Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3604137/?format=api
{ "id": 3604137, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604137/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T04:47:24-08:00", "show": 65645, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65645/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Closing Time", "track_id": "8dd511fd-013c-3509-9811-e4e7c5fafab0", "recording_id": "7563cdc1-4fc1-4c94-a846-5029b81e9f37", "artist": "Semisonic", "artist_ids": [ "3037bd18-0079-4e4b-9ce1-758689e210d8" ], "album": "Feeling Strangely Fine", "release_id": "3c692b68-febc-467f-800e-5a6a2efad06d", "release_group_id": "cf1e1037-810a-302b-bc8b-298348faf74d", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "1998-03-24", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The connection between Semisonic and the 400 Bar is that it was the Minneapolis venue where the band (then called Pleasure) played their very first show, and where they first played their hit song \"Closing Time,\" though the song itself isn't about a literal bar closing but rather a new beginning like a baby's birth, as explained in the Song Exploder transcript and other interviews. The 400 Bar was a significant spot in the Minneapolis music scene where the band developed, making it a fond memory linked to their rise to fame. ", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }