Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners- This has been in the works for four months and it's finally happened. Joel Sires joins us in conversation tonight telling tails and truths about The Teddy Boys, Twins and a plethora of other bands. He brings us a killer playlist of tunes that I have never played on the show before. Even if you don't believe in Santa, you can believe in Joel Sires. Kiwi Pizza - "Mary Ann" (Cedar Fa...

Night Listeners - First off, thank you to everyone who came out this past Monday for the first dungeon synth show in Des Moines featuring Tyrant of Gorgon, Amon Lanc and Holy Vestige . 50+ people plus Iowa Public Radio came out and did some coverage for us. Tonight we are still in our ordinary format and we got some thrashy goodness for you. Idolist - "Garden of Fear" / Idolist (Marshalltown) Drui...

Night Listeners - Winter is here. Lots of tunes to gets all through the polar vortex that will soon be upon us. I need to pitch one last time that the first dungeon synth show in Des Moines is happening Monday, December 8th at 7PM over at LOCALS 1433 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA 50309. We have Tyrant of Gorgon (Waterloo), Amon Lanc and Holy Vestige Marshalltown. Its a free show.   Younger - "Trash" /...

Night Listeners- Happy Thanksgiving! I tried to make a themed show tonight and I don't know how well I did but the highlight is the new holiday EP from Captain Three Leg called "Thrashgiving". Plus new Tomb Wizard and we revisit some classics including Moveable Feast, Slughive (early band of Joel Anderson of Ten Grand), Ritual of Agony and  The Hollowmen. Moveable Feast - "The End of the World" /...

Night Listeners- I love this November heatwave that we are having here in Des Moines. We got show filled new and "new to me" including Keith Rich of Druid's personal archives. We got KGB, Radio Moscow, Holy Vestige (new Bo Becker project), some dungeon synth project called Plague Relic. I also found a weird ska band called An Afternoon Snatching which sounds like its from 15 years ago. The Dogs -...

Night Listeners - My favorite pizza metal auteur Woodrow Hall of Frontal Assault joins us tonight to talk about the band's upcoming split with Takacs along with their supporting tour with Ill Omen. Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram Follow Kristian Day on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently) Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowaba...

Night Listeners - Happy Halloween! I am sorry if this has been a light season, the top part of October was extremely busy for me in the film world. But I tried to pack last week and this week with some spooky tunes. Lots of rippers and even a few first time plays with Obeygrey, Cosmic Fraility, Nian, Mike V & the Rats and Gore God.   Night Stories - "Sam's Equinox" (Des Moines) Pitch Black Manor -...

Night Listeners -  We are back with our regular music show featuring all sorts of spooky vibes and new releases from a handful of bands including Pitch Black Manor, Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops, Brutal Shift and the recording debut of Bat Problem. Pitch Black Manor - "The Thing in the Woods" / The Halloween Scen e (Quad Cities) Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops - "Slimephone" / Slimephone...

Night Listeners -  We are back and it has been a minute (two weeks in fact). I have a very special treat tonight for everyone. My long time friend, Justin Beahm , is my guest. He a brand new project called Phantom Lightkeeper that just released a debut album called Shore Ghosts . It has to be my favorite release of the year that was not put out by Captain Three Leg . Justin has merged the perfect...

Night Listeners - We are back to our regular show tonight. Hope you enjoyed all the interview shows we have been doing. Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram Follow Kristian Day on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently) 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 wou...

Night Listeners - Tonight we have another GOAT of the midwest DIY scene, Jon Burns of Camp Regret, Centaur Noir and Meth & Goats. Lots of tales from the Quad Cities, Peabody's Coffee House and the history of Meth & Goats. Camp Regret - "Smoke Screen" / Camp Regret (Quad Cities) The Multiple Cat - "The Car was a Bullet" / Elements of (Quad Cities) Ten Grand - "F*@# Your Guys' Team" / This is the Wa...

Night Listeners- Sorry for the lack of new show last week. I was up in McGregor, Iowa on a seven day documentary shoot. But tonight we have Anchoress from Ames/Des Moines. These kids LIVE in thrash city and they brought us a pretty sick playlist. Aria, Adam and Keane are all with us tonight. Anchoress - "Coveter" / Supersong (Ames) Polyachi - "Ratchet" / The Blvebird of Nothingness (Cedar Rapids)...

Night Listeners -  School is back in session. The heat is backing off. The new Toxic Avenger is about to hit theaters! What at time to be alive. I am up in McGregor, Iowa again documenting this towns history. First time plays from Wolves of War and Beelzejud plus a sneak of next week's guests! Finally Some Action - "The New Kid" / Mode 7 (Keokuk) Burmese - "America" / Burmese is Dead (Iowa City) T...

Night Listeners - We are back with a regular music show tonight. Jason Rupe and Jessie Trent have donated a bunch of Shamrock Shake and Total Passover recordings. Eric Coleman of White Lunch has also been upload LOTS of material to the archive as well. If you look down and don't see the playlist, stand by I will get it updated within 24hrs. Total Passover - "Cyclone City" / Live at People's 1993 (...

Night Listeners -  Cedar Rapids native, Andrew Cahak joins us to talk about his days with the legendary BRIAN JONES (the band not the person). These guys stood out in front of all noise from 1999 - 2009. Lots of lore from the Cedar Wasteland. BRIAN JONES - "Seriously, Hawks" / What Was Left? (Cedar Rapids) Bottled Og - "Rubber Bullet" / Another Product (Iowa City) Wheel And The Fence- "Preventativ...

Night Listeners - We are back with our normal show this week with brand new music from Finally Some Action and Captain Three Leg . I dig out some classics from the Land of Dirt Feed Lot Comp and some lost hair metal artifacts from the late 1980s. Finally Some Action - "Thrill Me" / Mode 7 (Keokuk) Xerox - "Slanted and Steady" / Xerox EP (Iowa City) Broken Ones - "Fun" / Fix This (Des Moines) The L...

Night Listeners - A very special show tonight. My guests date back to the genesis of the Des Moines punk scene, Mac Stanfield and Ted Irvine. Mac Stanfield was a founding member of the early 80's act The Law. Ted Irvine who was an obsessed fan in the early days now manages the newly formed (Not) The Law who will be performing their first show on August 8th at XBK in Des Moines.  We talk about the...

Night Listeners - The boys from Iowa Metal Underground: Woodrow and Byron are back to talk about this years Metal Fest happening on August 9th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the Olympic Southside Theater. We play a handful bands who will at this years fest, Frontal Assaults upcoming tour and what the future holds for the Iowa Metal Underground. Ill Omen - "Peace in the Middle East" / March of Decay (Ced...

Night Listeners - I am recording this show from Augsburg, Germany. I am digging into some stuff from what I would like to call "The Time of the Void" this was between 2004 - 2009 which was the era when I really had no clue what was going on in the Iowa music scene. We got Suburban Scum, Grubby Earnie, Conniption Fit and Shiloh Church. Plus a handful of stuff from the Brains and Pencils - A DIY Com...

Night Listeners - I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We are back with a packed show of boppers and thrashers. Continuing to the roll of Justin Beahm's new doom surf project, Phantom Lightkeeper and we revisit some old friends like Flesh and Blood, Chemical Buffet and Mold. 7inch Wave - "1.44MB Floppy Disc" (Ames) Abscess - "Discourteous" / Political Vomit (Perry) Flesh and Blood - "Mad Bombe...

Night Listeners - We are celebrating six years on the air with the legendary Joel Anderson of Ten Grand, USAUSA, Dope Walkers and Slughive. This show has been in the works for months and it was worth the wait. Ten Grand - "Respect Me" / This Is The Way To Rule (Iowa City) House of Large Sizes - "I Think I Know That" / Idiots Out Wandering Around (Cedar Rapids) William Eliot Whitmore - "Gravel Road...

Night Listeners- Meant to post this the morning before the anniversary show but I misplaced the thumb drive that this show on it. Iowa Basement Tapes started on 98.9 KFMG here in Des Moines. We have had the same time slot since since 2018: 9PM Thursdays. We have since syndicated out west with Siouxland Public Media on KWIT in Sioux City and KOJI in Okoboji. Station Manager Gary has been occasional...

    The Skamikazies - "8000 Watts" / Behold (Quad Cities) Burmese - "Railway of Death" / Burmese is Dead (Iowa City) Seas of Miranda - "Hanging out with Boat Bunker 25" / In Still Motion (Iowa City) Only Ten Between Us - "PPie" / Only Ten Between Us (Iowa City) Swing by Seven - "I'd Rather Be In Modesto" / Swing By Seven (Iowa City) Eclipse of Eden - "Disprice" / Eclipse of Eden (Iowa City) If I C...

Night Listeners - June heatwave is hitting us hard. I walk outside and I can just feel the air keeping your flesh sweating. Anyways, sorry this show took a minute to archive.  The Vida Blue - "Broken Jaw Factory" / Enough (Iowa City) Love Spell - "Farewell" / Royale (Amana) Darling - "Graveyard Girl" / Ends in Fantasy (Quad Cities) The Windmill Failure - "Firehouse Five" / Toasted Sushi Nori (Iowa...

Night Listeners - I got a powerhouse of rippers tonight with some loud ones from Joretta Oaks, In Loving Memory, Idolist, Miasma and Rational Anthem! Plus new music from Deivore and Captain Three Leg. Joretta Oaks - "High School" / Ichirus Falls (Ottumwa) In Loving Memory - "In My Name" / A Gentler Sun (Des Moines) Idolist - "Garden of Fear" / Idolist (Marshalltown) Miasma - "Where You Going City...