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Iowa Basement Tapes

Iowa Basement Tapes

By: Kristian Day
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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 #madeiniowaKristian Day Media, LLC Music
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  • Iowa Basement Tapes #360 07-17-2025
    Jul 18 2025

    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.

    1. Ice Hockey - "I Can Feel It In the Air Tonight (live)" (Quad Cities)
    2. Distorted Fantasy - "Smoking the Dead" / Distorted Fantasy (Sioux City)
    3. Earl Howitzer - "From a Cat's Point of View" / From a Cat's Point of View (Iowa City)
    4. Suburban Scum - "Kill Yourself" / Nuke the Midwest (Des Moines)
    5. The Agrestix - "Boot Boys" / On The Street (Davenport)
    6. Haunted Reason - "Forgotten Ways" / Still Born (Council Bluffs / Ames)
    7. Canary In The Mine - "Splitting Atoms Singe the Camel's Hair" / Brains and Pencils - A DIY Compilation from Iowa City (Iowa City)
    8. Edward Gray - "Just Born" / Brains and Pencils - A DIY Compilation from Iowa City (Iowa City)
    9. Grubby Ernie - "Oi! Tonight" / AGGRO-Culture Compilation Vol. 1 (Ames)
    10. Conniption Fit - "Since" / AGGRO-Culture Compilation Vol. 1 (Shell Rock)
    11. Shiloh Church - "Punx and Monks" / AGGRO-Culture Compilation Vol. 1 (Des Moines)
    12. Phantom Lightkeeper - "Siren" / Doom Surf (Marion)
    13. Blaster - "Big Black Cat" / Demo 2023 (Iowa City)
    14. Human Error - "Out in the Streets" / Die (Iowa City)
    15. Greg Wheeler and the Poly-Mall Cops - "Slowly Erasing You" / Manic Fever (Des Moines)
    16. Safety Second - "Things Change" / AGGRO-Culture Compilation Vol. 1 (Marshaltown)

    Follow me 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 kristianday@gmail.com.

    BROADCAST SCHEDULE
    Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
    Saturdays at 8PM on 1240AM KWLC - Decorah
    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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    59 mins
  • Iowa Basement Tapes #359 07-10-2025
    Jul 11 2025

    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.

    1. 7inch Wave - "1.44MB Floppy Disc" (Ames)
    2. Abscess - "Discourteous" / Political Vomit (Perry)
    3. Flesh and Blood - "Mad Bomber" / Scary Noises (Des Moines)
    4. Dick Hubert - "Rope a Ghost" (Dubuque)
    5. Phantom Lightkeeper - "Red Tied" (Marion)
    6. Glass Ox - "Grit" / Celebration of Death (Marshalltown)
    7. NIGHTRAZOR - "Nitropolis (jacket mix)" (Des Moines)
    8. Chemical Buffet - "jYEA" / Chemical Buffet's Version (Des Moines)
    9. Nebuleth - "Memories of My Homeworld" / Allfather Machine (Cedar Rapids)
    10. The Wych Elm - "Vanessa (excerpt) / Milk Sickness I (Des Moines)
    11. Organz! - "Down the Road" / Terribles Est Locus Iste - Burned Alive Records Year One (Quad Cities)
    12. Mold - "Danger UBX" / Mold (Iowa City)
    13. Easy Fruit - "Hybernation" / Easy Fruit (Des Moines)
    14. Bottledog - "Ballet O'Beans" / Another Product (Iowa City)

    Follow me 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 kristianday@gmail.com.

    BROADCAST SCHEDULE
    Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
    Saturdays at 8PM on 1240AM KWLC - Decorah
    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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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Iowa Basement Tapes #358 07-03-2025 GUEST: Joel Anderson of Ten Grand
    Jul 4 2025

    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.

    1. Ten Grand - "Respect Me" / This Is The Way To Rule (Iowa City)
    2. House of Large Sizes - "I Think I Know That" / Idiots Out Wandering Around (Cedar Rapids)
    3. William Eliot Whitmore - "Gravel Road" / Ashes to Dust (Keokuk)
    4. Burmese - "Revved Up like a Douche" / Burmese is Dead (Iowa City)
    5. The Pee Pees - "College Town" / How We Do It In Ghetto Land (Iowa City)
    6. Meth and Goats - "Dope Tantrum" / Split with Ten Grand (Davenport)

    Follow me 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 kristianday@gmail.com.

    BROADCAST SCHEDULE
    Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
    Saturdays at 8PM on 1240AM KWLC - Decorah
    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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    1 hr

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