Iowa Basement Tapes

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...

Night Listeners - Episode 98! Aint that nuts? Tonight we got a packed show with Black Ink Pen, Cottontail, Mugwump and a bunch of other weirdos from across the state. 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...

Night listeners - I got pile of randos tonight featuring Jailbus, Voorhees, Clear, and a bunch of 80s Ames punk rock classics. 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 9...

Night 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...

Night Listeners - I dove deep into Iowa's history in hardcore scene with lots of material off the Save Me From Ordinary: Three Decades of Hardcore Punk Rock in Iowa. Plus new tunes from Vahnevants and Strong Like Bear. 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...

Night 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 a...

Night Listeners - Here we go with a month in being quarantined. Lots of tapes got digitized yesterday including Fantasy Kitchen, Fontannelles, and The Squirrel Energy Now! compilation tape from 1993. We also have a new release from Huxley Maxwell called Aertherta . Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the rel...

Night 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 i...

Night 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 release...

Night 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 downlo...

Night Listeners - We return to the heavy as we are deep in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Another show recorded in Sioux City. Two new releases from Captain Three Leg and some old tunes from Wych Elm 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 contribut...

Night Listener - I just made another crackerjack trip to Denver and back! Left at 5:30AM Tuesday morning and returned at 9AM Wednesday. Too much but hey I got some new tunes. The new Goldblums record is out and I got "Breathe The Dark" to open up the show with plus more 60s weird stuff from across the state. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowa...

Night Listeners - A little late to the game but I finally dug out some Sioux City tunes this week. A little Buddha Cheese Band and Black Death Jet Set. I also got some Jim Morrison worship happening with Vlad Moth. 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...

Night Listeners, I am recording tonight from Sioux City, Iowa. Technically its Sergeant Bluffs but who's checking. I am here all week casting for a commercial and I was able to swing by the KWIT/KOJI station to chat with Mark Munger and Steve Smith. Got to hear some really cool stories about Sioux City's punk rock scene from back in the 80s. All I can say is there is a lot to explore... Iowa Basem...

Night Listeners - I got a new compilation from 1993 that I have been loving called Naked and Unashamed, A Useless Compilation . It's all Iowa City and eastern Iowa bands. Many I have never heard of before. Lots of material of that tape plus a first time play of Mediocre Superheroes from Ames. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com...