Iowa Basement Tapes

Night 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 l...

Night Listeners - I am in Cleveland, Ohio working on a skateboarding doc. So for no correlated reason I am playing a songs from a bunch of unrelated comps.  The majority of the tunes are from Iowa City but I mean there have been dozens of compilations  from labels based from there. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and downlo...

Night Listeners - We have a wonderful train wreck of a show. First off we are giving away 2 sets (4 total) tickets to the 3xWrestling show on December 11th presented by First Fleet. Please email me at kristianday@gmail.com and the first 2 emails will get free tickets!  Second I get intruded on by two lost dudes looking for a bathroom. Featuring the voice over talents of Greg Wheeler. Iowa Basement...

Night 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.com 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...

Night Listeners - The white devil has fallen from the heavens. So that means black metal. Well it just gives me an excuse to play Pozar for the sixth week in a row. But Also we got a new track from Michael Duede called "The Meat Sweats". Plus a bunch of tunes off the Iowa City Weirdo Scene Comp. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp....

Night Listeners- The last warm day of the year. Well this morning was 70 degrees. Then I went to lunch at 11:30 and when I was done it was 52 degrees. So new release from Wadge which features Andy from Captain 3 Leg. New Pozar (cuz its a new week). Plus an unplayed Aseethe track thats a 13 minute banger. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes....

Night Listeners - First show for November and we are coming in like a bat out of hell. I am going to miss Halloween season but as Ministry says, to me everyday is Halloween. We got new tunes from Haploid, Mr. Softheart, Rags ov Light, The Ruralists, Why Bother and Glass Ox. Frontal Assault - "Bong-Rip Suicide" / Hazardous To All (Cedar Rapids) Step Child - "The Prayer" / The Prayer (Marshalltown)...

Night Listeners - It's our Halloween episode here at Iowa Basement Tapes! First time play from the Surf Zombies plus new material from Pitch Black Manor, Why Bother, Huxley Maxwell, Glass Ox and Pozar. I also play one of those Halloween party records in between songs. All the new tunes tonight are perfect this last bit of spooky season. Pitch Black Manor - "Burial Grounds" / Transylvania Kisses (Q...

Night Listeners - Halloween is almost upon us and and the creep tunes are building. Tonight I have a first time play by Headless Torso , a two man grindcore act from Des Moines circa 2007. I also got Beyond Peace another first time play from this Iowa City hardcore act. Also New music from Nebuleth and Goldblums . Druids - "Traveller" / Path to R (Des Moines) The Wych Elm - "Experimental Surgeon"...

Night Listeners - I got a bonus show that was JUST recorded this morning at the studios of 98.9FM KFMG here in Des Moines. Gary Monte interviews me for the stations fall fund drive on The Morning Show. We talk about the history of Iowa Basement Tapes and other nonsense. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of th...

Night Listeners - We got a handful of new material tonight. Ryan Garbes from Skabortionists and Raccooooon sent me some material and one is a trash compilation called AGGRO-Culture Vol. 1 . Its a mix of metalcore, rapcore, and ska. Weird right? Also the new instrumental Pozar album rules. Glass Ox - "Fear Riders" / Temptress (Des Moines) Bigby Woods - "Chokehold" / Here Goes Nothing (Des Moines) Z...

Night Listeners - October is here! I'm gonna try and keep it spooky this month with witchrock, 80s synthwave, and songs by boys who wear makeup. New tunes by Goldblums and Tires . Plus first time play for Bovinopobic Bile Puddle . These guys sound like they reek of fresh tar on a hot summer day. Son of the Morning - "House of the Enemy" / Son of the Morning (Des Moines) Bovinophobic Bile Puddle -...

Night Listeners - This show is years in the making. My guest tonight is my very close friend Justin Beahm . He is from the Cedar Rapids area and was part of a number of bands including Prickle, The End, and the noise crunk Genital Motors . He has a production company called Reverend Entertainment that produces content for Paramount, Scream/Shout Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, and Arrow. Steve Reverb &...

Night Listeners - I was gifted a plethora of music from Ryan Garbes of Raccoo-oo-oon and Skabortionists. Tons of new material that I will playing tonight. First time plays from Skabortionists, My Pet Robot, Last Laugh, Dunebuggy, and Puffy Taco.   The Skabortionists - "Track 1" / Skabortionists (Iowa City) Xerox - "Around the Eyes" / Xerox (Iowa City) Goldendust -"Marooned" / Goldendust (Iowa City...

Night Listeners - Well I turned 37 this week. Didn't go into this with a bang but I did spend a boat load of money on records at Rag's in Davenport. I highly recommend checking it out. Tonight we got the weird jams from Wet Hair, Ed Gray, and even some synth wave from Goldendust. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download...

Night 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 an...

Night Listeners - September means spooky season. 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...

Night Listeners - I came to dance and thrash with you all tonight. Don't know about you guys, but I am over the hot weather and ready for spooky season. We got jams from CR Dicks, Mr. Bomb, and the Cedar Rapids thrash kings Frontal Assault. 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...

Night Listeners - New tune from Haploid tonight. I am really stoked how these guys are progressing. Also first time plays from Verb the Noun out of Sioux City and Wet Hair from Iowa City. Also you will all enjoy Ice Hockey's live cover of Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight . Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of...

Night Listeners - We are back to our regular format after three weeks of interviews. Tonight LOTS of new plays featuring the new release from Telekinetic Yeti and Pozar.  First time plays from Radar Dolls, The Bent Scepters and Coldsore. Plus I found a new 80s hair metal band from Iowa City called Landslide. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementta...

Night 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 iowabasementtap...

Night 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 rele...

Night 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...

Night Listeners - Lots of Sioux City love tonight including jams by Swing by Seven, Tapwater Shrimp, and Distorted Fantasy. Plus first time plays by Ice Hockey (Quad Cities), Ben Driscoll (Cedar Rapids), Big Sky (Waterloo), and Take Control (Cedar Falls). 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...

Night 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 iowa...