May 15, 2026

Iowa Basement Tapes #396 05-14-2026

1 hour

Night Listeners -

Packed show with lots of new bands (or at least new to me). A big shout out to the Nu World Mutants for sending me a copy of their new record. It absolutely rules and we drop one of the songs tonight.

The Lime Wires -"Mirror Facing Mirrors" (Mason City)

Nu World Mutants - "(No More Planes to) Karachi" / The World is Our Bowling Ball (Burlington)

Clifford Hoyt - "The Chandelier Falls...Again" / Split A.M. (Dubuque)

Pink Flag - "Signal Fire" / In Chains EP (Des Moines)

Catholic Werewolves - "Cowrkr" / You're Gonna Miss Everything and Die Angry (Davenport)

Ophidian Memory - "Hunger of Your Deceased Deity" (Des Moines)

Chemical Buffet - "Praise be to Zardoz" / Far-Out Scraps (Des Moines)

Mim Jiller - "Bleu Cheese" / Sove Longs EP (Iowa City)

Chrash - "Good Old Fashion News" / 2017 The Music (Quad Cities)

Safety Second -"Don't Know" / Sick Tired (Marshalltown)

happy thoughts - "my arms are a sawdust factory" / stab stab revolution (Des Moines)

Followed by Ghosts - "Clear Blue Sky" / The Entire City was Silent (?)

Space Burial - "User Friendly" / Meeting the Natives (Dubuque)

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