Iowa Basement Tapes

By Kristian Day

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 ... more

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June 26, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #401 06-25-2026
Night Listeners-
I am on my second week down in the French Caribbean. Last week I recorded from Turks & Caicos. Since then I have been to Guadeloupe and now I am in Dominica. It's tropical and rains every half hour. We got a new tune from Phantom Lightkeeper, Justin Beahm's doom surf rock project that had its debut album last year with its follow up coming out in August.
Davenport Junior Theater - "Summer Fun" (Quad Cities)

Joretta Oaks - 'High School" / Ichirus Falls (Ottumwa)

Phantom Lightkeeper - "Hidden Mother" / Four Days at the Precipice (Cedar Rapids)

Splayed Innards - "Abe Lincoln Get His Chance" / Splayed Innards (Iowa City)

The Afterdarks - "No Good" / Rock N Roll is Dead (Quad Cities)

In Loving Memory - "A Gentler Sun" / A Gentler Sun (Des Moines)

Atomic Opera - "Kamikaze" / Demo 1985 (Des Moines)

Why Bother? - "Still Remain - Sleep Paralysis" / Case Studies (Mason City)

Holy Vestige - " Skeleton Key" / Holy Vestige (Marshalltown)

Winterwraith - "Dark Elves of the Soulless Winter" / Magic from an Ancient Time (Waterloo)

Tapwater Shrimp - "Toodaloo" / Just Demo (Sioux City)

Preacher Gone to Texas - "Sorrows for the Wounded" / Choice Vs Chance (Quad Cities)

NIAN - "Trust Me" / 5 Song Demo (Marshalltown)

Skin of Earth - "Ghengis Kong" / The Des Moines 4 Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Ten Grand - "Now You Got What I Got" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City)
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
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June 19, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #400 06-18-2026
Night Listeners -
Four hundred episodes. Some of you have gotten married, had kids and maybe a divorce or two. I have produced and recorded four hundred episodes of Iowa Basement Tapes. Tonight I play sort of a greatest hits tonight. Lots of classic bangers from across the state. A big thank you to all of our listeners both on the radio and the podcast.
The Tanks - "24 Hour Revenge Fantasy" / Epic Load (Iowa City)

The Pee Pees - "American Tourister" / How We Do It In Ghetto Land (Cedar Rapids)

Die Mutts - " Old Videos" / Die Mutts (Des Moines)

Captain Three Leg - "Esteban" / Split with Short Order (Ottumwa)

Captain Three Leg - "Hardcore Instruction" / Split with Short Order (Ottumwa)

Traffic Death - "The Wild" / Don't Be A Projectile (Des Moines)

Deep Fried Embryo - "Donnie of the Dead" / Split with Bloody Rectum (McGregor)

When Bitter Spring Sleeps - "Astral Blood" / Star Thrown (Cedar Rapids)

Sexy Cash - "Theatre of War" (Sioux City)

Nightrazor - "Just One More Breath" (Des Moines)

Chemical Buffet - "Are They Recording?" / 30 Years Of Obscurity 1993 -2023 Vol 1 (Des Moines)

Tomb Wizard - "Moonless" / The Lich Chamber (Waterloo)

MUSICIAN - "Cuckoo Kachoo" / As Trees Meet The Ridgeline (Des Moines)

CR Dicks - "Black Girlfriend" / Dick Moves (Cedar Rapids)

Ill Omen - "The Cynic Soul Ripper" (Cedar Rapids)

The Ballet - "The UAW Hall" / We Were Wild Buffalo (Quad Cities)

Brazil - "Eyelights" / Love Lost Their Job Today (Cedar Rapids)
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
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June 05, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #399 06-04-2026 GUEST: Iowa Metal Underground
Night Listeners -
Byron and Woodrow from Iowa Metal Underground on the show talking about the upcoming IMU Fest happening August 14th and 15th in Cedar Rapids. They also go into the upcoming releases from Festering Productions.
Ill Omen - "Reconfigured Remains" (Cedar Rapids)

Ophidian Memory - "Resurrected Primordials" / Serephim (Des Moines)

Toxic Hell - "Brutal Bastions" / Toxic Hell (Cedar Rapids)

12 Gauge Autopsy - "Toe-Tag" / All Pigs Get Slaughtered (Quad Cities)

Phantom Threat - "The Debutante" (Quad Cities)

Frontal Assault - "Plague of the Mind" / Plague of the Mind (Cedar Rapids)
Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
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May 29, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #398 05-28-2026
Night Listeners-
We are back with a banger of show. Nothing new this week except some serious rippers from east to west.
The Agrestix - "Follow Me to Hell" / Welcome to Hell (Davenport)

Bovinophobic Bile Puddle - "Decompose Me" / BBP (Iowa City)

The Tanks - "Dandruff Geniuses" / Skipping Pills (Iowa City)

If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Do It" / Dead Nerves, Numb Hands (Dubuque)

Running Man - "Second Skin" / Running Man (Quad Cities)

Swing by Seven - "The First Taste" / Tora Tora Torrence (Sioux City)

Precious - "I Pray, I Fast, I Await Your Guidance - Months of Isolation" / He Has Abandoned Us (Iowa City)

Tomb Wizard - "Asleep in Twilight's Coffin" / Asleep in Twilight's Coffin (Waterloo)

Why Bother? - "Weird World" / A Year of Mutations (Mason City)

The Siouxer Rats - "Dr. Zaius" / Rat-tle and Shake with the Siouxer Rats (Sioux City)

Traffic Death - "Don't Be a Projectile" / Don't Be a Projectile (Des Moines)

Fungal Mass -"Butchered" / Psychedelic Poison (Wilton)

Miasma - "Make Your Mark Claim Your Land and Keep It" / Calligraphy in Blood (Cedar Rapids)

Flesh and Blood - "Touch of Doom" / Scary Noises (Des Moines)
Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram
Follow Kristian Day on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently)
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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
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May 22, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #397 05-21-2026 GUEST: Station Manager Gary Monte
Night Listeners-
Tonight I have a very special guest, the KFMG station manager, Gary Monte. If it wasn't for Gary, Iowa Basement Tapes would never had happened. I am the type of person who needs motivation sometimes and he got the show green lit for the radio back in 2018. On June 30th, 2026, he will be retiring. We play his Iowa playlist and talk about his history with Iowa radio.
House of Large Sizes - "Heat Miser" / Heat Miser (Cedar Falls)

House of Large Sizes - "North Cedar" / My Ass-Kicking Life (Cedar Falls)

Tripmaster Monkey - "Valium" / Goodbye Race (Quad Cities)

Brother Trucker - "Friday Night Fight" (Des Moines)

Blue Band, Bob Dorr, Molly Nova - "Baby Please Don't Go" / Deal Again (Cedar Falls)

Horny Geniuses - "Mother Horta" / Proper Sound Rewound (Iowa City)
Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
...more
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May 15, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #396 05-14-2026
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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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
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1h 1min
May 08, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #395 05-07-2026
Night Listeners -
Tonight's show is PACKED with all sorts of new material. Six bands/projects making their show debut. New tune from God's Hand, thisworlsisnotkind and Frontal Assault.
Sexy Cash - "Do You Want To Dance?" (Sioux City)

Foxpelt - "Foxpelt Conniption" (Sioux City)

Bat Problem - "Dance" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines)

Lipstick Homicide - "Good Times" / The Stone of Opportunity (Iowa City)

God's Hand - "Police Lorry" / Police Lorry 7" (Iowa City)

Lotus Light - "Sour Blue" / The Passing of Time (Dubuque)

Mike Allen - "Remarkable Unremarkable" / MN (?)

Winterwraith - "Magic from an Ancient Time" / Magic from an Ancient Time (Waterloo)

Archeress - "VI - (I Wake Up) / ♏︎ (?)

thisworldisnotkind - "I Think we are going to have to kill this guy, Steven" / grief (Iowa City)

Stars Hollow - "Casper" / Kind of Hoping (Des Moines)

Psyop - "Outskirts" / (Iowa City)

Why Bother - "Speck's Lament" / You Are Part Of The Experiment (Mason City)

Frontal Assault - "Working Man" / Plague of the Mind (Cedar Rapids)
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
...more
1h 2min
April 24, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #394 04-23-2026 Ill Omen and the Return of the Des Moines 4-Track Compilation
Night Listeners-
This is a huge night for this show! First a brand new tune from Ill Omen, the first in two years. Second, Chuck Hoffman and Curtis Howard sent me the files for The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation Vol 1 LP. This is huge. I haven't played any song off of this record in over five years. I don't know what happened but Bandcamp would not let me download it anymore. So tonight we are playing almost ALL of it.
Ill Omen - "Internal Bleeding" (Cedar Rapids)

The Seed Of Something - "Black Friday" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Mantis Pincers - "Black Capes On Blondes" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

John The Bastard - "No Sympathy" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

The French Dials - "Bo(a)rders" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Dresden Style - "Canna What?" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Wolves In The Attic - "Last Call" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Love Songs For Lonely Monsters - "Replacement" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Druids - "Spirit Compass" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Fetal Pig - "Good Job, Little Man" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Skin Of Earth - "Genghis Kong" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Eric Kennedy - "Testimonial" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)

Annalibera - "Black Cat, White Cat" / The Des Moines Four-Track Compilation (Des Moines)
Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
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April 17, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #393 04-16-2026
Night Listeners -
We are premiering some new tunes tonight including songs from Bat Problem, God's Hand and Elegy. I want to also take a moment and wish a happy ten year anniversary to Frontal Assault who will be celebrating Friday night at CSPS in Cedar Rapids.
Bat Problem - "Zero" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines)

God's Hand - "Remodelled" (Iowa City)

Fidgit Noise - "My Mommas Movin" / Fidgit Noise (Cedar Rapids)

Black Market Fetus - "Midwest Meltdown" / Discography (Des Moines)

Captain Three Leg - "Colostomy Stew" / The Birth of the Creatures to Conquer (Ottumwa)

Elegy - "Mercy Bare Witness" / Elegy of an Unsung Voice (?)

jayvee - "Out Love" / Say Less (Des Moines)

Pareidola - "Marbled Outland" / 3 3D (Des Moines)

Annalibera - "Vermillion" / Never Mind I Love You (Des Moines)

Deivore - "Grievous Anvils" / Grievous Anvils (Iowa City)

Sharing Mass Graves - "Pledge of Allegiance" / Four Songs (Iowa City)

In Loving Memory - "One Fate Fraught Night Back in '91" / Split with Black Market Fetus (Des Moines)

Distant Trains - "Lucky Sonofabitch" / Split with Captain Three Leg (Des Moines)

Ten Grand - "The Payload Theme Song" / The Comprehensive List Of Everyone Who Has Ever Done Anything Wrong To Us (Iowa City)
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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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
...more
1h 1min
April 10, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #392 04-09-2026
Night Listeners -
We got a bunch of a new material tonight from Anchoress, Gunk Lung, Early Girl, TV Cop and Blist Her. Plus first time plays from Jayvee and Conocybefilaris.
Anchoress - "Cnidaria" (Ames)

Stickdog - "Bondage" / Human (Iowa City)

thisworldisnotkind - "Object-Oriented Polyamory" / death (Iowa City)

Bigby Woods - "Chokehold" / Here Goes Nothing (Des Moines)

Early Girl - "Three Months" / Winter - Spring Sampler 2026 (Iowa City)

Jayvee - "Cozy" / Never Thought (Des Moines)

Plague Relic - "Hide Little Ones" / Perversions of Nature (Jefferson)

Conocybefilaris - "I" / Conocybefilaris (Waterloo)

Blist Her - "Desire" / Winter - Spring Sampler 2026 (Burlington)

Gunk Lung - "Comfortofyourroom" / Winter - Spring Sampler 2026 (Iowa City)

TV Cop - "Nefarious" / Winter - Spring Sampler 2026 (Ottumwa)

Hot Jam - "Stormy Monday" / Early Singles (?)

The High Bidders - "Goodbye Fairlain" (Des Moines)

Casey Joe Collins - "Worth Water" / The Life and Times of Casey Joe Collins (Des Moines)
Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: Instagram
Follow Kristian Day on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently)
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 [email protected].

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji
If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e
...more
1h 1min

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