Information about plays

list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID

GET /v2/plays/3638657/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3638657,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638657/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-06T14:45:00-07:00",
    "show": 66384,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66384/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710602.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-351d23b7-a124-41c9-973e-78ac673b06dd/mbid-351d23b7-a124-41c9-973e-78ac673b06dd-38174755382_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710602.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-351d23b7-a124-41c9-973e-78ac673b06dd/mbid-351d23b7-a124-41c9-973e-78ac673b06dd-38174755382_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "I Can Change",
    "track_id": "d76e7776-6b37-345a-9087-5a30b63d385c",
    "recording_id": "9465afb3-adb5-49a1-81f6-df750771601b",
    "artist": "LCD Soundsystem",
    "artist_ids": [
        "2aaf7396-6ab8-40f3-9776-a41c42c8e26b"
    ],
    "album": "This Is Happening",
    "release_id": "351d23b7-a124-41c9-973e-78ac673b06dd",
    "release_group_id": "8898e5eb-48aa-4eea-8569-d3a2e9adaf02",
    "labels": [
        "DFA Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "32d02635-98fc-4405-94e1-e5b06f9d2025"
    ],
    "release_date": "2010-05-18",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "\"While having one foot in dance culture meant plenty of old LCD songs stretched into outer space, almost everything on This Is Happening sprawled out like never before — meaning the structures of the songs themselves, but also Murphy’s viewpoint and the band’s dazzling array of synth sounds.\"\n\nRead more about the creation of This Is Happening in this 10-year retrospective review: https://tinyurl.com/4fffypxj\n\nhttps://lcdsoundsystem.com/",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}