Night Listeners - Tonight I mixed a lot of new with some old (and some really old). New material from Druids and Finally Some Action and a long lost release from the Cedar Rapids progressive stoner rock legends Truth and Janey. I also dig deep into the crates of Ottumwa's 90s section with Gristle (major Primus worship) and Scat (instrumental power metal). Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases fo...
Apr 26, 2019
Night Listeners - I am all over the place tonight with tunes from every part of the state: Sioux City, Des Moines, Waterloo, Waverly, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Clinton, Keokuk, and Dubuque. I was presented with an email earlier in the week from Bensmasher sharing with me some really interesting finds. One of the most interesting is a group from Clinton called Mississippi Belle. Two boat captains who made a record using a keyboard a drum machine. I love this stuff. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own ...
Apr 19, 2019
Night Listeners - To continue on with my travelogue shows I am now in West Point, NY. On the flight I got to finally explore some tunes by the band Nethervoid. Tim Connery whom I have worked with on film projects up in the Dubuque area used to be in this band with members of The Tanks (hence the double location mention). Nethervoid put out two albums, an EP, and a demo during their short lifespan. Now the majority of their music is some good ol' hail satan black metal, however they do have a cov...
Apr 12, 2019
Night Listeners - Happy 40th episode! Tonight's a return to form for Iowa Basement Tapes and I haven't been this excited since to share some tunes since those early shows back on 98.9FM KFMG. Lots of first time plays tonight including Trouble Lights, Stewardesses, Road Soda, Hairless Monk, Catholic Werewolves, Erik Johnson, The Spider Magnets, and Hoyer Hoper. All I can say is welcome to party town... Iowa Basement Tapes now has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtap...
Apr 05, 2019
Night Listeners - March is just about over and I am up in Dubuque walking around without a jacket... freedom from the winter's enslavement is near! Tonight I have some weird tunes and some new tunes. The new tunes include Druids from Des Moines and Cockroach Dominion from Cedar Rapids. The weird tunes include the A side from a 1969 tribute record to the late sports radio announcer Bill Sass from WMT AM radio Cedar Rapids (super random I know). Iowa Basement Tapes now has its own archive of Iowa ...
Mar 29, 2019
Night Listeners - Tonight I am recording my show from the deepest part of Texas. I am in the city of Marfa. If you don't know about it you should give it a Google. I also spent some time at SXSW last week which was O.K. I am not party guy so I don't care about anything past the tacos. This week's playlist was carefully planned to not include as many Des Moines acts because I tend to focus on them a lot. Some first timers tonight: She Swings She Sways, Black Death Jet and Wet Hair. I am pretty su...
Mar 22, 2019
Night Listeners - My long overdue conversation with Trey Reis is finally here. Trey started the Warm Gospel label several years ago and it now has nearly seventy releases. Nearly everything I play on tonight's show comes from a Warm Gospel release. Plus some new synth pop from Keokuk's Finally Some Action. A big shout out to my boy Justin Beahm for giving me some incite on them. Be sure to check out the Justin Beahm Radio Hour on Apple podcasts. Iowa Basement Tapes now has its own archive of Iow...
Mar 15, 2019
Night Listeners - I recorded this week's show in North Hollywood, California and it is rainy AF. I got tunes tonight from Alex Body, The Ruralists and Space Burial. It's a doom pop dance party if I do say so myself. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines & KCOE - Coe College Cedar Rapids . You can now hear us every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji . If you miss the show please subscribe to the podcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e...
Mar 08, 2019
Nigh Listeners - Our final February show of 2019 is upon us! This cold has got me super bummed so I am escaping to Los Angeles and will be producing the show in North Hollywood. I might even have some guests on too. Tonight I got some tunes from as far back as 1966 and as recent as January of this year. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines & KCOE - Coe College Cedar Rapids . You can now hear us every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji ...
Mar 02, 2019
Night Listeners Finally, the interview with Luke Belknap (Goldblums / Huxley Maxwell / Person Whale / The Beaches / Austrinaut / Vivacious Bean Dip) has happened. He joins us in the KFMG studios in Des Moines with my engineer/co-host studio manager Gary Monte. Belknap talks about all the projects he is in and some of the primitive recording techniques used on his records. He shares with us his playlist of Iowa weirdos (some we've played and some we haven't). I also found a psychedelic rock band ...
Feb 22, 2019
Night Listeners - Happy Valentines Day! I hope you all enjoyed my note from Harry Warden at the beginning of the show. Tonight I popped in a few loves songs from Captain Three Leg, Elizabeth Moen, and well let's call the track from Three Finger Better Betty a love song too (it's probably not a love song for another a human). First time jams tonight from TV Cop out of Ottumwa. They are straight out of the pop punk scene and they remind me a lot of 90s Alkaline Trio or Offspring. The Elizabeth Moe...
Feb 15, 2019
Night Listeners - I got some classic punk goodies including some stuff from the late 80s. I got some new blood from Annalibera, Tuff Jerks, and Huxley Maxwell. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines & KCOE - Coe College Cedar Rapids . You can now hear us every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji . If you miss the show please subscribe to the podcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e #trustkristianday The Ruralists - "Eggs" / Birth of Bir...
Feb 10, 2019
Night Listeners - I am recording the show this week from Bryan, Texas. I'm sharing a hotel room with Dylan Sires and as I sit producing this weeks content he is blasting through the forward of a new book. So he will not actually be joining me on this weeks episode. I got new material from Artificial Stars in Sioux City. They have a tight alternative/pop sound going for them that I think everyone will love. I also got some first time plays tonight from Tuff Jerks out of Fairfield, 3 Finger Better...
Feb 01, 2019
Night Listeners - Welcome to episode 30 of Iowa Basement Tapes and two new radio stations: KWIT 90.3FM & KOJI 90.7FM on Siouxland Public Media which covers the western Iowa area of Sioux City, northeastern Nebraska and the southeast edge of South Dakota. I'm stoked to be hitting their listeners every Friday night from 11PM to midnight. Don't forget you can also listen to the show every Thursday from 9PM to 10PM on 98.9FM KFMG in Des Moines and KCOE Coe College in Cedar Rapids. Lots of new ma...
Jan 25, 2019
Night Listeners - Iowa Basement Tapes is back this week and its super heavy! I found the remains of the old Iowa Hadcore.com site which is now iowahardcore.blogger.com and found all kinds of goodies including The Tanks, Solid Attitude, and Through Hard Times. Good Ol' Bensmasher also informed me that Sludgeplow's Turned Earth album got remastered and re-released this past October. GET IT. A shout out to The Ruralists in Sioux City for sending me their album. Catch us every Thursday from 9PM -10P...
Jan 18, 2019
Night Listeners - It's a no wave new year here at Iowa Basement Tapes. I promise next week I will bring back some groovy happiness but first I got some new tunes (new to me at least) from Lucy Bucket from Cedar Rapids, a new demo from the CR Dicks (get it while you can), and some juicy electronic stew from Polybond. Listen to the show live every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines and KCOE Coe College Student Radio . #Trustkristianday Lucy Bucket - "Lucky" / Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids) K...
Jan 10, 2019
Night listeners, It's the first show for 2019! I got a handful of tunes from Sioux City, Cedar Falls, and Des Moines. I'm hitting the record stores and digging through crates. Just got back from Dubuque and went searching through some bins at CDs 4 Change. Picked up a noise album from Boar. I probably can't play that on any of the radio stations I am currently broadcasting on... #trustkristianday Captain Three Leg – “Breeding Platform” / The Ape Canyon Demos (Ottumwa) TWINS – “Don’t Wanna Talk” ...
Jan 03, 2019
Night Listeners - This is the final broadcast for 2018. We have a had a hell of a good year since we started back in July. Lots of great tunes and conversations with artists and fans alike. Tires - "8" / Tires (Des Moines) Waverly - "Do and Don't Leave" / Fledgling (Iowa City) Spidercake - "Skin Graft Jazz" / Spidercake (Des Moines) Piss Exorcist - "Mouth Rot" / Piss Exorcist (Quad Cities) Elizabeth Moen - "Tripple Scoop" / A Million Miles (Iowa City) Peanut Ricky - "Bad Luck" / I Think I am Not...
Dec 28, 2018
Night Listeners - Christmas is next week and I am chilling in the basement of Dylan Sires' Dad's house in Waterloo, Iowa. I bet no one saw that coming. Dylan is upstairs, I asked if he wanted to join me tonight for the show and he politely declined. I play a lot of chill music with a dash of noise with metal for dessert. Winter is a weird time for music. I hate going to shows because it's too cold and there is nothing worse than being a little tipsy when it is below freezing. However, I do love ...
Dec 22, 2018
Night Listeners - Tonight is the conclusion of my interview with Adam Groves (The PeePees, Brazil, Wheel & the Fence, & Deerslayer). He talks about passing the guard and gets candid about the early days with William Elliot Whitmore. I play another handful of tunes from Cedar Rapids including all of Adam's bands plus a solo project from Adam Caffrey who is known for his work in The Horrors and CR Dicks. Tune in every Thursday from 7PM to 8PM on KCOE - Coe College Cedar Rapids & from 9...
Dec 14, 2018
Night listeners - Tonight I played part one of my interview with former Cedar Rapids native Adam Groves. He played bass and sang in the PeePee's, Wheel and the Fence, and Brazil. He is also the artist behind one of my favorite musical acts, Deerslayer. He currently resides in Singapore so when I recorded him it was 11AM CST but it was 11PM Singapore time. The quality is a little rough at times as I was capturing it from my iphone. I did my best to clean it up but there is a lot of background noi...
Dec 07, 2018
Night Listeners, This week I am in the KFMG studios with studio manger Gary Monte interviewing filmmaker Jack Meggers about his life in Mason City during the grunge era of the 90s. We play his band Ming's Daughter as well as fellow northern Iowa bands Todd's Neat Futons and Sorry Excuse. Jack left Iowa for fifteen years and returned in 2014 where he was reintroduced to Iowa's music scene. He brings on a handful of tracks that have inspired in creatively since returning to the state. Listen to us...
Nov 30, 2018
Night Listeners - Happy Thanksgiving! If you are one of our listeners from KCOE in Cedar Rapids, we have a ton of tunes from your neck of the woods. Digging through the crates we got an old demo from ol' Will Whitmore of his tune "Gravel Road". This was ripped directly from the cassette that was mailed to Brad Adita for the Another Day In The Air compilations. I also got new newer tunes from Peanut Ricky, Huxley Maxwell, and Waverly. This playlist was crafted for those who are chilling in their ...
Nov 23, 2018
Night Listeners - This is our first road trip show! 90% of this weeks episode was recorded while driving in a minivan to Madison, WI with Dylan Sires (of the band Sires). We blast through a lot of tunes originating from the Cedar Valley, something I haven't done in a while. Bare with us, the sound quality is questionable at times because... we are in a minivan. If you miss the live show on either KFMG Des Moines or KCOE Coe College, be sure to check out the archives on iTunes . Kristian #trustkr...
Nov 16, 2018
Night Listeners - This week marks our first episode syndicating to KCOE , the student-run radio station at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We will be airing from 7PM to 8PM on KCOE - Cedar Rapids & from 9PM to 10PM on KFMG - Des Moines. Tonight Deerslayer returns to Iowa Basements after a nearly two-month hiatus. I also got some Voodoo Gearshift , Bankshot , Acoustic Guillotine , and of course Captain Three Leg . For Full show notes please visit www.kristianday.com . - Kristian #trustkris...
Nov 09, 2018
Night Listeners of 98.9 FM KFMG - This is our last week as a Des Moines only radio program, starting next week we will be officially syndicated in Cedar Rapids on KCOE, Coe College's student radio station. It has always been our plan to syndicate the show across Iowa so this is very exciting. Tonight we got tunes from Diamonds For Eyes, Anthony Worden, Honeycreeper, Liptstick Homicide, and even Skin of Earth. Welcome to doomvember...
Nov 02, 2018
Night Listeners of 98.9FM KFMG - Dude, October is coming to an end! I hope everyone has been enjoying the Halloween season to the fullest potential. Tonight was our last show for October. The next time you hear my voice it will be November. I can't say much will change around here. I will still be playing the best in the heartland's alternative music but Iowa Basement Tapes is in the process of syndicating to other stations across the state of Iowa. It has been something that has always been in ...
Oct 26, 2018
Night Listeners of 98.9 FM KFMG - We are halfway through October and I am in the mood for blues. My buddy Buffalo Bonker brought me a pile of Iowa blues tunes and I'm going to dig into them with Scarlet Runner from Gilbertville and The Graveyard Blues Band from Cedar Rapids (there is also rad avant-garde jazz band from Lansing, MI called Graveyards that everyone should check out). I also met a stone mason who talked to me about the Iowa metal and punk scene of the 80s. He talked a lot about Vood...
Oct 19, 2018
Night Listeners of 98.9 FM KFMG - Tonight I got stuck on a surf kick. The Afterdarks, Person Whale, and Steve Reverb & The Sound Tones all in the first 20 minutes. Person Whale has made its way into my heart. I love how sloppy the sound quality is and I wish more musicians would cut themselves some slack and let things sound a little more organic once and awhile. After much talk about my buddy Bensmasher (curator of 319dude.bandcamp.com ), I finally got one of his recordings into the mix. Be...
Oct 12, 2018
Night listeners of 98.9FM KFMG - October is finally here! If you have been listening to the show for a while, you know that I drop a lot of samples from movies at the beginning of episodes. Most of them come from horror films like Return of the Living Dead , Trick Or Treat (the one with Gene Simmons), and whatever else one might be sitting in my office when I am working on the show. Horrors movies always seemed to go hand in hand with punk rock and metal for me. Anyways tonight I dug out a tape ...
Oct 05, 2018
