Iowa Basement Tapes #401 06-25-2026

Night Listeners-

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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