Night Listeners -

I'm cruising around the state still. In the last week I have been in Sioux City, Dewitt, Long Grove and Bettendorf. I got a bunch wild tunes tonight. We are way behind in our interview schedule right now so hopefully this fall we can pick back up.

1. Purplish - "Just Like Heaven" (Spencer)
2. Younger - "Chlorophyll" (Iowa City)
3. Dishwater Blonde - "Other Half" / Dishwater Blond (Cedar Falls)
4. North to Alaska - "Owls" / Everything Right Now (Cedar Rapids)
5. Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops - "Exoteric" / Slimephone Surveillance (Des Moines)
6. Gossip Cult - "Boy Divine" / Boy Divine - Blood Ritual (Iowa City)
7. True Commando - "Barbarian" / I Lurk in the Camo (Iowa City)
8. Plague Relic - "The Funeral for Lord Zigrat" / Plague Relic (Jefferson)
9. The Fabulous F Bombs - "Liar Liar" (Fort Dodge)
10. Ill Omen - "Prove you are worth Saving" (Cedar Rapids)
11. Anchoress - "Figuring Skating for Monster Trucks" / Sugarsong (Ames)
12. The Siouxer Rats - "Machete Mamas" / Rat-tle and Shake with the Siouxer Rats (Sioux City)
13. The Delstars - "Rocket" / Peel Out! with the Delstars (Des Moines)
14. Brazil - "Everlast" / Love Lost Her Job Today (Cedar Rapids)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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The annual Iowa Metal Underground Fest 2026 is here so if you are in Cedar Rapids get your butts to CSPS both Friday August 14th and Saturday August 15th. Tonight we got a good mix of loud jams from the last thirty years.

1. Doktor Maxx - "Bucket of Screams" / Klowns of God (Cedar Rapids)
2. Anesthesia - "Pain is Inevitable, Misery is Optional" / Pain is Inevitable, Misery is Optional (Council Bluffs)
3. Beef Wellington - "Headache" / Tender & Juicy (Cedar Rapids)
4. Bucket House Hooligans - "Holding On" / Hooliganism (Dubuque)
5. Frontal Assault - "Under Attack" (Cedar Rapids)
6. Sadistic Kids - "One Scene" / Cedar Rapids Sellouts (Cedar Rapids)
7. Miasma - "Where Are You Going City Boy?" / Calligraphy in Blood (Cedar Rapids)
8. Easy Fruit - "Juiced" / King Kong EP (Des Moines)
9. Yeah Right - "Inner Child" / Freak (Quad Cities)
10. Old Scratch Revival Singers - "Rosa Kidney" / Oh, Didn't He Ramble (Iowa City)
11. Why Bother - "(i'm gonna) Pin it on You" / Hey, At Least You're Not Me (Mason City)
12. If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "Useless Talents" / Dead Nerves, Numb Hands (Dubuque)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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Night Listeners-

We are back this week and its August! We got a brand new play from The Fabulous F Bombs from Fort Dodge. We did into some old tunes from When Bitter Spring Sleeps, Idolist and Druids.

1. Cough n Flop - "Die (If You Want To)" (Quad Cities)
2. The Fabulous F Bombs - "This is Hallucination" (Fort Dodge)
3. Bat Problem - "Born to Rust" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines)
4. Catholic Werewolves - "Emotional Sharigan" / You're Gonna Miss Everything Cool and Die Angry (Davenport)
5. Blaster - "Slowdeath" / Power Trash (Davenport)
6. Fungal Mass - "Butchered" / Psychedelic Poison (Wilton)
7. Abscess - "Bloated Abscess" / Political Vomit (Des Moines)
8. Space Burial - "Radiation Savior" / Meeting the Natives (Dubuque)
9. Nebuleth - "Clandestine Infiltration" / AstroSailors (Cedar Rapids)
10. Bongrider - "Pakalolo" / 2012 Demo (Iowa City)
11. Druids - "Noise Forest, Ablaze" / Pray for Water (Des Moines)
12. Idolist - "D'aoladeeb Rises" / Idolist (Marshalltown)
13. Closet Witch - "Tick" / Yeah Yeah It's Closet Witch (Quad Cities)
14. When Bitter Spring Sleeps - "Coven of Wolves" / Coven of Wolves (Cedar Rapids)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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I am so sorry for being MIA for the last two weeks. I have been drowning in commercial and movie work. But we are so back with an all electronics show playing bands from across the state who all dabble in the synth or wire world of instruments.

1. Finally Some Action - "Is This Your Party?" / Is This Your Party? (Keokuk)
2. Zap Tura - "Protector" / Adaptasia (Des Moines)
3. Nightrazor - "Summon the Fire" / Disposable Dusk (Des Moines)
4. Captain Three Leg - "Sky Scatter" / Mouth Star (Ottumwa)
5. A is Jump - "Heard You in the Humming" / 01 EP (Cedar Falls)
6. Tires - "01" / Tires (Des Moines)
7. Chemical Buffet - "Sol Ashes" / Smoking Mirrors (Des Moines)
8. Sexy Cash - "Shapes" (Sioux City)
9. DJ DJ Tanner - "Mouthwash" / Monster (Des Moines)
10. Double Dice - "Hunny" / ism (Des Moines)
11. Contakta - "Moonglow" / Bodyheat (Des Moines)
12. Mr. Softheart - "State Trooper" / Magdalene in Crisis (Cedar Falls)
13. Skyscraper - "Eternity" / Slow to Anger (Des Moines)
14. Voorhees - "Blood" / Blood (Keokuk)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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I am back on American soil. It is just as hot here as it was in the Caribbean. Tonight we got some hitters from The Rumours, Bat Problem and Camp Regret. We are building up for another round of interviews over the next few weeks.

1. The Afterdarks - "Black Cat" / Rock n Roll is Dead (Quad Cities)
2. The Rumours - "Electric Blues" / Suck It (Waterloo)
3. Camp Regret - "Summer Venues" / Camp Regret (Quad Cities)
4. Bat Problem - "Cut n Bleed" / Can't Pass By (Des Moines)
5. Paradox - "Autopsy of an Empire" (Waterloo)
6. Sexy Cash - "Do You Want to Dance?" (Sioux City)
7. Jordan Sellergren - "Don't Be Like Me" / Banner Year (Iowa City)
8. Song of Zarathustra - "The Evening Beat" / The Birth of a Tragedy (Sioux City)
9. Lipstick Homicide - "Good Times" / The Stone of Opportunity (Iowa City)
10. Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse - "Fear Becomes Believing" / A Day in the Air #13 (Iowa City)
11. Ten Grand - "Hands of the Merch" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City)
12. The Carousel - "Paths" / The Carousel (Des Moines)
13. Early Girl - "Ice" / Lovers Out to Pasture (Iowa City)
14. William Elliot Whitmore - "Gravel Road" / A Day in the Air #13 (Keokuk)
15. Is World - "Either Or" / Cupboards Zine Issue 3 Compilation (Quad Cities)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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Tonight we explore one of my favorite compilation series, The Iowa Compilation Volumes 1-6. I have played Vol 1 and 2 multiple times on this show but anything after that has been sparse. This series was the launching point for many music fans in Iowa. Super important to the state's history.

1. The Tape-Beatles - "Ads Become the News" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Territories (Iowa City)
2. House of Large Sizes - "One and Half a Half on a Hill" / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Cedar Falls)
3. Clockwerk Orange - "You Can't Go Home" / Iowa Compilation Vol 5. A Few Works After Drink (?)
4. The Masque - "House on the Hill" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 3 Third Times a Charm (Ames)
5. Otis - "Cranston" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 5 A Few Works After Drink (Davenport)
6. Full Fathom Five - "Why Their Faces are so Worn" / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Iowa City)
7. Sludgeplow - "Domination" / Iowa Compilation Vol . 4 Golden Memories and Other Disasters (Cedar Rapids)
8. The Punishment Club - "Getting too Round" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Territories (Des Moines)
9. Junk Poet - "Low" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 6 (Des Moines)
10. Cursing Birds - "Popey Sally" / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Iowa City)
11. Movable Feast - "End of the World" / It's Another Iowa Compilation... Uncharted Territories (Des Moines)
12. Squidboy - "Ulmer" / Iowa Compilation Vol 5. A Few Works After Drink (Des Moines)
13. The Hollowmen - "Never Ending Ceiling / The Iowa Compilation Vol. 1 (Des Moines)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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I am on my second week down in the French Caribbean. Last week I recorded from Turks & Caicos. Since then I have been to Guadeloupe and now I am in Dominica. It's tropical and rains every half hour. We got a new tune from Phantom Lightkeeper, Justin Beahm's doom surf rock project that had its debut album last year with its follow up coming out in August.

1. Davenport Junior Theater - "Summer Fun" (Quad Cities)
2. Joretta Oaks - 'High School" / Ichirus Falls (Ottumwa)
3. Phantom Lightkeeper - "Hidden Mother" / Four Days at the Precipice (Cedar Rapids)
4. Splayed Innards - "Abe Lincoln Get His Chance" / Splayed Innards (Iowa City)
5. The Afterdarks - "No Good" / Rock N Roll is Dead (Quad Cities)
6. In Loving Memory - "A Gentler Sun" / A Gentler Sun (Des Moines)
7. Atomic Opera - "Kamikaze" / Demo 1985 (Des Moines)
8. Why Bother? - "Still Remain - Sleep Paralysis" / Case Studies (Mason City)
9. Holy Vestige - " Skeleton Key" / Holy Vestige (Marshalltown)
10. Winterwraith - "Dark Elves of the Soulless Winter" / Magic from an Ancient Time (Waterloo)
11. Tapwater Shrimp - "Toodaloo" / Just Demo (Sioux City)
12. Preacher Gone to Texas - "Sorrows for the Wounded" / Choice Vs Chance (Quad Cities)
13. NIAN - "Trust Me" / 5 Song Demo (Marshalltown)
14. Skin of Earth - "Ghengis Kong" / The Des Moines 4 Track Compilation (Des Moines)
15. Ten Grand - "Now You Got What I Got" / This is the Way to Rule (Iowa City)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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Four hundred episodes. Some of you have gotten married, had kids and maybe a divorce or two. I have produced and recorded four hundred episodes of Iowa Basement Tapes. Tonight I play sort of a greatest hits tonight. Lots of classic bangers from across the state. A big thank you to all of our listeners both on the radio and the podcast.

1. The Tanks - "24 Hour Revenge Fantasy" / Epic Load (Iowa City)
2. The Pee Pees - "American Tourister" / How We Do It In Ghetto Land (Cedar Rapids)
3. Die Mutts - " Old Videos" / Die Mutts (Des Moines)
4. Captain Three Leg - "Esteban" / Split with Short Order (Ottumwa)
5. Captain Three Leg - "Hardcore Instruction" / Split with Short Order (Ottumwa)
6. Traffic Death - "The Wild" / Don't Be A Projectile (Des Moines)
7. Deep Fried Embryo - "Donnie of the Dead" / Split with Bloody Rectum (McGregor)
8. When Bitter Spring Sleeps - "Astral Blood" / Star Thrown (Cedar Rapids)
9. Sexy Cash - "Theatre of War" (Sioux City)
10. Nightrazor - "Just One More Breath" (Des Moines)
11. Chemical Buffet - "Are They Recording?" / 30 Years Of Obscurity 1993 -2023 Vol 1 (Des Moines)
12. Tomb Wizard - "Moonless" / The Lich Chamber (Waterloo)
13. MUSICIAN - "Cuckoo Kachoo" / As Trees Meet The Ridgeline (Des Moines)
14. CR Dicks - "Black Girlfriend" / Dick Moves (Cedar Rapids)
15. Ill Omen - "The Cynic Soul Ripper" (Cedar Rapids)
16. The Ballet - "The UAW Hall" / We Were Wild Buffalo (Quad Cities)
17. Brazil - "Eyelights" / Love Lost Their Job Today (Cedar Rapids)

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des Moines
Fridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux City
Wednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - Okoboji

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