{"id":3559324,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3559324/?format=json","airdate":"2025-09-29T19:49:21-07:00","show":64703,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64703/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Señor Matanza","track_id":null,"recording_id":null,"artist":"Mano Negra","artist_ids":[],"album":null,"release_id":null,"release_group_id":null,"labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":null,"rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"One of Mano Negra’s most ferocious songs, “Señor Matanza” blends Latin percussion, flamenco guitar, ska brass, and punk urgency into a feverish attack. The lyrics portray a ruthless drug lord, embodying the violence and corruption haunting Latin America, but delivered with carnival chaos that makes critique sound like party. Manu Chao spits the verses with venom, while the band crashes around him in frenetic bursts. It’s satirical and dangerous, a portrait painted in fire and brass. Few songs capture Mano Negra’s anarchic collage better than this—political, theatrical, and irresistibly danceable.\u2028Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/7zJTZJ8ZJZmZrc5iyV2yiL","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}