Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners- I am making my way back home tonight and I bring some classics from the ether: Mugwump from Cedar Falls, Luxury from Des Moines, and The Ballet from the Quad Cities. 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 k...

Night Listeners - I am in Richmond, VA where the only cool thing is that its the home of GWAR! There is also a Waffle House down the road but I am told I can't go there once it's dark. 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 - Tonight's show is sorta like that mediocre coke you did at that party last summer. Some familiar faces that get you jazzed and ready take this feeling all the way. Revisits to Ghostcat, It Really Is, Overcrest Rue Morgue, and bunch of other party people. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of...

Night Listeners - We open with a brand new track from Nightrazor, a project still very new to me. Plus SIX new songs from Captain Three Leg that RULE!!! I revist Through Hard Times, some mid 2000s hardcore from Iowa City and risky / long experimental jam from Des Moines lo-fi rockers, Goldblums. Oh and my favorite tune from the legendary Hollowmen. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa m...

Night Listeners - Just returned from Galena, IL.  New material from Captain Three Leg, Melty Smiler, and Haploid. I am stoked to dive into some Iowa City black metal with Ax. 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 - Tonight is a journey down into some doom smoke filled dreams. New tune from Druids + Yeti from Dubuque, Skin of Earth from DSM, Dead Emperors from IC, Billy Crystal Meth from Ottumwa, and Sludgeplow from IC. 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 con...

Night Listeners - This is my week before heading to Texas for a mini vacation (yes there will be a show next week). We are blasting through this hard month with some legendary tunes by Ten Grand, Roze, Modern Life is War, and Son of the Morning. 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 y...

Night Listeners - This month is coming in hot. We got dreamy grime for our first March show with Dead Emperors, Exit Drill, and Purplish. 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...

Night Listeners - Im barreling us into a doom filled march with Dredge, Breechloader, Druids, and Billy Crystal Meth! Plus we dance to some Comrade 9. 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 e...

Night Listeners - We are deep into jam world with when one of my favorite obscure bands from DSM called Underlords of the Overworld. I have never even seen a flyer for this band. More tunes off the new Huxley Maxwell release and a plethora of jams to accommodate this premature winter melt down we are having.  Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementt...

Night Listeners - We have a show drenched in reverb, fuzz, and psychedelics. First time plays from Cars of the Country Music Stars (Waterloo) and Penny Peach (Iowa City). 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@g...

Night Listeners -  Who would have thought Iowa had a plethora of shoegaze psychedelic bands? Well we do. From Des Moines we got Zap Tura, From Spencer we got Purplish. From Burlington we got Blist Her.  We even have some werid death jazz from Iowa City tonight. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out  iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com  and download any of the relea...

Night Listeners - The cold continues but we move on because we are midwesterners. The salt of the Earth. New tunes from Bigby Woods, Pitch Black Manor, and Goatfoam. We will drown in the heavy and the weird tonight. 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 - It only makes sense to open tonights show with Nuclear Winter by Stickdog. It was -20° with the windchill today. I took my trash bins to the curb and just touching the plastic burned my bare hand. Nature is wild and there is really only two or three months out of the year that the weather isn't trying to kill you. Makes you feel alive. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of I...

Night Listeners - I have a wave of thunder tonight. Mainly because the music is loud and I would trade frozen tundra season for thunderstorm season any day. Twin Wizards opens the gates and I was just recently informed that the former drummer of Telekentic Yeti is the mastermind behind the formation of Twin Wizard which is wild to me. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure...

Night Listeners - Welcome to 2022 and we come in with our dancing shoes on!  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  98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines  and every Friday at 11...

Night Listeners - It's the last show of 2021! It's been a wild one folks. A big thank you to KWIT is Sioux City, KOJI in Okoboji, and of course KFMG in 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 please send an email to kristianday@gmail...

Night Listeners - Here is our Christmas show... kinda. It's only Christmas because of the intro from our #1 fan of the show, Barron Christian . Last night I got to check out Sioux City Pete LIVE for the first time and I have to tell you it was LOUD! I also had the privilege of also hearing Heavy Gratitude perform as well. It was such a wild time. Tonight, we open up with ol' Sioux City Pete, first...

Night Listeners - Welcome to the loudest office holiday party of the year! We are thrashing tonight through some first time plays with Mr. Bomb (Sioux City), Inner Lite (Marshalltown), Beware of Clevo (Iowa City), Blutiger Fluss (Des Moines),  The Tyde (Burlington),  and The Stereotypes (Iowa City). Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out  iowabasementtapes.band...

Night Listeners - We go down some heavy pathways on this cold December night. We take a big drink of synth pop and black metal in the same 1 hour time frame.  Also featuring some Rob Ogg bands with Hunger Pains and Broken Ones. 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...

Night Listeners - Welcome to my first December power hour on Iowa Basement Tapes. It's not really a power hour, it just rhymed. Anyways new track from CR Dicks in Cedar Rapids!  First time plays from Mantaur (Dubquue), Janet Theory, and The Main Sequence. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out  iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com  and download any of the releases fo...

Night Listeners - Happy Thanksgiving here is a bunch of crusty loud music to help you choke down the bird. First time jams from Sinner's Game,  Nightrazor, Bad News,  and Hairless Monks. 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 emai...

Night Listeners -  Tonight's show is like slipping into a warm bath with Keegan-Michael Key while he dangles a radio over the water that is plugged into the wall. If it drops in you are dead. Hope you enjoy Atomic Opera and Burmese. 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 li...

Night Listeners - Sorry it took a week to get this one posted. I am on the move again. Lots of fun stuff tonight as I do this show from Fairfield, IA. First time plays from Breechloader, Matchbook Shannon, Megapunch, and Tragedy Mask. 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...

Night Listeners - We have a guest for our first show in November: Ian Miller of the late 90's Iowa City hardcore/punk act, Splayed Innards. Ian talks about late 90s Iowa City, the Feed Lot Music Co-Op, Precision Noise Studios, and some other cool stories along the way including some great stories about the late Matt Davis of VidaBlue/Ten Grand, Brazil, and many other projects. Iowa Basement Tapes...