Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=14740&ordering=-airdate
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Written by Ric Ocasek, \"Candy-O\" was sung by basset Benjamin Orr and featured a guitar solo from Elliot Easton.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639785, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639785/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T07:07:29-07:00", "show": 66406, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66406/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801505.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-5a3ed308-b700-3b07-ad40-bf429388bdd5/mbid-5a3ed308-b700-3b07-ad40-bf429388bdd5-20224136391_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710704.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-5a3ed308-b700-3b07-ad40-bf429388bdd5/mbid-5a3ed308-b700-3b07-ad40-bf429388bdd5-20224136391_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)", "track_id": "24f1c3a1-d430-3dfb-8b62-1bd1e462a321", "recording_id": "b2885132-696f-46b7-9319-3aca6f3c59bc", "artist": "Concrete Blonde", "artist_ids": [ "701fc524-b5f2-42f2-9db7-8198cdd6839c" ], "album": "Bloodletting", "release_id": "5a3ed308-b700-3b07-ad40-bf429388bdd5", "release_group_id": "6ae76cc0-027b-34d3-902d-01898bf0350f", "labels": [ "I.R.S. 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Its foreboding goth-blues riffing, necromantic lyrics, and gang-vocal chorus make it as memorable as its hit-bound sibling, albeit in a completely different way.\"\n\nRead more about the Bloodletting album in this article about how the release brought Concrete Blonde to the mainstream: https://tinyurl.com/y5bb9xpa", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639784, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639784/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T07:01:35-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721802.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2acce1e6-3378-3dac-84f3-db2dcc9bef1d/mbid-2acce1e6-3378-3dac-84f3-db2dcc9bef1d-23507958176_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721802.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2acce1e6-3378-3dac-84f3-db2dcc9bef1d/mbid-2acce1e6-3378-3dac-84f3-db2dcc9bef1d-23507958176_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Concept", "track_id": "d38103e0-4c9c-31e4-b9ea-b8a69f0f7c30", "recording_id": "c1424187-7c27-4091-9c37-50e14caff9bd", "artist": "Teenage Fanclub", "artist_ids": [ "e6f8912b-7df9-4aae-b551-2cd03dc29588" ], "album": "Bandwagonesque", "release_id": "2acce1e6-3378-3dac-84f3-db2dcc9bef1d", "release_group_id": "4119fd8b-9858-33c9-8256-fcc1570bc07f", "labels": [ "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1991-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Check out this full performance from Teenage Fanclub, Live on KEXP, recorded May, 2024! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtXrIrtTyyQ&list=RDdtXrIrtTyyQ&start_radio=1 \n--- https://www.teenagefanclub.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639783, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639783/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:58:04-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710902.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-43c5390f-7f9a-45ee-8375-0128430a14fa/mbid-43c5390f-7f9a-45ee-8375-0128430a14fa-9643238108_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710902.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-43c5390f-7f9a-45ee-8375-0128430a14fa/mbid-43c5390f-7f9a-45ee-8375-0128430a14fa-9643238108_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Mission Impossible Theme(full theme)", "track_id": "4e2f1327-fdd8-4869-8d95-24130d59c6ae", "recording_id": "ce9762c6-9497-4996-9d23-2cad321a7174", "artist": "Lalo Schifrin", "artist_ids": [ "adf017f5-76d6-4d31-b1b9-a0211675e7c2" ], "album": "Music From Mission: Impossible", "release_id": "43c5390f-7f9a-45ee-8375-0128430a14fa", "release_group_id": "47013d98-ba13-3aea-acc1-aef71efa5e30", "labels": [ "Dot Records" ], "label_ids": [ "04d7bed5-4c4f-428a-a55d-101bd40034d2" ], "release_date": "1967-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "And more songs that are used to wake up astronauts in space, including this classic! \n\nDid you know that wake-up calls have been a tradition since the Gemini 6 mission in 1965?", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639782, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639782/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:53:45-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-9c886aef-6616-4959-842d-2b3dd7fbe610/mbid-9c886aef-6616-4959-842d-2b3dd7fbe610-5553943056_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-9c886aef-6616-4959-842d-2b3dd7fbe610/mbid-9c886aef-6616-4959-842d-2b3dd7fbe610-5553943056_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Planet Telex", "track_id": "514b913b-c1b0-4ad4-8145-f260e57cb729", "recording_id": "49bb3701-1b75-4232-8999-ff5318adf676", "artist": "Radiohead", "artist_ids": [ "a74b1b7f-71a5-4011-9441-d0b5e4122711" ], "album": "The Bends", "release_id": "9c886aef-6616-4959-842d-2b3dd7fbe610", "release_group_id": "b8048f24-c026-3398-b23a-b5e50716cbc7", "labels": [ "EMI Music Canada", "Parlophone" ], "label_ids": [ "095b5fc8-724e-4357-9eab-ee89196afc8e", "df7d1c7f-ef95-425f-8eef-445b3d7bcbd9" ], "release_date": "1995-04-04", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "As requested by Scott in Laguna Hills, CA!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639781, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639781/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:49:46-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3639780, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639780/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:49:07-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3cfb92d5-c4fb-4a5f-a07a-2a065899a6b2/mbid-3cfb92d5-c4fb-4a5f-a07a-2a065899a6b2-43821832963_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3cfb92d5-c4fb-4a5f-a07a-2a065899a6b2/mbid-3cfb92d5-c4fb-4a5f-a07a-2a065899a6b2-43821832963_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Be Here", "track_id": "63c3f3c2-1db3-486f-b94c-dbbb5b1ebe61", "recording_id": "de69fd3e-f54f-42ad-bfb2-a764b578c048", "artist": "Mt Fog", "artist_ids": [ "9394e43d-1b94-4dc9-8957-c63ccf124edb" ], "album": "Every Stone Is Green", "release_id": "3cfb92d5-c4fb-4a5f-a07a-2a065899a6b2", "release_group_id": "8ea38526-687b-4396-81c5-81cb1557daa6", "labels": [ "Save the Forest for the Trees" ], "label_ids": [ "f0e8cc7b-40c3-4686-88e5-c27902e11c2b" ], "release_date": "2026-03-13", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "A conscious mycelial network, Mt Fog is Carolyn B, Andy Sells and Casey Rosebridge.\n\nhttps://mtfog.bandcamp.com/track/be-here", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639779, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639779/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:48:14-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721205.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e2ee34c3-a928-4249-8446-c63cd2c9cdcf/mbid-e2ee34c3-a928-4249-8446-c63cd2c9cdcf-41558205872_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721205.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e2ee34c3-a928-4249-8446-c63cd2c9cdcf/mbid-e2ee34c3-a928-4249-8446-c63cd2c9cdcf-41558205872_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Ancestors VIII", "track_id": "921a4281-8b7d-42c6-a020-e0fd59440248", "recording_id": "a888b643-7e5a-44be-9e6e-3a0351636da7", "artist": "Brittany Davis", "artist_ids": [ "b37debf5-8157-4998-bb80-1bb07914f3ff" ], "album": "Black Thunder", "release_id": "e2ee34c3-a928-4249-8446-c63cd2c9cdcf", "release_group_id": "643dcadd-abb3-4009-9250-779a5ee6cbb1", "labels": [ "Loosegroove Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a478af-52fc-41db-868c-1abd9010f02f" ], "release_date": "2025-06-13", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Off of Seattle's own Brittany Davis' latest album, Black Thunder. \n\nhttps://brittany-davis.bandcamp.com/track/ancestors-viii", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639778, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639778/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:45:29-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800406.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-aff71ed6-e7fb-4ea2-a78e-f21a04e4cc23/mbid-aff71ed6-e7fb-4ea2-a78e-f21a04e4cc23-44225935335_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-aff71ed6-e7fb-4ea2-a78e-f21a04e4cc23/mbid-aff71ed6-e7fb-4ea2-a78e-f21a04e4cc23-44225935335_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Unrehearsed Love", "track_id": "e3243380-cbab-4d98-9618-3713ed51dc0e", "recording_id": "54b47156-799f-40ce-81a2-dd79b71121cc", "artist": "Neon Ion", "artist_ids": [ "327428ba-7685-4635-9788-4b8832aa53c9" ], "album": "Laugh Now, Cry Later", "release_id": "aff71ed6-e7fb-4ea2-a78e-f21a04e4cc23", "release_group_id": "e6924795-4625-44c6-9b0c-4fbb035ee003", "labels": [ "Jazzland Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "ddd1dacb-086c-4c5f-982d-9aa491d75dfb" ], "release_date": "2026-01-30", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Out of Oslo, Norway.\n\nNeon Ion returns with her most personal and ambitious album to date. \"Laugh Now, Cry Later\" is a cinematic R&B universe where warm synths, playful vocal textures, and deep emotional impact meet in an expression that both comforts and challenges. 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In 1988, it was included in Sweet Tee's debut album It's Tee Time.\n\nCheck out this 2025 local news footage of Sweet Tee supporting her community members who are struggling with addiction: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z2Df-VbBXA", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639772, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639772/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:22:46-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721509.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-efa2dabe-e70c-45df-ae92-0a9b7ad3b5df/mbid-efa2dabe-e70c-45df-ae92-0a9b7ad3b5df-43500718547_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721509.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-efa2dabe-e70c-45df-ae92-0a9b7ad3b5df/mbid-efa2dabe-e70c-45df-ae92-0a9b7ad3b5df-43500718547_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Floyd", "track_id": "83454fc4-1750-4a84-a197-cfaf11d8607f", "recording_id": "83bdffb1-81ff-4141-9443-a2ebb6cc7947", "artist": "DJ HARRISON", "artist_ids": [ "411b5c5b-5432-4789-8160-6921c7cf6bcb" ], "album": "ElectroSoul", "release_id": "efa2dabe-e70c-45df-ae92-0a9b7ad3b5df", "release_group_id": "72ee9739-cec3-4392-b803-fa1ab4a877b8", "labels": [ "Stones Throw Records" ], "label_ids": [ "f1b83107-23e5-41a3-ab1b-2a36965cf77b" ], "release_date": "2026-01-23", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sparked by a sudden health scare in 2024, \"ElectroSoul\" brought the Richmond, Virginia, native's close-knit creative community into the studio. 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