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Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #263 08-17-2023 Thrash City! INight Listeners -I wanted to start doing a periodic all metal show and even though I think I technically have done them in the past I am finally giving them a name: Thrash City! Tonight we blast Atomic Opera (Metallica worship from 1992 Des Moines), Frontal Assault (Cedar Rapids), Step Child (late 80s Pantera worship from Marshalltown) and the mighty Traffic Death (Des Moines).Follow Kristian Day on IG: @kristianday Twitter: @kristianmdayIowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any...
2023-08-181h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #231 12-08-2022Night Listeners -Second week into December and we are giving away tickets to Mindrite at Wooly's on December 22nd. Send me an email at kristianday@gmail.com. Tonight's show is packaged with a mix of dynamic jams to stoner zone outs. 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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM...
2022-12-0958 minIowa Basement TapesTicket Giveaway: Dreamwell at XBK on Nov 26thNight Listeners -We are giving away 4 tickets (2 pairs) to Dreamwell at XBK this Saturday. To win just send me an email at kristianday@gmail.comIowa 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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you mis...
2022-11-2504 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #218 09-08-2022Night Listeners-I am pumped about the the OM / Zombi show at Wooly's on Monday, Sept. 12th in Des Moines. I haven't seen Zombi since 2006/2007 in Denver (there were like 15 people in the crowd back then). So tonight is packed full of witchy doom metal and magical synth music.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us e...
2022-09-091h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #213 08-04-2022 GUEST: Brendan Wells of Nerv, Solid Attitude, These Needles, and Patrick Swayze's GhostNight Listeners -OK this is the last interview for awhile BUT IT RULES. My guest tonight is Brendan Wells who was part of Nerv, Solid Attitude, These Needles, Patrick Swayze's Ghost, and currently in Uranium Club in Minneapolis. Lots of stories from the Des Moines and Iowa City scene circa 2006 - 2012.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.
2022-08-0559 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #212 07-28-2022 Interview with Mike Epting of SlimtonesNight Listeners -You may have noticed all the new uploads to the Bandcamp Archive from mid-90s Iowa City. Mike Epting of Slimtones has generously shared all sorts of material with us and this week he is on the show talking about his years in the Iowa music scene.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear u...
2022-07-2959 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #211 07-21-2022 DRUIDS INTERVIEWNight Listeners -Druids sit in live at the KFMG studios in downtown Des Moines. We talk about their new record Shadow Work, their history as a band, and we play their Iowa playlist. Check out their record release party on July 29th at Woolys with The Curse of Hail, Gorge, and D.O.S.E.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to k...
2022-07-221h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #209 07-07-2022 Happy 4th Anniversary ShowNight Listeners -Four years have officially gone by and I am still here playing the loudest music on public radio. Tonight tons of new material including Shamrock Shakes from Ames, Bixby from Iowa City, and Mike Vallely & The Complete Disaster from Des Moines. Even Barron Christian opens us up with a special message.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail...
2022-07-081h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #207 06-23-2022Night Listeners -I am broadcasting from Los Angeles the city of angels and human urine (or maybe it's the trees?). Tonight I bring you new material from Guilty of Treason, Moss Troll, and White Death.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM...
2022-06-231h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #206 06-16-2022Night Listeners -Lots of new music from: The Sleepover, Modern Life is War, Nebuleth and Mr. Softheart. This is a lot for one show my friends.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you...
2022-06-171h 02Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #205 06-09-2022Night Listeners -We tumble into a stormy June with Zenith. This band rules. I have no clue where they are located but they are better than this year's headliner for the Iowa State Fair. We also revisit Dead Emperors from Iowa City, Person Whale, and 3 Finger Betty. I also found some new electronic projects: cyderkit and Liara.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 like to contribute any music please send an...
2022-06-0959 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #202 05-19-2022Night Listeners -Revisiting Waverly from Iowa City tonight. New tunes from Haploid in Des Moines and Melty Smiler from Fairfield.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscri...
2022-05-191h 03Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #201 05-12-2022Night Listeners -New tunes from Jimmie's in the Basement, ARU (new dub project from Cedar Falls), Nebuleth from Cedar Rapids, and a mess of jams from Goldblums, Bigby Woods, and Druids.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux...
2022-05-121h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #200 05-05-2022 HAPPY 200th EPISODE!Night Listeners -We made it to 200 episodes! How the hell did that even happen? Barron Christian opens us up (as he does) before we bast away with the Skamikazies. It means a lot to have taken the show this far. Thank you every one for listening.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday a...
2022-05-051h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #199 04-28-2022Night Listeners-Wild times with a new unearthed recording from Groom Lake Locusts from Fort Madison, IA. Lyle Erickson of Pitch Black Manor sent this over and it is a gem. Also we blast some Meth and Goats, Bongrider, and Captain 3 Leg.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des...
2022-04-281h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #198 04-21-2022Night Listeners-I am making my way back home tonight and I bring some classics from the ether: Mugwump from Cedar Falls, Luxury from Des Moines, and The Ballet from the Quad Cities.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWI...
2022-04-221h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #197 04-14-2022Night Listeners -I am in Richmond, VA where the only cool thing is that its the home of GWAR! There is also a Waffle House down the road but I am told I can't go there once it's dark.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and...
2022-04-151h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #196 04-06-2022Night Listeners -Tonight's show is sorta like that mediocre coke you did at that party last summer. Some familiar faces that get you jazzed and ready take this feeling all the way. Revisits to Ghostcat, It Really Is, Overcrest Rue Morgue, and bunch of other party people.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every T...
2022-04-0859 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #194 03-24-2022Night Listeners -Just returned from Galena, IL. New material from Captain Three Leg, Melty Smiler, and Haploid. I am stoked to dive into some Iowa City black metal with Ax.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City...
2022-03-241h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #193 03-17-2022 Iowa Doom SeasonNight Listeners -Tonight is a journey down into some doom smoke filled dreams. New tune from Druids + Yeti from Dubuque, Skin of Earth from DSM, Dead Emperors from IC, Billy Crystal Meth from Ottumwa, and Sludgeplow from IC.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and eve...
2022-03-1859 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #191 03-03-2022Night Listeners -This month is coming in hot. We got dreamy grime for our first March show with Dead Emperors, Exit Drill, and Purplish.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss th...
2022-03-031h 02Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #190 02-24-2022Night Listeners -Im barreling us into a doom filled march with Dredge, Breechloader, Druids, and Billy Crystal Meth! Plus we dance to some Comrade 9.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss th...
2022-02-251h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #189 02-17-2022Night Listeners -We are deep into jam world with when one of my favorite obscure bands from DSM called Underlords of the Overworld. I have never even seen a flyer for this band. More tunes off the new Huxley Maxwell release and a plethora of jams to accommodate this premature winter melt down we are having. 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 like to contribute any music please send an email t...
2022-02-171h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #188 02-10-2022Night Listeners -We have a show drenched in reverb, fuzz, and psychedelics. First time plays from Cars of the Country Music Stars (Waterloo) and Penny Peach (Iowa City).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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI...
2022-02-101h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #186 01-27-2022Night Listeners -The cold continues but we move on because we are midwesterners. The salt of the Earth. New tunes from Bigby Woods, Pitch Black Manor, and Goatfoam. We will drown in the heavy and the weird tonight.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every F...
2022-01-271h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #185 01-20-2022Night Listeners -It only makes sense to open tonights show with Nuclear Winter by Stickdog. It was -20° with the windchill today. I took my trash bins to the curb and just touching the plastic burned my bare hand. Nature is wild and there is really only two or three months out of the year that the weather isn't trying to kill you. Makes you feel alive.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...
2022-01-211h 03Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #184 01-13-2022Night Listeners -I have a wave of thunder tonight. Mainly because the music is loud and I would trade frozen tundra season for thunderstorm season any day. Twin Wizards opens the gates and I was just recently informed that the former drummer of Telekentic Yeti is the mastermind behind the formation of Twin Wizard which is wild to me.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 like to contribute any music please se...
2022-01-1359 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #183 01-06-2022Night Listeners -Welcome to 2022 and we come in with our dancing shoes on! 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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e...
2022-01-071h 02Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #182 12-30-2021Night Listeners -It's the last show of 2021! It's been a wild one folks. A big thank you to KWIT is Sioux City, KOJI in Okoboji, and of course KFMG in Des Moines. 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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Si...
2021-12-311h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #177 11-25-2021 Happy Thanksgiving!Night Listeners -Happy Thanksgiving here is a bunch of crusty loud music to help you choke down the bird. First time jams from Sinner's Game, Nightrazor, Bad News, and Hairless Monks.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City...
2021-11-2559 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #176 11-18-2021Night Listeners - Tonight's show is like slipping into a warm bath with Keegan-Michael Key while he dangles a radio over the water that is plugged into the wall. If it drops in you are dead. Hope you enjoy Atomic Opera and Burmese.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG...
2021-11-181h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #174 11-04-2021 GUEST: Ian Miller of Splayed InnardsNight Listeners -We have a guest for our first show in November: Ian Miller of the late 90's Iowa City hardcore/punk act, Splayed Innards. Ian talks about late 90s Iowa City, the Feed Lot Music Co-Op, Precision Noise Studios, and some other cool stories along the way including some great stories about the late Matt Davis of VidaBlue/Ten Grand, Brazil, and many other projects.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 wo...
2021-11-0559 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #173 10-28-2021 Happy Metalween!Night Listeners -This years Halloween show has been deemed "Metalween". We are blasting all you spooky party people with a heavy night filled doom, thrash, and all sorts of heaviness. It's doomsday here at Iowa Basement Tapes...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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday...
2021-10-291h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #169 09-30-2021Night Listeners -Fall is here and we are slowly brewing into Halloween season. I found some weird ska music from Ames which you may like or you simply won't care (that's ska music for you I guess).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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday a...
2021-09-3000 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #163 08-19-2021 GUESTS: Pitch Black ManorNight Listeners -This is long overdue! We have Pitch Black Manor on the show tonight: Joshua Bentley, Chad Fifer & Lyle Erickson join us to talk about the bands legacy, their return after 25 years, and the new record! 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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at...
2021-08-1959 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #162 8-12-2021Night Listeners -Goddamn its hot out. I've dumped some weird match ups in the pot tonight: Bloody Wankers, Meth and Goats, and Plack Blague!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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the sho...
2021-08-121h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #161 8-05-2021Night Listeners - If you are reading this then our archives have finally been fixed! Sorry about the huge delay. Needed to get the feed migrated and well I'm just not as keen with RSS feeds and all that. But we got tunes!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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG...
2021-08-0559 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #159 7-22-2021Night Listeners -Tonights broadcast comes from Osceola, Iowa. No, none of this music is from here but if it exists please send it my way. Tonight is a loud one folks.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City...
2021-07-221h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #153 06-10-2021Night Listeners -Tonight is a wild show! I lots of grit with a splash ambient but I revisit Fantasy Kitchen's Geek tape from good ol Waterloo.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you...
2021-06-101h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #152 06-03-2021Night Listeners -Holy smokes its June! I am back from the Indy500 and its HOT. Leather hot. We are melting out here. So I'm opening the show with the Davenport Junior Theater's theme music.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on...
2021-06-031h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #151 05-27-2021Night Listeners -I have fallen into the conspiracy that Huey Lewis was robbed of his possible Ghostbusters fortune by Ray Park Jr. Play Ghostbusters and I Want a New Drug on top of each other and you will see what I mean. Tonight I return to to the Des Moines Four Track Compilation once again along an entire Captain 3 Leg release.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 like to contribute any...
2021-05-271h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #148 5-6-2021Night Listeners -Welcome to thrash city tonight on Iowa Basement Tapes! The night is fuzzed out, fast, and hard. Plus a moment of calmness from flossbird.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you...
2021-05-121h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #147 04-29-2021Night Listeners -Welly welly well we open the show tonight with The Dogs and we have a new tune from Joel Sires. Also we set fire to schoolsl with Dispensing False Hollows and Skin of Earth.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at...
2021-04-2959 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #145 4-15-2021Night Listeners -I had my first acupuncture appoint since before covid (or BC as we say these days). I fell into a deep transcendental state and dreamed about Captain 3 Leg. Tonight we are eating hotdogs out of the leaky gutters and jamming some Hate Youth, Pee Pee's, and a plethora of leafy stick goodness.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday...
2021-04-161h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #144 4-8-2021Night Listeners -Tonight's a nasty one. In Loving Memory, Citrus Boy, Borf Beast. Its loud.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https...
2021-04-1457 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #142 3-25-2021Night Listeners -Tonight is loud. House of Large Sizes, Traffic Death, The Tanks, and Genital Hercules!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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archiv...
2021-03-301h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #138 2-25-2021 GUESTS: Ralph Bryant and Dave Deibler Talking about THE HOLLOMENNight Listeners -This is a very special show tonight with guests: Ralph Bryan and Dave Deibler from Octopus Records. Dave as many of you know is part of the legendary Iowa band, House of Large Sizes. Octopus Records is releasing The Hollowmen's limited and previously cassette only EP, Poison for Profit.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.
2021-02-2559 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #137 02-18-2021Night Listeners -Another ripper of a show if I do say so myself. Acoustic Guillotine returns! New 3 Finger Betty. The resurgence of The Hollowmen. Plus new Finally Some Action!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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM K...
2021-02-2259 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #136 2-11-2021Night Listeners -Meth and Goats has been playing here at IBT HQ. In my car, office, and heck even my living room (a novel thought). Tonight I dig out Seas of Miranda a band from around 2003 Cedar Rapids. I don't know much else but there are few rad interviews coming up in the next few weeks.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to...
2021-02-2259 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #134 1-28-2021Night Listeners -I'm living a sludge filled life right now. Operating 3 hours of sleep and I just drove six hours in order to get this show done. Tonight is a looooong drone doom show featuring only six tunes but I assure you they will blow your tweeter into the next realm.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.
2021-02-031h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #132 1-14-2021Night Listeners -Digging out some old material this week including The Skamikazies, Anthrofuge and Hate Youth. Anthrofuge is some dirty 90s style death metal that I totally overlooked all these years.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Siou...
2021-01-201h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #131 1-17-2021Night Listeners -I got a good beer drinking show tonight. Lots fuzzed out sludge and hardcore. Even my favorite drunk thrash cover of the "Cheers Theme" (think Blind Guardian doing this) by Genital Hercules.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on...
2021-01-141h 02Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #127 12-10-2020Night Listeners - So I think I mixed the show a little hot so it might be a little louder than usual. I could go back and fix it but I won't :) Fun show tonight with a special spoken word piece by Barron Christian around the 25/26 minute mark. Enjoy!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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every...
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Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #126 12-03-2020Night Listeners -December 2020 could not come soon enough! Here we are with some weird rippers to start of the month. I am going to be putting a call out soon for video archives as I want to launch the Iowa Basement Tapes Youtube Channel. So if you stuff on VHS, Hi8, MiniDV or whatever please drop me a note at kristianday@gmail.comIowa 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...
2020-12-0900 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #126 12-03-2020Night Listeners -December 2020 could not come soon enough! Here we are with some weird rippers to start of the month. I am going to be putting a call out soon for video archives as I want to launch the Iowa Basement Tapes Youtube Channel. So if you stuff on VHS, Hi8, MiniDV or whatever please drop me a note at kristianday@gmail.comIowa 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 like to...
2020-12-0959 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #124 11-19-2020Nigh Listeners -November is halfway over and I need a haircut. I got a wild show tonight that will hopefully keep Barron Christian feeling young and spry.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you...
2020-11-241h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #123 11-06-2020 Nigh Listeners -The first post election show! I am worn out cuz this mess is dragging out. So we are jamming doom and sludge all night.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you mi...
2020-11-171h 04Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #122 10-29-2020 Night Listeners -What a crazy time to be alive! I got juicy tunes tonight with Dumb Church (first time play), Forced Expression (first time play), new Zuul, and an unearthed sound garbage track from EHI.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on...
2020-11-051h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #121 10-22-2020 GUEST: Travis Atkinson of Strangebird Recording Night Listeners -I have treat for you all tonight with Travis Atkinson of Strangebird Recording. He has had as solid history of recording bands out of his Centerville based studio since the early 2000s. He shares some great stories of his days running around southern Iowa and he shares his Iowa playlist. Some true gems that you all will enjoy. Be sure to check out https://www.strangebirdrecording.com/ to learn more about his studio (analog heaven).Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp...
2020-10-291h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #120 10-15-2020Night Listeners -I'm home from the balls of Iowa known as Ottumwa. I'm a little burnt out I'm ready to crack a can of party juice and jam some tunes. I have a new track from Dick is Short for Richard and Zuul. Plus some new "old" plays from Darling, Pitch Black Manor, and Roze.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to...
2020-10-211h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #119 10-8-2020Night Listeners -I am again recording from the 6th floor of the Hotel Ottumwa. My hair might be falling out from my failing nerves but I sure have some great tunes for tonight. I actually hung out with ol' Andy Koettle at the sacred bar known as the Tom Tom.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear...
2020-10-201h 03Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #118 10-01-2020Night Listeners -October is here! WTF? I'm living in Ottumwa the next 14 days working on a new true crime series so I'm tapping into the seedy world of Iowa's raunchiest territories.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City...
2020-10-151h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #116 9-17-2020Night Listeners -I got weird show tonight filled with material across the state. Including some deep roots from Council Bluffs and Ottumwa.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please...
2020-10-1059 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #117 09-24-2020 Night Listeners -What happens when you cruise through Reddit looking for Iowa tunes? You find it! I bring you Grubbie Earnie, Boner Kill, Sammy Dimera, and Fern and Moss. All new tunes to the show. Grubbie Earnie even has a Misfits cover album available for free. Plus Boner Kill is just fun to say on NPR.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 like to contribute any music please send an email...
2020-10-1059 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #115 9-10-2020 GUESTS: BIGBY WOODS Night Listeners -Tonight we have Des Moines punk embryo's Bigby Woods! The entire band is on the show which is a first! We talk their short history and how they have been working through the Covid blues.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and ev...
2020-09-1759 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #111 8-12-2020Night Listeners -I'm stoked to share a track by Seppuku. A death metal act dating back to 2005 Dubuque. Tim Connery, who went on to perform in the black metal act Nethervoid, sang in this project during the last years he was in high school. He told me this project was almost lost to an old hard drive but he was able to salvage it.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 like...
2020-08-171h 00Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #109 7-30-2020Night Listeners - We are having another southern Iowa party tonight. Not as much as last week but we do have some Borf Beast, Finally Some Action, and a little Billy Crystal Meth.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City...
2020-08-0459 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #107 7-16-2020Nigh Listeners-Its a hardcore kinda of evening. Got a lot of first time plays from Woodcreeper, Song of Zarathustra, Crosscheck, Conetrauma, Mystery Blood, and Dispensing of False Halos. I also got some Matt Davis tunes including Ten Grand, Only Ten Between Us and The Haunting.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9...
2020-07-1859 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #106 GUEST: Dan Loy of Slimtones/TIM - 2 Year Anniversary Show Part 2Night Listeners -Our first interview since Covid started! You would think I would have figured out a good remote recording deal by now but hey better late than never. Dan Loy of the Slimtones and TIM is on the show tonight talking about Iowa City in the early 90s and 4 track tape culture that was going on. Lots of talking on this show so just a heads up on that.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases...
2020-07-091h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #104 6-25-2020Night Listeners -A real quick statement about the future of the show: Iowa Basement Tapes stands with the protestors. IBT supports #BLM. Just in case anyone was confused. Tonight I have lots of new tunes from TV Cop, Levi Follmuth, Mathew Wessel, Fade In, Dweller, and more. Lots of stuff that I have never played on the show before. A big shout out to Dany Loy for providing the Slimtones demo from 1993 and Prophets of the Cosmic Universe.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out...
2020-06-271h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #103 06-18-2020Night Listeners -I got a weird show for you tonight. I really don't think any of the selections tonight really match but hey drugs can make it work. I dig into more tunes by Voorhees and I revisit some old tunes from Autumn Project.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM...
2020-06-211h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #102 6-11-2020Night Listeners -Its getting hot outside! Muggy like NOLA. Tonight I got new stuff from CR Dicks with their cover of the Rolling Stones tune "Get Tattooed" plus first time jams of Prophets of the Cosmic Universe, a little Iowa City band from the mid 90s. Plus hardcore tunes from In Loving Memory, and Examination of The and Hugs.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 like to contribute any music please...
2020-06-201h 01Iowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #99 05-21-2020Night Listeners -Episode 99 and we are still in quarantine! Today the big mystery is revealed of who is behind the synth dance project Voorhees and I play a bunch of tunes off of the Des Moines 4 Track Compilation.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and ev...
2020-05-2357 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #96 04-30-2020Night Listeners -May is here! I picked out a bunch of fun stuff tonight including new material from Strong Like Bear. Someone please tell who the hell is this Voorhees person? The tunes are great but I can't figure out who this is.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9...
2020-05-0257 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #94 04-16-2020Night Listeners -We got a weird show tonight! First time plays from Billy and the Black Spit, Blood Spell, Wren, Aseethe, Strong Like Bear, Villianova, and Blizzard at Sea! Plus classics from Red Throb and the Dogs.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Fr...
2020-04-1857 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #92 04-2-2020Night Listeners -Here we are again. I've started digging a whole in my basement just to see where it leads! Not really but I am going very stir crazy. A nice surprise this week was hearing The Bassturd cover Ministry's "Stigmata". Danny from The Bassturd used to be in Todd's Neat Futons back in the 90s and eventually started his weird electronic project The Bassturd while still living in Mason City. He has since relocated to Las Vegas.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes...
2020-04-0857 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #91 03-26-2020Night Listeners -Another week in quarantine! I've been stoked to learn that Captain Three Leg has been releasing material left and right with all that is going on. Michael Duede got a hold of me last night with a new song of his called "Squid World".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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday...
2020-03-2656 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #90 03-19-2020Night Listeners -Stay home and listen to tunes. Best advice I can give :) Lots of first time plays tonight including Carjack Footbad, Safety Second, Axen Province, EHI, and Hate Machine! All of this stuff is out there to get for free so please click on the links to listen to more.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.
2020-03-1956 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #84 GUEST: Chuck Hoffman of Fetal Pig, Musician, and a Dozen Other BandsNight Listeners -This has been a long time coming. Chuck Hoffman is our guest on the show. He has been so many bands that I can't even count. Lots of talking so we only squeeze in six songs over the hour but Chuck tells us tales about the real secret history of the Cedar Valley music scene.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 like to contribute any music please send an...
2020-02-0657 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #83 1-30-2020 GUEST: Jeff Shotwell of RozeNigh Listeners -Tonight is a very special show. Jeff Shotwell from the band Roze joins station manager Gary Monte and myself at the KFMG studios in Des Moines to talk about the history of the legendary hair metal/classic rock group Roze.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9...
2020-01-3056 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #82 01-23-2020Night Listeners -Lots of new material for tonight's show. I recently met with Jeff Shotwell from the band Roze. He has contributed the bands entire discography to be archived on the Iowa Basement Tapes Bandcamp. A new song from Fort Dodge's Brutal Truth, Sno-Mans, Wych Elm, and Hunger Pains.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear...
2020-01-2356 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #81 01-16-2020Night Listeners-Lots of new plays tonight! Sno-Mans, Clear, Grain USA, A Is Jump, Strange Attractor, Todd On Acid, Autocrash, Vivid, and The Cactus Rats! Majority of these tunes were recently added the bandcamp archive too! Thanks to both Chuck Hoffman and 98.9FM KFMG-LP Des Moines for contributing these tunes to both the show and the archive.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 like to contribute any music please send an email...
2020-01-1657 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #80 01-09-2020Night Listeners -I got a fun show tonight lots punky Brewster fun with tunes from Captain Three Leg, Riff Worm and The Dogs. First time plays by Vlad Moth, a weird 80s synth punk project from Des Moines.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines an...
2020-01-0956 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #79 1-2-2020 Happy New Year!Night Listeners -Happy New Year from us (I mean me) at Iowa Basement Tapes. We are coming into 2020 hot with Roze, Slughive, White Hott, Sludgeplow, and even Die Mutts! I just got word that this year will be the 19th Anniversary Show of Die Mutts and finally will see the release of their album Old Videos.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 like to contribute any music please send an email...
2020-01-0257 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #78 12-26-2019Night Listeners -This is our last show for 2019! More material from White Hott and Roze, the 80s hair metal pack that has forever changed my life. Chuck Hoffman of Fetal Pig as handed over a bunch of tapes from his collection including something amazing called Slughive.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday...
2019-12-3156 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #77 12-19-2019Night Listeners-The most amazing find happened this week. I finally discovered Iowa 80s hair metal! Holy shit and not one but TWO bands have fallen into my lap: White Hott and Roze. Both bands are Des Moines based and are completely ready to rock.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM...
2019-12-3056 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #76 12-12-2019Night Listeners -Tonight is a weird show. That's all I can say. The combination of tunes tonight really make no sense. But I started digging into some of the of old psychedelic singles of the 60s with stuff like Linn County, Noblemen, and the Royal Flairs. Also revisiting Die Mutts, a great Des Moines band that you can always count on.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 like to contribute any...
2019-12-2456 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #72 11-14-19Night Listeners -Doomvember is here and I got some super stoner Iowa goodness with Into The Cove, Cockroach Dominion, CR Dicks, and Paul Cary. I don't know if that all correctly blends but I don't think it matters.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KC...
2019-12-2056 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #68 10-17-2019Night Listeners -October is already half way over which is just nuts to me. I have feel like I haven't been able to really enjoy the Halloween season yet. Tonight I have chaos driven tunes from Stickdog, Son of the Morning, and Goldblums...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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9...
2019-11-2657 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #66 10-03-2019Night Listeners -October is here! Time for me to break out the psychobilly, cult, and dirty punk. I got tunes from Son of the Morning, Sludgeplow, When Bitter Spring Sleeps, and The Horrors. Heavy heavy heavy...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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – Coe College Ceda...
2019-11-2557 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #63 09-12-2019Night Listeners -Recorded just 2 hours before I had to hop on a plane from Houston back to Iowa. A little buzzed from having birthday drinks in the bar of the Omni Hotel. Lots of great tunes.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – Coe College Ceda...
2019-11-2357 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes Announcement: Return of the Podcast ArchivesNight Listeners-The podcast archives are coming back! Iowa Basement Tapes has been airing weekly on airwaves but I haven't been getting them uploaded. So As a Thanksgiving treat I am getting them all uploaded this week.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – Coe College Ceda...
2019-11-2309 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #62 09-05-2019 GUEST: Zach Walther of Animal Mothers/Orville Sash/MorboNight Listeners-Zach Walther joins us tonight on my first night back in the good ol DSM. We talk Orville Sash, Animal Mothers, and his days living in the Haunted Basement. This is a really fun conversation with some heavy tunes from his Iowa playlist.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM...
2019-09-0555 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #60 8-22-2019Night Listeners -I am over halfway done with this rough train ride called filmmaking. I am excited to get back home. Excited to let you know that Zach Walther will be coming on the show early in September. He has tales to tell from his days in Animal Mothers and as a new member of Morbo.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 like to contribute any music please send an...
2019-09-0557 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #58 8-7-2019Night Listeners -I am starting my 21 day stay in Iowa City on feature film shoot so I am packing in a lot of eastern Iowa tunes over the next few weeks. Lots of Brazil, Deerslayer, and goodies from the 319 world.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KC...
2019-09-0557 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #59 8-15-2019Night Listeners -Week 2 of me hanging in Iowa City. I'm on a grueling schedule with a six day week working on a split schedule that is killing my vibes. But I am digging out a lot of eastern Iowa tunes tonight. I don't think I have played Only Ten Between on the program yet. I remember them coming through Cedar Rapids from Davenport for some community center shows.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...
2019-09-0557 minIowa Basement TapesIOWA BASEMENT TAPES #57 8-1-2019Night Listeners -I am recording in Farmington, New Mexico. The most northern tip where I am about an hour away from Mesa Verde in southern Colorado.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 like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – Coe College Cedar Rapids. You can now hear us every Friday at 1...
2019-08-0357 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #56 7-27-2019Night Listeners-July is coming to a close and I am about to hop a plane back to New Mexico. Tonight I bring you tunes from Person Whale, Drednex, Skyscraper, and some other dodgy bands. I don't have a whole lot to say as I will be temporarily relocating to Iowa City for the month of August. More on that later...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 like to contribute...
2019-07-2556 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #55 7-18-2019Night Listeners -Tonight I am recording in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This show breaks new grounds with bands from three new cities: Shadrack Chameleon from Humboldt, Zini from Lamoni (yes you read correctly) and No Coast Criminals from Independence. I also got a ton of new bands that I have never played before. Lots of garage psychedelic and lots of punk.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 like to contribute any...
2019-07-1855 minIowa Basement TapesIowa Basement Tapes #29 1-17-2019Night Listeners -Iowa Basement Tapes is back this week and its super heavy! I found the remains of the old Iowa Hadcore.com site which is now iowahardcore.blogger.com and found all kinds of goodies including The Tanks, Solid Attitude, and Through Hard Times. Good Ol' Bensmasher also informed me that Sludgeplow's Turned Earth album got remastered and re-released this past October. GET IT. A shout out to The Ruralists in Sioux City for sending me their album.Catch us every Thursday from 9PM -10PM on 98.9 FM KFMG-LP DES MOINES & KCOE...
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