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...

Night Listeners of 98.9FM KFMG - Dude, October is coming to an end! I hope everyone has been enjoying the Halloween season to the fullest potential. Tonight was our last show for October. The next time you hear my voice it will be November. I can't say much will change around here. I will still be playing the best in the heartland's alternative music but Iowa Basement Tapes is in the process of syndicating to other stations across the state of Iowa. It has been something that has always been in the works and I hope more music is discovered along the way. Tonight I spin tunes from Iowa City's Milk Duct Tape who does a cover of Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla", Sioux City Pete, Samuel Locke Ward, The Vahnevants and Sires. - Kristian Day #trustkristianday Milk Duct Tape - "Gojira" / Gojira (Iowa City) Sioux City Pete and The Beggers - "Farmlands" / Necro Blues (Sioux City) Person Whale - "Boogeyman" / Last Train Out Of Dogtow...

Night Listeners of 98.9 FM KFMG - We are halfway through October and I am in the mood for blues. My buddy Buffalo Bonker brought me a pile of Iowa blues tunes and I'm going to dig into them with Scarlet Runner from Gilbertville and The Graveyard Blues Band from Cedar Rapids (there is also rad avant-garde jazz band from Lansing, MI called Graveyards that everyone should check out). I also met a stone mason who talked to me about the Iowa metal and punk scene of the 80s. He talked a lot about Voodoo Gearshift which made me finally want to check them out. I also got Sioux City Pete with a song from Necro Blues (I had to omit the title). For full show notes please check out my blog at Kristian Day.com | On The Radio . - Kristian #trustkristianday