The Itch Rock Podcast

This week, we're scratching The Itch to scratch some records! Record Store Day 2026 is upon us, and we're reviving a (sometimes) tradition to explore some of this year's most intriguing releases! And we've invited friends! Longtime podcast pals Tony and Anthony of Podioslave and Brian of My Weekly Mixtape chime in with the RSD releases that excite them most, and Caleb of The Album Anniversary Podcast makes his Itch debut sharing hi...

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a three-peat! Arya Goggin of Skindred (The Itch's Official Favorite Band™) joins the three-timer club to discuss their ninth album, You Got This. As with all of their albums, this one is full of genre-hopping earworms ranging from pop rockers to old school ragga-metal jams. In this conversation, we explore how the album got its title (and get some insight into how Skindred almost "jumpe...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to look back and look forward! First, March Bandness is in the books, and we've got a winner to announce! It was a lady-led Final Four, but who among the field of The Pretty Wild, Emi Grace, LYLVC, and Holy Wars took home the title?

Then, we're recapping the first three months of 2026. For The Itch, Q1 featured wish list interviews, some memorable concerts, and a ton of Shiprocked. And while it ...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to sing the blues ... again! Grammy nominee Kenny Wayne Shepherd returns in celebration of the 30th anniversary of his debut album Ledbetter Heights. In addition to a re-recording to be released in May, Kenny and his band are playing the album in full on this tour alongside some old faces and some who will be playing the songs for the first time! Plus, we discuss Kenny's recent tribute to B.B. K...

March Bandness is live! The 6th Annual Itch Invitational Tournament features 8 elite artists who joined us on Shiprocked this year for the first time. The field includes The Barbarians of California, Emi Grace, GANG!, Holy Wars, LYLVC, The Pretty Wild, Shepherds Reign, and UnityTX!

Vote here https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/glA0Jxab on our Championship matchup (or at the link in our Instagram bio or on our Facebook page) for your fi...

This week, we're scratching The Itch for some tours that were full of surprises! First, Aaron visits a new (to him) venue to see the Jeris Johnson tour minus Jeris Johnson, as Butcher Babies step up to headline a show at The WC Social Club with our friends Eva Under Fire and our possible family LYLVC. Then KC and Dan check out a new (to everyone) venue in The Sovereign in St. Louis to catch Itch guest Raine Maida and Our Lady Peace...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to celebrate St Louis! It's episode 314, and who better to spotlight our city than Steve Ewing! Rock fans best know Steve as the dynamic frontman of Lou legends The Urge. But for over 15 years, St. Louisians have also been receiving the gift of flavor at Steve's Hot Dogs!

And if fronting a band and running a business weren't enough, Steve doubles down on both, performing regularly with...

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a trio of very different experiences! Dan and KC check off a bucket list band by seeing Nine Inch Nails (we're as surprised as you are that it took this long), and see the wildest performance yet of Badflower, a band we've covered live more than possibly any other. Plus, Aaron has some quality time with his dad seeing Tom Glynn pay tribute to some legendary singer-songwriters of the '70s.

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This week, we're scratching The Itch to finally move on... for now. Though we'll have more Shiprocked-related business coming in the near future, we're finally wrapping up coverage of our week at sea. Part 3 of our recap features Avatar, Motionless in White, ’68, Lowlives, Rubix Groove, Aurorawave, The Pretty Wild, Halestorm, House of Protection, The Barbarians of California, Kemikalfire, Gang!, and more! We're exploring not just t...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to keep the momentum going! We've got part 2 of our Shiprocked recap, and this one starts on the beach! We're talking about Shepherds Reign, Aurorawave, Suicidal Tendencies, Kittie, The Funeral Portrait, Emi Grace, DeathByRomy, The Stowaways, Zero 9:36, Fox Lake, Motionless in White, and more! Along the way, we discuss making wishes come true, the value of wearing shinguards on stage, and a curs...

This week, we're scratching The Itch for the best week of the year! Shiprocked 2026 is in the books, and it was another one for the ages. While we couldn't cover it all in this episode, we got off to a good start, talking about Avatar, Holy Wars, Starset, Lowlives, UnityTX, The Pretty Wild, House of Protection, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Dead Poet Society, GANG!, AWOLNATION, '68, Knocked Loose, and more!

Join us for discussions on who was r...

This week, we're recovering from being on a boat! We've got another supersized replay for you, this time featuring our back-to-back conversations from 2024 with Luke and Lee of Lowlives. These boys, alongside their bandmates Jaxon Moore and Steve Lucarelli, played a big part in making Shiprocked 2026 a blast for us. They play like their lives depend on it, they make their fans feel like friends, and they consume burgers like mad m...

This week, we're on a boat! And that means that, per tradition, we're replaying an episode featuring a guest that we're currently rocking out with on Shiprocked. But this year our favorite Carnival concert cruise has a bigger boat, so we're giving you a bigger episode! Enjoy a double dose of conversation with Nathan Aurora of Aurorawave, and then check out their new album Monument! You're rockin' with the wave sh*t.... literally.

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This week, we're scratching The Itch to officially close out 2025! We've got reports on a pair of holiday shows, because of course 'twas the season to see concerts. First, KC and Dan saw Itch guest and arguably the world's greatest living blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa at Thanksgiving. Then, the entire crew (plus Dan's family!) continues our tradition of seeing our boys in Nonpoint in any state but our own, checking out their N...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to explore some new horizons! We're joined Riley Breckenridge of Thrice, who just released their excellent 12th studio album Horizons/West. It's almost unheard of for a band to be this consistently good this far into their career, but Riley and his bandmates made it happen with a little patience and a penchant for... being a bit boring? Join us for an explanation of that, plus some talk about th...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to start the year with joy. Micah Bournes returns to the show to discuss his new protest album Til We All Free, the first non-rock record to ever make The Itch's Top 20 list. Born out of a sense of urgency after America's sociopolitical climate changed again last year, the album is an exploration of abolition, the difference between legality and morality, and how to stay joyful while facing and ...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to end the year in style! It's time for the sixth annual Itch Awards and our collectively agreed upon top 20 albums of 2025! Tune in to hear what records caught our ears the most, as well as a few of our favorite EPs, our Comeback and Breakout artists, our most listened-to interviews of the year, and what albums we're most looking forward to in 2026. Thank you so much for being with us this year...

This week, we're scratching The Itch to put a Christmas wrap on our 2025 interviews! Per tradition and unenforceable contract, Amanda Lyberg of Eva Under Fire makes her second appearance of the year (and within a month!) for the return of Christmas Eva! And believe it or not, things have happened since we spoke in November! Join us for a conversation that's very much in the holiday spirit, where we discuss the value of Octane to th...

This week, we're scratching The Itch for an early Christmas present... and a seasonally appropriate one at that! Aaron checks off a pair of wish list guests as Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells join us to talk about their latest record Bunky Becky Birthday Boy, how motherhood, sobriety, and a full band have tour life looking different these days, and the work that goes into their energetic live shows (the topic that al...