Episodes

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...
Guest: Amanda Lyberg
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...
Guest: Revis
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...
Guest: Lee Jennings
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...
Guest: Matt Flood
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...
Guest: Morgan James
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...
Guest: Tori Kravitz
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...
Guest: Raine Maida
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...
Guest: Joe Cotela
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. ...
Guest: Oxymorrons
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...
Guest: Nathan Aurora
Aug. 26, 2025

E284 Nova Twins on Industry Acceptance, Mama Nova, Personal Growth, and Pedal Boards

This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate! Just in time for Aaron's birthday, we've got a wish list interview with Nova Twins , whose third album, Parasites & Butterflies , drops Friday, August 29th! Amy Love and ...
Guest: Nova Twins
Aug. 19, 2025

E283 Matt Bigland of Dinosaur Pile-Up on Finally Feeling Better and Why Love Is the Worst (and the Best)

This week, we're scratching The Itch to feel better! After a crazy few years that took him from heartbroken to bedridden with ulcerative colitis to smitten with the love of his life, Matt Bigland and Dinosaur Pile-Up are back...
Guest: Matt Bigland
Aug. 12, 2025

E282 PLAIINS on Their Debut Album, Hamburg, Wearing Paper Bags, and Making People Laugh About Themselves

This week, we're scratching The Itch to put on Happy Faces ! And by that, we mean the debut album from Germany's indie punks PLAIINS . Chris , Flo , and Dizzy joined us to discuss how they remain playful in their music even w...
Guest: PLAIINS
Aug. 7, 2025

E281 Concert Catch-up: Winona Fighter and MSPAINT

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a Thursday episode! Aaron saw pod favorites Winona Fighter at the Q101 Lounge and pod newcomers MSPAINT at Wicker Park Fest , and he's got a wholesome tale to tell about it as we conti...
Aug. 5, 2025

E280 Arejay Hale of Halestorm on Marriage, KemikalFire, Ozzy's Last Show, and Growing as a Lyricist on Everest

This week, we're scratching The Itch to reach new heights! Halestorm 's new album Everest arrives on August 8th, and drummer Arejay Hale stopped by to become a three-time guest and talk about it! This album was a growth exper...
Guest: Arejay Hale
July 29, 2025

E279 CRegg Rondell of Boy Hits Car on New Music, Returning to the Road, and Being a Blockbuster Stuntman

This week, we're scratching The Itch for Lovecore! CRegg Rondell of Boy Hits Car joins us for a look at the band's history as they prepare for their first show in a year, a gig at the famous Whiskey a Go Go that was originall...
Guest: CRegg Rondell
July 22, 2025

E278 Concert Catch-up: Babymetal, Jinjer, Bloodywood, and The Warning

This week, we're scratching The Itch for our cutest episode ever! not only did Dan get to see Babymetal, but he brought a couple kids of his own... and then had them on the show to talk about it! That's right, it's the proper...