IOWA BASEMENT TAPES - #29 1-17-2019

This is the first of a new weekly feature. It is a show Kristian Day, a long time artist of many genres, does featuring the metal, punk, and alternative music of our state.

Night Listeners -
Iowa Basement Tapes is back this week and its super heavy! I found the remains of the old Iowa Hadcore.com site which is now iowahardcore.blogger.com and found all kinds of goodies including The Tanks, Solid Attitude, and Through Hard Times. Good Ol' Bensmasher also informed me that Sludgeplow's Turned Earth album got remastered and re-released this past October. GET IT. A shout out to The Ruralists in Sioux City for sending me their album.

Catch us every Thursday from 9PM -10PM on 98.9 FM KFMG-LP DES MOINES & KCOE COE COLLEGE CEDAR RAPIDS.
-Kristian
#trustkristianday
www.kristianday.com | bandcamp.com/kristianday

The Tanks - "24 Hour Revenge Fantasy" / Slippin Pills (Iowa City)
Solid Attitude - "Smoking Sheets" / BB Gun Picnic (Iowa City)
Through Hard Times - "Brighter Days" / Moving On (Iowa City)
Waverly - "What We Are" / Fledging (Iowa City)
Sludgeplow - "Gut Fountain" / Turned Earth (Cedar Rapids)
The Ruralists - "Ghost" / Birth of Birds (Sioux City)
Telekinetic Yeti - "Beneath The Black Sun / Abominable (Dubuque)
Captain Three Leg -"Fith Column" / The Last C3L Tape (Ottumwa)
The Blendours - "Fairy Tale Love" / Bloated Saturday Compilation (Des Moines)
Harsh Times - "Dear Abby" / Bloated Saturday Compilation (Davenport)
Pink Neighbor - "Green Light Nights" / Green Light Nights (Grinnell)
Space Burial - "Pills" / Space Burial (Dubuque)

YOUR OWN PRIVATE IOWA - Episode 42: Goldblums/The Vahnevants

The Goldblums are Des Moines area shapeshifting reptilian overlords. This Iowa Music Showcase page is for their dead homie.

The Vahnevants are Criminals and about death rattling.

The first ever two band appearnce has happened! And I had a blast hanging out with both of them. We laughed, we cried, we bleed, it was long and crazy experience. Both The Vahnevants and Goldblumes played sets and we all sat down and had a goofy conversation afterwards! This was an episode I will cherish for a long time

AUDIBLE FARM - Episode 18: Emery Brown

Emery Brown in the guitarist and singer for the Des Moines area band The Sleepover. We sit down and discuss his experience as a keyboardist in past bands, the music scene in Des Moines, the formation of The Sleepover, and so much more!

"The Sleepover is a post rock band out of Iowa with influences from 80s punk and 70s rock with pop perversions throughout the years."
- from The Sleepover's Facebook page

"The soundtrack to sexy underwear, painting each other's nails and pillow fights."
- from The Sleepover's Bandcamp page

PLAYLISTS - New Iowa Music on Bandcamp 2

This is just another in our long series of playlists. And like the name says, this one features the latest music by Iowa artists that I could find on Bandcamp. It features a blend of experimental, metal, instrumental, and electronic music, with a punk tune as well!

AUDIBLE FARM - Episode 17: Cobey Murray

This is the first of a new feature we will be presenting on the Iowa Music Showcase website. It's an interview podcast where Peter Stockdale of Des Moines band, 3 Finger Betty, and Iowa band, Unity,  interviews a fellow musician.

Cobey Murray is the bassist in the Des Moines area punk band The Astro Bastards. He is also the show promoter for New Revolt Promotions. We sit down and talk about how he got started playing instruments, the formation of The Astro Bastards, tattoos, and more!

PLAYLISTS: We're Back!

Well, yours truly, Dan OlderMusicGeek, had to take a few weeks off to get some things in my life back in proper order, leaving me no time for Iowa Music Showcase.

But we're back now! And to celebrate, I created a playlist of songs from Iowa artists about coming back and returning, or just doing something again.

Again, as with most of our Spotify playlists, these songs are in no particular order and are best listened to in shuffle play.

More IMSC posts featuring playlists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/playlists

More IMSC posts featuring Spotify:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Spotify

YOUR OWN PRIVATE IOWA - Episode 18: Mississippi Jake

Last Thursday, I sat down with Mississippi Jake. Who is actually from Missouri! We had a great talk about his punk rock and southern gospel roots, he told some very personal and heartfelt stories and played us some fantastic accoustic jams. It was really nice getting to know Jake better, and learning about his songwritting style.

This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm All Recordings done in the Studio at [88.5 KURE Ames Alternative]


More episodes of Your Own Private Iowa:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/YOUR%20OWN%20PRIVATE%20IOWA

More IMSC posts featuring interviews:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/interviews

More IMSC posts featuring folk music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/folk%20music

PLAYLISTS: Happy New Year's - Iowa Style

Happy New Year, everyone! And at long last, Iowa Music Showcase presents a New Year's post.

We have a Spotify playlist featuring songs about years, starts, beginnings, and ends.- and, as always, from various artists and genres.

So sit back and let Iowa music bring in your new year!

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 55: Happy Hawkeye Halloween 2017, Part 4 of 4 - The Black Angels and Other Iowa Evil Spirits

Welcome back, you who dare come for a fourth and final installment of horrific hymns from the musical children of the corn.

We have quite the rock collection for you in this terminal installment, 90s punk, 10s punk, bluesy grunge rock, indie pop rock, lo-fi buzz punk, old style heavy metal, and just plain old horror rock. But all tunes to bring a chill to your back.


And to help with that back-chilling, we give you a little presentation of Iowa's evil spirits.

Some may not know this, but Iowa has NOT just one black angel in their graveyards, but TWO! One in Iowa City and one in Council Bluffs.

The one in Oakland Cemetary in Iowa City has many legends attached, such as that it went from bronze to black of the evil of Teresa Feldevert. Her husband's grave is where the angel sits.

It is said that any girls who kisses its feet will die in six months, unless she is a virgin. And supposably, if a pregnant woman walks under the wings, she will miscarry.


The other one is in Fairview Cemetary, or "The Old Burial Grounds", in Council Bluffs. This cemetary originally started as Native American burial grounds.

This statue is based on a spirtual being to have visited Ruth Ann Dodge, wife of the chief engineer of The Union Pacific Railroad, three times before she died.

The myths of this statue include that it comes to life and flies around, it shoots fire from its eyes after midnight, children who run behind her base diappear forever, and those who stare into her eyes at midnight will die early.

Iowa City musician, Kate Kane, did a song about it. I didn't put it on this podcast, because I played it in an earlier Halloween episode and I've already accidentally put one of her songs on two Halloween episodes! But you can hear it here - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=930553&songID=7397908


At The Edinburgh Manor, abandoned now but once housed the insane, in Scott Grove, Iowa, a spirit< nicknamed The Joker, is said to reside. He apparently enjoys choking visitors.


And in Fort Dodge, at The Banwell Bridge or "Terror Bridge", you might bump into a floating head. This is supposed to be the head of a woman who hung her children from the bridge where they got hit by a train.

But watch out if you go there, it has been told that the head likes to try to run and scare people of the bridge. And reports have been given of a furry creature spotted under the bridge.


And before The Evil Doctor OlderMusicGeek leaves for another year, I would like to thank Dean Sturtevant for providing all four covers of our Halloween podcasts this year. Especially the first one, where he only had a day's notice!


So with those haunted histories floating in your mind, please enjoy the last installment of Iowa's tunes of terror....

Art by Dean Sturtevant

http://greenunicornart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/GreenUnicornArt/

PLAYLISTS: New Iowa Music on Spotify 1

Well, all, this is just the first in a series of playlists I plan on doing from time to time featuring the latest Iowa music on Spotify. If someone is missing, let me know, and I'll add them to my follow list so I catch them next time!

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music BandCamp Playlist 1

This time our playlist of random Iowa music comes from BandCamp.

Our random picker has chosen experimental, electronic, and folk music for you all.

Hope you all enjoy it!

Other IMSC posts and podcasts featuring BandCamp:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Bandcamp

Other IMSC posts and podcasts featuring playlists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/playlists

One year ago...
Playlists: Iowa Pride Hip Hop -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/06/playlists-iowa-pride-hip-hop.html

Two years ago...
Episode 11: Guest Producer Bryon Dudley -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/06/episode-11-guest-producer-bryon-dudley.html

Other IMSC websites and links:
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: Bandcamp, Celtic, dance music, electronic music, experimental, garage rock, hardcore, indie music, Irish,minimal, noise music, playlists, punk, Random Iowa Music BandCamp Playlists, random playlists, rock music

OTHER SOURCES: DMMC'S 2006 compilation album

Since we recently covered the CarpeDM albums put out by The DMMC (Des Moines Music Coalition), with The Greater Des Moines Partnership, I thought we should cover an earlier work The DMMC did.

Turns out the CarpeDM albums were not The DMMC's first foray into compilation albums. Back when The DMMC first started, they came out with a compilation of Des Moines and Iowa artists called "Hear We Go".

From the BandCamp website:
"The hear and now. Here's to no more excuses. From the industry. Or the fans. Here's to no longer blaming the state for our state of mind. Here's to never being so close-minded that you can't believe for one tiny second that a single CD can put an entire city on the map. Here's to those who know good music can come from anywhere. And, to all of the naysayers, the never doers and the doubters who say it won't happen here. To those who say here is nowhere. Here it is. Hear we go.

"Special thanks: To the members of the DMMC, to our supporters, and to the musicians that enrich our lives and believe that a rising tide lifts all boats."

And for the 10th anniversary, the album was put on BandCamp. Thanks to the suggestion and urging of Iowa Music Showcase! And you can download it for FREE!

So go get yourself a taste of what was cool and happening in Des Moines's alternative music scene a decade ago!

"Hear We Go" on BandCamp:
https://desmoinesmusiccoalition.bandcamp.com/releases

DMMC home page:
http://www.desmoinesmc.com/


More IMSC posts and podcasts involving The DMMC:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Des%20Moines%20Music%20Coalition

More IMSC posts and podcasts involving compilation albums:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/compilation%20albums

More IMSC posts and podcasts involving alternative music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/alternative%20music


One year ago...
Playlists: Random Iowa Music Spotify Playlist 1
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/04/playlists-random-iowa-music-spotify.html

Two years ago...
Episode 7: Iowa Women of Rock and Pop
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/03/episode-7-iowa-women-of-rock-and-pop.html


Other IMSC websites and links:
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: alternative (genre), alternative music, compilation albums, Des Moines, Des Moines area, Des Moines Music Coalition, DMMC, Hear We Go, hip hop, hip-hop, metal music, Other Sources, pop music, punk, rap, rock music

Episode 44: Iowa Indie and Alternative Music

"It's funny, it's taken me this long to get to these genres, because this is actually my kind of music.

I listen to all kinds of music, but punk and alternative are my go-to music. I grew up listening to The Pistols, The Clash, Violent Femmes, Talking Heads, early Police, Devo, early R.E.M....

So I'm quite happy to finally present some of Iowa's figurative grandchildren of those guys, plus a Iowa band actually from that era!

Other IMSC posts and podcasts with indie music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/indie%20music

Other IMSC posts and podcasts with alternative music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/alternative%20music

Other IMSC posts and podcasts with 1980s music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/1980s

To download the podcast, right click the link below and hit "Save as...":
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode44/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2044_.mp3

original picture cropped and extended
Art by Robert Braune
https://robertbraune.wordpress.com/
http://most-modern.blogspot.com/

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music YouTube Playlist 1

Well, trying to get things ready for the live show on Sat, Feb 4, at Lefty's Live Music in Des Moines (subtle plug - https://www.facebook.com/events/756507931165093), I haven't had time to do much.

So you're getting one of my infamous playlist. I randomly threw together some videos from Iowa artists I subscribe to on YouTube. If you're an Iowa artist and are on YouTube, let me know at iowamusicshowcase@gmail.com and I'll follow you too!

In the meantime, it seems Sweet Serendipity chose some metal and hip hop for you with a little blues and indie thrown in. Enjoy!

Labels: acoustic blues, alternative music, blues, heavy metal, hip hop, hip-hop, Indie (genre), indie music, metal (genre), metal music, Modern Life Is War, Painface, playlists, punk, rap, Riverdogs Blues Band, YouTube

OTHER SOURCES: A list of websites, podcasts, and playlists for Iowa Music

Well, I posted this in a comment section on a Facebook status from Wamza (http://www.wamza.com/index.php) had asking for websites and podcasts on Iowa music (https://www.facebook.com/wamzacom/posts/1338518342843701)....

Here's a list of websites and podcasts mentioned in the comments before me...

Pants Off Podcast - https://www.facebook/pantsoffpodcast/
Iowaves Music Blog -  iowavesmusic.com

Grace's Notes - http://gracesnotes.com/
DSM Shows - http://dsmshows.com/
Culture Myth - http://culturemyth.net/
The Bigfoot Diaries - http://thebigfootdiaries.blogspot.com/
Band Bombshell - http://bandbombshell.com/
Des Noise - http://www.desnoise.com/

And here's my comment. It features some sites I've already talked about and some I plan on featuring in some articles in the future.

Thanks to Ashley Sampson and Wamza for mentioning my site - http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/

 A lot of the podcasts and websites I mentioned before have already been posted, but here's some that weren't. Some aren't exclusively Iowa, but still have a lot of Iowa artists on them.

- Locusic - http://locusic.com/
- Little Village Magazine - http://littlevillagemag.com/category/arts-and-entertainment/

- Underground Archives - http://underground-archives.com/iowa

- Iowa Homegrown Music - http://www.iowahomegrown.com/

- Iowa Blues Showcase Podcast - https://itun.es/us/Nl0gdb.c

- Lock n Load - http://locknloadshow.com/

- Omaha Stairwell Sessions - https://facebook.com/omahastairwellsessions/#!/omahastairwellsessions/

- Live at O'Leavers - http://www.liveatoleavers.com/

- All Lights Off - https://alllightsoffradio.com/

- Iowa Hardore - iowahardcore.blogspot.com

- Radio Free Iowa - https://facebook.com/radiofreeiowa#!/radiofreeiowa - http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/radiofreeiowa

- Iowa Block Radio - http://www.spreaker.com/user/iowa_block_radio

These are podcasts or website's per se, but you can hear plenty of Iowa music on them...

- DMMC on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/dmmc

- Iowa Music Project on SoundCloud - https://m.soundcloud.com/user-69640984/sets/iowa-music-project

- Iowa Music Project on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7LWes0JQmcFhoz4CTI9di7JDeg0wWMdz

- David Derong on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/david-derong

- Fester Rage's YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/user/unclefesterrage?

- Jazzman Joe's YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/user/jazzmanjoe100

- Quad City Underground YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/user/QuadCityUnderground

- GriffleTV YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/user/griffletv?

- Iowa Metal Music internet radio station - https://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/iowametalmusic/share

- Iowa Rock n Roll Hall of Fame YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/iowarocknrollmusic/featured

Labels: alternative music, blues (genre), folk music, hip-hop, jazz, metal (genre), metal music, other podcasts, Other Sources, playlists, podcasts, punk, punk rock, rap, SoundCloud, Wamza, websites, YouTube

Playlists: An Iowa 4th of July Playlist

Well, the article I was working on was taking longer and more research than I expected, so it's not going to be done until next week. So for this week, I cobbled together this playlist of Iowa artists singing about America. Happy Independence Day!

Iowans singing about Iowa:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/01/episdoe-1-iowa-pride.html

Iowans rapping about Iowa:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/06/playlists-iowa-pride-hip-hop.html


Labels: 4th of July, alternative music, alternative rock, America (subject), folk music, Fourth of July, hardcore, hip hop,Independence Day, novelty, playlists, punk, rap, Spotify, United States (subject)

OTHER SOURCES - The "Under the Mic" compilations

Before there Iowa Music Showcase... Before there was CarpeDM... Even before the likes of  "Des Moines 4 Track Compilation", "Iowa City Song Project", or "Sonic Harvest"... There was the Under the MIC(roscope) compilations!

Back in 2000's, central Iowa musicians, Adam Haug and Micah Sturdevant, came up a crazy idea.

"The mission is to have local musicians support one another regardless of style or status and to give everyone a proper analysis for the current state of music in the area. Let's put ourselves under the mic- We are bound to discover something we never knew about each other and most importantly how we can operate more effectively as a community of one."
- from the description for one of their live show at The Vaudeville Mews

They sent out requests for music from central Iowa regardless of the genre. Then they put the first 80 minutes worth they got into a compilation, and gave it away as a cassette. They did this 5 times, using cd's later.

And they put on some live shows to pay for it.

"Last Saturday, ten area bands descended on the Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines for the latest iteration of Under the Microscope.

"The concert is part of a project to help highlight bands from Ames and Des Moines.

"'It's good for local music,' said organizer Adam Haug. 'It gets bands that are known and unknown on stage.'

"The concert is only the final part of the project. Now in its third iteration, Under the Microscope is held approximately every six months, and consists of both a compilation CD and a live show. The UTM staff solicit bands in the 515 area code using such tools as MySpace and 515crew.com, a music-oriented message board.

"Haug said the staff received a great deal of submissions, and putting together the lineups for the CD and the concert was difficult.

"The CD has 25 bands on it, but the show can only host ten to twelve.

"Bands are selected for the project with an eye toward variety and a good performance."
- from Iowa State Daily article by Bill Clearly


Well, the last 3 compilations are now up on Bandcamp! Giving you all a chance to hear what was going on musically in Des Moines in mid 2000's!

Under the Mic Bandcamp site:
https://underthemic.bandcamp.com/

Other IMSC articles and podcast episodes on compilations:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/compilation%20albums







Labels: 2000s, Adam Haug, alternative music, Bandcamp, compilation albums, eclectic, folk music, hip-hop, metal music, Micah Sturdevant, Other Sources, punk, punk rock, rap, Under the Mic, various artists

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music Spotify Playlist 3

Well, due to family birthday functions and volunteering and attending Gross Domestic Product, I didn't have time to do much for my website this week. So you're getting another random playlist of Iowa music.

One of these days, I will get things set up so I can do a random Iowa music playlist from SoundCloud and YouTube, but that'll probably be a while.

But rest assure, I have been working on a podcast of Iowa hip hop and rap and a blog of "fake" Iowa bands!

But until then, I leave you with the below...

Labels: alternative music, alternative rock, classical, electro pop, electronic music, folk (genre), folk music, MAIDS,playlists, prog rock, progressive, punk, punk rock, Random Iowa Music Spotify Playlists, Spotify

Playlists: The Other T Party

Well, if I had my act together, I've would have had a podcast for this all set to go today! Considering it's been *5* years! And especially since this subject is all topical and in the news! Probably would have got me some extra exposure!

But I don't have my act together, so instead you get this playlist I cobbled together today from YouTube videos.

Five years ago today, I put together a live music benefit show to earn money for Transformations Iowa, the transgender support group. A friend cleverly came up with the title. "The Other T Party", since the Republican Tea Party was all in the news at that time.

I'm still rather proud of that show. It spoiled me, because it went better than any other show I put on. Didn't have the attendance or make as much money as I would have liked.

But I did get all the speakers I wanted, a doctor whose has a majority of trans patients, the head of Transformations Iowa, the head One Iowa, and a mom with a transgender child. Plus, we had two drag queens performing!

And I got 4 1/4 of the bands I wanted! I was proud of that line up! The only band I didn't get was Poison Control Center, but Pat Fleming did a pre-Gloom Balloon solo set!


And the cherry on the sundae? I met my wonderful and awesome wife there! (Okay, we had been corresponding via Match.com and email before that, but it was the first time I met her in person, so it still counts!)


So only the Ladysoal video is from the actual show. Afraid there aren't any other videos. But the rest are live performances from around that time by the bands that were there!


Transformations Iowa web site: https://www.facebook.com/transformationsiowa/

If you're transgender, feel free to send them a Facebook message  or email them at transformations@gmail.com. They're a friendly bunch!


Labels: acoustic, alternative music, alternative rock, indie rock, Lipstick Homicide, North of Grand, Other T Party,playlists, pop punk, power pop, punk, punk rock, soul (genre), soul music, soul rock, vintage rock, YouTube