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GET /v2/plays/3628171/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
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Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3628171,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628171/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-03-12T18:05:03-07:00",
    "show": 66163,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66163/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710803.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-31c452b7-6fc4-39eb-9a0c-1f349328c745/mbid-31c452b7-6fc4-39eb-9a0c-1f349328c745-11388472171_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710803.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-31c452b7-6fc4-39eb-9a0c-1f349328c745/mbid-31c452b7-6fc4-39eb-9a0c-1f349328c745-11388472171_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Novocaine for the Soul",
    "track_id": "02dede58-ef4e-365a-ad96-fae60cee07d3",
    "recording_id": "90ea693c-da58-4ce4-975b-8087bc46b9e7",
    "artist": "EELS",
    "artist_ids": [
        "14387b0f-765c-4852-852f-135335790466"
    ],
    "album": "Beautiful Freak",
    "release_id": "31c452b7-6fc4-39eb-9a0c-1f349328c745",
    "release_group_id": "119a9488-9980-3645-be68-f50210a35a26",
    "labels": [
        "DreamWorks Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d"
    ],
    "release_date": "1996-08-13",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "\"Novocaine for the Soul\" was EELS' first single and their first hit. Released in 1996 from their debut album \"Beautiful Freak,\" it ironically became a hit in the UK before the USA.\n--\nWatch the band's 2014 performance in the KEXP studio (Hosted by Morgan) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0sBT6Mgt4 \n--\nOn this day in 2002, EELS release Souljacker - their fourth studio album.\nhttps://www.eelstheband.com/",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}