Interviews Episodes
July 2, 2024
E219 A(nother) Conversation with Scott Stevens of The Exies
This week, we're scratching The Itch for Closure! After 17 years, The Exies are back with a new EP, and band leader and Itch friend Scott Stevens joins us for the second time to discuss all the details. Scott reflects on the ...
June 25, 2024
E218 A Conversation with Hang Your Hate
This week, we're scratching The Itch for serendipity! After a random introduction on an Instagram post, Columbia, Missouri's Hang Your Hate won us over (as discussed in episode 209 ) and eventually became must-have guests. So...
June 18, 2024
E217 A Conversation with Tree One Four
This week, we're scratching The Itch for some hometown heroes! March Bandness winners and St Louis' own Tree One Four joins us to discuss the creative process, performing with The Urge, and last year's Monolithic Hieroglyphic...
June 11, 2024
E216 A Conversation with Micah Bournes
This week, we're scratching The Itch to fight evil with poetry. Aaron does his first ever solo interview with one of his favorite artists, poet and musician Micah Bournes . Micah is raising funds for a double album exploring ...
June 6, 2024
E215 A(nother) Conversation with Lee Downer and Luke Johnson of Lowlives
This week, we're scratching The Itch for an instant sequel! We enjoyed our time with Lee and Luke of Lowlives so much that we asked for more of it! Their debut album, Freaking Out , is out now, and we're digging it and diggin...
June 4, 2024
E214 A Conversation with Lee Downer and Luke Johnson of Lowlives
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get low with Lowlives ! Lee Downer and Luke Johnson join us to discuss their journeys through the music industry and the myriad 90s rock influences behind their new earworm-filled debut...
May 21, 2024
Replay: A Conversation with Tonya LeeAnne and Cody Denton of Lydia's Castle
This past week, the world lost Jon Wysocki. You may know him as the original drummer for Staind, or from his time in SOiL. The Itch knew him as the drummer for Lydia's Castle , one of the first bands to approach us direc...
May 7, 2024
E211 A(nother) Conversation with Taylor Carroll and Arejay Hale of KemikalFire
This week, we're scratching The Itch to catch fire! Taylor Carroll and Arejay Hale of KemikalFire are back for another great, coffee-and-fragrance-fueled time. We discuss transitioning from being exclusively behind the kit in...
April 30, 2024
E210 The Itch Interview Wishlist
This week, we're scratching The Itch to dream big! We're sharing our personal interview wishlists with the world, because once it's out there, there's an expectation? Maybe? Plus, we put the call out for who YOU want to hear ...
April 16, 2024
E208 A Conversation with Jake Crawford and Luke Caley of Unpeople
This week, we're scratching The Itch for riffs! And boy do our guests have them in spades! Jake Crawford and Luke Caley of Unpeople (and formerly of Press to MECO) join us for a delightful chat that covers the disbandment of ...
April 2, 2024
E206 A Conversation with Casandra Carson of Paralandra
This week, we're scratching The Itch to hang with a MO bro! Or sis, to be accurate. Casandra Carson , frontwoman of Springfield, Missouri's Paralandra , joins us for an energized chat about her band's new album The Body Elect...
March 26, 2024
E205 A(nother) Conversation with Keith Wallen of Breaking Benjamin
This week, we're scratching The Itch to run it back! Keith Wallen becomes a repeat guest, joining us to talk about his upcoming album Infinity Now and our collective Shiprocked experience. We'll discuss gratitude, loss, how K...
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. 15, 2024
Shiprocked Replay: A Conversation with Sam Bam Koltun
While The Itch is on vacation, we're sharing past interviews with our current Shiprocked sea mates. Next up is Episode 130: A Conversation with Sam Bam Koltun of Dorothy, Faster Pussycat, & Budderside, originally published De...
Feb. 13, 2024
Shiprocked Replay: A Conversation with Dorothy
While The Itch is on vacation, we're sharing past interviews with our current Shiprocked sea mates. Next up is Episode 126: A Conversation with Dorothy, originally published November 15, 2022. Enjoy. If you like what you hear...