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

Iowa Basement Tapes is a interviews podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 400 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #406

  Iowa Basement Tapes #406 08-13-2026

  Aug 13, 202659 min

  Night Listeners - The annual Iowa Metal Underground Fest 2026 is here so if you are in Cedar Rapids get your butts to CSPS both Friday August 14th and Saturday August 15th. Tonight we got a good mix of loud jams from the last thirty years. Doktor Maxx - "Bucket of Screams" / Klowns of God (Cedar Rapids) Anesthesia - "Pain is Inevitable, Misery is Optional" / Pain is Inevitable, Misery is Optional (Council Bluffs) Beef Wellington - "Headache" / Tender & Juicy (Cedar Rapids) Bucket House Hooligans - "Holding On" / Hooliganism (Dubuque) Frontal Assault - "Under Attack" (Cedar Rapids) Sadistic Kids - "One Scene" / Cedar Rapids Sellouts (Cedar Rapids) Miasma - "Where Are You Going City Boy?" / Calligraphy in Blood (Cedar Rapids) Easy Fruit - "Juiced" / King Kong EP (Des Moines) Yeah Right - "Inner Child" / Freak (Quad Cities) Old Scratch Revival Singers - "Rosa Kidney" / Oh, Didn't He Ramble (Iowa City) Why Bother - "(i'm gonna) Pin it on You" / Hey, At Least You're Not Me (Mason City) If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Useless Talents" / Dead Nerves, Numb Hands (Dubuque) 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 kristianday@gmail.com.    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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  Episode #405

  Iowa Basement Tapes #405 08-06-2026

  Aug 6, 20261 hour

  Night Listeners- We are back this week and its August! We got a brand new play from The Fabulous F Bombs from Fort Dodge. We did into some old tunes from When Bitter Spring Sleeps, Idolist and Druids. Cough n Flop - "Die (If You Want To)" (Quad Cities) The Fabulous F Bombs - "This is Hallucination" (Fort Dodge) Bat Problem - "Born to Rust" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines) Catholic Werewolves - "Emotional Sharigan" / You're Gonna Miss Everything Cool and Die Angry (Davenport) Blaster - "Slowdeath" / Power Trash (Davenport) Fungal Mass - "Butchered" / Psychedelic Poison (Wilton) Abscess - "Bloated Abscess" / Political Vomit (Des Moines) Space Burial - "Radiation Savior" / Meeting the Natives (Dubuque) Nebuleth - "Clandestine Infiltration" / AstroSailors (Cedar Rapids) Bongrider - "Pakalolo" / 2012 Demo (Iowa City) Druids - "Noise Forest, Ablaze" / Pray for Water (Des Moines) Idolist - "D'aoladeeb Rises" / Idolist (Marshalltown) Closet Witch - "Tick" / Yeah Yeah It's Closet Witch (Quad Cities) When Bitter Spring Sleeps - "Coven of Wolves" / Coven of Wolves (Cedar Rapids) 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 kristianday@gmail.com.    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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  Episode #404

  Iowa Basement Tapes #404 07-30-2026 Fun with Electronics

  Jul 30, 202658 min

  Night Listeners- I am so sorry for being MIA for the last two weeks. I have been drowning in commercial and movie work. But we are so back with an all electronics show playing bands from across the state who all dabble in the synth or wire world of instruments. Finally Some Action - "Is This Your Party?" / Is This Your Party? (Keokuk) Zap Tura - "Protector" / Adaptasia (Des Moines) Nightrazor - "Summon the Fire" / Disposable Dusk (Des Moines) Captain Three Leg - "Sky Scatter" / Mouth Star (Ottumwa) A is Jump - "Heard You in the Humming" / 01 EP (Cedar Falls) Tires - "01" / Tires (Des Moines) Chemical Buffet - "Sol Ashes" / Smoking Mirrors (Des Moines) Sexy Cash - "Shapes" (Sioux City) DJ DJ Tanner - "Mouthwash" / Monster (Des Moines) Double Dice - "Hunny" / ism (Des Moines) Contakta - "Moonglow" / Bodyheat (Des Moines) Mr. Softheart - "State Trooper" / Magdalene in Crisis (Cedar Falls) Skyscraper - "Eternity" / Slow to Ange r (Des Moines) Voorhees - "Blood" / Blood (Keokuk) 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 kristianday@gmail.com.    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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  Episode #403

  Iowa Basement Tapes #403 07-09-2026

  Jul 9, 20261h 2m

  Night Listeners - I am back on American soil. It is just as hot here as it was in the Caribbean. Tonight we got some hitters from The Rumours, Bat Problem and Camp Regret. We are building up for another round of interviews over the next few weeks. The Afterdarks - "Black Cat" / Rock n Roll is Dead (Quad Cities) The Rumours - "Electric Blues" / Suck It (Waterloo) Camp Regret - "Summer Venues" / Camp Regret (Quad Cities) Bat Problem - "Cut n Bleed" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines) Paradox - "Autopsy of an Empire" (Waterloo) Sexy Cash - "Do You Want to Dance?" (Sioux City) Jordan Sellergren - "Don't Be Like Me" / Banner Year (Iowa City) Song of Zarathustra - "The Evening Beat" / The Birth of a Tragedy (Sioux City) Lipstick Homicide - "Good Times" / The Stone of Opportunity (Iowa City) Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse - "Fear Becomes Believing" / A Day in the Air #13 (Iowa City) Ten Grand - "Hands of the Merch" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City) The Carousel - "Paths" / The Carousel (Des Moines) Early Girl - "Ice" / Lovers Out to Pasture (Iowa City) William Elliot Whitmore - "Gravel Road" / A Day in the Air #13 (Keokuk) Is World - "Either Or" / Cupboards Zine Issue 3 Compilation (Quad Cities) 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 kristianday@gmail.com.    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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  Episode #402

  Iowa Basement Tapes #402 07-02-2026 Revisiting All Six Iowa Compilations

  Jul 2, 20261h 1m

  Night Listeners - Tonight we explore one of my favorite compilation series, The Iowa Compilation Volumes 1-6. I have played Vol 1 and 2 multiple times on this show but anything after that has been sparse. This series was the launching point for many music fans in Iowa. Super important to the state's history. The Tape-Beatles - "Ads Become the News" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Territories (Iowa City) House of Large Sizes - "One and Half a Half on a Hill" / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Cedar Falls) Clockwerk Orange - "You Can't Go Home" / Iowa Compilation Vol 5. A Few Works After Drink (?) The Masque - "House on the Hill" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 3 Third Times a Charm (Ames) Otis - "Cranston" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 5 A Few Works After Drink (Davenport) Full Fathom Five - "Why Their Faces are so Worn" / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Iowa City) Sludgeplow - "Domination" / Iowa Compilation Vol . 4 Golden Memories and Other Disasters (Cedar Rapids) The Punishment Club - "Getting too Round" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Territories (Des Moines) Junk Poet - "Low" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 6 (Des Moines) Cursing Birds - "Popey Sally" / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Iowa City) Movable Feast - "End of the World" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Territories (Des Moines) Squidboy - "Ulmer" / Iowa Compilation Vol 5. A Few Works After Drink (Des Moines) The Hollowmen - "Never Ending Ceiling / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (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 kristianday@gmail.com.    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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