Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners - Tonight we have eastern Iowa's king of noise, Alex Nowacki. The man behind Boar, Brutal Shift and the DIY label, Breaching Static. We talk about the Dubuque noise scene, Boar's first tour to California and we play some of his favorite music from the land of the harvest. Brutal Shift - "Options Exhausted" / Flatline Replica Compilation (Dubuque) Ft (the Shadow Government) - "The G...

Night Listeners -  Our regular programming returns this week with a full banger of tunes. I want to make mention that I am super excited about the punk rock scene returning to Sioux City. From what I can tell, G.L.U.E. is leading this culture shift right now. We also revisit the Death of Your Culture comp tape from SouthEast Records as well as a first time play from the Grinnell University compila...

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 (Dubu...

Night 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"...

Night Listeners - Our first show for 2025! I packed it in tonight with a lot of material that we haven't played in awhile including Sludgeplow, Finally Some Action and Ten Grand. Ten Grand - "Get Out of My Dojo" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City) Slut River - "A Ratt" / S-R (Iowa City) The Obsolete Andrew Joseph Caffrey - "No Strings" / The Obsolete Andrew Joseph Caffrey (Cedar Rapids) Billy Cr...

Night Listeners - Our last show for 2024! I tried to stay true to form tonight with what Iowa Basement Tapes is all about. July of 2025 will mark our seventh year on air/internet. We really packed in the interviews this past year plus the Des Moines area voted me "Best Radio Voice that Turns You On" in the Cityvew Magazine Best of Des Moines polls.   Abscess - "Trash Bag Murders" / Political Vomit...

Night Listeners - Happy holidays from Iowa Basement Tapes! Lots of first time plays and maybe even some weird choices. It's been a good year here at the show and I hear some things brewing for next year that are pretty exciting. Captain Three Leg - "A Christmas Greeting" / A Captain's Christmas (Ottumwa) Captain Three Leg - "A Partridge With H​.​I​.​V. (Festering Puke)" /  A Captain's Christmas  (...

Night Listeners- Tonight we have Brandon L. of Enchanted Silver Records . The dungeon synth warlord behind Tomb Wizard , Moss Troll and Tyrant of Gorgon . We explore the world of black metal and it's cryptid offspring that is dungeon synth. He has only been in Iowa for four years so the playlist tonight is a mix of his own picks plus some tunes I wanted to introduce him to. Tomb Wizard - "Dragged...

Night Listeners- We have a bunch of first time plays tonight from everywhere. I really tried to hit as much from Sioux City, Mason City, Marshalltown and the Quad Cities as I could but so much of what we plays is from DSM or IC. Big shoutout to Kelly Plumber for the Dredex live track! G.L.U.E. - "Night Crawlers" / Pray For Us Now In The Hour Of Our Death (Sioux City) Running Man - "In the Shadows"...

Night Listeners - Happy Thanksgiving! We have an interview with Dubuque artist and filmmaker, Tim Connery. He was the frontman for Nethervoid and Seppuku . He has a solo ambient projected Holes Appearing on Breaching Static and we have been working together in the film world since 2018. We talk Dubuque lore and dive into his Iowa playlist. Nethervoid - "The Nethers Nativity" / Sires of the Blister...

Night Listeners - It's the week before Thanksgiving and I packed the show nonsense. Only first time play is Bad News from Cedar Falls but we got a full show of hardcore, crust, black metal and jazz. Genital Hercules - "Theme from Cheers" / Live 5-22-04 (Iowa City) Acoustic Guillotine - "DM" / 1st 7" (Iowa City) Big Box - "$5 Gummy Bear" / Demo (Iowa City) Only Ten Between Us - "Stick Together" / Y...

Night Listeners - We got an interview with Patrick Gilligan from the dread filled hills of Dubuque, Iowa. We talk about his history with his original solo noise project I Like You Go Home and his most recent one-man hardcore drum n synth band If I Could Just Get Some Sleep . If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Run" / If I Could Just Get Some Sleep (Dubuque) Closet Witch - "Rule by Bacon" / Complete...

Night Listeners- Welcome to November and I guess welcome to America. It's our first music show in a few weeks and I tried to pick some tunes to match the vibe of the times. We got new tunes from Captain Three Leg, PSYOP and Pozar.   Why Bother - "Down in the Vault" / Hey, At Least You're Me (Mason City) PSYOP - "State Violence" / Dare to Live (Iowa City) Closet Witch - "Date the Night" / Yeah Yeah...

Night Listeners- Happy Halloween from Iowa Basement Tapes! This is our first show on Halloween and we brought it. Tonight we have Pitch Black Manor from the Quad Cities. They were last on the show back in 2020 when they first reformed and a lot has happened since then. We got their spooky playlist for Halloween night and get deep into Quad City lore.... Pitch Black Manor - "The Thing in the Woods"...

Night Listeners - Continuing our spooky season this month we have an interview with Phil Young and Greg Wheeler of  NIGHT STORIES. We get into their Iowa play list and tell the history of the project. Night Stories - "Nightmare on NES" (Des Moines) Glass Ox - "A Celebration of Death" / A Celebration of Death (Marshalltown) Druids - "Salvation - the Destructor" / Pray for Water (Des Moines) Haploid...

Night Listeners - Spooky season continues here at Iowa Basement Tapes. We got new songs from Pitch Black Manor, Spider Translator, and Ill Omen. Heavy on the electronics tonight but I promise you will fall dizzy to their heathen signals. Son of the Morning - "The Wild Hunt" / Son of the Morning (Des Moines) Night Stories - "Sam's Equinox" (Des Moines) Pitch Black Manor - "The Halloween Scene" / Th...

Night Listeners- I have played the electronic tunes of Michael Duede since before the pandemic. Why I haven't had him on the show yet is beyond me. We talk about his work in electronic music, the giallo film score he did last year and he shares with us his Iowa playlist. Michael Duede - "Heavy Fork" / Ten Stories to Make You Frown (Des Moines) Haploid - "Rejectamenta" / Villans Amiss (Des Moines)...

Night Listeners - We are guns blazing on the first episode of October featuring tunes by Pitch Black Manor, Snake Transmitter, Finally Some Action, and The Poly-Mall Cops. We also have the a first time from the Siouxer Rats! Sioux Cities surf driven punk band lead by Richie Vomit. I have been wanting to play this band since we started the show in 2018 and now we finally have some recorded tunes fr...

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Night listeners- I am recording this episode on my actual birthday of 9-11. I turn 39 today which seems wild (wait until next year KDAY).  So everything tonight is basically a mixtape I would make for someone whose only window into Iowa music was either Slipknot, William Elliot Whitmore or The Envy Corps. I don't listen to any of those bands. The Horrors - "Every Inch of my Love" / The Horrors (Ce...

Night Listeners- Midwest chunk fest tonight while I am in DC. Classics from The Wheelers, Tonh Po and Keepers of the Carpet. Some emo depression from Bloomer. Plus the new release from Pozar.   The Wheelers - "op_CNTRL" / op_CNTRL (Cedar Rapids) Glass Ox - "Rushes of Evil " / A Celebration of Death (Marshalltown) Tong Po - "Murder of Crows" / The Demolition (Bettendorf) The Least Worst - "The Wome...

Night Listeners - Last show for the dog days of summer so we are frying eggs on the cement tonight. Debut play from The Least Worst out of Ottumwa, hardcore classics from Rue Morgue and Breakdance PLUS a shoegaze dream from Blist Her. The Least Worst - "Machetes Ready" / First Worst (Ottumwa) The Law - "Hole in My Heart" / King Size Cigarette (Des Moines) Skamikazies - "8000 Watts" / Behold (Quad...

Night Listeners- PACKED PACKED PACKED show tonight. First time plays from Soup Riot!, The Blendours, and Chrash. We are also slowing entering spooky season so I sneak in a track from X-Ray Mary. Soup Riot! - "Slippery Slope" / Kick Me! (Iowa City) Slut River - "Off Whie" / Off White (Iowa City) The Blendours - "Cut My Hair" / Department of Meteors (Des Moines) X-Ray Mary - "Skull of Elvis" / Manzi...

Night 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 (Winterse...

Night Listeners- We got a funky show tonight with a lot of material that is not normally in circulation on this show. Lot of tunes from the 5th Iowa Compilation release. I pull some stuff the 1960s and I introduce a brand new band, Mad Delirous from Mason City. The Wheelers - "Ride By Fire" / The Wheelers (Cedar Rapids) Mad Delirious - "Land of Glass" / (Mason City) Mudwump - "Get Out" / Iowa Comp...