Music Reviews Episodes

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 …
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, fro…
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 , Go…
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 o…
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, podcas…
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 …
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 th…
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 individu…
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 d…
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 Kapic…
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. Rathe…
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 …
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 …
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 there…