Log of his experiences, including bands t...
Dec. 20, 2022
E132 The Itch On Tour: Daryl Hall & Todd Rundgren
This week, we're scratching The Itch to visit Daryl's House! KC capped off our concert-going year with a couple of classics as he saw Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren! Not only was it an enjoyable show by a performer who's still ...
Dec. 13, 2022
E131 The Itch On Tour: Rival Sons & Giovannie and the Hired Guns
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get into the holiday spirit! But we may be a couple of holidays behind. After being put on the back burner for our connected "Morothy" series (episodes 126-130), we're finally catching ...
Nov. 22, 2022
E127 The Itch On Tour: Dirty Honey, Dorothy, & Mac Saturn
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get dirty! Well, Dirty Honey at least. In the promised follow-up to last week's Dorothy interview, we're discussing our experience seeing the two aforementioned artists on tour at Red F...
Oct. 25, 2022
E123 The Itch On Tour: AWOLNATION, Badflower, The Mysterines, & Hyro the Hero
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a cameo! On a lineup that included AWOLNATION , Badflower, and The Mysterines , somehow it was the artist not on the bill who made The Itch's night! Who's that, you ask? We wouldn't sp...
Oct. 11, 2022
E121 The Itch On Tour: Pointfest & Riot Fest II
This week, we're scratching The Itch to run it back! Last year KC and Dan went to Pointfest in St Louis on the same day Aaron went to Riot Fest in Chicago. This year the fests weren't on the same day, but they had the same at...
Sept. 27, 2022
E119 The Itch On Tour: "Weird Al" Yankovic
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get weird! He's made many a cameo in previous episodes, but "Weird Al" is finally getting an Itch episode to himself! Lifelong fan KC recently got to see the Weird One for the first tim...
Sept. 20, 2022
E118 The Itch On Tour: Set It Off, Oxymorrons, Rain City Drive, & Concrete Castles
This week, we're scratching The Itch for THE BEST CONCERT EXPERIENCE EVER. Are we exaggerating? Not really, no. Eight months after our bonkers interview with Oxymorrons , we finally got to see NYC's prettiest boy band live on...
Sept. 13, 2022
E117 The Itch On Tour: Dayseeker, The Word Alive, & Moodring
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a sadness sandwich! We've been clamoring to see Moodring ever since frontman Hunter Young joined us in episode 101 . We finally got our chance, as they came through Red Flag on tour wi...
Aug. 9, 2022
E112 The Itch On Tour: Cam Cole
This week, we're scratching The Itch for an overdue follow-up! KC took a road trip to Chicago to see Itch favorite (and Ted Lasso's own) Cam Cole at Martyrs ! Along the way we'll discuss live show setups, what to do when your...
Aug. 2, 2022
E111 The Itch On Tour: Des Rocs (featuring Filthy Animals Heidi and Kai!)
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get EVEN FILTHIER! After our interview with Des Rocs , KC had the chance to see him live at Delmar Hall in St Louis. But he wasn't alone! He ran into a couple of Itch friends, who made ...
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 23, 2022
E105 A Conversation with Tonya & Cody of Lydia's Castle
This week, we're scratching The Itch to talk about mawwiage! Tonya and Cody of Lydia's Castle join us to talk about their debut EP, their recruitment of former Staind drummer Jon Wysocki into the band, and how they built...
June 16, 2022
E104 The Itch On Tour: Nothing More, Atreyu, & Eva Under Fire
This week, we're scratching The Itch for Nothing More than a good show! And not only did we get one, but we got a couple of nice dad jokes to boot. On June 9, KC, Dan, and Dan's wife Hannah visited The Pageant in St. Louis to...
April 26, 2022
E98 A Conversation with Joey Varela of VRSTY
This week, we're scratching The Itch to throw on our letterman jackets and go VRSTY . Frontman Joey Varela joins the show to talk about telling his own story on their new album Welcome Home , how a metalhead became an R&B voc...
April 12, 2022
E95 A(nother) Conversation with Daisy Dead of The Dead Deads (or "Go Daisy, Itch-ya Birthday")
This week, we're scratching The Itch for death and darkness! The Dead Deads and The Darkness , that is. Our friend Daisy Dead returns to chat about their current tour, and it's a lot of laughs. We'll talk nicknames, giant rat...
March 15, 2022
E91 The Itch On Tour: Black Stone Cherry & Naked Gypsy Queens
This week, we're scratching The Itch to head back out to shows! Black Stone Cherry , whose album The Human Condition ranked #9 on our Top Albums of 2020 , recently hit the road with Naked Gypsy Queens , and they made a stop i...
Dec. 1, 2021
E77 Welcome to Rockville
This week, we're scratching The Itch to talk about a festival we didn't (but also did) see! Welcome to Rockville took place a few weeks back in Daytona, Florida. Despite The Itch's initial plans to be in attendance falling th...
Nov. 2, 2021
E73 A Conversation with Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire
This week we're scratching The Itch to talk about fire! Eva Under Fire , to be specific. Lead singer Eva Marie spent a rather adventurous van ride to our hometown of St. Louis talking with us about the joys of touring again, ...