Iowa Basement Tapes

Night Listeners, This week I am in the KFMG studios with studio manger Gary Monte interviewing filmmaker Jack Meggers about his life in Mason City during the grunge era of the 90s. We play his band Ming's Daughter as well as fellow northern Iowa bands Todd's Neat Futons and Sorry Excuse. Jack left Iowa for fifteen years and returned in 2014 where he was reintroduced to Iowa's music scene. He brings on a handful of tracks that have inspired in creatively since returning to the state. Listen to us on 98.9 KFMG - LP Des Moines and KCOE - Coe College Cedar Rapids . Catch up on the archives via iTunes . Waverly - "Stop This" / Fledging (Iowa City) The Bends - "3AT" / Live at Gabes 04-30-2003 (Cedar Rapids) The Roughhousers - "Feed You're Standing On" / Woodchip Soul (Iowa City) Ming's Daughter - "Marathon Prophet" / Demo (Mason City) Todds Neat Futons - "?" / Demo (Belmond) Sorry Excuse - "?" / Dem...

Night Listeners - Happy Thanksgiving! If you are one of our listeners from KCOE in Cedar Rapids, we have a ton of tunes from your neck of the woods. Digging through the crates we got an old demo from ol' Will Whitmore of his tune "Gravel Road". This was ripped directly from the cassette that was mailed to Brad Adita for the Another Day In The Air compilations. I also got new newer tunes from Peanut Ricky, Huxley Maxwell, and Waverly. This playlist was crafted for those who are chilling in their food coma and just want everyone to leave them alone. Jack Meggers will be joining me next week to discuss Mason City's once-thriving alternative music scene. Listen to Iowa Basement Tapes live on 98.9 FM KFMG-LP Des Moines and on KCOE Coe College Student Radio. If you miss the show, be sure to subscribe to the archives on iTunes , Google Play, and Stitcher . -Kristian #TrustKristianDay Goldblums - "Black Comb" / Drug Window (Des Moines) William Elliot W...

Night Listeners - This is our first road trip show! 90% of this weeks episode was recorded while driving in a minivan to Madison, WI with Dylan Sires (of the band Sires). We blast through a lot of tunes originating from the Cedar Valley, something I haven't done in a while. Bare with us, the sound quality is questionable at times because... we are in a minivan. If you miss the live show on either KFMG Des Moines or KCOE Coe College, be sure to check out the archives on  iTunes . Kristian #trustkristianday Captain Three Leg - "Kool Aid & Crayons" /  Split with Mean Dave  (Ottumwa) Brooke Straus - "Pair of Dice" /  Acid Casual  (Iowa City) Twins - "Take That Gurl" /  Square America  (Waterloo) Miracles of God - "Don't Try" /  O What a Wonderful Day  (Iowa City) The Beat Strings - "In the Night" /  Fang In Rain  (Waterloo) Sioux City Pete & The Beggers - "Blues on the Northern Plains" /  8 Songs  (Si...

Night Listeners - This week marks our first episode syndicating to KCOE , the student-run radio station at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We will be airing from 7PM to 8PM on KCOE - Cedar Rapids & from 9PM to 10PM on KFMG - Des Moines. Tonight Deerslayer returns to Iowa Basements after a nearly two-month hiatus. I also got some Voodoo Gearshift , Bankshot , Acoustic Guillotine , and of course Captain Three Leg . For Full show notes please visit www.kristianday.com . - Kristian #trustkristianday

Night Listeners of 98.9 FM KFMG - This is our last week as a Des Moines only radio program, starting next week we will be officially syndicated in Cedar Rapids on KCOE, Coe College's student radio station. It has always been our plan to syndicate the show across Iowa so this is very exciting. Tonight we got tunes from Diamonds For Eyes, Anthony Worden, Honeycreeper, Liptstick Homicide, and even Skin of Earth. Welcome to doomvember...