Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners - Tonight we have Diana Weishaar of Contakta , The Host Country , The L.I.F.E. Project and host of the In The Round podcast . We talk about growing up in Fairfield, going on tour with Breaking Benjamin and Bush and we dig into her Iowa playlist. Contakta - "Confession" / Bodyheat EP (Des Moines) Joel Sires - "This House" (Cedar Falls) Finally Some Action - "Sensor Recall" / Circuit...

Night Listeners - We did not win the Emmy for Chiefsaholic but hey we were still nominated! We got first time plays from Deed Fried Embryo (noisecore from McGregor) and Altar God (off the Weedien - Trip to Nebraska and Iowa compilation). I bring out some weird gravy with Double Dice and three new tracks from Captain Three Leg's new release Wet With Blood . Don't forget that on May 29th, I owa Base...

Night Listeners - We are calling this our summer kick off show so we open with the "Summer Fun" song from the Davenport Junior Theatre that was originally recored in 1965. I want to make sure everyone knows that on May 29th at the Varsity Cinema in Des Moines, Iowa we are presenting a screening of The Decline of Western Civilization . Get your tickets here - https://varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the...

Night Listeners - We lost a week due to my laptop needing the screen replaced but we are back! First time plays from Meskwaki Bingo and Nuclear Biologist Rocket Surgeons. We also kick our heels up with Fate, Contakta, Chemical Buffet and Nightrazor. Running Man - "Argon" / Running Man (Quad Cities) Druids - "Horus, part II" / Pray for Water (Des Moines) Meskwaki Bingo - "High on Life" / Fountain o...

Night Listeners - Tonight is a busy show! That sounds weird but we have a lot going on with first time plays from Funky Fetus, Thought Wrong, thisworldisnotkind, Love Spell and Fungal Mass. That's a lot!   The Tanks - "24hr Revenge Fantasy" / Epic Loads (Iowa City) In Loving Memory - "A Gentler Sun" / A Gentler Sun (Des Moines) Funky Fetus - "Music for God" / Music For God (Cedar Falls) Love Spell...

Night Listeners - Tonight we have Iowa folk legend Phil Young! No he isn't a folk singer songwriter (we don't play that on this show) but he is a legend when it comes to the bands he has been and the records he has engineered. He is a current member of Tires, Night Stories, Contakta and his solo project End of Wrld. End of Wrld - "unknown demo" (Des Moines) Mantis Pinchers - "Shrimp Bisque" / Mant...

Night Listeners -  We are taking a dip in the toxic pool that is the Mississippi. First time plays from Emerge Again, Miasma, Mount Emblem (digital insane sludge), Murder Basket and the legendary Infandous. Brand new tunes from Fate (rules), Purplish and Liquid Decomposition. Fate - "You Belong to the Night" / Another Day Alone in My Thoughts (Iowa City) Emerge Again - "Track 4" / Bridges Worth Re...

Night Listeners - First show of April with some first time plays from Ext, Emergency, Blaster, Mystery Roach, Chemical Buffet and Road Soda. New tunes from Early Girl, Purplish an Younger.  Early Girl - "The Knife" (Iowa City) Purplish - "Just Like Heaven" (Spencer) Surf Zombies - "Hardly Dangerson" / Return of the Skeleton (Cedar Rapids Exit, Emergency - "Over This" / Hollow (Davenport) Blaster -...

Night Listeners - Welcome to Thrash City IV! All metal all night. I packed this one tight crack yourself a Schlitz and throw on a VHS copy of Faces of Death for a little extra atmosphere.  Frontal Assault - "Earth, Your Master" (Cedar Rapids) Druids - "Moon Systems" / Cycles of Mobeum (Des Moines) Captain Three Leg - "Coming to Terms with Death" / The Birth of the Creature to Conquer (Ottumwa) Sat...

Night Listeners - Back to the normal crusty skank show that you all know and love. We even got two first time plays: Epileptic Cheetah and Sadistic Kids. Two punk all star groups from the early 2000s in Cedar Rapids. Moon Summoner - "Indulging Night" / Phases (Des Moines) a is jump - Save for the End Times" / Weird Nostalgia (Cedar Falls) Dick Hubert - "3 Beers" (Dubuque) Rational Anthem - "Walkin...

Night Listeners - Ben Smasher returns! Tonight we pay tribute to my dear friend Barron Christian. Ben reached out about doing a show with me where he ask questions about Barron and tell stories. If ya'll can imagine, I don't really have time to mourn or grieve when someone passes. I probably soaked up much of the oxygen in the room as I really have't had time to talk about any of this. Plus we got...

Night Listeners -  We made it through hopefully the last blizzard of the season.  I got some first time plays along with a brand new track to open us up from the CR Dicks. CR Dicks - "Demons Watching Over Me" (Cedar Rapids) The Siouxer Rats - "Agent 712" / Rat-tle and Shake with the Siouxer Rats (Sioux City) James and the Jelly Biscuits - "Apple Road" / Studio Biscuit (Ottumwa) Otros Outros - "The...

Night Listeners - We are so back! Last week we only had a radio broadcast with no podcast release. My long time friend and long time listener to the show, Barron Christian, passed away last Monday. Like KFMG station manager, Gary Monte, Barron has periodically contributed to the show whether it be sending me audio messages, hosting listening parties and reviewing the show in real time by via text...

Night Listeners - I packed in 20 songs for tonights Valentines Day show. Does this actually have anything to do with Valentines Day? No. But I stuffed this show as tight as I could. Even playing three tracks of the Captain Three Leg release Coming Up Short (3inch CDr release from several years back). Swing by Seven - “I’d Rather Be In Modesto” / Swing By Seven (Sioux City Why Bother - “Down In The...

Night Listeners - Tonight's broadcast comes from Owensboro, Kentucky during a late night thunderstorm. This show has to be one of the strangest playlists I have curated. We got first time plays from Soup Riot! and The Killer Frequency. We also revisit the WEEDIAN comp from last year.   Mainstreet Blake - "Age of Aquarius" / Street (Waterloo) Split Pricks - "When all else Fails, Fail" / Hang In The...

Night Listeners - Tonight we have eastern Iowa's king of noise, Alex Nowacki. The man behind Boar, Brutal Shift and the DIY label, Breaching Static. We talk about the Dubuque noise scene, Boar's first tour to California and we play some of his favorite music from the land of the harvest. Brutal Shift - "Options Exhausted" / Flatline Replica Compilation (Dubuque) Ft (the Shadow Government) - "The G...

Night Listeners -  Our regular programming returns this week with a full banger of tunes. I want to make mention that I am super excited about the punk rock scene returning to Sioux City. From what I can tell, G.L.U.E. is leading this culture shift right now. We also revisit the Death of Your Culture comp tape from SouthEast Records as well as a first time play from the Grinnell University compila...

Night Listeners- We now have the most important episode of Iowa Basement Tapes for 2025 thus far! The legend Bob Bucko Jr is on the show. If you don't know who Bob is, you probably don't listen to music. Long time performer, owner of the Personal Archives record label and co-owner of the Ruix Records in Dubuque, Iowa. Follow him on Instagram . Bob Bucko Jr. - "Youse Blues" / What if my Water (Dubu...

Night Listeners - We got a fun show tonight revisiting The Iowa Compilation Vol 5 . plus new tunes from Zuul, TV Cop and Purplish. First time play from Vitalith. If you are in Cedar Rapids this weekend please be sure to check out  the Cold Shock metal fest at CSPS on Saturday featuring Toxic Hell, Liquid Decomposition, False Providence, Phantom Threat, Pursuit and Ruin Dweller. Mugwump - "Get Out"...

Night Listeners - Our first show for 2025! I packed it in tonight with a lot of material that we haven't played in awhile including Sludgeplow, Finally Some Action and Ten Grand. Ten Grand - "Get Out of My Dojo" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City) Slut River - "A Ratt" / S-R (Iowa City) The Obsolete Andrew Joseph Caffrey - "No Strings" / The Obsolete Andrew Joseph Caffrey (Cedar Rapids) Billy Cr...

Night Listeners - Our last show for 2024! I tried to stay true to form tonight with what Iowa Basement Tapes is all about. July of 2025 will mark our seventh year on air/internet. We really packed in the interviews this past year plus the Des Moines area voted me "Best Radio Voice that Turns You On" in the Cityvew Magazine Best of Des Moines polls.   Abscess - "Trash Bag Murders" / Political Vomit...

Night Listeners - Happy holidays from Iowa Basement Tapes! Lots of first time plays and maybe even some weird choices. It's been a good year here at the show and I hear some things brewing for next year that are pretty exciting. Captain Three Leg - "A Christmas Greeting" / A Captain's Christmas (Ottumwa) Captain Three Leg - "A Partridge With H​.​I​.​V. (Festering Puke)" /  A Captain's Christmas  (...

Night Listeners- Tonight we have Brandon L. of Enchanted Silver Records . The dungeon synth warlord behind Tomb Wizard , Moss Troll and Tyrant of Gorgon . We explore the world of black metal and it's cryptid offspring that is dungeon synth. He has only been in Iowa for four years so the playlist tonight is a mix of his own picks plus some tunes I wanted to introduce him to. Tomb Wizard - "Dragged...

Night Listeners- We have a bunch of first time plays tonight from everywhere. I really tried to hit as much from Sioux City, Mason City, Marshalltown and the Quad Cities as I could but so much of what we plays is from DSM or IC. Big shoutout to Kelly Plumber for the Dredex live track! G.L.U.E. - "Night Crawlers" / Pray For Us Now In The Hour Of Our Death (Sioux City) Running Man - "In the Shadows"...

Night Listeners - Happy Thanksgiving! We have an interview with Dubuque artist and filmmaker, Tim Connery. He was the frontman for Nethervoid and Seppuku . He has a solo ambient projected Holes Appearing on Breaching Static and we have been working together in the film world since 2018. We talk Dubuque lore and dive into his Iowa playlist. Nethervoid - "The Nethers Nativity" / Sires of the Blister...