Iowa Basement Tapes

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 #madeiniowa

  1. 2d ago

    Iowa Basement Tapes #410 09-17-2026

    Night Listeners - You folks have been so sick to send me all sorts of new material. I even opened up the flood gates to play more bands from border towns. Ten Grand - "Sometimes You Say the Wrong Thing... When You're Stupid (Scary Movie 3)" / Split with Mike Lust (Iowa City)In Loving Memory - "Great Day at Dawn" / A Gentler Sun (Des Moines)Followed by Ghosts - "Manifest Destiny" / The Entire City was Silent (Iowa City)River City Rejects - "1891" / River City Rejects EP (Omaha)Kayak Jones - "Stigmata" / Drugs (Dubuque)God's Hand - "Remodeled" / Remodeled (Iowa City)Why Bother - "A.I. Lobotomy" / Beyond Step One (Mason City) Holy Vestige - "Plead" / Plead (Marshalltown)Ten Point Turn - "The Feeling" (Galena)Zero333 - "rock sounds" (Des Moines)He_Shan_Tshe- "Somebody-Somewhere" / He_Shan_Tshe (Des Moines)Melting Human Trash - "The Wild" / Melting Human Trash (Dubuque)Peter Dresses - "I Am True" (Iowa City)Phat Zac - "Women I can't Stand" (Ames)CHUNKS - "Tough Guy" / Nowhere To Hide (Iowa City)Liquified Decomposition - "Fed to the Furnace" / Bloated in the Pond (Dubuque)Patient Wolf - "Thinking about you" / Patient Wolf (Dubuque)The Hollowmen - "Swallow You Whole" / Pink Quartz Sun Blasting (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

  2. Sep 4

    Iowa Basement Tapes #409 09-02-2026

    Night Listeners- We have another evening of new material. Thank you to everyone that responded to my post on the IBT Instagram account. Everything tonight is either a new band or a new track minus our prodigal sons, Captain Three Leg. Also first time play from the ORIGINAL dungeon synth master Larry "the Wizard" Sievers. Sundance - "Bone" / God Entered My Body Like a Body the Same Size (Des Moines)CHUNKS - "Nowhere to Hide" / Nowhere to Hide (Iowa City)Pseudo Joy -"rippled" / デモテープ (cont.) (Iowa City)The Carousel - "Paths" / The Carousel (Des Moines)The Fundido Bros. - "Monolithic Hi-Fi" / Vol 3 (Cedar Rapids)Larry "the Wizard" Sievers - "In The King's Service" / Wizard of Avalon (Iowa City)postPOST - "the ninety two to two eighty" / Disk 1 of 1 (Cedar Falls)Sterling Bidler - "Embers" (Des Moines)Wizard Bloody Wizard - "I Nosferatu" / Walpurgis (Muscatine)Captain Three Leg - "Crippled Checkbook" / Split with Cop Bar (Ottumwa)Captain Three Leg - "The Stakeout" / The split with B******t Market (Ottumwa)Captain Three Leg - "Cemetery Planet" / The Birth of the Creatures to Conquer (Ottumwa)HE_SHAN_TSHE - "Bathed in Bliss" / HE_SHAN_TSHE (Des Moines)Fate - "You Were Never Real" (Cedar Falls) 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

  3. Aug 28

    Iowa Basement Tapes #408 08-27-2026

    Night Listeners - Sometimes a lot of time goes by and tons of bands release new albums, new projects start or I just completely miss out on a band who was short lived. Tonight's show is packed full of either new material or stuff I just completely missed out. Why Bother - "Come Undone" / Beyond Step One (Mason City) TV Cop - "Jean Jacket" / The State Riff of Iowa (Ottumwa) Slingshot - "Artichoke" / Artichoke - Jaine (Dubuque) Remiss - "I Can't See Color Anymore" / So It Goes (Oskaloosa) Negative 20° - "I Wish I Was a Riot Grrrl" / In the Pocket Live EP (Waterloo) Acended Master - "Wait and See" / Demo 26 (Iowa City) Husoul - "Calamity" / Project Dilemma (Des Moines) ARU - "Repurposed Dream Sequences" / Repurposed Dream Sequences (Des Moines) The Host Country - "The Rise" / Liminal Ways (Des Moines) Finally Some Action - "Secret Language" / Finally Some Action (Keokuk) Skinned Alive - "Magat Stomp" / Ice Carver (Des Moiens) Sin Miedo - "Sin Miedo" / Demo (Des Moines) Toxic Hell - "Carpet Bombed" / Toxic Hell (Cedar Rapids) Blaster - "I've Heard it Before" / Blaster (Quad Cities) Atombender - "US Hwy 30" / Wait of the World (Ames) 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

  4. Aug 21

    Iowa Basement Tapes #407 08-20-2026

    Night Listeners -  I'm cruising around the state still. In the last week I have been in Sioux City, Dewitt, Long Grove and Bettendorf. I got a bunch wild tunes tonight. We are way behind in our interview schedule right now so hopefully this fall we can pick back up.   Purplish - "Just Like Heaven" (Spencer) Younger - "Chlorophyll" (Iowa City) Dishwater Blonde - "Other Half" / Dishwater Blond (Cedar Falls) North to Alaska - "Owls" / Everything Right Now (Cedar Rapids) Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops - "Exoteric" / Slimephone Surveillance (Des Moines) Gossip Cult - "Boy Divine" / Boy Divine - Blood Ritual (Iowa City) True Commando - "Barbarian" / I Lurk in the Camo (Iowa City) Plague Relic - "The Funeral for Lord Zigrat" / Plague Relic (Jefferson) The Fabulous F Bombs - "Liar Liar" (Fort Dodge) Ill Omen - "Prove you are worth Saving" (Cedar Rapids) Anchoress - "Figuring Skating for Monster Trucks" / Sugarsong (Ames) The Siouxer Rats - "Machete Mamas" / Rat-tle and Shake with the Siouxer Rats (Sioux City) The Delstars - "Rocket" / Peel Out! with the Delstars (Des Moines) Brazil - "Everlast" / Love Lost Her Job Today (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

  5. Aug 14

    Iowa Basement Tapes #406 08-13-2026

    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

  6. Aug 7

    Iowa Basement Tapes #405 08-06-2026

    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

  7. Jul 31

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

    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 Anger (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

  8. Jul 10

    Iowa Basement Tapes #403 07-09-2026

    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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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

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  • Creator
    Kristian Day
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    404
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kristian Day Media, LLC
  • Show Website
    Iowa Basement Tapes

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