Iowa Basement Tapes #396 05-14-2026

Night Listeners - Packed show with lots of new bands (or at least new to me). A big shout out to the Nu World Mutants for sending me a copy of their new record. It absolutely rules and we drop one of the songs tonight. The Lime Wires -"Mirror Facing Mirrors" (Mason City) Nu World Mutants - "(No More Planes to) Karachi" / The World is Our Bowling Ball (Burlington) Clifford Hoyt - "The Chandelier Falls...Again" / Split A.M. (Dubuque) Pink Flag - "Signal Fire" / In Chains EP (Des Moines) Catholic Werewolves - "Cowrkr" / You're Gonna Miss Everything and Die Angry (Davenport) Ophidian Memory - "Hunger of Your Deceased Deity" (Des Moines) Chemical Buffet - "Praise be to Zardoz" / Far-Out Scraps (Des Moines) Mim Jiller - "Bleu Cheese" / Sove Longs EP (Iowa City) Chrash - "Good Old Fashion News" / 2017 The Music (Quad Cities) Safety Second -"Don't Know" / Sick Tired (Marshalltown) happy thoughts - "my arms are a sawdust factory" / stab stab revolution (Des Moines) Followed by Ghosts - "Clear Blue Sky" / The Entire City was Silent (?) Space Burial - "User Friendly" / Meeting the Natives (Dubuque) Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: InstagramFollow Kristian Day on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently)Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com.  BROADCAST SCHEDULEThursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM  KFMG - Des MoinesWednesdays at 11PM  on 90.3FM  KWIT - Sioux CityWednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - OkobojiIf you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e