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Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #340 02-06-2025Night Listeners -Tonight's broadcast comes from Owensboro, Kentucky during a late night thunderstorm. This show has to be one of the strangest playlists I have curated. We got first time plays from Soup Riot! and The Killer Frequency. We also revisit the WEEDIAN comp from last year. Mainstreet Blake - "Age of Aquarius" / Street (Waterloo)Split Pricks - "When all else Fails, Fail" / Hang In There Baby (Dubuque)The Least Worst - "The Patty Cake Incident" / The First Worst (Ottumwa)Soup Riot! - "Slippery Slope" / Kick Me (Iowa City)The Multiple Cat - "H...2025-02-0759 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #337 01-15-2025 GUEST: Bob Bucko Jr.Night Listeners-We now have the most important episode of Iowa Basement Tapes for 2025 thus far! The legend Bob Bucko Jr is on the show. If you don't know who Bob is, you probably don't listen to music. Long time performer, owner of the Personal Archives record label and co-owner of the Ruix Records in Dubuque, Iowa. Follow him on Instagram.Bob Bucko Jr. - "Youse Blues" / What if my Water (Dubuque)Liberty Leg - Can’t Stop / Country Doctor 7” (Iowa City)The Slats - "Exit the Green Gable" / The Great Plains of San Francisco (Cedar Rapi...2025-01-171h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #336Night Listeners -We got a fun show tonight revisiting The Iowa Compilation Vol 5. plus new tunes from Zuul, TV Cop and Purplish. First time play from Vitalith. If you are in Cedar Rapids this weekend please be sure to check out the Cold Shock metal fest at CSPS on Saturday featuring Toxic Hell, Liquid Decomposition, False Providence, Phantom Threat, Pursuit and Ruin Dweller.Mugwump - "Get Out" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 5 (Cedar Falls)Purplish - "Son of a Gun" (Spencer)TV Cop - "Rigged" / 4 Way Split (Ottumwa)Iowa Beef Experience - "Bad Wishes Come True" / Iowa C...2025-01-1059 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #315 08-15-2024Night Listeners -The summer nearly over. I have been all over this land and tonight I bring you some wild finds. First time plays from Midnight Express Show Band, Snowi Owel, and Keepers of the Carpet.Why Bother - "Running from the Sun" / Serenading Unwanted Ballads (Mason City)Melting Human Trash - "Death Always Wins" / Weedian (Dubuqe)GreVlar - "Gutspawn (revisited)" / Crystal Cave (Winterset)Keepers of the Carpet - "Rooftop Live @ Octagon" / 15 year Deluxe Version (Buffalo Center)Midnight Express Show Band - "Dangerzone" (Davenport)Snowi Owel - "To Stay at Home is Best" / Snowi Owel 2...2024-08-161h 00
Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #67 10-10-2019Night Listeners -Wild times this month. I had the opportunity to catch a lot of shows in the in the last week: Gwar, Bob Dylan, and Wolf Eyes! First time on the program tonight I got The Organ from eastern Iowa and Rue Morgue from Des Moines. Both pretty crusty acts from the early 2000s. I also have the sing a long hit from Drednex.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you...2019-11-2646 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #67 10-10-2019Night Listeners -Wild times this month. I had the opportunity to catch a lot of shows in the in the last week: Gwar, Bob Dylan, and Wolf Eyes! First time on the program tonight I got The Organ from eastern Iowa and Rue Morgue from Des Moines. Both pretty crusty acts from the early 2000s. I also have the sing a long hit from Drednex.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would...2019-11-2557 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #11 9-13-2018Night Listeners of 98.9FM KFMG -This week is my birthday show so I am packing this episode with tons of musical goodies. You know because of this there will be some Captain Three Leg and Deerslayer (for real). I throw a curb ball and play a track from Bob Dorr & the Blue Band, something I have never had on the show before. I also got a track from the Iowa City band Genital Hercules. I have been saving this song for a special occasion. I should also note that I recorded this week's show from a...2018-09-1457 min