Iowa Basement Tapes

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Its getting hot outside! Muggy like NOLA. Tonight I got new stuff from CR Dicks with their cover of the Rolling Stones tune "Get Tattooed" plus first time jams of Prophets of the Cos…

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June is here! I'm diving into more tracks by Ottumwa's Joretta Oaks and Fairfield's Wren. Also revisiting the amazing tape comp, All Iowa Noise Insurgency.

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How did we get here? 100 episodes. 100 times I have setup my laptop to record/edit a show usually the morning of the first broadcast. I remember thinking several times, "It's midnigh…

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Episode 99 and we are still in quarantine! Today the big mystery is revealed of who is behind the synth dance project Voorhees and I play a bunch of tunes off of the Des Moines 4 Tra…

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Episode 98! Aint that nuts? Tonight we got a packed show with Black Ink Pen, Cottontail, Mugwump and a bunch of other weirdos from across the state.

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I got pile of randos tonight featuring Jailbus, Voorhees, Clear, and a bunch of 80s Ames punk rock classics.

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May is here! I picked out a bunch of fun stuff tonight including new material from Strong Like Bear. Someone please tell who the hell is this Voorhees person? The tunes are great but…

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I dove deep into Iowa's history in hardcore scene with lots of material off the Save Me From Ordinary: Three Decades of Hardcore Punk Rock in Iowa. Plus new tunes from Vahnevants and…

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We got a weird show tonight! First time plays from Billy and the Black Spit, Blood Spell, Wren, Aseethe, Strong Like Bear, Villianova, and Blizzard at Sea! Plus classics from Red Thr…

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Here we go with a month in being quarantined. Lots of tapes got digitized yesterday including Fantasy Kitchen, Fontannelles, and The Squirrel Energy Now! compilation tape from 1993. …

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Here we are again. I've started digging a whole in my basement just to see where it leads! Not really but I am going very stir crazy. A nice surprise this week was hearing The Basst…

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Another week in quarantine! I've been stoked to learn that Captain Three Leg has been releasing material left and right with all that is going on. Michael Duede got a hold of me last…

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Stay home and listen to tunes. Best advice I can give :) Lots of first time plays tonight including Carjack Footbad, Safety Second, Axen Province, EHI, and Hate Machine! All of this …

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We return to the heavy as we are deep in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Another show recorded in Sioux City. Two new releases from Captain Three Leg and some old tunes from W…

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I just made another crackerjack trip to Denver and back! Left at 5:30AM Tuesday morning and returned at 9AM Wednesday. Too much but hey I got some new tunes. The new Goldblums record …

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A little late to the game but I finally dug out some Sioux City tunes this week. A little Buddha Cheese Band and Black Death Jet Set. I also got some Jim Morrison worship happening w…

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I am recording tonight from Sioux City, Iowa. Technically its Sergeant Bluffs but who's checking. I am here all week casting for a commercial and I was able to swing by the KWIT/KOJI …

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I got a new compilation from 1993 that I have been loving called Naked and Unashamed, A Useless Compilation. It's all Iowa City and eastern Iowa bands. Many I have never heard of bef…

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This has been a long time coming. Chuck Hoffman is our guest on the show. He has been so many bands that I can't even count. Lots of talking so we only squeeze in six songs over the …

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Tonight is a very special show. Jeff Shotwell from the band Roze joins station manager Gary Monte and myself at the KFMG studios in Des Moines to talk about the history of the legenda…