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It’s a soft hand tracing the stretch marks left behind by a once messy, awkward, painful, and frightening realisation of my queerness. It’s a memory of the unspoken ways in which my heart and body knew how to move; knew how to draw in close under a cloak of darkness to bridge canyons of hatred and fear with acts of love.\n\n\"I wrote this song the night after a party where my self-esteem had shattered into a million pieces. When, out of my face, I’d confessed to someone with my words, my precious words, how I had loved them all those years ago. I was half-expecting some big revelation or closure or acknowledgement, but it didn’t come. I would always be something they’d rather pretend didn’t happen.\n\n\"I wish I could tell little Cob how much joy and beauty was waiting for them on the other side of all that pain. I hope I can give the same love to anyone out there who’s still figuring things out. And I want to keep giving it to you – my beautiful, boundless, infinite queers. This song is for you. This song is for little Cob.\" https://tinyurl.com/5b5bf3uf", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544280, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544280/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T16:22:52-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801809.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-57109e69-326f-330a-b8b0-df9f6ac42820/mbid-57109e69-326f-330a-b8b0-df9f6ac42820-28734527560_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801809.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-57109e69-326f-330a-b8b0-df9f6ac42820/mbid-57109e69-326f-330a-b8b0-df9f6ac42820-28734527560_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Grace", "track_id": "e7f170bf-7eaa-3a37-b015-3be8f15b45ac", "recording_id": "71feb283-9a0d-491d-a40b-8ccae7fc728b", "artist": "Jeff Buckley", "artist_ids": [ "e6e879c0-3d56-4f12-b3c5-3ce459661a8e" ], "album": "Grace", "release_id": "57109e69-326f-330a-b8b0-df9f6ac42820", "release_group_id": "ea29c347-696f-3165-986d-7bad1394b178", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "2004-08-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "On August 23rd, 1994, Jeff Buckley released Grace, his only studio album.\n\n\"Grace\" was the album's first single, and it was also released as a video. Buckley performed the song for a long time before recording it, and an early demo appears on an album he made with Gary Lucas that was released posthumously, called Songs to No One 1991-1992.\n\nJeff Buckley wrote the lyrics after saying goodbye to his girlfriend at the airport one rainy day. \"It's about not fearing death, or fearing any of those countless slings and arrows that you suffer sometimes on this Earth, because somebody loves you,\" he said. \"You're not afraid to go.\"\n\n\"And it's just about life sometimes being so long,\" Buckley added. \"At the time I was anticipating leaving Los Angeles for New York. So I was waiting to go. I'm not afraid to go, I'm not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to go away from this place or from any place but it just goes so slow. And I had somebody who loved me in New York. A lot. And it was amazing. It still is.\"\n\nSadly, Buckley's passing came all too soon. https://tinyurl.com/395hmnpu", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544277, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544277/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T16:19:21-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2b15bfa9-d8ad-4be0-8e09-3e2f62a0fbab/41971779302-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2b15bfa9-d8ad-4be0-8e09-3e2f62a0fbab/41971779302-250.jpg", "song": "Circles", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b680a06b-ba05-4baf-9cc4-4886437a8b68", "artist": "The New Eves", "artist_ids": [ "79f00775-ee27-4975-9b58-72f55448dc08" ], "album": "The New Eve Is Rising", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6f18d6f0-57d0-4eef-b8e7-2d829b392160", "labels": [ "Transgressive Records" ], "label_ids": [ "0682fcd0-7372-4e2d-8503-710abd12883e" ], "release_date": "2025-08-01", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The New Eves are a Brighton, UK-based band which blends elements of freak folk, rock 'n' roll, and punk, creating a unique sound they call \"Big Hag Energy.\"\n\nWhile they utilize unusual instrumentation like cello, violin, and flute, alongside guitar, bass, and drums, literature is also deeply embedded in the band's identity. Many of their songs start as poems, reflecting their shared passion for books and writing.\n\nTheir music and visuals draw from sources like Angela Carter, Patti Smith, and medieval tales. \n\nThe New Eves are known for their immersive live shows, complete with homemade costumes, experimental ballet, and chanting. They aim to create a ceremonial and cinematic experience for their audience. Even more fun, they incorporate traditional vocal techniques such as kulning, a traditional Swedish cow-calling technique, into their music to add powerful and evocative vocal layers.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544276, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544276/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T16:14:11-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3544275, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544275/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T16:09:34-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721801.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34-38796403938_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600305.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34-38796403938_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Favourite", "track_id": "b3d059c7-df21-47f7-947a-588b52af65f2", "recording_id": "51d4d3ab-131f-46a1-a9ad-b21fc132d757", "artist": "Fontaines D.C.", "artist_ids": [ "fd87acc7-e0a0-4a45-bc2a-d2ab5c10be68" ], "album": "Romance", "release_id": "6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34", "release_group_id": "92b095c1-3bbf-456f-9425-2078ad4e9504", "labels": [ "XL Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "14221f01-8939-4ea0-b8f1-b5a21beae80a" ], "release_date": "2024-08-23", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Released on August 23rd, 2023! Frontman Grian Chatten has shared that \"Favourite\" was inspired by \"There She Goes\" by The La's and \"Another Girl, Another Planet\" by The Only Ones.\n\nIt was placed at the end of the album because it served a \"cyclical\" nature of both ending the album and beginning it anew, with Chatten comparing it to how James Joyce's Finnegans Wake both begins and ends with the same sentence.\n\nBass player Conor Deegan shares of the album title, \"We’ve always had this sense of idealism and romance. Each album gets further away from observing that through the lens of Ireland, as directly as Dogrel. The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora. Now we look to where and what else there is to be romantic about.\" https://tinyurl.com/mpbvmjwp", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544273, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544273/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T16:06:09-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802809.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-882917bf-09f9-42c2-8c3e-41bb741d126e/mbid-882917bf-09f9-42c2-8c3e-41bb741d126e-31116969977_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia902809.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-882917bf-09f9-42c2-8c3e-41bb741d126e/mbid-882917bf-09f9-42c2-8c3e-41bb741d126e-31116969977_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Danny Nedelko", "track_id": "83f36cd9-2aba-4a32-a4d5-87dfde3bf4a1", "recording_id": "0a311ba0-31cd-4359-873f-1aa931279e6a", "artist": "IDLES", "artist_ids": [ "be465d4f-c28d-4ba1-94ab-ebaada7db8af" ], "album": "Joy as an Act of Resistance.", "release_id": "882917bf-09f9-42c2-8c3e-41bb741d126e", "release_group_id": "45003bef-d379-441d-b246-358f0b78985c", "labels": [ "Partisan Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4ec5bb3-1d64-40fe-9629-ee1e452e251e" ], "release_date": "2018-08-31", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy Birthday to Joe Talbot, who turned 41 years old yesterday!!!\n\nThe IDLES frontman reveals, \"I promised my friend Danny [Nedelko, member of Bristol band Heavy Lungs and a Ukrainian immigrant] I’d write a song for him and him me; the tone comes from Danny, and the lyrics came as I thought of his exuberance and how important people like Danny are. I think of this one more as a humane portrait than a political song, but I wanted the two notions to be inseparable.\"\n\nIn a 2023 interview with Apple Music, Talbot states, \"I believe in socialism. Go fuck yourselves. I want to sleep at night knowing that my platform is the voice of reason and an egalitarian want for something beautiful – not the murder of Black people, homophobia at the workplace, racist front lines.\"\n\nHere's a great live version from when IDLES visited KEXP in 2018: https://tinyurl.com/yww6tz43", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544270, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544270/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T16:01:58-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601909.us.archive.org/21/items/mbid-1b3de79a-903a-4604-a313-eb27a519961a/mbid-1b3de79a-903a-4604-a313-eb27a519961a-3905070984_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801909.us.archive.org/21/items/mbid-1b3de79a-903a-4604-a313-eb27a519961a/mbid-1b3de79a-903a-4604-a313-eb27a519961a-3905070984_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Keep Believing", "track_id": "ed0b26e2-6b27-3e25-8957-3eca0fe412ee", "recording_id": "da51bcbc-cd60-4965-a6ee-eed91eb8e4aa", "artist": "Bob Mould", "artist_ids": [ "d7f5305a-15fc-4af4-a61b-f6f45510cc8f" ], "album": "Silver Age", "release_id": "1b3de79a-903a-4604-a313-eb27a519961a", "release_group_id": "85efc14e-1d1d-4e00-9566-99790992fcc6", "labels": [ "Merge Records" ], "label_ids": [ "5a4f8d65-681e-4a1f-85a8-a874c9513888" ], "release_date": "2012-09-04", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Check out this interview where Bob Mould speaks about coming of age as a gay man during the AIDS crisis, and much more: https://tinyurl.com/muh7nh8s\n\nAnd KEXP's own DJ Kevin Cole hosted Bob Mould Live in the KEXP Studio back in 2016! Check it out: https://youtu.be/z2NUJAItMHg", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544268, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544268/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:58:51-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia903403.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-a0f5765d-809c-4996-9ad4-2a9161b2360c/mbid-a0f5765d-809c-4996-9ad4-2a9161b2360c-33366482924_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia903403.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-a0f5765d-809c-4996-9ad4-2a9161b2360c/mbid-a0f5765d-809c-4996-9ad4-2a9161b2360c-33366482924_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Break the Glass", "track_id": "d14cbc17-2f7e-40e1-82dc-254a495def6a", "recording_id": "fc74fc47-fe0a-458d-8a4d-3a9026246dea", "artist": "Superchunk", "artist_ids": [ "61653550-fd9b-4401-8248-44f2d064d384" ], "album": "What a Time to Be Alive", "release_id": "a0f5765d-809c-4996-9ad4-2a9161b2360c", "release_group_id": "7a26d855-40ad-4a0b-8278-782f5b2be113", "labels": [ "Merge Records" ], "label_ids": [ "5a4f8d65-681e-4a1f-85a8-a874c9513888" ], "release_date": "2018-02-16", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This track features additional vocals by A Giant Dog’s Sabrina Ellis.\n\nFrontman Mac McCaughan shares, \"'Break the Glass' is a song about realizing you are in an emergency situation and trying to not lose your shit so you can respond to the ongoing disaster in a productive way. \n\n\"Trying to figure out why so many people around you are acting like nothing is wrong and wondering if maybe you’re the one that’s crazy… but you know you’re not. \n\n\"We are lucky to have Sabrina Ellis (A Giant Dog) singing on this track because no one conveys personal (or political) urgency more effectively than Sabrina.\" https://tinyurl.com/a7usfbdb", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544264, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544264/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:54:37-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Obliteration", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Izzy and the Black Trees", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Kisses To Chaos", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "World Premiere!!!\n\nFounded in 2018 by singer and band leader Izabela Izzy Rekowska, who spent some time in London developing her songwriting skills prior to forming the four-piece, Izzy and the Black Trees kick off a bold new chapter with their double single Obliteration / New Rage, heralding the arrival of their third album Kisses To Chaos, set for release in spring 2026. \n\nBuilding on the momentum of their acclaimed 2022 record, Revolution Comes In Waves, plus a series of live shows across Poland and Europe—including standout performances at ESNS 2024—the band returns with a darker yet equally striking set of tracks. With Izzy’s distinctive voice and incisive lyrics capturing the unrest and volatility of today’s world, the band reaffirms their place as one of Poland’s most compelling alt-rock and indie exports.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544263, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544263/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:52:11-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3544261, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544261/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:46:19-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721905.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-444eb25b-69ec-427b-9746-e58cdc0fe92b/mbid-444eb25b-69ec-427b-9746-e58cdc0fe92b-39333940096_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800602.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-444eb25b-69ec-427b-9746-e58cdc0fe92b/mbid-444eb25b-69ec-427b-9746-e58cdc0fe92b-39333940096_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Dreamstate", "track_id": "432fd17f-d386-4155-8c6c-6d88a1f7442e", "recording_id": "40c1b59c-28d6-415f-bd4b-07a71af39739", "artist": "Kelly Lee Owens", "artist_ids": [ "9d88eaab-f90a-4fbe-b84f-20da5518cd26" ], "album": "Dreamstate", "release_id": "b173ba99-2a94-4855-9ad8-eed1e5d4f19f", "release_group_id": "dee9395f-96d0-4a36-bffb-4a1e6a172a74", "labels": [ "dh2" ], "label_ids": [ "6bb3e6d6-3655-4014-9a68-eff6df75e450" ], "release_date": "2024-10-18", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy Birthday to Kelly Lee Owens, who turns 36 today!\n\nKelly Lee Owens is a Welsh electronic musician and producer currently based in London. 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It's basically a metaphor for the uselessness of everything.\" https://bit.ly/3tHPTlP \n\nWatch R.E.M. play this song live at Chateau Neuf Oslo 1985: https://youtu.be/KStirqnmD6Y", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544249, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544249/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:32:54-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6d63cd0c-1280-4d1a-9a4a-e8b33910625a/mbid-6d63cd0c-1280-4d1a-9a4a-e8b33910625a-42413408087_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6d63cd0c-1280-4d1a-9a4a-e8b33910625a/mbid-6d63cd0c-1280-4d1a-9a4a-e8b33910625a-42413408087_thumb250.jpg", "song": "New Astrology", "track_id": "8b628fa6-08b2-4802-be62-38ab26f06809", "recording_id": "9389bcbc-f2d8-485b-a4a9-a361987acb94", "artist": "Black Whales", "artist_ids": [ "d1f1cba8-b5ce-438b-99a3-e0a8456ac322" ], "album": "A Guide To Photographing The Sun", "release_id": "6d63cd0c-1280-4d1a-9a4a-e8b33910625a", "release_group_id": "35e466fd-1f94-4396-b35d-47055a3f1415", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2025-07-03", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Playing multiple shows in Seattle, including a Vinyl Release Celebration at the The Sunset Tavern Saturday, October 4th, as well as at Hidden Hall at Freakout! 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Having no end goal or destination can be scary but liberating, and this song is our version of capturing that mindset.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544245, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544245/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:27:50-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/02771f3a-d659-443a-a9d5-c8ccf3b18a6c/41501973286-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/02771f3a-d659-443a-a9d5-c8ccf3b18a6c/41501973286-250.jpg", "song": "Crown", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "62c8a55e-528c-4062-ac6e-46cb8533f0ec", "artist": "Billie Marten", "artist_ids": [ "f5d276c8-8407-45c0-8b1c-4e43c6694fa9" ], "album": "Dog Eared", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e32328bc-cec9-4c35-a146-c04051bf2fdc", "labels": [ "Fiction" ], "label_ids": [ "df7d4cc5-e131-43a3-a398-5322ceded8bc" ], "release_date": "2025-07-18", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "North Yorkshire-born Billie Marten wanted her fifth album to feel more like a collaborative effort with her fellow recording musicians, with producer Philip Weinrobe calling for \"live takes, intuition, and no headphones.\"\n\nThe album was inspired by Marten's nostalgia for various childhood memories. The song \"Leap Year\" was inspired by a fleeting love, while the song \"Feeling\" touches on memories of Marten falling deep into her father's large hands, hiding at the top of stairs, and driving toy cars in patterns around her grandmother’s rugs.\" For the album's fifth single \"Swing\", Marten aimed to create a sound where Meat Puppets meets The Breeders.\n\nThe album's title was inspired by Marten's love for \"underlining, scribbling in the margins, and folding down the corners of pages in her favorite novels.\" https://tinyurl.com/343vxmru", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544244, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544244/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:23:29-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3544243, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544243/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:15:31-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0ea291c0-1a95-4077-8365-61e1474295ae/15634633602-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0ea291c0-1a95-4077-8365-61e1474295ae/15634633602-250.jpg", "song": "Desert Raven", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "6b27d5f2-aa16-494c-a1ef-83bdd3de97f0", "artist": "Jonathan Wilson", "artist_ids": [ "2f17f9f7-2df1-49d6-ab2b-7bb4ba580746" ], "album": "Gentle Spirit", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6bdd0a6f-5773-3673-99fa-fe4b7db60cab", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2011-08-08", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "North Carolina-bred producer and session man Jonathan Wilson digs the old stuff– like the Mellotron, buttery-toned Hofner bass, and ’69 Gibson ES 345 electric guitar he uses on this debut.\n\nRecorded on analog tape and conceived as a vinyl double LP, Gentle Spirit is a set of gorgeously detailed folk-rock ambles, most over six minutes long. Together they create a seamless mood, the sound of a chill living-room jam session where Wilson, in reality, is often the only player. https://tinyurl.com/4474yy6b\n\nThe Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and musician is based in L.A., and is a frequent collaborator of Father John Misty, with whom he co-produced Misty's Grammy-nominated \"Chloe and the Next 20th Century.\"\n\nWilson has produced albums for Angel Olsen, Dawes, Margo Price, Conor Oberst and Billy Strings, He is also known as Roger Waters' guitarist, having joined his backing band in 2017.\n\nWatch Jonathan Wilson and his incredible band perform a sublime set for KEXP live at US Social Club: https://tinyurl.com/ejjvhnh3", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544242, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544242/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T15:08:12-07:00", "show": 64377, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64377/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7c9cba78-6173-4c47-959c-462e9681357f/19907878063-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7c9cba78-6173-4c47-959c-462e9681357f/19907878063-250.jpg", "song": "All We Can Do", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "62996584-867e-49f8-900b-77ed7670d631", "artist": "The Qualitons", "artist_ids": [ "3818b558-9edb-4e81-b6a3-f8772b91571d" ], "album": "Echoes Calling", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d3a917b3-5fdd-413d-bed6-acf1b877fb99", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2018-04-05", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hungarian band The Qualitons make music that blends '60s and '70s mod rock with funk, prog, and psychedelic.\n\nFormed in 2008, they initially started out as an instrumental jazz-funk act, with all the original members having graduated from the Department of Jazz a the Franz Liszt Music Academy. 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