Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners - I am back on American soil. It is just as hot here as it was in the Caribbean. Tonight we got some hitters from The Rumours, Bat Problem and Camp Regret. We are building up for another round of interviews over the next few weeks. The Afterdarks - "Black Cat" / Rock n Roll is Dead (Quad Cities) The Rumours - "Electric Blues" / Suck It (Waterloo) Camp Regret - "Summer Venues" / Cam...

Night Listeners - Tonight we explore one of my favorite compilation series, The Iowa Compilation Volumes 1-6. I have played Vol 1 and 2 multiple times on this show but anything after that has been sparse. This series was the launching point for many music fans in Iowa. Super important to the state's history. The Tape-Beatles - "Ads Become the News" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Terr...

Night Listeners- I am on my second week down in the French Caribbean. Last week I recorded from Turks & Caicos. Since then I have been to Guadeloupe and now I am in Dominica. It's tropical and rains every half hour.  We got a new tune from Phantom Lightkeeper, Justin Beahm's doom surf rock project that had its debut album last year with its follow up coming out in August. Davenport Junior Theater...

Night Listeners - Four hundred episodes. Some of you have gotten married, had kids and maybe a divorce or two. I have produced and recorded four hundred episodes of Iowa Basement Tapes. Tonight I play sort of a greatest hits tonight. Lots of classic bangers from across the state. A big thank you to all of our listeners both on the radio and the podcast. The Tanks - "24 Hour Revenge Fantasy" / Epic...

Night Listeners -  Byron and Woodrow from Iowa Metal Underground on the show talking about the upcoming IMU Fest happening August 14th and 15th in Cedar Rapids. They also go into the upcoming releases from Festering Productions.   Ill Omen - "Reconfigured Remains" (Cedar Rapids) Ophidian Memory - "Resurrected Primordials" / Serephim (Des Moines) Toxic Hell - "Brutal Bastions" / Toxic Hell (Cedar R...

Night Listeners- We are back with a banger of show. Nothing new this week except some serious rippers from east to west. The Agrestix - "Follow Me to Hell" / Welcome to Hell (Davenport) Bovinophobic Bile Puddle - "Decompose Me" / BBP (Iowa City) The Tanks - "Dandruff Geniuses" / Skipping Pills (Iowa City) If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Do It" / Dead Nerves, Numb Hands (Dubuque) Running Man - "S...

Night Listeners- Tonight I have a very special guest, the KFMG station manager, Gary Monte. If it wasn't for Gary, Iowa Basement Tapes would never had happened. I am the type of person who needs motivation sometimes and he got the show green lit for the radio back in 2018. On June 30th, 2026, he will be retiring. We play his Iowa playlist and talk about his history with Iowa radio. House of Large...

Night Listeners - Packed show with lots of new bands (or at least new to me). A big shout out to the Nu World Mutants for sending me a copy of their new record. It absolutely rules and we drop one of the songs tonight. The Lime Wires -"Mirror Facing Mirrors" (Mason City) Nu World Mutants - "(No More Planes to) Karachi" / The World is Our Bowling Ball (Burlington) Clifford Hoyt - "The Chandelier Fa...

Night Listeners - Tonight's show is PACKED with all sorts of new material. Six bands/projects making their show debut. New tune from God's Hand, thisworlsisnotkind and Frontal Assault.  Sexy Cash - "Do You Want To Dance?" (Sioux City) Foxpelt - "Foxpelt Conniption" (Sioux City) Bat Problem - "Dance" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines) Lipstick Homicide - "Good Times" / The Stone of Opportunity (Iowa City...

Night Listeners-  This is a huge night for this show! First a brand new tune from Ill Omen, the first in two years. Second, Chuck Hoffman and Curtis Howard sent me the files for The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation Vol 1 LP. This is huge. I haven't played any song off of this record in over five years. I don't know what happened but Bandcamp would not let me download it anymore. So tonight we are...

  Night Listeners - We are premiering some new tunes tonight including songs from Bat Problem, God's Hand and Elegy. I want to also take a moment and wish a happy ten year anniversary to Frontal Assault who will be celebrating Friday night at CSPS in Cedar Rapids. Bat Problem - "Zero" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines) God's Hand - "Remodelled" (Iowa City) Fidgit Noise - "My Mommas Movin" / Fidgit Noise...

Night Listeners - We got a bunch of a new material tonight from Anchoress, Gunk Lung, Early Girl, TV Cop and Blist Her. Plus first time plays from Jayvee and Conocybefilaris. Anchoress - "Cnidaria" (Ames) Stickdog - "Bondage" / Human (Iowa City) thisworldisnotkind - "Object-Oriented Polyamory" / death (Iowa City) Bigby Woods - "Chokehold" / Here Goes Nothing (Des Moines) Early Girl - "Three Months...

Night Listeners - Tonight's show is packed to the brim. I dig out some very old tapes including A Child's Trust in God, Political Vomit and an early 2000s shoegaze gem called Followed by Ghosts. A Child's Trust in God -"Saturday Night" / Star Spangled Banana (Des Moines) Goalie Fight - "Koskinen" (Marshaltown) Centaur Noir -"Dancehall" (Quad Cities) Full Fathom Five - "The Man with a Concrete Face...

  Night Listeners - I am back from SxSW. A big thank you to Bensmasher for hosting last week. I'm here with some punk goodies plus a brand new band from Mac Stanfield called The High Bidders. The Horrors - "Back in the Cut" / The Horrors (Cedar Rapids) The Sno-Mans - "Cheese Cake USA" / This is So Cool (Waterloo) State Parks - "Run Home" (Ames) The Siouxer Rats - "Out of Sight" / Rat-tle and Shake...

Night Listeners - I am off to SXSW so Ben Smasher is taking the wheel. He literally pulled together a playlist that I would never dream of. Give him a follow on his respected IG Accounts: @bensmasher and @brainsmasher You a should also checkout his Youtube Channel: Brainsmasher666 These Days - "Only What You Need" (Iowa City) Al's Untouchables - "Stick Around" (Cedar Rapids) Brillo & The Firebirds...

Night Listeners - We got a banger of a show tonight with some unearthed recordings from Fly Mexican Airlines and Mannequin Molesters. Plus a bunch weird electronic stuff that I know you crust dudes like. 7-Inch Wave - "Modern Plan" / Load Love Emulator (Ames) Otros Outros - "Free Punch" / Otros Outros (Iowa City) Dirty Sweats - "I Count the Tears" / If It Breaks I'm Fucked (Dubuque) Skabortionsist...

Night Listeners - After two weeks of talking shows we are back to our regular show. We are packed with tunes from doom kings Lord Green, Melting Human Trash and Zenith. Plus new music from Brandon Loper AKA Tomb Wizard. Lord Green - "Flying" / Higher Than God (Davenport) Why Bother? - "Descension" / Hey, At Least You're Not Me (Mason City) G.L.U.E - "Colored Ghosts" / pray for us in the hour of ou...

Night Listeners - Woodrow Hall is back with us talking all sorts of news from Frontal Assault, Festering Productions and the Iowa Metal Underground. We also talk about Black Sabbath for nearly six minutes. Frontal Assault - "Under Attack" (Cedar Rapids) Oroborus - "Caranal Apathy" / Oroborus (Des Moines) Starved - "Throes of Suffering" (Cedar Rapids) The Value of Human Life - "Visitors" / Visitors...

Night Listeners - We have been talking about this interview for almost a year. Jason of Deep Fried Embryo is on the show. We recorded this episode in his town of McGregor, Iowa located deep in the Driftless region. Deep Fried Embryo is about to celebrate twenty years this April. We talk about house shows in Harpers Ferry, Milwaukee Metal Fest and the history of Iowa's oldest noisecore band. Deep F...

Night Listeners - We got a bunch of Ed Nehring tunes tonight because the Savage Little Suckers are playing this Saturday at Gabes in Iowa City! So we got Red Throb and Savage Little Suckers in the mix. Plus some unheard (on this show) VidaBlue and Brazil tunes. We also got an old direct-to-tape William Elliot Whitmore demo. Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram Follow Kristian Day on: Instagram...

Night Listeners - We go a little hard tonight breaking into Satan's Almighty Penis and raging to a Sex Funeral.    Genital Hercules - "Theme from Cheers" / Live from Gabes 5-22-2005 (Cedar Rapids) BBP - "Decompose Me" / BBP (Iowa City) Satan's Almighty Penis - "Sacrifyx" / Thy Foulness Cum (Cedar Rapids) Goldblums - "No Fun" / Heels (Des Moines) Citrus Boy - "Skunk n Chicks" / . ..Not Nirvana  (Ot...

Night Listeners - We are back with new material from Lipstick Homicide, Hott and a long lost ska band called Evil Geniuses. We are also trying out some video segments on Instagram so gives us a follow at @iowabasementtapes.   Captain Three Leg - "How Much Is That Meat?" / Split with Vanishing Cities (Ottumwa) Captain Three Leg - "Disturbing the Peace" / Split with Vanishing Cities (Ottumwa) Hott -...

Night Listeners - We are back! Sorry about last week I was down in Texas on a documentary shoot with my hands completely tied up. But I brought a killer show for you all tonight. Lots of first time plays and new music from Phantom Lightkeeper and When Bitter Spring Sleeps. Schmoz - "Paul Bearer" / Tales EP (Sioux City) happy thoughts - "my arms are a sawdust factory" / stab stab revolution (Des Mo...

Night Listeners - Happy New Year from Iowa Basement Tapes! As you know we started an Instagram account just a week ago and we already have nearly 400 followers. THANK YOU! Tonight's show is packed with some early Des Moines punk rock and some new music from the shoegaze act Purplish. 2026 is going to be a great year. The Law - "Beer Please Not Politics" / Music For No Man's Land (Des Moines) The S...

Night Listeners - Merry Christmas and tonight we are celebrating Christmas the only way Iowa Basement Tapes knows how to do, we are going to play black metal. We have a guest tonight, Jayson Mudderman of Fate and Casket . We play his Iowa playlist of black metal oddities and we have a special holiday message from Captain Three Leg. Be sure to also check out the new Iowa Basement Tapes Instagram ....