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Iowa Basement Tapes

One hour radio program of Iowa"s history in the DIY music scene hosted by Kristian Day. The show can also be heard on: Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines Fridays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City Fridays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji Saturdays at 8PM on 1240AM KWIC - Decorah Podcast archives go live Thursdays at 10PM CST. #trustkristianday #madeiniowa

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Iowa Basement Tapes #360 07-17-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/07/18

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 Compilation from Iowa City tape.Ice Hockey - "I Can Feel It In the Air Tonight (live)" (Quad

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Iowa Basement Tapes #359 07-10-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/07/11

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 Bomber" / Scary Noises (Des Moines)Dick Hubert - "Rope a Ghost" (Dubuque)Phantom Lightkeeper - "Red Tied"

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01:00:14

Iowa Basement Tapes #358 07-03-2025 GUEST: Joel...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/07/04

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" / Ashes to Dust (Keokuk)Burmese - "Revved Up like a Douche" / Burmese is Dead (Iowa City)The Pee Pees -

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KFMG Morning Show with Gary Monte GUEST: Kristian Day...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/07/03

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 co-host over the years and was the first person to believe in what this show could be. Thank you to all

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01:01:22

Iowa Basement Tapes #357 06-26-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/06/27

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 Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Choose" / 010715 (Dubuque)Fate - "Where Am I Going? / Another Day Alone in My

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01:01:09

Iowa Basement Tapes #356 06-19-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/06/20

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 City)Seas of Miranda - "Knockdown" / In Still Motion (Iowa City)Make Them Endure - "I've Been Thinking About

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Iowa Basement Tapes #355 06-12-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/06/13

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 Boy?" / Calligraphy in Blood (Cedar Rapids)Rational Anthem - "Stay Together For The Chicks" / It's Only

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00:58:55

Iowa Basement Tapes #354 06-05-2025 GUEST: Diana...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/06/06

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" / Circuits of Time EP (Keokuk)Abbie Sawyer - "Raise My Wonder" (Des Moines)Salt Fox - "Oak Tree" (Cedar Falls)Crystal

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Iowa Basement Tapes #353 05-22-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/05/23

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, Iowa Basement Tapes presents The Decline of Western Civilization at The Varsity Cinema. Tickets are on sale now!Son

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Iowa Basement Tapes #352 05-15-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/05/16

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-decline-of-western-civilization/Davenport Junior Theatre - "Summer Fun" (Davenport)Red Throb - "My Gun" /

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00:59:39

Iowa Basement Tapes #351 05-08-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/05/09

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 of Youth Vol 2 (Iowa City)Stiff Legged Sheep - "Family Drunk" / Final Recording (Iowa City)149 Dead Marines -

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01:00:57

Iowa Basement Tapes #350 04-23-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/04/25

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 - "Love Spell" / Royale (Love Spell)G.L.U.E. - "Burn It Down" / Pray For Us Now in the Hour of Our Death

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Iowa Basement Tapes #349 04-17-2025 GUEST: Phil Young

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/04/18

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" / Mantis Pinchers (Des Moines)In Rooms - "Pumpkin Pie" / Sleepless Days (Des Moines)Hun Lobo - "Unknown track"

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Iowa Basement Tapes #348 04-10-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/04/11

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 Rebuilding (Cedar Rapids)Purplish - "Smashing Pumpkin Muffins" / Do Not be Deceived (Spencer)Organz - "She

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01:03:57

Iowa Basement Tapes #347 04-03-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/04/04

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 RapidsExit, Emergency - "Over This" / Hollow (Davenport)Blaster - "Slow Death" / 2023 Demo (Davenport)Gunk Lung - "+-" / Support System (Iowa City)Cervine - "Stargazer" /

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Iowa Basement Tapes #346 03-27-2025 Thrash City IV

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/03/28

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)Satan's Almighty Penis - "Haunting the Spaces Between" / Pulsing Feral Spire (Cedar Rapids)Glass Ox - "Grit" / A

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01:00:38

Iowa Basement Tapes #345 03-20-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/03/21

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 - "Walking Blind" / Emotionally Unavailable (Iowa City)The Agrestix - "On the Street" / On the Street

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01:00:47

Iowa Basement Tapes #344 03-13-2025 GUEST: Ben Smasher

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/03/14

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 a special playlist that Ben and myself cooked up.Satan's Almighty Penis - "Barron Voices" / Pulsing

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01:01:38

Iowa Basement Tapes #343 03-06-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/03/07

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 Open Sea" / Otros Outros (Iowa City)Idolist - "Gravity's Weight" / Idolist (Marshalltown)Greg Wheeler and

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Iowa Basement Tapes #342 02-26-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/02/28

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 message. So last week I took a beat and only did a radio broadcast with the re-airing of episode #100.But

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