Iowa Basement Tapes

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It's the last show of 2021! It's been a wild one folks. A big thank you to KWIT is Sioux City, KOJI in Okoboji, and of course KFMG in Des Moines. 

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Here is our Christmas show... kinda. It's only Christmas because of the intro from our #1 fan of the show, Barron Christian. Last night I got to check out Sioux City Pete LIVE for th…

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Welcome to the loudest office holiday party of the year! We are thrashing tonight through some first time plays with Mr. Bomb (Sioux City), Inner Lite (Marshalltown), Beware of Clevo…

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We go down some heavy pathways on this cold December night. We take a big drink of synth pop and black metal in the same 1 hour time frame.  Also featuring some Rob Ogg bands with Hu…

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Welcome to my first December power hour on Iowa Basement Tapes. It's not really a power hour, it just rhymed. Anyways new track from CR Dicks in Cedar Rapids!  First time plays from …

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Happy Thanksgiving here is a bunch of crusty loud music to help you choke down the bird. First time jams from Sinner's Game,  Nightrazor, Bad News,  and Hairless Monks.

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Tonight's show is like slipping into a warm bath with Keegan-Michael Key while he dangles a radio over the water that is plugged into the wall. If it drops in you are dead. Hope you…

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Sorry it took a week to get this one posted. I am on the move again. Lots of fun stuff tonight as I do this show from Fairfield, IA. First time plays from Breechloader, Matchbook Sha…

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We have a guest for our first show in November: Ian Miller of the late 90's Iowa City hardcore/punk act, Splayed Innards. Ian talks about late 90s Iowa City, the Feed Lot Music Co-Op…

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This years Halloween show has been deemed "Metalween". We are blasting all you spooky party people with a heavy night filled doom, thrash, and all sorts of heaviness. It's doomsday h…

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Lots of new stuff up on the IBT Bandcamp archive including releases from Pent-Up Aggression, Sonic Disruption Theory, Cars of the Country Music Stars, and Full Fathom Five (whom whic…

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We are in the middle of October and I have trickled all sorts of spooky dust for this show. We welcome back The Afterdarks and Miasma to show PLUS with drone it out with Billy Crysta…

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I am finally back home again and its OCTOBER.  We are going to ease into this Halloween season bit by bit. Out of the gate with Druids, Pitch Black Manor and Former thieves. It's a r…

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Fall is here and we are slowly brewing into Halloween season. I found some weird ska music from Ames which you may like or you  simply won't care (that's ska music for you I guess).

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I'm broadcasting from doom filled bluffs of Dubuque, Iowa. On a film shoot and questioning my own existence in this world. Anyways wild show tonight feat A.R.M., Pozar, and Scrid.

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I try to keep it classy on this show but sometimes things get messy. I'm broadcasting from Bentonville, Arkansas once again and I bring you some tunes from classic Iowa hardcore acts…

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Lyle Erickson of Pitch Black Manor has submitted a release to the IBT archives called The Creature Compilation. This is a compilation from 1999 put out by Grinnell College Radio KDIC…

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I got a really weird show with folks who make music with Gameboys and dudes who wear corpse paint. All but two bands are brand new to the show and I cannot even begin to tell you abo…

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We are back to our old ways with a solid mix thrashy punk, bedroom electronics, and eastern Iowa doom.

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This is long overdue! We have Pitch Black Manor on the show tonight: Joshua Bentley, Chad Fifer & Lyle Erickson join us to talk about the bands legacy, their return after 25 years, a…