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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 #341 02-12-2025 Valentines Day kinda

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/02/14

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 CityWhy Bother - “Down In The Vault” / Hey, At Least You’re Not Me (Mason City)Dick Hubert - “Rope A Ghost” (Dubuque)Easy Fruit - “Jack

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00:59:11

Iowa Basement Tapes #340 02-06-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/02/07

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 There Baby (Dubuque)The Least Worst - "The Patty Cake Incident" / The First Worst (Ottumwa)Soup Riot! -

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01:00:06

Iowa Basement Tapes #339 01-30-2025 GUEST: Alex...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/01/31

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 Greatest Generation Doesn't Have to Apologize for Anything" / The Black and White Album (Iowa City)True

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00:59:07

Iowa Basement Tapes #338 01-23-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/01/24

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 compilation disc, Creature.G.L.U.E. - "Father" / Now in the Hour of our Death (Sioux City)In Loving Memory -

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01:00:29

Iowa Basement Tapes #337 01-15-2025 GUEST: Bob Bucko Jr.

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/01/17

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 (Dubuque)Liberty Leg - Can’t Stop / Country Doctor 7” (Iowa City)The Slats - "Exit the Green Gable" / The Great

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00:59:51

Iowa Basement Tapes #336

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/01/10

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" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 5 (Cedar Falls)Purplish - "Son of a Gun" (Spencer)TV Cop - "Rigged" / 4 Way Split

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01:01:01

Iowa Basement Tapes #335 01-02-2025

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2025/01/03

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 Crystal Meth - "Mr. Saturday Night" / Mother's Day / The Buzzard Of Doom Will Peck Your Eyes Out

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01:00:40

Iowa Basement Tapes #334 12-26-2024

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/12/27

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 (Perry)Acoustic Guillotine - "Hurry Up and Finish Dying" / 1st 7" (Iowa City)Animals on LSD - "Missionary"

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01:00:14

Iowa Basement Tapes #333 12-19-2024

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/12/20

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 (Ottumwa)Captain Three Leg - "Jingle Bells" / A Captain's Christmas (Ottumwa)Animal Mothers - "Solar

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01:00:24

Iowa Basement Tapes #332 12-12-2024 GUEST: Brandon L....

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/12/13

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 Through Umbral Pathways" / Asleep in Twilight's Coffin (Waterloo)Precious - "Take Away the Pain My Lord, I

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01:00:51

Iowa Basement Tapes #331 12-05-2024

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/12/06

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" / Running Man (Quad Cities)The Horde - "Odin's Blood" / The Blackened Reign (Quad Cities)The Value of

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00:58:56

Iowa Basement Tapes #330 11-28-2024 GUEST: Tim...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/11/29

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 Blistering Lights (Dubuque)Ax - "Aniti-Christian Tyranny" / Empire (Iowa City)Smothering Angels - "Catharis" / The

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01:00:10

Iowa Basement Tapes #329 11-21-2024

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/11/22

Night Listeners -It's the week before Thanksgiving and I packed the show nonsense. Only first time play is Bad News from Cedar Falls but we got a full show of hardcore, crust, black metal and jazz.Genital Hercules - "Theme from Cheers" / Live 5-22-04 (Iowa City)Acoustic Guillotine - "DM" / 1st 7" (Iowa City)Big Box - "$5 Gummy Bear" / Demo (Iowa City)Only Ten Between Us - "Stick Together" / Youth Posi Snack Attack (Iowa City)Beef Wellington - "We Care" / Tender & Juicy (Cedar Rapids)7inchWave -

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01:01:11

Iowa Basement Tapes #328 11-14-2024 GUEST: Patrick...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/11/15

Night Listeners -We got an interview with Patrick Gilligan from the dread filled hills of Dubuque, Iowa. We talk about his history with his original solo noise project I Like You Go Home and his most recent one-man hardcore drum n synth band If I Could Just Get Some Sleep.If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Run" / If I Could Just Get Some Sleep (Dubuque)Closet Witch - "Rule by Bacon" / Complete Discography (Quad Cities)Dredge - "The Crumbling" / Ashbreathers (Dubuque)The Tanks - "3D Glasses" / Pull

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01:00:57

Iowa Basement Tapes #327 11-07-2024

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/11/08

Night Listeners-Welcome to November and I guess welcome to America. It's our first music show in a few weeks and I tried to pick some tunes to match the vibe of the times. We got new tunes from Captain Three Leg, PSYOP and Pozar. Why Bother - "Down in the Vault" / Hey, At Least You're Me (Mason City)PSYOP - "State Violence" / Dare to Live (Iowa City)Closet Witch - "Date the Night" / Yeah Yeah Yeah its Closet Witch (Iowa City)Captain Three Leg - "Altar of Death" / Satan Murder Suicide

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01:02:25

Iowa Basement Tapes #326 10-31-2024 GUEST: Pitch...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/11/01

Night Listeners-Happy Halloween from Iowa Basement Tapes! This is our first show on Halloween and we brought it. Tonight we have Pitch Black Manor from the Quad Cities. They were last on the show back in 2020 when they first reformed and a lot has happened since then. We got their spooky playlist for Halloween night and get deep into Quad City lore....Pitch Black Manor - "The Thing in the Woods" / Halloween Scene (Quad Cities)The One Night Standards - "Rocket" (Davenport)Wisteria Losenge - Shinier

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01:02:25

Iowa Basement Tapes #325 10-24-2024 GUEST: Night Stories

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/10/25

Night Listeners -Continuing our spooky season this month we have an interview with Phil Young and Greg Wheeler of NIGHT STORIES. We get into their Iowa play list and tell the history of the project.Night Stories - "Nightmare on NES" (Des Moines)Glass Ox - "A Celebration of Death" / A Celebration of Death (Marshalltown)Druids - "Salvation - the Destructor" / Pray for Water (Des Moines)Haploid - "Ersatz, Serrated" / Villains Amis (Des Moines)Traffic Death - "The Wild" / Don't Be a Projectile (Des

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01:01:03

Iowa Basement Tapes #324 10-17-2024 Spooky Season...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/10/18

Night Listeners -Spooky season continues here at Iowa Basement Tapes. We got new songs from Pitch Black Manor, Spider Translator, and Ill Omen. Heavy on the electronics tonight but I promise you will fall dizzy to their heathen signals.Son of the Morning - "The Wild Hunt" / Son of the Morning (Des Moines)Night Stories - "Sam's Equinox" (Des Moines)Pitch Black Manor - "The Halloween Scene" / The Halloween Scene (Quad Cities)The Horrors - "Jack the Ripper" / The Horrors (Cedar Rapids)Nightrazor -

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01:01:04

Iowa Basement Tapes #323 10-10-2024 GUEST: Michael Duede

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/10/11

Night Listeners-I have played the electronic tunes of Michael Duede since before the pandemic. Why I haven't had him on the show yet is beyond me. We talk about his work in electronic music, the giallo film score he did last year and he shares with us his Iowa playlist.Michael Duede - "Heavy Fork" / Ten Stories to Make You Frown (Des Moines)Haploid - "Rejectamenta" / Villans Amiss (Des Moines)Michael Duede - "Main Theme" / To Witness Death (Des Moines)Michael Duede - "Gong" / To Witness Death (Des

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01:00:24

Iowa Basement Tapes #322 10-03-2024 SPOOKY SEASON...

Iowa Basement Tapes ·

2024/10/04

Night Listeners -We are guns blazing on the first episode of October featuring tunes by Pitch Black Manor, Snake Transmitter, Finally Some Action, and The Poly-Mall Cops. We also have the a first time from the Siouxer Rats! Sioux Cities surf driven punk band lead by Richie Vomit. I have been wanting to play this band since we started the show in 2018 and now we finally have some recorded tunes from them.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out

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