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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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
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
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)
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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
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 03, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #391 04-02-2026
Night Listeners -
Tonight's show is packed to the brim. I dig out some very old tapes including A Child's Trust in God, Political Vomit and an early 2000s shoegaze gem called Followed by Ghosts.
A Child's Trust in God -"Saturday Night" / Star Spangled Banana (Des Moines)

Goalie Fight - "Koskinen" (Marshaltown)

Centaur Noir -"Dancehall" (Quad Cities)

Full Fathom Five - "The Man with a Concrete Face" / Four Song EP (Iowa City)

The Bent Scepters - "The Eagle has Landau" / Land of Dirt Feed Lot Comp (Iowa City)

Political Vomit - "Daily Rut" / Music For No Man's Land (Perry)

Followed by Ghosts - "A Mirthful Experience" / The Entire City Was Silent (?)

Grave of Silent Dreams - "Funeral of the Being" / Funeral of the Being (Waterloo)

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

Deerslayer - "Music Table 06" / Music Table (Cedar Rapids)

White Hott - "Bring Me the Night" / Angel in Leather (Des Moines)

The Duma - "Daddy Swing" / Land of Dirt Feed Lot Comp (Iowa City)

The Gargoyles - "Untitled" / Land of Dirt Feed Lot Comp (Iowa City)

Red Coat Charmers - "One" / Land of Dirt Feed Lot Comp (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
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
March 20, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #390 03-19-2026
Night Listeners -
I am back from SxSW. A big thank you to Bensmasher for hosting last week. I'm here with some punk goodies plus a brand new band from Mac Stanfield called The High Bidders.
The Horrors - "Back in the Cut" / The Horrors (Cedar Rapids)

The Sno-Mans - "Cheese Cake USA" / This is So Cool (Waterloo)

State Parks - "Run Home" (Ames)

The Siouxer Rats - "Out of Sight" / Rat-tle and Shake with the Siouxer Rats (Sioux City)

Captain Three Leg - "Bloody Death" / Incident at Ape Canyon (Ottumwa)

The High Bidders - "My Dead Friend Barbara's Art" (Des Moines)

Contakta - "Moonglow" / Bodyheat (Des Moines)

Michael Duede - "100 Pineapple" / Psychicshock (Des Moines)

Vitalith - "Sooner than Expected, Night Falls" / A Short Walk Home (Waterloo)

Chemical Buffet - "Enter the Vortex" / Chemical Buffet's Version (Des Moines)

Moon Summoner - "4 Corners Part 3" / 4 Corners (Des Moines)

Running Man - "Numbskulls" / Running Man EP (Quad Cities)

Skamp - "Empurpling Irk" / In Muted Panic (Dubuque)

Bellyard - "Storm" / Bellyard (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
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
59min
March 13, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #389 03-12-2026 GUEST HOST: Ben Smasher
Night Listeners -
I am off to SXSW so Ben Smasher is taking the wheel. He literally pulled together a playlist that I would never dream of. Give him a follow on his respected IG Accounts: @bensmasher and @brainsmasher
You a should also checkout his Youtube Channel: Brainsmasher666
These Days - "Only What You Need" (Iowa City)

Al's Untouchables - "Stick Around" (Cedar Rapids)

Brillo & The Firebirds - "Someplace to Hide" (Keokuk)

Shy Strangers - "Skeletal Emotions" (Iowa City)

Sender Receiver - "The Human Torch Was Denied a Bank Loan" (Knoxville)

Moss Gatherer - "Dustin Hoffman" (Iowa City)

Vulcan - "No Name" (Spencer)

Penny Peach - "I Don't Wanna" (Iowa City)

The Swingin' Teens - "White Trash" (Iowa City)

West Minist'r - "Bright Lights Windy City" (Fort Dodge)

Thisworldisnotkind - "Traitors" (Iowa City)

The Dogs - "Horror House Blues" (Decorah)

Wally Shoop & The Zombies - "Okoboji" (Spirit Lake)
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
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
March 06, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #388 03-05-2026
Night Listeners -
We got a banger of a show tonight with some unearthed recordings from Fly Mexican Airlines and Mannequin Molesters. Plus a bunch weird electronic stuff that I know you crust dudes like.
7-Inch Wave - "Modern Plan" / Load Love Emulator (Ames)

Otros Outros - "Free Punch" / Otros Outros (Iowa City)

Dirty Sweats - "I Count the Tears" / If It Breaks I'm Fucked (Dubuque)

Skabortionsists - "Skabortionists Theme" / Skabortionists (Waverly)

Fly Mexican Airlines - "Your Mom Has a Nut Sack" / FMA (Davenport)

The Vahnevants - "Say It" / Stoned Together (Des Moines)

Moscow Puzzles - "Unknown Fixed Object" / Vast Space of the Interior (Iowa City)

Pareidolia - "Red Auditorium" / Part 3 - 3D (Des Moines)

Wet Hair - "The Garden Room" / In Vogue Spirit (Iowa City)

Mannequin Molesters - "New Direction" / Boom Box Demos (Bettendorf)

Mr. Softheart - "Laughing at the Future" / Magdalene in Crisis (Cedar Falls)

redbear - "displaces" / pour vous (Marshalltown)

Keepers of the Carpet - "Holy Moly!" /15 Year Deluxe Version (Ames)

Skin of Earth - "Horsethief" / Skin of Earth (Des Moines)
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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
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
February 27, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #387 02-16-2026
Night Listeners -
After two weeks of talking shows we are back to our regular show. We are packed with tunes from doom kings Lord Green, Melting Human Trash and Zenith. Plus new music from Brandon Loper AKA Tomb Wizard.
Lord Green - "Flying" / Higher Than God (Davenport)

Why Bother? - "Descension" / Hey, At Least You're Not Me (Mason City)

G.L.U.E - "Colored Ghosts" / pray for us in the hour of our death (Sioux City)

Anesthesia - "Disgrace" / Pain is Inevitable, Misery is Optional (Council Bluffs)

Melting Human Trash - "Death Always Twins" / Weedian - Trip to Nebraska and Iowa (Dubuque)

Ben Poppen - "Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow" / Pastoral (Des Moines)

Grave of Silent Dreams - "Only the Dead Know" / Demo (Waterloo)

When Bitter Spring Sleeps - "To Lie Forever Dreaming Beneath the Meadowstone" (Cedar Rapids)

Fate - "Where am I going?" / Another Day Alone in My Thoughts (Independence)

Plastic #9 - "Out On Bail" / Fountain of Youth Vol II (Iowa City)

Pull Aparts - "Bonestorms" / Fountain of Youth Vol II (Iowa City)

Zenith - "Pitiful" / Weedian - Trip to Nebraska and Iowa (?)
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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
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
February 20, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #386 02-19-2026 GUEST: Woodrow Hall
Night Listeners -
Woodrow Hall is back with us talking all sorts of news from Frontal Assault, Festering Productions and the Iowa Metal Underground. We also talk about Black Sabbath for nearly six minutes.
Frontal Assault - "Under Attack" (Cedar Rapids)
Oroborus - "Caranal Apathy" / Oroborus (Des Moines)
Starved - "Throes of Suffering" (Cedar Rapids)
The Value of Human Life - "Visitors" / Visitors (Cedar Valley)
12 Gauge Autopsy - "Carousel of Flesh" (Quad Cities)
Diezeleater - "No Couth" / Couthless Aggression (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
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
February 13, 2026Iowa Basement Tapes #385 02-12-2026 GUEST: Jason of Deep Fried Embryo
Night Listeners -
We have been talking about this interview for almost a year. Jason of Deep Fried Embryo is on the show. We recorded this episode in his town of McGregor, Iowa located deep in the Driftless region. Deep Fried Embryo is about to celebrate twenty years this April. We talk about house shows in Harpers Ferry, Milwaukee Metal Fest and the history of Iowa's oldest noisecore band.
Deep Fried Embryo - "Donnie of the Dead" / split with Bloody Rectum (McGregor)
Detachment - "Severed from Flesh" / Suspended in Stone (Cedar Rapids)
Sadistic Kids - "Tore Up" / Curiosity Killed Those Kids (Cedar Rapids)
Black Market Fetus - "Stagnation" / Discography (Des Moines)
BOAR - "logitech" / Forever (Dubuque)
Mummifier - "Curse of the Pharaoh" / Basic Mummification Procedure (Ottumwa)
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
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
February 06, 2026 Iowa Basement Tapes #384 02-05-2026
Night Listeners -
We got a bunch of Ed Nehring tunes tonight because the Savage Little Suckers are playing this Saturday at Gabes in Iowa City! So we got Red Throb and Savage Little Suckers in the mix. Plus some unheard (on this show) VidaBlue and Brazil tunes. We also got an old direct-to-tape William Elliot Whitmore demo.
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
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
59min

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