Iowa Basement Tapes

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 a...

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 ple...

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...

Night 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...

Night 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...

Night 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...

Night 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 Thursd...

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 iowabasementtape...

Night Listeners - I'm dipping in the Nebraska tub tonight with some Plack Blague from Lincoln, NE. I got some other weird stuff and a little preview into the Halloween 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 kristian...

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 ple...

Night Listeners - Last show for August! I spent a few more days in Ottumwa this week. This project has to do with meth (in Ottumwa no less). Anyways I checked out Jason Bolinger's Ottumwa label, Speak Out Recordings. Lots of rad material plus some gems from the Mortiville Records archive. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and...

Night Listeners - This show feel like a weird summer day drinking aftermath. Like when you slam some tall boys at 1PM and then it's 5PM and you don't know what to do with yourself. Weird tunes by The Bassturd and EHI. Speaking of EHI, a new bandcamp archive recently popped up offering super strange artifacts from the 80s. Lots of arthouse industrial types on there. I highly recommend checking it o...

Night 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...

Night Listeners - An amazing band just fell into my lap, Pitch Black Manor who were around from 1990 to 1995 in the Quad Cities. Monster filled goth/punk/pop. I am quickly becoming obsessed with them. I also explore more tunes off of the 2011 Cupboards Zine Issue 3 compilation. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download a...

Night 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 kris...

Night Listeners - I got a crazy southern Iowa party lined up for tonight. We all know that Captain 3 Leg hails from Ottumwa but there are several other bands out of that region that we haven't given a spin yet. Big Fist Johnny, Threeskin, and Borf Beast. 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 f...

Nigh 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...

Night 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 ar...

Night Listeners - We are hitting our two year mark! I don't really know for sure if it should be this week or next week since the show premiered on July 5, 2018 and the 5th is Saturday. Tonight I got some new music contributions from Dan Loy including TIM, My Toy Armageddon, and Slimtones. Dan is going to be joining us next week for an interview to talk about his days in the Iowa City music scene...

Night 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...

Night 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 lik...

Night 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...

Night Listeners - June is here! I'm diving into more tracks by Ottumwa's Joretta Oaks and Fairfield's Wren. Also revisiting the amazing tape comp, All Iowa Noise Insurgency . 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 kristiand...

Night Listeners - How did we get here? 100 episodes. 100 times I have setup my laptop to record/edit a show usually the morning of the first broadcast. I remember thinking several times, "It's midnight and I have to leave for the airport by 3:30AM. I still have to record the show." IBT has never about making money, it has been about keeping this music alive. The only way to keep music al...

Night 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 a...