{"id":3612415,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3612415/?format=json","airdate":"2026-02-02T21:47:09-08:00","show":65825,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65825/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Charlie contra los monjes","track_id":null,"recording_id":"b81e1706-ca03-43f1-bbe7-6fafce7f9c1f","artist":"cacomixtle","artist_ids":["f67d9e96-6b94-4bff-8834-8340453b2a24"],"album":"Flora y Fauna del Estado de México","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"e0eaa875-a398-44a3-833a-d0ce05ff8d82","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"2024-12-06","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"“Charlie contra los monjes” plays like a small myth with a sharp grin: one named figure pitched against a faceless order. That setup is inherently cinematic—conflict, hierarchy, and an underdog point of view—so the song reads like a story you enter mid-scene. cacomixtle’s approach favors suggestion over explanation, letting the title do a lot of narrative work while the track builds tone and attitude around it. The “monjes” can be literal, but they also function as a symbol: authority disguised as virtue, rules presented as morality, a collective that claims purity. “Charlie,” by contrast, is human-scaled—specific, imperfect, and therefore easier to root for. The song’s appeal is in that friction: rebellion that is not heroic in a glossy way, but stubborn and alive. As a band, cacomixtle is strongest when it embraces that feeling of DIY storytelling—songs that feel like scenes, not summaries. “Charlie contra los monjes” leaves room for interpretation while still feeling pointed, like a fable meant to be retold with different villains each time. \u2028Listen: https://cacomixtle.bandcamp.com/album/charlie-contra-los-monjes","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}