Episodes
July 25, 2023
E166 The Itch Upheaval: Festival Recap
The Uprising has welcomed us! Upheaval is in the books, and we made it out alive, but not unscathed! Join us (and a very special guest) to recap our two days in Grand Rapids. Who we saw, who we didn't, and what made this suc…
July 18, 2023
E165 The Itch Upheaval: Interview Extras
Welcome to the uprising! While we get some much-needed rest after a wild weekend at Upheaval , we found some fun snippets from our interview series to tide you over until our recap. You’ll hear the crazy story of why Alfonso…
July 13, 2023
E164 The Itch Upheaval: Rebecca Potzner of Banded PR
Welcome to the uprising! Rebecca Potzner of Banded PR joins us in this episode to discuss her journey into the world of music publicity and the role(s) she plays on the Upheaval team. Rebecca is the person responsible for gi…
July 11, 2023
E163 The Itch Upheaval: Chris Meyer of MiEntertainment
Welcome to the uprising! MiEntertainment 's Chris Meyer, one of the creators of Upheaval , joins us to discuss the complicated work of concert promotion, being a family business, and even a few wish list artists for next yea…
July 4, 2023
E162 The Itch Upheaval: Ricardo Ortiz and Gabby Bryant of Black Note Graffiti
Welcome to the uprising! Ricardo Ortiz and Gabby Bryant of Ann Arbor-based Upheaval openers Black Note Graffiti join us in this episode. They discuss road testing new music, their love for a certain festival headliner, the d…
June 27, 2023
E161 The Itch Upheaval: Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire
Welcome to the uprising! The Itch's most frequent guest Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire ups her tally to five as she joins us to talk about her Michigan band's Upheaval debut! If you're interested in Halestorm and Evanescence fa…
June 21, 2023
E160 The Itch Upheaval: Oxymorrons
Welcome to the uprising! All four of 2022 Upheaval performers and notably pretty punk boy band Oxymorrons join us this week for our second conversation. Our first interview, in January 2022, was somehow one of the funniest a…
June 13, 2023
E159 The Itch Upheaval: Alfonso Civile of Heartsick
Welcome to the uprising! Alfonso Civile of Heartsick kicks off our series as a subject matter expert on all things Michigan, including Upheaval . The Lansing-based band has been a mainstay in the regional heavy music scene f…
June 8, 2023
Introducing... The Itch Upheaval!
The Itch is here with a special guest and some big news! We've got summer plans that you won't wanna miss! If you like what you hear, you can hear more of us every Sunday night broadcasting rock to the masses from 6-9pm CST …
June 6, 2023
E158 The Itch On Tour: Pointfest
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a festival! St. Louis' summer rock kickoff Pointfest happened, and we were there in full force to experience it all. Join us for an all-day concert experience that included Tigercub, …
May 30, 2023
E157 A Conversation with Josh Todd of Buckcherry
This week, we're scratching The Itch for some straight up rock 'n' roll, man! Buckcherry 's new album Vol. 10 drops Friday, June 2, and in this episode frontman Josh Todd joins us to talk classic rock, tattoos, the creative …
May 23, 2023
E156 The Itch On Tour: hed PE, Guerrilla Theory, Midwest Avengers, & Tree One Four
This week, we're scratching The Itch for some G-Punk! Longtime faves hed PE came to the Red Flag and were joined by a trio of like-minded area acts looking to make the city proud! Join us as we experience a night of hip hop/…
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May 20, 2023
[Short Cuts] A Little Social Media Milestone
During tonight's recording, The Itch crossed a fun social media milestone. So, being the excitable and easily pleased fellas we are... we had to talk about it for a minute. Enjoy, and congrats to Winona Fighter on the seamle…
May 16, 2023
E155 The Itch On Tour: KemikalFire & Winona Fighter
This week, we're scratching The Itch give in to peer pressure! Taylor Carroll of KemikalFire encouraged us to come to their show in Nashville (their second show ever), and we just couldn't resist the man's charm. So we packe…
May 9, 2023
E154 A Conversation with grandson
This week, we're scratching an Itch we've had for almost three years! The man known as grandson joins us on album's eve for his new release I Love You, I'm Trying . The record is a departure of sorts from his previous w…
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…
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May 2, 2023
[Short Cuts] KC's Connection to Rush
This is a big week for The Itch, and as we prep for what's to come, we're still finishing up this week's episode. It's also KC's birthday week, so in honor of our billboard brother, we dug up a clip from way back in our epis…
April 27, 2023
E152 A Conversation with Phil, Stephen, and Taylor of Taproot
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a major award! You voted for Taproot as our March Bandness winner, so we had Phil, Stephen, and Taylor from the band join us to discuss their new album, their new old album, and their…
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April 25, 2023
[Short Cuts] Can You Really Get Along with Durst?
This one's from deep in the Itch Archives! This week's guests received an infamous ear chewing from Limp Bizkit years ago, so while we put the finishing touches on that episode, we've found a clip from all the way back in ou…
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 11, 2023
E150 A Conversation with Arejay Hale and Taylor Carroll of KemikalFire
This week, we're scratching some names off our interview wish list for episode 150! Arejay Hale is best known as the drummer half of the brother/sister duo behind Halestorm , alongside his sister Lzzy. Taylor Carroll is best…
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…
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April 4, 2023
[Short Cuts] Did Aaron Rob P.O.D.?
After a tour bus played a prominent role in last week's episode, we thought we'd tide you over with a short story about Aaron's first adventure on a tour bus while we finish editing this week's episode. Enjoy, and if you hav…
March 30, 2023
E148 The Itch On Tour: Nonpoint, Blacktop Mojo, & Sumo Cyco
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a road trip! The whole gang headed to Kansas to see, for the first time ever, a tour full of bands we've had on the show! Join us at The Bottleneck in Lawrence for the most apropos st…