Music Reviews Episodes
Aug. 6, 2024
E224 New Rock Roundup: Bring Me the Horizon, The Warning, Nothing More, & Dead Pony
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a roundup! We're talking about four of our favorite albums from the second quarter of 2024. And it's an Itch International Rock Roundup to boot, featuring Britain's Bring Me the Horiz…
April 9, 2024
E207 New Rock Roundup: Dead Poet Society, Blind Channel, & Kid Kapichi
This week, we're scratching The Itch for albums! We're filling you in on three of our favorite records from the first quarter of 2024: Dead Poet Society 's "FISSION," Blind Channel 's "Exit Emotions," and Kid Kapichi 's "The…
Jan. 9, 2024
E196 The Itch Awards and Top 20 Albums of 2023
This week, we're scratching The Itch for excellence! The 2023 Itch Awards are here and, as always, they're accompanied by our collective countdown of the top 20 albums of the year. If your music queue needs refillin', we'll …
Oct. 31, 2023
E184 A(nother) Conversation with Joey Varela of VRSTY
This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate All Hallows Evarela! Our friend Joey Varela of VRSTY joins us for his second holiday-timed episode. Their new album Levitate is out now, and we dive into all the details, fro…
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…
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 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…
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 …
Jan. 16, 2023
E137 The Itch Awards Part 2: Winners and Top 20 Albums of 2022
This week, we're scratching The Itch for closure! You hear us talk about the Top 20 all year long, now it's time for the payoff! We're dropping this episode a day early because we want to get it to your ears (and to clear th…
Jan. 9, 2023
E136 The Itch Awards Intermission: Memories and Honorees
This week, we're scratching The Itch to drop 20 extra albums on you... the Almost Top 20! We've done the calculatin' and collaboratin' and chosen the The Itch's official Top 20 albums of 2022... but we also had some individu…
Jan. 5, 2023
E135 The Itch Awards Part 1: Nominees and Top EPs
This week, we're scratching The Itch for awards season, and you have a say! In part 1, we're presenting a few categories of our own, a few for you to vote on, and our top 5 EPs of the year! Click the links below to help us d…
Jan. 3, 2023
Flavor of the Week: Kid Kapichi - Here's What You Could Have Won
As we put the finishing touches on The 2022 Itch Awards, we're tiding you over with a preview of an album that you'll soon hear more about. Taken from our live radio show on KCLC-FM, enjoy the first Flavor of 2023: Kid Kapic…
Aug. 30, 2022
E115 Nu Rock Roundup: I Prevail, Hollywood Undead, Blind Channel
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a segue! We enjoyed our time with Blind Channel so much that we decided to include their album Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous among a couple of bands you could definitely call…
Aug. 16, 2022
E113 The Death of Peace of Mind: Bad Omens, Good Sounds
This week, we're scratching The Itch to go back in time! Bad Omens released The Death of Peace of Mind earlier this year and, well, we just didn't get to it until now. But that's not because the album isn't worthwhile. Rathe…
July 19, 2022
E109 Q2 Rock Roundup: Dorothy, Nova Twins, & The Warning
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a Roundup! It's been a while. An entire quarter, in fact. And while there were a ton of albums worth talking about in Q2, we opted to zero in on one of our favorite topics: women who …