Episodes
Feb. 18, 2025
E253 Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. on His New Book, Surviving the Music Business, and How Nothing Is a Coincidence
This week, we're scratching The Itch to read a book! Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. is releasing his autobiography, Son of Southtown: My Life Between Two Worlds on February 25th. He joins the show to discuss his story of God's fai…
Feb. 11, 2025
E252 Winona Fighter on Their Debut Album, Supporting Local Scenes, Doggy Managers, and the Bass of Doom
This week, we're scratching The Itch to fight! Coco from Winona Fighter returns, and this time she brought the boys! Join her, Dan, and Austin as they break down the origins of some of the songs on their debut LP My Apologie…
Feb. 6, 2025
E251 Itchiversary: Shiprocked 2025 Recap Part 2
This week, we're scratching The Itch to keep celebrating! Our Shiprocked coverage continues, as the guys wrap up the week with 80s covers, a pair of epic sets on the beach, a slippery stage, a late night call to Halestorm, a…
Feb. 4, 2025
E250 Itchiversary: Shiprocked 2025 Recap Part 1
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a birthday celebration! Our radio show was born 21 years ago this month, and to celebrate that milestone (and 250 episodes), the guys spent a wild week on the water with 31 bands on S…
Jan. 28, 2025
E249 Emma Anzai of Sick Puppies & Evanescence on Bass Solos, Beastie Boys, and Metallica and Halestorm Tours
This week, we're scratching The Itch for bass! Emma Anzai , co-founder of Sick Puppies and more recent addition to Evanescence , joins us to discuss Wave the Bull , Sick Puppies' first new album in nine years. We discuss the…
Jan. 23, 2025
Shiprocked Replay Pt 2: Oxymorrons on Performative Justice, Marvel, and Re-educating the Scene (from 2022)
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get educated! Shiprocked sails along, we bring you the second part of the 2022 conversation that introduced us to Oxymorrons . And this is where it gets serious (while somehow remainin…
Jan. 21, 2025
Shiprocked Replay Pt 1: Oxymorrons on Dragonball Z, New York Bodegas, and Rock’s Black Roots (from 2022)
This week we're scratching The Itch to ... not be here! The boys are back on a boat enjoying Shiprocked , but while we're out partying with Oxymorrons , we thought we'd post a pair of throwback episodes to when we first met …
Jan. 14, 2025
E248 Janine Shilstone of VUKOVI on Art As Therapy, Touring with Unpeople & Calva Louise, and Scottish War Horns!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for Sno! It's not only in St Louis and Chicago, but in Scotland as well! Janine Shilstone of VUKOVI becomes The Itch's first Scottish guest as she joins us to discuss "Sno," the newest si…
Jan. 7, 2025
E247 The Itch Awards and Top 20 Albums of 2024
This week, we're scratching The Itch for awards season, baby! The fifth annual Itch Awards are here, honoring the best rock releases of 2024. We've got albums galore, featuring a plethora of past and future guests. Who were …
Dec. 31, 2024
E246 New Year's Eva II with Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire
This week, we're scratching The Itch to send the year out in style! Official fourth member Eva Marie of Eva Under Fire joins us for another holiday tradition (and to continue building her lead as our most frequent guest). De…
Dec. 24, 2024
E245 Christmas Concert Catch-up: The All-American Rejects
This week, we're scratching The Itch for Christmas cheer! As a follow-up to our recent conversation with Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects , The Itch venture out to see the band on not one, but TWO shows of their holi…
Dec. 17, 2024
E244 A Conversation with Brandon Yeagley of Crobot
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get choppy! The excellently facial-haired Brandon Yeagley of Crobot joins us for a conversation full of industry insight, artistic excitement, and... giant eggs. We were introduced to …
Dec. 10, 2024
E243 A Conversation with Jason Zeilstra and Adam Woloszyn of Nonpoint
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a tradition! Jason Zeilstra of Nonpoint continues introducing us to his bandmates one by one. one year at a time, this time joining us alongside bassist Adam Woloszyn ! The fellas rec…
Dec. 3, 2024
E242 A Conversation with Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects
This week, we're scratching The Itch for rejection! Well, in a sense. Nick Wheeler , guitarist and co-founder of The All-American Rejects joins us for a freewheeling discussion (see what I did there?) that covers his history…
Nov. 29, 2024
E241 Clipisode: Leftovers V
Today we're scratching The Itch for a post-Thanksgiving tradition! To show our gratitude to our incredible guests and listeners, we've compiled a collection of previously unheard clips from each of our 2024 interviews. We ho…
Nov. 26, 2024
E240 Concert Catch-up: Ben Folds, Lit, The Exies, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for the greatest week in the history of our sport... er, podcast. Find out why as we recap a trio of shows by artists who are aging like fine wine (though that's probably not what they dr…
Nov. 19, 2024
E239 A Conversation with Dale Tanner of Ocean Grove
This week, we're scratching The Itch to go green! Dale Tanner of Ocean Grove joins us from Melbourne, Australia to discuss the band's new album ODDWORLD . We cover the band's shift in sound from the grunge-y alt rock on thei…
Nov. 12, 2024
E238 A Conversation with Nick Fuelling of Pop Evil
This week, we're scratching The Itch to get evil! Guitarist Nick Fuelling of Pop Evil joins us to check off one of Dan's wish list band conversations. Pop Evil recently released " What Remains ", the first single from an alb…
Nov. 5, 2024
E237 Concert Catch-up: Seether, Skillet, Wage War, Fame on Fire, Local H (sort of), and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a first! This concert catch-up takes a new twist when one of us sees not just a concert, but a concert film made by Local H ! And even recorded, it's somehow a great live show! Join u…
Oct. 29, 2024
E236 A Conversation with John Cooper of Skillet
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a revolution! John Cooper of Skillet joins us to talk about their new album of the same name. But though they're known for fist-pumping rockers, we actually spend most of our conversa…
Oct. 22, 2024
E235 A Conversation with Mike Cunniff of Boston Manor
This week, we're scratching The Itch for a sunrise and a surprise! Mike Cunniff of Boston Manor joins us to discuss the band's fantastic two-part album(s) 2022's Datura and the newly released Sundiver. If you're wondering ho…
Oct. 15, 2024
E234 A Conversation with Brandon Saller of Atreyu
This week, we're scratching The Itch for imagination! Atreyu is about to release The Pronoia Sessions , a connection of reimagined classics, and frontman Brandon Saller joined The Itch's trifecta club to talk about it. Brand…
Oct. 8, 2024
E233 Concert Catch-up: The Movement, Aurorawave, Saosin, Lowlives, Badflower, and more!
This week, we're scratching The Itch for consistency! It's time for our regularly scheduled Badflower coverage, plus our first time seeing 2-time guests Lowlives, and our introduction to a reggae metal band that ISN'T Skindr…
Oct. 1, 2024
E232 Riot Fest Recap + HANS FREAKIN' ZIMMER
This week, we're scratching The Itch to Riot! For the fourth year in a row, Aaron ventured to Chicago's own Riot Fest ... and this time he finally brought friends! Not only that, but he bookended two days at the festival wit…