Join confirmed dorks, Dan and Erik while they discuss and review underground records. With a focus on the Iowa and Midwest music scene, we also feature interviews with local artists and deep dive episodes. A detailed and derailed peek into what's happening here in the middle of the country.
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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 #316 08-21-2024
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Night Listeners- PACKED PACKED PACKED show tonight. First time plays from Soup Riot!, The Blendours, and Chrash. We are also slowing entering spooky season so I sneak in a track from X-Ray Mary. Soup Riot! - "Slippery Slope" / Kick Me! (Iowa City) Slut River - "Off Whie" / Off White (Iowa City) The Blendours - "Cut My Hair" / Department of Meteors …
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Iowa Basement Tapes #315 08-15-2024
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Night Listeners - The summer nearly over. I have been all over this land and tonight I bring you some wild finds. First time plays from Midnight Express Show Band, Snowi Owel, and Keepers of the Carpet. Why Bother - "Running from the Sun" / Serenading Unwanted Ballads (Mason City) Melting Human Trash - "Death Always Wins" / Weedian (Dubuqe) GreVlar…
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136. A Conversation with Luke Bascom (The End Times)
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Dan and Erik talk to Luke Bascom about his new e.p., which is awesome. We also talk about upcoming changes for the podcast.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Night Listeners- We got a funky show tonight with a lot of material that is not normally in circulation on this show. Lot of tunes from the 5th Iowa Compilation release. I pull some stuff the 1960s and I introduce a brand new band, Mad Delirous from Mason City. The Wheelers - "Ride By Fire" / The Wheelers (Cedar Rapids) Mad Delirious - "Land of Gla…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #313 08-01-2024
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Night Listeners - I can't believe its August! I have one more show here in LA and I will be back in the heartland with all of you next week. Tonight features new music from Gunk Lung and Landethics. Plus I play some lo-fi death inspired grindcore from Gore God. Also I continue to play boring dungeon synth because now I'm hooked. Gunk Lung - "Brains…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #312 07-25-2024 A Short Tribute to Jason Warden
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Night Listeners- This week I was informed by my friend Chuck that Jason Warden passed away. I did not know him personally, but I did love his band The Wych Elm. So tonight I am paying tribute my sprinkling many songs from there catalog throughout tonight's episode. His entire family is in thoughts here at Iowa Basement Tapes. The Wych Elm - "The Gi…
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135. A Conversation with Iowa Metal Underground (Luke Hougen, William Woodrow Hall)
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This time Dan and Erik talk to Luke Hougen and William Woodrow Hall, the founders of the Iowa Metal Underground, about the big metal fest coming up on August 3rd.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Iowa Basement Tapes #311 07-18-2024
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Night Listeners- Lots of new stuff for you all to check out including tracks from Mr. Softheart, Glass Ox, and The Shining Real. Plus first time plays from Everlasting Light (Quad City black metal), Tomb Wizard for all you dungeon synth weirdos, and Waverly. Mr. Softheart - "Million Dollar Question" / Songs for Subdued Space (Des Moines) Glass Ox -…
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Dan and Erik talk to Brian, Noah and Eric from Iowa/Illinois doomsters Aseethe. We talk quite a lot about gear and just a little about Tool.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Iowa Basement Tapes #310 07-11-2024 GUEST: Will Woodrow Hall & Luke Hougen of Iowa Metal Underground
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Night Listeners- Tonight we welcome the boys behind Iowa Metal Underground Luke Hougen and Will Woodrow Hall. We are talking about their upcoming Metal Fest happening on August 3rd at The Olympic in Cedar Rapids and we feature some of the bands on the bill. Brotherhood of the Mudkat - "Blind to the Truth" (Cedar Rapids) Pit Lord - "The Matter of Pl…
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Iowa Basemen Tapes #309 07-04-2024 6th Anniversary Show & Happy anniversary 4th of July!
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Night Listeners - Six years ago this show debuted at 9PM Thursday July 5th, 2018 on 98.9FM KFMG in Des Moines, Iowa. We didn't have our show opener (the broadcast sign off) and I was literally pulling songs from my collection of demos and private press recordings of Iowa bands. Ben Smasher's 319 Dude Bandcamp Archive was a big source for material. …
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133. Predictions of a Down (youbet, Aseethe, Luke Bascom and the End Times
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This episode Dan and Erik talk about music from doubt, Seethe and Luke Bascom and The End Times. We also talk about System of a Down and confuse Jim Carrey and Jim Carrol.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Iowa Basemen Tapes #308 06-27-2024 SUMMER OF DOOM
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Night Listeners - We explore the new Weedian - Trip to Nebraska & Iowa compilation that is full of doom and stoner from across the state. We also mix in some first time plays from The Glimmer Blinkken and Tommy Santee Klaws. Melting Human Trash - "Death Always Wins" / Weedian - Trip to Nebraska & Iowa (Dubuque) The Glimmer Blinkken - "Something Hap…
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132. Unforgiven Funk Cake (Chemtrails, She Spread Sorrow, Ill Omen/Frontal Assault)
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Dan and Erik talk about music from Chemtrails, She Spread Sorrow and a split from Ill Omen and Frontal Assault! We also talk about James Hetfield and sandwiches.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Night Listeners - The days are long and hot. The humidity is making mullet on my head. Tonight brand new stuff from BBP and Everything Had Teeth! We also revisit the Cupboards Zine Issue 3 Comp. 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 yo…
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131. Your Vandalism Summer (Uranium Club, Nervous Tick and the Zipper Lips, Birdsmith)
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Dan and Erik talk about music from Uranium Club, Nervous Tick and the Zipper Lips and Iowa City's Birdsmith. We also talk about Nightmare on Elm St and the Doof Warrior.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Night Listeners - Wild show tonight with first time plays from Keenan Crow and Sozialer Mord. Another new tune from both Everything Had Teeth and Electrtic Assault. Electric Assault - "Total Maniac" / Shocked Into Coherence (Des Moines/MSP) Everything Had Teeth - "Reaction" / Demo EP (Des Moines) The Dogs - "Rot n Roll" / Teen Slime (Decorah) Slut …
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Iowa Basement Tapes #305 06-06-2024
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Night Listeners - We have an exclusive sneak peak at the new Everything Had Teeth EP with their song, "Down". These guys have an amazing sound that I think all of you will love. Plus the shoegaze lords, Blist Her, IDM from Bodiah, and a rare track from In Loving Memory. Abcess - "Bloated Abcess" / Politcal Vomit (Perry) Everything Had Teeth - "Down…
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130. Local Round Up 7! (Matryoshka Ghost, Grandfather Confusion, William Elliot Whitmore, Good Morning Midnight, Mad Dad Records)
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Yee-haw! This week Cowboy Dan and Erik round up five local releases! We talk about music from Matryoshka Ghost, Grandfather Confusion, William Elliot Whitmore, Good Morning Midnight, and Mad Dad Records.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Iowa Basement Tapes #304 05-30-2024 Summer Kick Off!
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Night Listeners- School's out (I need an Iowa band to cover this song) and we are off to the races! It's show season and there is almost too much stuff happening. Brand new song from Early Girl and some lost gems from around the state. Davenport Junior Theater - "Summer Fun" (Davenport) Landslide - "Say Hello to the Night" / Say Hello to the Night …
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Iowa Basement Tapes #303 05-23-2024 Thrash City III
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Night Listeners- It's thrash city time! A full show of every flavor of metal that you could think of. We got course thrash metal, hair metal, doom metal, sludge metal, and pizza metal. If Head Bangers Ball did an Iowa show this would be it. White Hott - "Running for My Life" / Angel in Leather (Des Moines) Frontal Assault - "Beaming Technology" / 1…
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Night Listeners - We have a loud night ahead of us! New music from the legendary Captain Three Leg. First time plays from Bodiah and Worm Dot Net. We stoned with Twin Wizard and fall into the subconscious jams of Underlords of the Overworld. The Pestilents - "Unkown Solider" / Obedience is Suicide (Iowa City) Captain Three Leg - "W.Y.W.D." / W.Y.W.…
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Dan and Erik talk about thier favorite Steve Albini records and the impact he had on thier musical lives.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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Iowa Basement Tapes #301 05-09-2024
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Night Listeners - Lots of first time plays! Mainstreet Blake, chaircrusher, Preachers & Herb, and Veil of the Forsaken. Plus new tunes from Chemical Buffet and Hairless Monk. Running Man - "dead heavens" / Running Man (Quad Cities) Why Bother - " Heroin Dancer" / Serenading Unwanted Ballads (Mason City) Dispensing of False Halos - "Most Fragile Day…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #300 05-02-2024 GUEST: Andy Koettel of Captain 3 Leg
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Night Listeners - This interview is six years in the making, To celebrate our 300th episode we have Andy Koettle of the legendary Captain Three Leg. C3L has been my favorite band from Iowa for nearly ten years. They are the longest running grindcore/punk/whatever band that has now been going for 28 years. Captain Three Leg - "How Much is that Meat?…
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Iowa Basement Tapes #299 04-25-2024
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Night Listeners - I almost would call tonight's show a thrash city. New tunes from Why Bother, Frontal Assault and Envenom Ascension. Noise krunk from E H I and Gloaming. Plus a tune off the very first Druids tape release, Pray for Water. Why Bother - "Nullity" / Serenading Unwanted Ballads (Mason City) Ritual of Agony - "Mother Earth" / Ritual of …
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Night Listeners - This episode got delayed in getting uploaded after the broadcast due to the wild couple of weeks I have had. I have unfortunately forgotten what the playlist is and I don't feel like scrubbing through the episode to figure it out. But hey it can be a surprise for all of us. Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be…
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128. Pop Star Celebrity Burnout (Cheekface, Northern Liberties, Soup Riot)
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This episode Dan and Erik talk about music from Cheekface, Northern Liberties and Iowa City's Soup Riot. We also drone on and on about how the 90's were different or some other boomer stuff.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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127. We're on a Mission from Creek 2 (Osees, Armand Hammer, Anthony Worden, 24thankyou)
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This episode Dan and Erik talk about music from some of the acts coming to the Mission Creek festival in Iowa City!By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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126. Groundhog Dan (Brandon Seabrook, Slift, Maul of America)
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This time Dan and Erik talk about music from Brandon Seabrook, Slift and Iowa City's Maul of America. Also, for some reason, Dan time travels back to the 90's.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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Dan and Erik have a fun converstion with Muscatine Iowa's own Ten Tigers AC!By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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124. Johnny Fresh Productions (Evil Sword, Squeeze, TV Cop)
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This time Dan and Erik talk about music from Evil Sword, Squeeze and Iowa power pop punkers TV Cop! We also talk about a sweet Miami Vice reboot that we are totally going to make happen.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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123. A Conversation with Alex Crist (Closet Witch)
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This episode Dan and Erik talk to Alex Crist of Closet Witch about the new record and lots of other stuff. A super fun and in-depth talk!By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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122. A Real Life Grim Reaper Vibe (Squid, Full of Hell/Nothing, Ten Tigers AC)
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This episode Dan and Erik talk about music from Squid, Full of Hell/Nothing and Muscatine's Ten Tigers AC! Erik also goes the heck off about media that glorifies being a big ol' creep. Like seriously, if you're a creep, you are probably going to get upset.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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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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Dan and Erik talk about thier favorite releases of 2023, and a little bit about ice cream and Ministry.By Dan Orr, Erik Whittaker
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