Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3557570/?format=api
{ "id": 3557570, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3557570/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-09-25T12:41:21-07:00", "show": 64657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Better Than That", "track_id": "5b139e9d-6172-4a92-9570-9b1a9c668940", "recording_id": "9c99ca53-e708-4342-955d-7e88d222d415", "artist": "James", "artist_ids": [ "a2accb58-6099-4cb5-a3c8-f6332f364db5" ], "album": "Better Than That", "release_id": "514d7378-fd4b-4832-9e93-1b01d8671f37", "release_group_id": "2670ab2c-5f4b-4747-8899-e856a90bb621", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2018-05-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This track was included on 'Living in Extraordinary Times,' the 15th studio album by James released in 2018.\n\nDiscussing the origins of \"Better Than That\", Tim Booth said he was in the middle of paddleboarding against 6-foot-high waves, and after being repeatedly struck by the waves, he was exclaiming; \"Come on, you can do better than that.\"\n\nJames did not want to play the track to their management or record label because they felt it was \"too safe.\" Giles edited the track; he removed some of the hooks, added backwards reverb and changed the rhythm section.\n\nhttps://www.gigwise.com/features/3253607/james-tim-booth-interview-new-album-living-in-extraordinary-times/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }