Concert Reviews Episodes
Aug. 29, 2023
E171 The Itch On Tour: Secrets, Outline in Color, VRSTY, & Nerv
This week, we're scratching The Itch ... for crime? Dan and KC visited the Red Flag to see the Collapse Tour, featuring Secrets , Outline in Color , Nerv , and our friend Joey Varela and VRSTY , whom the guys may or may not h...
Aug. 22, 2023
E170 The Itch On Tour: grandson & K.Flay
This week, we're scratching The Itch for family fun! In episode 154, Dan introduced his son Dean to our guest grandson . Not long after, Dan and his family got to see grandson at The Factory on his I Love You, I'm Trying...
Aug. 15, 2023
E169 The Itch On Tour: Bloodywood, Vended, & Wargasm
This week, we're scratching The Itch to catch up on the back catalog! Months ago, The Itch saw a series of very memorable shows. But once we started the Upheaval interviews, those episodes got put on the back burner. Now we'r...
Aug. 1, 2023
E167 The Itch Upheaval: In Our Wake
Welcome to the Uprising... one more time! Detroit's In Our Wake joins us to close out the series by sharing the Upheaval experience from the artist's perspective. Join us to hear tales of what it's like to be independent, wha...
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 such...
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, D...
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/r...
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 packed...
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 sto...
March 21, 2023
E147 The Itch On Tour: Badflower, Des Rocs, & Blood Red Shoes
This week, we're scratching the Itch to tread familiar territory! We saw Badflower and past Itch guest Des Rocs at Red Flag , which may as well be the official venue of The Itch. Though we've discussed the artists and the ven...
March 14, 2023
E146 The Itch On Tour: Bush + Giovannie and the Hired Guns
This week, we're scratching The Itch to hit the road again! Rock stalwarts Bush and rising Itch favorites Giovannie and the Hired Guns came through town separately, and we were there to see them! Join us for discussion about ...
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 a...
Feb. 7, 2023
E141 Shiprocked Recap: The Captain's Log
This week, we're scratching The Itch to bring it all full circle! Dan finally made it to Shiprocked, and he's got a heck of a lot to say about it! Join us as he recounts the Captain's Log of his experiences, including bands t...
Dec. 20, 2022
E132 The Itch On Tour: Daryl Hall & Todd Rundgren
This week, we're scratching The Itch to visit Daryl's House! KC capped off our concert-going year with a couple of classics as he saw Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren! Not only was it an enjoyable show by a performer who's still ...
Dec. 13, 2022
E131 The Itch On Tour: Rival Sons & Giovannie and the Hired Guns
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get into the holiday spirit! But we may be a couple of holidays behind. After being put on the back burner for our connected "Morothy" series (episodes 126-130), we're finally catching ...
Nov. 22, 2022
E127 The Itch On Tour: Dirty Honey, Dorothy, & Mac Saturn
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get dirty! Well, Dirty Honey at least. In the promised follow-up to last week's Dorothy interview, we're discussing our experience seeing the two aforementioned artists on tour at Red F...
Oct. 25, 2022
E123 The Itch On Tour: AWOLNATION, Badflower, The Mysterines, & Hyro the Hero
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a cameo! On a lineup that included AWOLNATION , Badflower, and The Mysterines , somehow it was the artist not on the bill who made The Itch's night! Who's that, you ask? We wouldn't sp...
Oct. 11, 2022
E121 The Itch On Tour: Pointfest & Riot Fest II
This week, we're scratching The Itch to run it back! Last year KC and Dan went to Pointfest in St Louis on the same day Aaron went to Riot Fest in Chicago. This year the fests weren't on the same day, but they had the same at...
Sept. 27, 2022
E119 The Itch On Tour: "Weird Al" Yankovic
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get weird! He's made many a cameo in previous episodes, but "Weird Al" is finally getting an Itch episode to himself! Lifelong fan KC recently got to see the Weird One for the first tim...
Sept. 20, 2022
E118 The Itch On Tour: Set It Off, Oxymorrons, Rain City Drive, & Concrete Castles
This week, we're scratching The Itch for THE BEST CONCERT EXPERIENCE EVER. Are we exaggerating? Not really, no. Eight months after our bonkers interview with Oxymorrons , we finally got to see NYC's prettiest boy band live on...
Sept. 13, 2022
E117 The Itch On Tour: Dayseeker, The Word Alive, & Moodring
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a sadness sandwich! We've been clamoring to see Moodring ever since frontman Hunter Young joined us in episode 101 . We finally got our chance, as they came through Red Flag on tour wi...
Aug. 9, 2022
E112 The Itch On Tour: Cam Cole
This week, we're scratching The Itch for an overdue follow-up! KC took a road trip to Chicago to see Itch favorite (and Ted Lasso's own) Cam Cole at Martyrs ! Along the way we'll discuss live show setups, what to do when your...
Aug. 2, 2022
E111 The Itch On Tour: Des Rocs (featuring Filthy Animals Heidi and Kai!)
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get EVEN FILTHIER! After our interview with Des Rocs , KC had the chance to see him live at Delmar Hall in St Louis. But he wasn't alone! He ran into a couple of Itch friends, who made ...
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 t...