Night Listeners - November is dead. But I got some new discoveries I'm playing tonight PLUS new material on the Iowa Basement Tapes Archive. Including Horny Genius (Iowa City), Abscess (Iowa City), A Child's Trust In God (Des Moines ), The Law (Des Moines), Sarcasm, and Welfare Skate (Des Moines). Some of the recordings are pretty crude and may not actually get any airplay but they exist so that means they will make it to the online archive. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music....
Nov 29, 2019
Night Listeners- The podcast archives are coming back! Iowa Basement Tapes has been airing weekly on airwaves but I haven't been getting them uploaded. So As a Thanksgiving treat I am getting them all uploaded this week. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM ...
Nov 23, 2019
Night Listeners - It's almost Thanksgiving! I don't really know what counts as "Thanksgiving" tunes for this show. Some first time plays include The Meanies from Iowa City, The Rockers from Sioux City, and Brad Morgan from Manning (I think he is a newbie). I am just not a huge folk/country fan and I don't want to start dropping those type of tunes on this show. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the relea...
Nov 21, 2019
Night Listeners - Doomvember is here and I got some super stoner Iowa goodness with Into The Cove, Cockroach Dominion, CR Dicks, and Paul Cary. I don't know if that all correctly blends but I don't think it matters. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG ...
Nov 14, 2019
Night Listeners - Welcome to November! I am back in a hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska. Working an episode of 90 Day Fiancé for TLC. We are filming interviews inside what appears to be a trap house on the north west side of town. This week I have more from Paul Cary's Ghost of a Man LP, some cold black metal from Erasmus, and a pile of junk from Captain Three Leg's One Band's Trash Vol. 3 . Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com an...
Nov 08, 2019
Night Listeners! Happy Halloween from Iowa Basement Tapes! I got fun show planned for tonight. Picking up some goodies from Iowa Compilation Vol 2 and 4. Bring back some tunes from Ghostcat, The Dogs, and Deerslayer too. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM ...
Oct 31, 2019
Night Listeners - Since we are in the the center of Halloween season I tried to stick you some horror theme tunes again. This week from the QC we got the psychobilly love ballad from The Afterdarks, some 80s synth tunes from Night Stories and Finally Some Action AND some Egyptian horror from Mummifer. 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 pleas...
Oct 17, 2019
Night Listeners - October is already half way over which is just nuts to me. I have feel like I haven't been able to really enjoy the Halloween season yet. Tonight I have chaos driven tunes from Stickdog, Son of the Morning, and Goldblums... 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. Hear us every Thurs...
Oct 17, 2019
Night Listeners - Wild times this month. I had the opportunity to catch a lot of shows in the in the last week: Gwar, Bob Dylan, and Wolf Eyes! First time on the program tonight I got The Organ from eastern Iowa and Rue Morgue from Des Moines. Both pretty crusty acts from the early 2000s. I also have the sing a long hit from Drednex. 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 l...
Oct 11, 2019
Night Listeners - October is here! Time for me to break out the psychobilly, cult, and dirty punk. I got tunes from Son of the Morning, Sludgeplow, When Bitter Spring Sleeps, and The Horrors. Heavy heavy heavy... 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – D...
Oct 03, 2019
Night Listeners- October is almost here so I am getting us all in the mood with some spook tunes from Son of the Morning, Goldblums, The Horrors, Rue Morgue, and Night Stories (first time on the show!). I also dig out some Luxury for some hometown power pop action. 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....
Sep 26, 2019
Night Listeners - I'm on another commercial shoot this week. This time for Hy-Vee and one of our extras was Nick Frampton from Field Division and he shared with me some of the hardcore music he used to be apart of including Approaching Nain that started back in 2005. They actually had a track on the Save Me From Ordinary compilation that was put out by the Iowa Hardcore Blogspot back in the day. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcam...
Sep 19, 2019
Night Listeners - Recorded just 2 hours before I had to hop on a plane from Houston back to Iowa. A little buzzed from having birthday drinks in the bar of the Omni Hotel. Lots of great tunes. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE...
Sep 12, 2019
Night Listeners- Zach Walther joins us tonight on my first night back in the good ol DSM. We talk Orville Sash, Animal Mothers, and his days living in the Haunted Basement. This is a really fun conversation with some heavy tunes from his Iowa playlist. 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. Hear us ...
Sep 06, 2019
Night Listeners - I am over halfway done with this rough train ride called filmmaking. I am excited to get back home. Excited to let you know that Zach Walther will be coming on the show early in September. He has tales to tell from his days in Animal Mothers and as a new member of Morbo. 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 ema...
Aug 22, 2019
Night Listeners - Week 2 of me hanging in Iowa City. I'm on a grueling schedule with a six day week working on a split schedule that is killing my vibes. But I am digging out a lot of eastern Iowa tunes tonight. I don't think I have played Only Ten Between on the program yet. I remember them coming through Cedar Rapids from Davenport for some community center shows. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the ...
Aug 16, 2019
Night Listeners - I am starting my 21 day stay in Iowa City on feature film shoot so I am packing in a lot of eastern Iowa tunes over the next few weeks. Lots of Brazil, Deerslayer, and goodies from the 319 world. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – ...
Aug 07, 2019
Night Listeners - I am recording in Farmington, New Mexico. The most northern tip where I am about an hour away from Mesa Verde in southern Colorado. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – Coe College Cedar Rapids . You can now h...
Aug 03, 2019
Night Listeners- July is coming to a close and I am about to hop a plane back to New Mexico. Tonight I bring you tunes from Person Whale, Drednex, Skyscraper, and some other dodgy bands. I don't have a whole lot to say as I will be temporarily relocating to Iowa City for the month of August. More on that later... 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...
Jul 26, 2019
Night Listeners - Tonight I am recording in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This show breaks new grounds with bands from three new cities: Shadrack Chameleon from Humboldt, Zini from Lamoni (yes you read correctly) and No Coast Criminals from Independence. I also got a ton of new bands that I have never played before. Lots of garage psychedelic and lots of punk. 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 f...
Jul 19, 2019
Night Listeners - I'm recording from sunny lukewarm Los Angeles. Tonight I bring you some tracks from the All Iowa Noise Insurgency cassette compilation. These are the more mellow/drone pieces from Seezureface and Under Escape from the Black Hole. I also share tunes from the now defunct Bongrider and Gloaming, two Iowa City doom projects. Well Gloaming isn't doom, but it fits right in. Also a super fun song from Captain Three Leg off the split with Wadge. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive ...
Jul 12, 2019
Night Listeners - It has been one year since Iowa Basement Tapes hit the airwaves. The first show aired July 5th 2018 at 9PM on 98.9 FM KFMG - Des Moines. I know most of you who listen to this show now probably won't be listening tonight as it is the 4th of July (by the way HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!). I do this show every week no matter what. If I am sick, if my cat passed away (both happened), or if the world burning away (global warming is real) there will always be a new show every week. Thank yo...
Jul 05, 2019
Night Listeners - We have a really heavy show tonight. It's probably the most talking we have ever done on this show and it is also our loudest show to date. My guest Nate Phillips ( Traffic Death / ex Black Market Fetus ) talks his his story in the Iowa music scene and he brings with him his Iowa playlist full of tunes I have never played before. Discussions include the early days of the Iowa hardcore scene, having a prolific career in music, and how to not let family life slow you down. Iowa B...
Jun 28, 2019
Night Listeners, Summer solstice is here and I have lots of new tunes this week including Fairhaven, a ska band from Davenport, The Mighty Accelerator from Ottumwa, and Sharing Mass Graves from Cedar Rapids. Adam Groves has also sent the archives of Deerslayer which I will be rolling out over the next few weeks on the Iowa Basement Tapes Bandcamp page. 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....
Jun 21, 2019
Night Listeners - 50 weeks this show has been on the air and I have never missed a show since it began. It's a milestone show so I am playing some of my favorites since the beginning including CR Dicks, Captain Three Leg, Movable Feast, Deerslayer and more. It's a banger of a show! 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCO...
Jun 14, 2019
Night Listeners - You probably noticed about 3-4 week delay with me getting old shows up. Commercial season picked back up and I have been on back to back shows. Anyways enough about my life. Tonight I got some new material to share including more tunes from the Mark Heggen collection. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines &...
Jun 07, 2019
Night Listeners - May is coming to an end and summer is almost here. I have a lot of guests whom I have been waiting to get on the show but they all have kids so summer might be the only time to do it. Tonight I got new material from Extravision, DJ DJ Tanner, and Bryon Dudley. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – ...
May 31, 2019
Night Listeners - I have been on a Wych Elm kick this week. Picked up the two Milk Sickness records from Sump Pump and they absolutely rule. Tonight I premiere the new single When Bitter Spring Sleeps and some goodies from a collection of recordings from my good buddy Mark Heggen. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines & KCOE...
May 24, 2019
Night Listeners - I feel like I have avoided playing tunes from Ames because I have always thought that the music from that city was extremely self indulgent. But I have come to love that about Ames. So tonight I got some new tunes from Stars Hollow. They do some loud emo pop stuff that some of you might enjoy. I also have two tunes from the new Traffic Death / Captain Three Leg split 12". One from each band that will rip your face right off. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music...
May 10, 2019
Night Listeners, Tonight studio manager Gary and I sit down with Jeff Morgan formally of Squidboy and currently the bass player for the band No Good Deed. He brings us his Iowa playlist plus we get to hear a rough mix of a new song from the upcoming album from No Good Deed. 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. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines & KCOE - Coe ...
May 03, 2019
