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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Lots of new material for tonight's show. I recently met with Jeff Shotwell from the band Roze. He has contributed the bands entire discography to be archived on the Iowa Basement Tap…
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Lots of new plays tonight! Sno-Mans, Clear, Grain USA, A Is Jump, Strange Attractor, Todd On Acid, Autocrash, Vivid, and The Cactus Rats! Majority of these tunes were recently added t…
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I got a fun show tonight lots punky Brewster fun with tunes from Captain Three Leg, Riff Worm and The Dogs. First time plays by Vlad Moth, a weird 80s synth punk project from Des Moi…
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Happy New Year from us (I mean me) at Iowa Basement Tapes. We are coming into 2020 hot with Roze, Slughive, White Hott, Sludgeplow, and even Die Mutts! I just got word that this year…
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This is our last show for 2019! More material from White Hott and Roze, the 80s hair metal pack that has forever changed my life. Chuck Hoffman of Fetal Pig as handed over a bunch of…
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The most amazing find happened this week. I finally discovered Iowa 80s hair metal! Holy shit and not one but TWO bands have fallen into my lap: White Hott and Roze. Both bands are De…
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Tonight is a weird show. That's all I can say. The combination of tunes tonight really make no sense. But I started digging into some of the of old psychedelic singles of the 60s wit…
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December is here and Captain Three Leg just released a SUPER SHORT X-Mass EP. That's all I can really say.
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November is dead. But I got some new discoveries I'm playing tonight PLUS new material on the Iowa Basement Tapes Archive. Including Horny Genius (Iowa City), Abscess (Iowa City), A …
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It's almost Thanksgiving! I don't really know what counts as "Thanksgiving" tunes for this show. Some first time plays include The Meanies from Iowa City, The Rockers from Sioux City…
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Doomvember is here and I got some super stoner Iowa goodness with Into The Cove, Cockroach Dominion, CR Dicks, and Paul Cary. I don't know if that all correctly blends but I don't th…
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Happy Halloween from Iowa Basement Tapes! I got fun show planned for tonight. Picking up some goodies from Iowa Compilation Vol 2 and 4. Bring back some tunes from Ghostcat, The Dogs,…
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Welcome to November! I am back in a hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska. Working an episode of 90 Day Fiancé for TLC. We are filming interviews inside what appears to be a trap house on th…
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Since we are in the the center of Halloween season I tried to stick you some horror theme tunes again. This week from the QC we got the psychobilly love ballad from The Afterdarks, s…
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October is already half way over which is just nuts to me. I have feel like I haven't been able to really enjoy the Halloween season yet. Tonight I have chaos driven tunes from Stick…
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Wild times this month. I had the opportunity to catch a lot of shows in the in the last week: Gwar, Bob Dylan, and Wolf Eyes! First time on the program tonight I got The Organ from e…
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October is here! Time for me to break out the psychobilly, cult, and dirty punk. I got tunes from Son of the Morning, Sludgeplow, When Bitter Spring Sleeps, and The Horrors. Heavy he…
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October is almost here so I am getting us all in the mood with some spook tunes from Son of the Morning, Goldblums, The Horrors, Rue Morgue, and Night Stories (first time on the show!…
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I'm on another commercial shoot this week. This time for Hy-Vee and one of our extras was Nick Frampton from Field Division and he shared with me some of the hardcore music he used t…
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Recorded just 2 hours before I had to hop on a plane from Houston back to Iowa. A little buzzed from having birthday drinks in the bar of the Omni Hotel. Lots of great tunes.
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