Episodes
Jan. 13, 2026
E308 Riley Breckenridge of Thrice on Sharing What You Love, Avoiding Spotify, and Opting Out of Unhealthy Fandom
This week, we're scratching The Itch to explore some new horizons! We're joined Riley Breckridge of Thrice , who just released their excellent 12th studio album Horizons/West . It's almost unheard of for a band to be this con...
Jan. 6, 2026
E307 Micah Bournes on Abolition, Nomadic Living, Creative Risks, and Bringing Joy to the Revolution
This week, we're scratching The Itch to start the year with joy. Micah Bournes returns to the show to discuss his new protest album Til We All Free , the first non-rock record to ever make The Itch's Top 20 list. Born out of ...
Dec. 30, 2025
E306 The 2025 Itch Awards and Top 20 Albums
This week, we're scratching The Itch to end the year in style! It's time for the sixth annual Itch Awards and our collectively agreed upon top 20 albums of 2025! Tune in to hear what records caught our ears the most, as well ...
Dec. 23, 2025
E305 The Return of Christmas Eva with Amanda Lyberg of Eva Under Fire!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to put a Christmas wrap on our 2025 interviews! Per tradition and unenforceable contract, Amanda Lyberg of Eva Under Fire makes her second appearance of the year (and within a month!) for ...
Dec. 16, 2025
E304 Sleigh Bells on 15 Years of Treats, Touring with a Toddler, Sobriety, and How to Put on a Show
This week, we're scratching The Itch for an early Christmas present... and a seasonally appropriate one at that! Aaron checks off a pair of wish list guests as Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells join us to talk ab...
Dec. 9, 2025
E303 Coach Kate Steinberg on Holistic Touring Health and Working With Sleigh Bells and Motion City Soundtrack
This week, we're scratching The Itch for tour support! Kate Steinberg has built a career as a touring and recording vocalist and keyboardist, a voice teacher, producer, and arranger, a songwriter, and... if it seems like this...
Dec. 2, 2025
E302 Concert Catch-up: Warped Tour Orlando and Tom Morello!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to see what all the hype is about when Dan heads to Orlando for the revived Warped Tour and Aaron sees Tom Morello for the first time! Dan's adventure included expensive-but-satisfying foo...
Nov. 28, 2025
E301 Clipisode: Leftovers VI
This week, we're scratching The Itch for gratitude! Once again, we had a record number of interview episodes in 2025, and we're treating you to a true buffet of bonus clips from them with our annual Leftovers episode. Enjoy t...
Nov. 25, 2025
E300 Amanda Lyberg of Eva Under Fire Enters a New Era
This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate. And who better to invite to the party than our most frequent guest and honorary co-host, Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire ... except this time, she's reclaiming her own name and i...
Nov. 18, 2025
E299 Revis on Creating Their First Album in 20 Years and Feeling More Inspired Than Ever
This week, we're scratching The Itch to call it a comeback! Revis was one of the first new bands The Itch played on the radio in our college years. Now, 22 years after their first LP, Places for Breathing , they've finally re...
Nov. 11, 2025
E298 Concert Catch-up: Eva Under Fire, Buckcherry, Grandson, Ho99o9, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for All Hallows Eva (our idea, not theirs) and Grannyween (their idea, not ours)! KC and Dan saw a pair of shows in St. Louis featuring Itch guests Eva Under Fire , Buckcherry , and Grands...
Nov. 4, 2025
E297 Concert Catch-up: Halestorm, Lindsey Stirling, Apocalyptica, Everclear, Local H, Sponge, Revis, and Emerge
This week, we're scratching The Itch to play catch-up! The Itch saw so many shows in September and October that we're still recapping them in November! This work is exhausting, but it's worth it when you get to see legends, m...
Oct. 28, 2025
E296 Lee Jennings of The Funeral Portrait on Being a Disney Adult and Building a Life Beyond the Band
This week, we're scratching The Itch to join the Coffin Crew! Halloween is almost here, and what a more fitting guest than the man who puts the "fun" in "funeral," Lee Jennings of The Funeral Portrait ! After toiling for year...
Oct. 21, 2025
E295 Matt Flood of Caskets on Artistic Evolution and Keeping Writing Fun While Being Emotionally Honest
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get buried... by the weight of good music. (That works, right?) Caskets frontman Matt Flood joins us ahead of the release The Only Heaven You'll Know , an album Matt has described as "t...
Oct. 14, 2025
E294 Concert Catch-up: Chevelle, Dead Poet Society, Calva Louise, Wargasm, Dropout Kings, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for some favorites! We're covering three more shows from our stacked September run. First, Aaron cements his change of heart about Wargasm and experiences the energy of Black Cat Bill and ...
Oct. 9, 2025
E293 Morgan James on Building an Audience That Will Follow You and Finding the Soul of 90s Alternative Rock
This week, we're scratching The Itch to jazz it up! Morgan James , whose path has taken her from Broadway to collaborations with Postmodern Jukebox and, most recently, Brass Against, joins us for a change of stylistic pace to...
Oct. 7, 2025
E292 Concert Catch-up: Riot Fest 2025, featuring Green Day, Weezer, Blink-182, Weird Al, John Stamos, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to talk Forever! Riot Fest 2025 is in the books and it was a ripper. Aaron joined the full house of performers and attendees for three days of great shows, bucket list bands, reunions, and...
Oct. 2, 2025
E291 Tori Kravitz of She's With the Band on Working in PR, Returning to Warped Tour, and Giving All the Flowers
This week, we're scratching The Itch to go Beyond the Breakdown ! Tori Kravitz, publicist, podcaster, and pit reporter extraordinaire, joins us to talk all about the off-stage side of the music industry! From working as one o...
Sept. 30, 2025
E290 Concert Catch-up: Linkin Park, Nonpoint, Heartsick, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch to check off some bucket list bands! The reborn Linkin Park came through St. Louis with Jean Dawson , and the reclusive System of a Down came through Chicago with Avenged Sevenfold , Polyp...
Sept. 25, 2025
E289 Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace on Marriage, Mental Health, and Using Technology to Build True Connection
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get Canadian! Raine Maida of Canada's rock royalty Our Lady Peace joins us as the band continues its 30-year celebration. We discuss the fan-inspired push that led them to reclaim the s...
Sept. 23, 2025
E288 Concert Catch-up: Rockin' for The Hook Benefit for Jay Scott featuring Goodbye June, Leilani Kilgore, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for community. Our friend Jay Scott , host of The Hook Rocks Podcast and one of the first music podcasters to welcome us into this world, is facing a long health struggle. In response, mor...
Sept. 16, 2025
E287 Joe Cotela of DED on Punk Influences, Unearned Egos, Working With Chad Gray, and Going Into the Pit Blind
This week, we're scratching The Itch to play DED . As in, we've played DED's new album Resent (out September 19th) so much that we had to have frontman Joe Cotela on to talk about it. Joe talks about the perhaps unconscious d...
Sept. 9, 2025
E286 Oxymorrons on Defining Independence and How They Create, Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat on Their New EP
This week, we're scratching The Itch to bring back the boys! Oxymorrons return for the first time since 2023 to tell us all about their new EP, Create. Destroy. Rebuild. Repeat. Life is very different for Dee, Jafe, and K.I. ...
Sept. 2, 2025
E285 Nathan Aurora of Aurorawave on Shiprocked, Reggae's Reputation, and Turning a Vision Into Reality
This week, we're scratching The Itch to make waves! Nathan Aurora of Aurorawave joins us for the second time this calendar year to discuss the band's new album Monument , how his vision for the year has become reality, and ho...