{"id":3624497,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3624497/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-02T19:10:35-08:00","show":66075,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66075/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"L'Internationale","track_id":null,"recording_id":"acb1256b-0684-49cc-aaad-b0cda1ae51ef","artist":"Downtown Boys","artist_ids":["4bab4841-5584-4c04-a933-3f537fbe3aad"],"album":"Miss Marx","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"5ff79012-1c1d-4627-ab44-e6e12127dac9","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"2021-06-07","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Downtown Boys’ take on “L’Internationale” doesn’t treat the workers’ anthem as a relic—it treats it as an engine. The band delivers it with punk velocity and a sense of collective lift, turning a historic melody into something that can live in the present tense: loud enough for a march, sharp enough for a room, fast enough for a heartbeat that won’t slow down. The vocal is urgent and clear, less sermon than rally, pulling the listener into a chorus that has always belonged to many voices at once. What makes this version hit is the way it makes politics feel physical. The drums become footsteps; the guitars feel like sirens; the hook turns into a shared breath. There’s also joy here, and it’s not decorative—it’s the point. The song insists that solidarity is not only anger and grief; it’s the electric relief of recognizing each other in the noise. Downtown Boys have always written like organizers with amplifiers, and “L’Internationale” fits them because it’s a song built to be used: a tool you can carry, repeat, and pass forward until it becomes bigger than the moment that sparked it.\u2028Listen: https://downtownboys.bandcamp.com/track/linternationale","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}