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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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Iowa Basement Tapes #297 04 -11-2024
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Night Listeners - I'd say spring has sprung. Brand new tunes from the just released Frontal Assault/Ill Omen split. A live recording from Maul of America's performance at the Bad Friday Noise Fest in March. Plus some classics from the late 80s and early 90s. Zuul - "Blowing' Kisses Makin' Wishes" / Zuul (Iowa City) Frontal Assault - "30 Rack Atttac…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #296 04-04-2024
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Night Listeners- It's April lets go! I pulled out some tracks from All Iowa Noise Insurgency cassette compilation. Also in a month we will be celebrating 300 episodes of this damn show. Ten Grand - "Get Out of My Dojo" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City) ZED - "Zombo" / Unfinished Business (Bettendorf) Why Bother - "Shells" / A City of Unsolved M…
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Night Listeners - Our last show for March 2024 and we come in loud, take a nap in the middle, and the rage at the end. I wish I could still live my days that way. New songs from Huxley Madeline, Moss Troll, and Hot Sorry. Joretta Oaks - "High School" / Ichirus Falls (Ottumwa) Mike Vallely & The Complete Disaster - "The Best of the Best" / The Best …
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Night Listeners - I didn't mean to take us back to 2012 for most of the show but here we are. From over ten years ago we have tunes from Trouble Lights, Big Box, and Billy Crystal Meth. First time plays from Running Man and Chrash. Plus new material from Chemical Buffet. Running Man - "Chosen One" / Running Man (Quad Cities) CR Dicks - "The Ends" /…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #293 03-14-2024 Fun With Electronics!
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Night Listeners - We are trying something different tonight and everything is electronic. I don't know if this was the right move or not but in true IBT fashion we have a pro-produced slick tracks mixed with the best of the bedroom electronic noise projects. One note I want to make is the inclusion of both EHI and Deerslayer. EHI was a Des Moines b…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #292 03-07-2024
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Night Listeners - Busy week here BUT we got some first time plays from Rantional Anthem, landethics, lil' Pricky and Denny Richards. Most of that is all Iowa City based projects minus lil' Pricky (and what a name that is). Dug out the old Bongrider tape that I bought many many moons ago. Captain Three Leg - "How Much is that Meat?" / split with Van…
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Night Listeners - We are back to our regular format show. Tonight we go down a weird road. Its a mix of hardcore and weird electronic homebrew madness. 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…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #290 02-22-2024 GUESTS: ILL OMEN & FRONTAL ASSAULT
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Night Listeners - Grab some beers and come hang with the boys from Cedar Rapids: Ill Omen and Frontal Assault. All six members are on the show tonight talking metal, high school, playing shows and sharing their Iowa playlist. Ill Omen feat Frontal Assault - "Born to Kill" (Cedar Rapids) Pit Lord - "Butchers from Beyond" / Gallery of Skewers (Davenp…
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Night Listeners - Lots of old stuff tonight that I dug out of the crawl space minus that brand new track from Pit Lord that just dropped this week. A.R.M. - "Burning Rubber" / Away Rots Man (Iowa City) Pit Lord - "Griller" / Gospel of the Smokaine Forest (Davenport) Skamp - "Empurpling Irk" / In Muted Panic (Dubuque) Stiff Legged Sheep - "Alligator…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #288 02-08-2024
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Night Listeners - I have been in Dubuque all week so naturally I am getting sucked into the dread filled musical landscape. Playing only tunes whose origins come from the first city in Iowa. Lots of doom, psychedelic, and experimental mashups. Telekinetic Yeti - " Cult of Yeti" / Primordial (Dubuque) Hot Carl - "It's Too Bad You Are Not Having Fun"…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #287 02-01-2024
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Night Listeners - Back to form with some first time plays! We got Nostromo, If I could Just Get Some Sleep, and Otis (we may have played Otis). February is going to be a busy month. We got at least two interviews plus sponsoring our first show in Cedar Rapids on March 1st! Meth and Goats - "Comedy K" / Attack from Meth and Goats Mountain (Davenport…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #286 01-25-2024 GUEST: Haploid
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Night Listeners - The universe can only stand in our way for so long. Tonight we finally have Haploid with us at the KFMG studios in downtown Des Moines. We talk about their origins from growing inside a lab buried beneath the Mississippi, Dubuque's experimental music scene, and we give station manager Gary psychedelics. Haploid - "Rejectamenta" / …
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Iowa Basement Tapes #285 01-18-2024
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Night Listeners - Here are on this iceberg I have been cooking up this packed show with the return of some old friends including Traffic Death, Sonic Disruption Theory, Captain Three Leg, Karen Meat and Ophidian Memory. Step Child - "Hey" / The Prayer (Marshalltown) Sonic Disruption Theory - "In A Groove" / Eleven Parts (Iowa City) Traffic Death - …
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Night Listeners - We were supposed have Haploid on this week but we had that damn blizzard. Later this month its happening! Tonight we got bangers from Megapunch, Strong Like Bear, Preacher Gone to Texas and Pitch Black Manor! Also that amazing collaboration tune Born to Die from Ill Omen and Frontal Assault. Megapunch - "Magic Carpet Ride" / Skywa…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #283 01-04-2024
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Night Listeners - Here is our first show of 2024 and we come in hot with The Brix and their cocaine fueled pop punk. We also got first time plays from Centaur Noir, Bryon Dudley, Burn the Ailment, and straight edge hardcore act Chain of Command. The Brix - "White Lines" / Cupboards Zine Issue 3 Comp (Quad Cities) The Pestilents - "Glorious Death" /…
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Night Listeners - Here it is! Our last show for 2023 which is mind boggling. I am sure I say that every year. 2024 takes will take Iowa Basement Tapes into it's sixth year on the air which is wild to think. To end our year we have Captain Three Leg, Blizzard at Sea, Blist Her, Clarisse, Bottledog, Is World, and Musician. Happy New Year to all of ou…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #281 12-21-2023
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Night Listeners - We are back to our normal music show and we debut an unheard track from unheard of band called Black Death. This band features members from Shamrock Shakes. We also bring back Waverly, Seppuku, and Modern Life Is War. Black Death - ? / Live in DSM (Ames) 7inchWave - "1.44MB Floppy Disc Single" (Ames) Ice Hockey - "In the Air Tonig…
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Iowa Basement Basement Tapes #280 12-14-2023 GUEST: Aaron Longoria of Early Girl
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Night Listeners - Tonight we have a wonderful treat with a second guest this month! Aaron Longoria of Early Girl is on the show. One of my favorite discoveries of 2023 and a listener favorite. We play their Iowa playlist that is filled with some first time listens for me. Early Girl - "If I Could" (Iowa City) Maaaze - "Wisdom Tooth" (Iowa City) Bas…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #279 12-07-2023 GUEST: Curtis Howard of Chemical Buffet
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Night Listeners - I have been teasing this interview for almost two months! Curt Howard of Chemical Buffet is our guest. Chemical Buffet was a project I discovered just from doing this show. Chuck Hoffman contributed a trash bag of demo tapes almost four years ago and one of those tapes was the original five song sampler for Chemical Buffet. Fast f…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #278 11-30-2023
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Night Listeners - That rumble you hear is my voice melting away into the either. We have a packed show tonight because I am losing my voice. First time plays from Good Habits, Lshapedpool, Stateparks, Everything Had Teeth and White Death. Woodcreeper - "Cresset Syndrome" (Dubuque) Good Habits - "Blackout Beach" / Full Groan (Iowa City) Nerv - "Zits…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #277 11-23-2023
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Night Listeners - Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all are stuffed to the gills and ready jam some tunes with me for an hour. On the menu tonight I have some warm hippie love from Goldblums, punk rock legends Red Throb, Druids, and 7inch Wave. 7inch Wave - "Break too Fast" / Load "Love Emulator" ,8,1 (Ames) Goldblums - "Wear my Blood" / Blum On (De…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #276 11-16-2023 THRASH CITY II
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Night Listeners - Welcome to Thrash City II! As with the last Thrash City episodes we are strictly in head banger alley. Lord Green - "Flying" / Discography (Quad Cities) Telekinetic Yeti - "Cult of Yeti" / Primordial (Dubuque) Roze - "Dead Men Get No Tales" / Ragged Edges (Des Moines) Acoustic Guillotine - "Hurry Up and Finish Dying" / 1st 7inch (…
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Night Listeners- We are now in the 2nd Thursday of ordinary time. Our opening banger, Death Killer Overdrive covering "Life is a Highway", slipped through the cracks. We also got a first time play with Fly Mexican Airlines. Death Kill Overdrive - "Life is a Highway" / Death Kill Overdrive (Iowa City) Swing by Seven - "Threats to Society" / Swing by…
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Night Listeners - It is the first Thursday of ordinary time here at Iowa Basement Tapes (a little Catholic humor... I'm not Catholic). We are twerking some eastern Iowa hardcore tonight with Take Control, Tong Po, and Slut River. Did you know there used to be a gay bar in Des Moines called the Male Box? I learned that this week. The Agrestix - "On …
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Iowa Basement Tapes #273 10-26-2023 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2023!
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Night Listeners - Happy Halloween everyone! Tonight we play all the rockabilly and psychobilly along with everything in between! First time plays from Zed (psychobilly from Bettendorf). Plus some extra spooky tunes from haunted hills of Iowa. The Afterdarks - "I'm No Good" / Rock N Roll is Dead (Quad Cities) X-Ray Mary - "Devil in Boots" / Electros…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #272 10-19-2023
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Night Listeners - We have a return to form tonight! First of we have some first time plays with Mr. Meat and the Vegans and Sean Tyler. I dig out some classics from Milk Duct Tape, Red Throb, and Unisex. Milk Duct Tape - "Gojira" (Iowa City) Red Throb - "My Gun" / Bend Over Here Cums (Iowa City) Citrus Boy - "Pink Pig" / Conniption Fits (Council Bl…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #271 10-11-2023 GUEST: BEN SMASHER
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Night Listeners - It is criminal to think that it has taken five years to have Ben Smasher on this show. I can say honestly that Iowa Basement Tapes would not exist if it wasn't for him and his original archive of Iowa music, 319dude.bandcamp.com. He was also half of Iowa's black metal act, Satan's Almighty Penis and had several other projects incl…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #270 10-05-2023 GUEST: NIGHT STORIES
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Night Listeners - Tonight we have one of the funnest shows that we have done in a long time. Greg Wheeler and Phil Young the duo that make up the season spooky synth band NIGHT STORIES are with us. We talk their history, lore, and then things get out of hand. We also dig into their Iowa playlist. Night Stories - "Sam's Equinox" (Des Moines) Glass O…
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Night Listeners- I present the sludge tonight in honor of broadcasting from roach motel in Waterloo/Evansdale. Our last show for September and we are stomping it into the autumn ashes of hollow earth. Our home station 98.9FM KFMG has nominated me for BEST RADIO VOICE THAT TURNS YOU ON for this year's CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. VOTE for me for thi…
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Night Listeners - I think I have packed the most bands in one show ever. Eighteen bands in one hour! Featuring a track off the new Double Dice tape, new Nebuleth, new Ill Omen (feat Frontal Assault), and a slew of bands that I just haven't played in awhile. Our home station 98.9FM KFMG has nominated me for BEST RADIO VOICE THAT TURNS YOU ON for thi…
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Night Listeners - I hope all the local Des Moines folk have recovered from our hardcore weekend we all just had with the In Loving Memory / Black Market Fetus reunion shows! Well I pack it in tonight a little more hardcore and screamo from around the state along with a few weird picks that don't really fit in. Our home station 98.9FM KFMG has nomin…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #266 09-07-2023
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Night Listeners - Tonight's show is one of the best I have had on air in a long time. BRAND NEW track from Keokuk's Finally Some Action AND the Quad Cities spook disco kings, Pitch Black Manor. Don't miss the reunion show this weekend with Black Market Fetus and In Loving Memory! Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to che…
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Night Listeners - I'm broadcasting from Evansville in southern Indiana. New tunes from Jimmie's in the Basement and Animals on LSD. 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 kr…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #264 08-24-2023
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Night Listeners - Maybe I'm jumping the gun a little early for spooky season but whatever, this heat is choking me out. We have a first time play from Double Dice with an excerpt from their XBK show earlier this summer. We also jamming Ill Omen's newest record March of Decay. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check o…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #263 08-17-2023 Thrash City! I
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Night Listeners - I wanted to start doing a periodic all metal show and even though I think I technically have done them in the past I am finally giving them a name: Thrash City! Tonight we blast Atomic Opera (Metallica worship from 1992 Des Moines), Frontal Assault (Cedar Rapids), Step Child (late 80s Pantera worship from Marshalltown) and the mig…
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Night Listeners- It's Thursday I bring back some bangers from The Grifters, Exit Drills, Brazil, and the weirdo prog rock USAUSA. It's a loud one. 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…
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Night Listeners - We finally got some new material up on the Bandcamp archive! Sludgeplow's Thunderhead from 2002 and a super weird compilation from the Quad Cities called Terribles Est Locus Iste from Burned Alive Records. First time plays from Easy Fruit (Des Moines) and Close to Most (Sioux City). Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa …
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Iowa Basement Tapes #260 07-27-2023
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Night Listeners - Thrash city tonight! Telekinetic Yeti, Dryad, Stickdog, Sioux City Pete and Billy Crystal Meth! Plus we dig more into the Chemical Buffet archives. 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 an…
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Night Listeners - We are back to our regular formatted rock n roll show. Tonight we have some unreleased tunes from Tires and Finally Some Action courtesy of Mr. Phil Young. Plus we open The Obsolete Andrew Joseph Caffrey of Horrors / CR Dicks fame. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandca…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #258 07-13-2023 GUEST: Zap Tura
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Night Listeners - We are back with special guest Andrew Jones AKA Zap Tura in the KFMG studios here in downtown Des Moines. We talk music, sound collage, and his extremely unique Iowa playlist (I don't any other guest has ever had these artists on their lists before). Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowab…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #257 07-06-2023 GUEST: Chill Mac
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Night Listeners- This is our first hip hop guest here at Iowa Basement Tapes and I'm stoked that Dom Russell AKA Chill Mac is with us tonight. He is playing 80/35 this Saturday and has a great origin story to share. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the rel…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #256 6-29-2023 GUEST: Glass Ox
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Night Listeners-We have an amazing show tonight with special guests: GLASS OX the black metal/doom act from Marshalltown. Brothers Mythias and Bo join us in the KFMG studio at Mainframe downtown Des Moines. Fundraiser Link to Support Luke Rauch: MLIW Shirt: https://lifelinerecords.bigcartel.com/product/modern-life-is-war-benefit-shirt GoFundMe: htt…
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Night Listeners - This show has been designated "stoner friendly" tonight. We have jams from The Vahnevants, The Contents Are, Com.System, Desalin and Son of the Morning. I guess that makes us stoner friendly? Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases …
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Night Listeners - We got a loud one. We are halfway through June and all the summer shows are popping up like weeds. 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…
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Night Listeners - It's June! We are sprinkling stinky punk dust all over the place. First time plays from Human Error and we revisit The Grifters, Mantis Pinchers, and 149 Dead Marines. 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…
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Night Listeners - We will call this our official summer show! Sure its not solstice time but whatever. 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 …
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Night Listeners - Brand new track from Traffic Death! Also I dive more into Iowa City's Easy Girl and visiting an old friend with Deep Sleep Waltzing. 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 …
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Night Listeners - I am loving Basketball Divorce Court. I am sorry that it wasn't until this year that I started playing and getting their tunes into circulation. Also devouring the new Goldblums' Wash All Ye Evils and be Kind. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download an…
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Night Listeners- We are pounding through this hot weather with some fire tracks. First time play from Easy Girl and new release from Why Bother. 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 a…
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Night Listeners - I have backlog of shows I'm going to be getting up over the next few days. Tonight we got two brand new tracks from both Frontal Assault and Goldblums. I also decided have the movie Blame it on Rio playing in the background while I give commentary. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabas…
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