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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=1360&ordering=-airdate
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They'll be at Neumos in Seattle on Tuesday, April 7th.\n--\nThe song also arrives with a music video, directed by Bobby Butterscotch, that offers up a classic portrait: That of a man and his beloved pet — in this case, a goldfish. The inseparable pair enjoy a diner breakfast, read together in the park, and at the end, post up on the shores of Lake Michigan to enjoy the Chicago skyline, and then take a dip together.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYUMoL9FrIA", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603808, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603808/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:42:25-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Thoughts Back", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "c1ccf76c-1ed1-44f4-8e60-26cdf6ea1415", "artist": "Cable Ties", "artist_ids": [ "e0b1fac5-28f5-42f1-91a1-b220dcd02275" ], "album": "All Her Plans", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a7440502-3431-4fbb-8fc5-e6bf304beea5", "labels": [ "Merge Records" ], "label_ids": [ "5a4f8d65-681e-4a1f-85a8-a874c9513888" ], "release_date": "2023-06-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Melbourne band Cable Ties performed \"Thoughts Back\" during a powerful live performance in the KEXP studio in 2023. See that entire session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfkpKe7Dezs", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603807, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603807/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:39:24-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Rocks", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Dry Cleaning", "artist_ids": [ "8a74e5ea-6f68-49e1-951c-80d2291f7c3f" ], "album": "Secret Love", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "4AD" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2026-01-09", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Dry Cleaning will be at Seattle's Showbox on Monday, May 18th and in SF at The Fillmore on Wednesday, May 20th.\n--\n\"No need for life story, no need for haircut\nA blob for America\nA blob...\" Here's what Florence Shaw is saying: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/drycleaning/rocks.html", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603806, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603806/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:38:15-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603805, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603805/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:32:58-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Squid", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "5009a3f6-f02d-47ed-acb7-6a095a6808bc", "artist": "RVG", "artist_ids": [ "edaf60c0-da17-487a-9e34-d7260c730a6c" ], "album": "Brain Worms", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "426a376a-635e-4e1a-bcb9-01af35425627", "labels": [ "Fire Records" ], "label_ids": [ "659008fb-d1e7-4eca-865c-0d0344a721ed" ], "release_date": "2023-06-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "RVG is the Melbourne, Australian combo, the Romy Vager Group. \n--\nCheryl selected the song \"Squid\" as a free KEXP Song of the Day: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2023/7/6/rvg-squid/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603804, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603804/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:28:45-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "White Horses", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "da8fe1c6-54f2-4177-828c-fe6f2ebe38c1", "artist": "Low", "artist_ids": [ "42faad37-8aaa-42e4-a300-5a7dae79ed24" ], "album": "HEY WHAT", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b835ce22-736e-4338-8a88-f558daa84d60", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2021-09-10", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "R.I.P., Mimi Parker, who died in 2022 at age 55 from ovarian cancer. Here's an NPR remembrance: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1134895386/remembering-musician-mimi-parker-co-founder-of-the-rock-band-low\n--\nWatch Mimi Parker perform \"White Horses\" live with Low in April, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag8Osd4-E6g", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603803, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603803/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:24:44-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Try a Little Tenderness", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0109653e-af59-452d-9794-f5ef64408155", "artist": "Otis Redding", "artist_ids": [ "82b1f5fd-cd31-41a9-b5d4-7e33f0eb9751" ], "album": "Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "fadcd83b-036f-3ec2-b112-461be5388301", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "1993-11-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Did you know that this song was recorded by Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, and Bing Crosby(among others)?\nIt was written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry Woods, and first published in 1933. Campbell and Connelly were a British songwriting team who often collaborated with a third composer, which in this case was the American Harry Wood.\n--\nIn 1962, Aretha Franklin recorded the song, charting at #100 in the US at a time when most of her singles failed to get much higher. Her arrangement was similar to that of the previous crooner versions and her vocal relatively restrained; it was Otis Redding who did the definitive soulful version of the song, complete with horns, organ, and an uninhibited vocal that builds in intensity as the song progresses.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603802, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603802/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:22:37-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Try Me", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Cat Power", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Redux EP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Domino" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2026-01-23", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Cat Power’s seventh studio album The Greatest turns 20 this year, and to celebrate, Chan Marshall is releasing a new three-song EP in January called \"Redux.\" One of the songs is this cover of James Brown’s 1958 classic \"Try Me.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603801, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603801/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:20:38-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603800, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603800/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:15:09-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Retributions of an Awful Life", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "f86aa8d6-57f2-497f-8d74-5abe421edf4c", "artist": "Heartworms", "artist_ids": [ "be045651-fddf-4a05-9c5f-4384b389f73a" ], "album": "A Comforting Notion", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "176a4bb3-4dbe-491d-a4e1-844bea1ec36b", "labels": [ "Speedy Wunderground" ], "label_ids": [ "6512d2c8-a4a4-47aa-bbd3-d25e34c5d10a" ], "release_date": "2023-03-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Heartworms is the project of London's Jojo Orme. See the official music video for \"Retributions of an Awful Life\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thC-C_Bk8H0\n--\nThen, watch a terrific live performance by Heartworms in our studio in 2024: https://youtu.be/h8fn_3dVm4I?si=LSCB_yp68v8c85bp", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603799, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603799/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:11:54-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Berlin TV Tower", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Blondshell", "artist_ids": [ "f6621a8d-5644-460a-b0a8-9171cb2c595d" ], "album": "Another Picture", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Partisan Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2025-11-14", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Watch Sabrina Teitelbaum (Blondshell) perform \"Berlin TV Tower\" live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJkzap9eT8", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603798, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603798/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:07:59-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/3e5feef3-2959-4a3b-89a7-33152a0c2e9a/13841602828-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/3e5feef3-2959-4a3b-89a7-33152a0c2e9a/13841602828-250.jpg", "song": "Sun in an Empty Room", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "5f669fc1-0959-4f06-a386-ffcfe2cc8c9c", "artist": "The Weakerthans", "artist_ids": [ "bc68928b-fbb5-4aac-baae-52ba49202372" ], "album": "Reunion Tour", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "8dea94aa-8055-3d80-844e-a0c692e0aaa2", "labels": [ "Epitaph" ], "label_ids": [ "1bfd06be-a6ed-4ced-8159-7d4d2923a40c" ], "release_date": "2007-09-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The song’s title is taken from Edward Hopper’s painting Sun in an Empty Room (1963, oil on canvas, 28 ¾ x 39 ½ inches). \n--\nJohn K. Samson was specifically influenced by Edward Hopper after he came home from a European tour feeling drained and disillusioned by songwriting.\n\n“At the end of our European tour in 2004, I was really burned out and went to London to visit some friends. I went to the Tate Gallery, and there was a Hopper exhibition. I walked in thinking that I didn’t want to write songs anymore, and I walked out thinking I did. His paintings both invite and resist narrative. There’s something about them that just begs a story to be told.”\n--\nHere's that Hopper painting: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sun-in-an-empty-room-edward-hopper.html", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603797, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603797/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:04:19-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Death of the Party", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Dean Johnson", "artist_ids": [ "072a1c1a-08a1-4bee-8ff2-94d047b50f37" ], "album": "I Hope We Can Still Be Friends", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Saddle Creek" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2025-08-22", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Good morning, happy Tuesday, and welcome to The Midday Show with the oh-so-delightful Cheryl Waters and wonderful producer Meerah! We have tickets to give to see Aimee Mann in SF in March. Thank you so much for joining us today!\n--\nSee Dean Johnson in a live KEXP in-studio performance last August. Cheryl was the host.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0v1wJnb47g\n--\nGo here to the official website for this Seattle singer-songwriter: https://www.deanjohnsongs.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603796, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603796/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T10:02:57-08:00", "show": 65640, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65640/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603795, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603795/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T09:58:58-08:00", "show": 65639, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65639/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Serpent Lullaby", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "The Brudi Brothers", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2026-01-13", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Serpent Lullaby is the latest single from The Brudi Brothers.\n\nhttps://thebrudibrothers.bandcamp.com/music", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603794, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603794/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T09:52:28-08:00", "show": 65639, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65639/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603793, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603793/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T09:48:47-08:00", "show": 65639, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65639/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Me More Cowboy Than You", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "The Brudi Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "e4f19c6c-78ab-4c98-a3dd-e7446aa24f79" ], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2026-01-13", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://thebrudibrothers.bandcamp.com/track/me-more-cowboy-than-you-demo", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603792, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603792/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T09:42:51-08:00", "show": 65639, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65639/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603790, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603790/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T09:39:53-08:00", "show": 65639, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65639/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Silver Wave", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "The Brudi Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "e4f19c6c-78ab-4c98-a3dd-e7446aa24f79" ], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2026-01-13", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Silver Wave is an unreleased single from the Seattle Americana trio.\n\nhttps://thebrudibrothers.bandcamp.com/music", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603791, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603791/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T09:37:14-08:00", "show": 65639, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65639/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" } ] }
