Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners - This has been a long time coming. Chuck Hoffman is our guest on the show. He has been so many bands that I can't even count. Lots of talking so we only squeeze in six songs over the hour but Chuck tells us tales about the real secret history of the Cedar Valley music scene. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com...

Nigh Listeners - Tonight is a very special show. Jeff Shotwell from the band Roze joins station manager Gary Monte and myself at the KFMG studios in Des Moines to talk about the history of the legendary hair metal/classic rock group Roze. 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 woul...

Night Listeners - Lots of new material for tonight's show. I recently met with Jeff Shotwell from the band Roze. He has contributed the bands entire discography to be archived on the Iowa Basement Tapes Bandcamp. A new song from Fort Dodge's Brutal Truth, Sno-Mans, Wych Elm, and Hunger Pains. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com...

Night Listeners- Lots of new plays tonight! Sno-Mans, Clear, Grain USA, A Is Jump, Strange Attractor, Todd On Acid, Autocrash, Vivid, and The Cactus Rats! Majority of these tunes were recently added the bandcamp archive too! Thanks to both Chuck Hoffman and 98.9FM KFMG-LP Des Moines for contributing these tunes to both the show and the archive. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music...

Night Listeners - I got a fun show tonight lots punky Brewster fun with tunes from Captain Three Leg, Riff Worm and The Dogs. First time plays by Vlad Moth, a weird 80s synth punk project from Des Moines. 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 - Happy New Year from us (I mean me) at Iowa Basement Tapes. We are coming into 2020 hot with Roze, Slughive, White Hott, Sludgeplow, and even Die Mutts! I just got word that this year will be the 19th Anniversary Show of Die Mutts and finally will see the release of their album Old Videos . Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtap...

Night Listeners - This is our last show for 2019! More material from White Hott and Roze, the 80s hair metal pack that has forever changed my life. Chuck Hoffman of Fetal Pig as handed over a bunch of tapes from his collection including something amazing called Slughive. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of t...

Night Listeners- The most amazing find happened this week. I finally discovered Iowa 80s hair metal! Holy shit and not one but TWO bands have fallen into my lap: White Hott and Roze. Both bands are Des Moines based and are completely ready to rock. 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. I...

Night Listeners - Tonight is a weird show. That's all I can say. The combination of tunes tonight really make no sense. But I started digging into some of the of old psychedelic singles of the 60s with stuff like Linn County, Noblemen, and the Royal Flairs. Also revisiting Die Mutts, a great Des Moines band that you can always count on. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sur...

Night Listeners - December is here and Captain Three Leg just released a SUPER SHORT X-Mass EP. That's all I can really say. 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....

Night Listeners - November is dead. But I got some new discoveries I'm playing tonight PLUS new material on the Iowa Basement Tapes Archive. Including Horny Genius (Iowa City), Abscess (Iowa City), A Child's Trust In God (Des Moines ), The Law (Des Moines), Sarcasm, and Welfare Skate (Des Moines). Some of the recordings are pretty crude and may not actually get any airplay but they exist so that m...

Night Listeners - It's almost Thanksgiving! I don't really know what counts as "Thanksgiving" tunes for this show. Some first time plays include The Meanies from Iowa City, The Rockers from Sioux City, and Brad Morgan from Manning (I think he is a newbie). I am just not a huge folk/country fan and I don't want to start dropping those type of tunes on this show. Iowa Basement Tapes has it...

Night Listeners - Doomvember is here and I got some super stoner Iowa goodness with Into The Cove, Cockroach Dominion, CR Dicks, and Paul Cary. I don't know if that all correctly blends but I don't think it matters. 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 an...

Night Listeners! Happy Halloween from Iowa Basement Tapes! I got fun show planned for tonight. Picking up some goodies from Iowa Compilation Vol 2 and 4. Bring back some tunes from Ghostcat, The Dogs, and Deerslayer too. 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 contribu...

Night Listeners - Welcome to November! I am back in a hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska. Working an episode of 90 Day Fiancé for TLC. We are filming interviews inside what appears to be a trap house on the north west side of town. This week I have more from Paul Cary's Ghost of a Man LP, some cold black metal from Erasmus, and a pile of junk from Captain Three Leg's One Band's Trash Vol. 3 . Iowa Base...

Night Listeners - Since we are in the the center of Halloween season I tried to stick you some horror theme tunes again. This week from the QC we got the psychobilly love ballad from The Afterdarks, some 80s synth tunes from Night Stories and Finally Some Action AND some Egyptian horror from Mummifer. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.ban...

Night Listeners - October is already half way over which is just nuts to me. I have feel like I haven't been able to really enjoy the Halloween season yet. Tonight I have chaos driven tunes from Stickdog, Son of the Morning, and Goldblums... 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 w...

Night Listeners - Wild times this month. I had the opportunity to catch a lot of shows in the in the last week: Gwar, Bob Dylan, and Wolf Eyes! First time on the program tonight I got The Organ from eastern Iowa and Rue Morgue from Des Moines. Both pretty crusty acts from the early 2000s. I also have the sing a long hit from Drednex. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure t...

Night Listeners - October is here! Time for me to break out the psychobilly, cult, and dirty punk. I got tunes from Son of the Morning, Sludgeplow, When Bitter Spring Sleeps, and The Horrors. Heavy heavy heavy... 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 m...

Night Listeners- October is almost here so I am getting us all in the mood with some spook tunes from Son of the Morning, Goldblums, The Horrors, Rue Morgue, and Night Stories (first time on the show!). I also dig out some Luxury for some hometown power pop action. 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 - I'm on another commercial shoot this week. This time for Hy-Vee and one of our extras was Nick Frampton from Field Division and he shared with me some of the hardcore music he used to be apart of including Approaching Nain that started back in 2005. They actually had a track on the Save Me From Ordinary compilation that was put out by the Iowa Hardcore Blogspot back in the day. I...

Night Listeners - Recorded just 2 hours before I had to hop on a plane from Houston back to Iowa. A little buzzed from having birthday drinks in the bar of the Omni Hotel. Lots of great tunes. 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...

Night Listeners- The podcast archives are coming back! Iowa Basement Tapes has been airing weekly on airwaves but I haven't been getting them uploaded. So As a Thanksgiving treat I am getting them all uploaded this week. 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 contribu...

Night Listeners- Zach Walther joins us tonight on my first night back in the good ol DSM. We talk Orville Sash, Animal Mothers, and his days living in the Haunted Basement. This is a really fun conversation with some heavy tunes from his Iowa playlist. 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 fre...

Night Listeners - I am over halfway done with this rough train ride called filmmaking. I am excited to get back home. Excited to let you know that Zach Walther will be coming on the show early in September. He has tales to tell from his days in Animal Mothers and as a new member of Morbo. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and...