{"id":3618424,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618424/?format=json","airdate":"2026-02-16T20:36:00-08:00","show":65953,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65953/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Toro (radio edit)","track_id":null,"recording_id":"a9347702-aacf-438c-a2da-3b829fc6a75b","artist":"El Columpio Asesino","artist_ids":["da8614a9-f604-4757-9964-c4dd65139944"],"album":"Toro","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"14cc8b09-fbf9-44a1-b23f-1f525cbb3e4d","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"2011-01-24","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"“Toro” is one of El Columpio Asesino’s most internationally recognized songs—so much so that it spawned official remix releases around its 2011 cycle, extending its life into club contexts without dulling its bite. The band’s identity has always lived in that tense, thrilling space between indie rock and dance-floor pressure: rhythms that push forward, vocals that feel urgent and strange, and an atmosphere that’s equal parts celebration and threat. “Toro” embodies that duality. The title alone carries cultural weight—strength, spectacle, danger, ritual—and the song translates that symbolism into motion. You can hear why it became remixable: the core groove has a physical inevitability, a shape that DJs can stretch and rearrange, yet the original emotional charge still reads as something darker than pure party. Even years later, Spanish press still references “Toro” as a key highlight when discussing the band’s legacy and farewell-era performances. “Toro” doesn’t just make you dance; it makes the dance feel like a dare—like the room is daring you to match its intensity, and you decide to try.\u2028Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/4IgIOkHExsdloE3IPgcjmm","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}