Concert Reviews Episodes

E264 The Itch On Tour: Superbloom and Footballhead
April 17, 2025

E264 The Itch On Tour: Superbloom and Footballhead

This week, we're scratching The Itch to bloom! Aaron had quite an unusual adventure seeing Superbloom and Footballhead at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago, so we had to discuss the oddities of the evening and how he might be the u...
E258 The Itch On Tour: Disturbed, Three Days Grace, and Sevendust + Local H (again, sort of!)
March 13, 2025

E258 The Itch On Tour: Disturbed, Three Days Grace, and Sevendust + Local H (again, sort of!)

This week, we're scratching The Itch to get sick! Disturbed 's all-time nu metal debut album The Sickness is 25 years old, and the band is playing it in full on tour. Alongside a now dual-fronted Three Days Grace and an alway...
E255 The Itch On Tour: Jerry Cantrell and Filter
Feb. 27, 2025

E255 The Itch On Tour: Jerry Cantrell and Filter

This week, we're scratching The Itch to get Chains'd! Aaron and KC returned to The Hawthorn in St. Louis to see Jerry Cantrell and Filter on the "I Want Blood" tour. Join us for more Itch Etiquette, an all-star backing band, ...
E251 Itchiversary: Shiprocked 2025 Recap Part 2
Feb. 6, 2025

E251 Itchiversary: Shiprocked 2025 Recap Part 2

This week, we're scratching The Itch to keep celebrating! Our Shiprocked coverage continues, as the guys wrap up the week with 80s covers, a pair of epic sets on the beach, a slippery stage, a late night call to Halestorm, an...
E250 Itchiversary: Shiprocked 2025 Recap Part 1
Feb. 4, 2025

E250 Itchiversary: Shiprocked 2025 Recap Part 1

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a birthday celebration! Our radio show was born 21 years ago this month, and to celebrate that milestone (and 250 episodes), the guys spent a wild week on the water with 31 bands on Sh...
E245 Christmas Concert Catch-up: The All-American Rejects
Dec. 24, 2024

E245 Christmas Concert Catch-up: The All-American Rejects

This week, we're scratching The Itch for Christmas cheer! As a follow-up to our recent conversation with Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects , The Itch venture out to see the band on not one, but TWO shows of their holid...
Guest: Lindsay Brodie
E240 Concert Catch-up: Ben Folds, Lit, The Exies, and more!
Nov. 26, 2024

E240 Concert Catch-up: Ben Folds, Lit, The Exies, and more!

This week, we're scratching The Itch for the greatest week in the history of our sport... er, podcast. Find out why as we recap a trio of shows by artists who are aging like fine wine (though that's probably not what they dri...
E237 Concert Catch-up: Seether, Skillet, Wage War, Fame on Fire, Local H (sort of), and more!
Nov. 5, 2024

E237 Concert Catch-up: Seether, Skillet, Wage War, Fame on Fire, Local H (sort of), and more!

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a first! This concert catch-up takes a new twist when one of us sees not just a concert, but a concert film made by Local H ! And even recorded, it's somehow a great live show! Join us...
E233 Concert Catch-up: The Movement, Aurorawave, Saosin, Lowlives, Badflower, and more!
Oct. 8, 2024

E233 Concert Catch-up: The Movement, Aurorawave, Saosin, Lowlives, Badflower, and more!

This week, we're scratching The Itch for consistency! It's time for our regularly scheduled Badflower coverage, plus our first time seeing 2-time guests Lowlives, and our introduction to a reggae metal band that ISN'T Skindre...
E232 Riot Fest Recap + HANS FREAKIN' ZIMMER
Oct. 1, 2024

E232 Riot Fest Recap + HANS FREAKIN' ZIMMER

This week, we're scratching The Itch to Riot! For the fourth year in a row, Aaron ventured to Chicago's own Riot Fest ... and this time he finally brought friends! Not only that, but he bookended two days at the festival with...
E230 Concert Catch-up: Weezer, The Flaming Lips, In This Moment, Ice Nine Kills, Joey Valence & Brae, and more!
Sept. 17, 2024

E230 Concert Catch-up: Weezer, The Flaming Lips, In This Moment, Ice Nine Kills, Joey Valence & Brae, and more!

This week, we're scratching The Itch to visit the Blue Planet! Three decades of fandom come to a head as Aaron sees Weezer perform The Blue Album for the first time with support from the ever-entertaining Flaming Lips . And h...
E229 Concert Catch-up: Oxymorrons, VRSTY, Nothing More, Eva Under Fire, Post Profit, & The Burkharts
Sept. 10, 2024

E229 Concert Catch-up: Oxymorrons, VRSTY, Nothing More, Eva Under Fire, Post Profit, & The Burkharts

This week, we're scratching The Itch to keep catchin' up! Concerts continue to abound, and this one includes the rhyming trifecta of friendships, road trips, and vacation pro tips! Join us to hear insights about the touring l...
E226 Concert Catch-up: Primus, Paralandra, I Prevail, Halestorm, Hollywood Undead, Silly Goose, and more!
Aug. 20, 2024

E226 Concert Catch-up: Primus, Paralandra, I Prevail, Halestorm, Hollywood Undead, Silly Goose, and more!

This week, we're scratching The Itch to share the wealth! It's another Concert Catch-up, but this time with stories from the whole gang! We saw no less than 10 bands, recently, including an Itch radio staple, some concert bud...
E223 Concert Catch-up: Micah Bournes, Fury in Few, Metric, & The New Pornographers
July 30, 2024

E223 Concert Catch-up: Micah Bournes, Fury in Few, Metric, & The New Pornographers

This week, we're scratching The Itch for unique concert experiences! Aaron saw four shows in four very different environments, and now the guys have to break down the details on poetry readings, surprising mosh pit members, w...
E220 The Upheaval Draft
July 9, 2024

E220 The Upheaval Draft

This week, we're scratching The Itch for Michigan! Grand Rapids' Upheaval Festival is coming up, and in a callback to last years coverage, we're breaking down this year's lineup. But this time, it's an Itch fantasy draft, as ...