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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=1560
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I asked my son Kai what song he would want to hear on KEXP and his first words were \"give me something to believe in\" so, could we hear NIN - As Alive As You Need Me To Be possibly?\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604355, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604355/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:56:48-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Disintegration", "track_id": "8fb3041c-a12b-35ff-9a61-2ac7fadcc871", "recording_id": "a32db75a-7d8b-40ef-a05e-b1ac6a318b8b", "artist": "The Cure", "artist_ids": [ "69ee3720-a7cb-4402-b48d-a02c366f2bcf" ], "album": "Disintegration", "release_id": "58462c1e-8a0f-4534-a83e-565f36d224e7", "release_group_id": "494bf606-d2f7-36d0-8340-eadad8601d2b", "labels": [ "Asylum Records", "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "a8bea33e-67af-424a-a734-898e2dc437ed", "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "1989-05-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Bryce from Melbourne!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604354, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604354/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:51:44-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Lazuli", "track_id": "99e714b6-cef3-32ef-8fce-fa7957573e6d", "recording_id": "2360ddae-451c-49f9-a0ee-01487ee4b351", "artist": "Beach House", "artist_ids": [ "d5cc67b8-1cc4-453b-96e8-44487acdebea" ], "album": "Bloom", "release_id": "ab0e2ea5-6a44-49e1-a6af-18ac6a11542d", "release_group_id": "f1390eec-a192-4d96-9943-bbc42a819588", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2012-05-15", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Sean! \n\n\"If you could squeeze one in, I could literally use any beach house song right now! Ps, really enjoying the first vinyls from the vinyl club!!\"\n---\n\n\"For things to feel right, it definitely has to sit for a while and I think that's why it's not ethereal for me. I associate that word with fleeting or not having any substance, I don't know... \"I'm just saying that for us there's a certain intensity with this record, and I think the word 'bloom' is an attempt at that.\" https://tinyurl.com/34ne922r", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604353, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604353/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:45:09-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802307.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-2c08f20c-afc5-37eb-bc81-1064a53a5157/mbid-2c08f20c-afc5-37eb-bc81-1064a53a5157-25471672286_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802307.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-2c08f20c-afc5-37eb-bc81-1064a53a5157/mbid-2c08f20c-afc5-37eb-bc81-1064a53a5157-25471672286_thumb250.jpg", "song": "What Would I Want? Sky", "track_id": "a49a967a-f39c-35ac-9123-559c550aef22", "recording_id": "9d27f2a2-8008-4225-90ee-d9ec4a560903", "artist": "Animal Collective", "artist_ids": [ "0c751690-c784-4a4f-b1e4-c1de27d47581" ], "album": "Fall Be Kind", "release_id": "2c08f20c-afc5-37eb-bc81-1064a53a5157", "release_group_id": "57f5f41f-a442-4b82-83f0-99bf5f3e7504", "labels": [ "Domino" ], "label_ids": [ "bfe26801-a86f-49b9-8502-05ae80b02594" ], "release_date": "2009-12-14", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Monica! \n\n\"I couldn’t do it without y’all. Never underestimate the power of creating your own community. KEXP is the ultimate DIY. Can you please try to play What Would I Want Sky from Animal Collective??\"\n---\n\nThis song directly samples the Grateful Dead's song \"Unbroken Chain,\" a track from their 1974 album, \"From the Mars Hotel.\" It was the first-ever officially licensed Grateful Dead sample. -- In the original song, the lyric is \"Willow sky/ Whoa, I walk and wonder why.\" In Animal Collective's version, the lyric is flipped: The end of the line becomes the beginning, and \"Whoa, I walk\" is deliberately misheard as \"What would I want?\"\n\nhttps://anmlcollectve.bandcamp.com/album/fall-be-kind", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604352, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604352/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:40:34-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803103.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-356b420d-254d-4ff0-973d-bc8d0f492e6a/mbid-356b420d-254d-4ff0-973d-bc8d0f492e6a-19101569746_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia903103.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-356b420d-254d-4ff0-973d-bc8d0f492e6a/mbid-356b420d-254d-4ff0-973d-bc8d0f492e6a-19101569746_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Lights and Music", "track_id": "417189e0-647a-3b89-afd3-da98097a2da1", "recording_id": "b809485c-cabf-48ef-a981-b40857b5de83", "artist": "Cut Copy", "artist_ids": [ "caaba574-dfbc-4681-8e56-19b5150897d2" ], "album": "In Ghost Colours", "release_id": "356b420d-254d-4ff0-973d-bc8d0f492e6a", "release_group_id": "9154444d-7328-3302-8e65-ece04b563de4", "labels": [ "Modular Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "1a69fd71-e415-4439-b830-49ab0752d9f7" ], "release_date": "2008-04-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy Birthday Steve from Dino!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604351, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604351/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:36:27-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Paloma", "track_id": "043a5e70-189d-4702-96e4-e86b6d98f78c", "recording_id": "97d773cb-e662-4cc5-8553-566c43298c4b", "artist": "Angélica Garcia", "artist_ids": [ "11dee790-19d5-4afb-bff7-fd85115e3ed3" ], "album": "Gemelo", "release_id": "d42a9249-7c94-418b-b33b-adfb3a4fe451", "release_group_id": "025a02ec-b976-4e03-bdeb-683c02611df5", "labels": [ "Partisan Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4ec5bb3-1d64-40fe-9629-ee1e452e251e" ], "release_date": "2024-06-07", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For John in Redmond! \n\n\"Thank you, Evie, Lily and all KEXP! I am so grateful for you and all you do. I've supported KEXP since 1993 and so happy with how you've supported me right back with human curated music, programming and community. You've changed my life and I thank you. Please Paloma, by Angelica Garcia. Thanks!! I so appreciate you.\"\n--\nMexican-Salvadorian artist Angélica Garcia joined Albina Cabrera Live in the KEXP Studio back in September! You can watch video from that session here: https://youtu.be/OG_-dNU8wPE\n\nHer record, Gemelo, came out last June. \"Its title is a reference to the twin self – the idea of a second, more intuitive self within.\" https://tinyurl.com/38w3d68k", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604350, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604350/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:32:08-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Shop Boy", "track_id": "f9bd1d5a-7b4d-4086-8c82-48b56b4a44d2", "recording_id": "b230b74d-29d3-49aa-82c2-6b5488ac5c7c", "artist": "Say She She", "artist_ids": [ "64dad611-8ada-4696-ac5f-ecb8bf73d51b" ], "album": "Cut & Rewind", "release_id": "404c5223-590c-4a3f-955c-9718d24c96de", "release_group_id": "4ca9091b-f7e1-45a0-ab9a-07dd97bc27d8", "labels": [ "drink sum wtr" ], "label_ids": [ "778a90c4-21ff-4035-b3dc-80f62d0e989c" ], "release_date": "2025-10-03", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Mike in Oakland! \n\n\"Hi wonderful KEXP staff, you make my days so much brighter!\"\n---\n2026 tour dates!\n\n- Jan. 27 at August Hall in San Francisco, CA\n- Jan. 29 at Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR\n- Jan. 30 at Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver, BC \n- Jan. 31 at Showbox at the Market in Seattle, WA\n\nhttps://saysheshe.bandcamp.com\n\nSay She She performed live in the KEXP studio in 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgjhz82F_Q", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604349, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604349/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:27:46-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Mr. Wendal", "track_id": "3859929c-36f4-3309-b943-31546dad039d", "recording_id": "e2abc40f-173b-4307-bf72-ec49b41a7384", "artist": "Arrested Development", "artist_ids": [ "d8b15d32-609e-44a6-bff1-65c4df53a9f1" ], "album": "3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of…", "release_id": "77cd14ef-616d-3fc3-bd6e-19f3751acbe1", "release_group_id": "ede793b4-4976-3b7a-ba3b-fde6801de64c", "labels": [ "Chrysalis" ], "label_ids": [ "ed5601e5-7c54-426e-982a-1a208dd0b0ad" ], "release_date": "1992-03-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Morgan from Portland!\n\n\"I’ve been tuning in since 8am, and man, what an amazing day of music! I became an amplifier in 2025 because KEXP gets me, like so many others, through my daily life. Both good days and bad. Public radio is so important and I’m truly proud to contribute to KEXP for years to come. Many thanks to you and all the other wonderful DJs and producers who give us a voice, heal us with the power of music, and keep this platform alive. You’re all amazing and I love each and every member of this community! \n\nI would be so incredibly happy to hear Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development today. This song always makes my heart happy and I hope it makes someone else’s heart happy, too.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604348, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604348/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:24:32-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Gun Metal Grey", "track_id": "0e6b3da5-ed7a-4f24-bd37-dc0e07bc04e7", "recording_id": "cc8c0ae0-b283-4ae6-85e3-cdfacc5782ff", "artist": "The Budos Band", "artist_ids": [ "b6fa9b9b-41cf-45a6-adc0-0a4c9a8c0d3c" ], "album": "Long in the Tooth", "release_id": "e2d133a3-0c64-4f9e-ab74-d154d54a4b08", "release_group_id": "0c411624-71b7-489c-b1ad-14a53182dee1", "labels": [ "Daptone Records" ], "label_ids": [ "6507ff0e-035a-4a24-9bbe-e07b1e2224d8" ], "release_date": "2020-10-09", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Emily in Fremont!\n\n\"Such a fun day, thanks for always putting on an awesome show. Gets me and many others through those last long work hours\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604347, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604347/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:21:20-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Dancer", "track_id": "3472e5cf-cfb3-439b-916a-c25ccf81bc0f", "recording_id": "4a041989-3240-45c2-8b12-aa1cb1603266", "artist": "IDLES", "artist_ids": [ "be465d4f-c28d-4ba1-94ab-ebaada7db8af" ], "album": "TANGK", "release_id": "794231d6-bfc2-4520-853b-8abb0c4204b1", "release_group_id": "8ba0ce4a-5fd3-48bf-8b36-da3d58760e32", "labels": [ "Partisan Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4ec5bb3-1d64-40fe-9629-ee1e452e251e" ], "release_date": "2024-02-16", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For our IDLES fans!\n\n\"Thank you KEXP for all you do for the community & the world at large. We've only become donors in the last couple of years but our lives are better for it in so many ways.\" - Wo-daddy\n\n\"I'd love if you could play IDLES, they were one of the first bands that I can track back directly to KEXP & have become a huge part of my life for so many reasons. So much so we traveled to Bristol for their hometown block party shows last summer.\nThank you for that inspiration & all the light you bring to this world.\" - \nJodi & Kent, Shoreline", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604346, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604346/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:17:32-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800301.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-4eddd9ca-a36f-38d1-b766-266446c0198a/mbid-4eddd9ca-a36f-38d1-b766-266446c0198a-25729922047_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600301.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-4eddd9ca-a36f-38d1-b766-266446c0198a/mbid-4eddd9ca-a36f-38d1-b766-266446c0198a-25729922047_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Seven Nation Army", "track_id": "56355d55-f0d8-3f62-bbf6-dcdbbce2dcf2", "recording_id": "24cc8311-98fd-423a-bed1-97728f5eabc5", "artist": "The White Stripes", "artist_ids": [ "11ae9fbb-f3d7-4a47-936f-4c0a04d3b3b5" ], "album": "Elephant", "release_id": "4eddd9ca-a36f-38d1-b766-266446c0198a", "release_group_id": "d85b9684-4277-3565-b89b-115c8b4b7fd3", "labels": [ "V2" ], "label_ids": [ "dc2f5993-7a3d-4c59-bba0-0a77bf9d7416" ], "release_date": "2003-04-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Freddy and Simon! \n\n\"We have been amplifiers for several years now and love all that you do there. We recently brought our kids back to Seattle for a weekend (lived there for seven years before moving to Bend) and of course had to make a pilgrimage to KEXP. Thanks for helping to keep us sane, connected, and human in this crazy world. My five-year-old Freddy would love to hear Seven Nation Army or any other White Stripes jam, if you’re able to it in. Thanks again!\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604345, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604345/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:15:49-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3604343, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604343/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:10:21-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Everybody Laughs", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "David Byrne", "artist_ids": [ "d4659efb-b8eb-4f03-95e9-f69ce35967a9" ], "album": "Who Is The Sky?", "release_id": "16c0929d-3375-48fc-82a3-b081eb899bf9", "release_group_id": "153dc33e-59bc-4990-9c9d-d4c3861f541e", "labels": [ "Matador" ], "label_ids": [ "229bd4be-8cd7-442c-85b0-5007ea353abc" ], "release_date": "2025-09-05", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Ellie! \n\n\"Hi Evie! I am in the car with my fam and was wondering if you could play everybody laughs by David Byrn?\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604342, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604342/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T17:03:37-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803402.us.archive.org/22/items/mbid-cd7d006c-a9fa-4094-a733-6d001dcfa4b4/mbid-cd7d006c-a9fa-4094-a733-6d001dcfa4b4-37958037007_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803402.us.archive.org/22/items/mbid-cd7d006c-a9fa-4094-a733-6d001dcfa4b4/mbid-cd7d006c-a9fa-4094-a733-6d001dcfa4b4-37958037007_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Lost my Head there", "track_id": "db4e7e88-5135-4147-8b7f-42146dae968f", "recording_id": "333eb485-6a4d-4a0a-b4da-2402c2a81ad9", "artist": "Kurt Vile", "artist_ids": [ "e07a111e-4e8a-4651-a849-01ac60551ab2" ], "album": "b'lieve i'm goin down...", "release_id": "cd7d006c-a9fa-4094-a733-6d001dcfa4b4", "release_group_id": "62917949-8997-409b-94fb-af8a41ff3c52", "labels": [ "Matador" ], "label_ids": [ "229bd4be-8cd7-442c-85b0-5007ea353abc" ], "release_date": "2015-09-25", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Grace!\n\n\"Kurt Vile please! He's always my favorite and always makes me feel better about the world.\"\n---\n\n\nCheck out Live Video from this 2015 Kurt Vile KEXP In-Studio, hosted by Cheryl Waters: https://youtu.be/EyiiwNHAC8M.\n\nhttps://www.kurtvile.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604341, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604341/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T16:59:53-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Elderberry Wine", "track_id": "9f56d21c-91b2-4fff-bdeb-08bf850bc307", "recording_id": "aad931f3-51f4-4c8d-a4e5-d4ddbb46cba7", "artist": "Wednesday", "artist_ids": [ "9833b455-0da2-40b5-8e63-37816c910604" ], "album": "Bleeds", "release_id": "42861d98-03b5-4c26-a3e6-c2a91f9fe442", "release_group_id": "5bed2109-60ce-4c13-804a-fc04946ba7f7", "labels": [ "Dead Oceans" ], "label_ids": [ "f70f950f-2587-4f85-a5c7-b483a47bd2e9" ], "release_date": "2025-09-19", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Sierra in Oakland!\n\n\"I discover so much new (and old) music while listening to KEXP and love that you uplift underplayed and underrated Artists! Can I hear a song by Wednesday this Wednesday? Thank you!\"\n---\n\nWednesday is coming to Seattle, playing The Moore Theatre on Thursday, April 23rd.\n\n\"Can a self-portrait be a collage? Can empathy be autobiographical? What’s the point of living if we’re not trying to understand all the horror and humor that surrounds everything? These are a few of the questions lurking under the bleachers of Wednesday’s new album Bleeds, an intoxicating collection of narrative-heavy Southern rock...\"\n\nRead more here: \nhttps://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/album/bleeds", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604340, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604340/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T16:57:23-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3604338, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604338/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T16:52:55-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801905.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-33d5ef96-7e45-49e6-9c87-cfdbe4738c91/mbid-33d5ef96-7e45-49e6-9c87-cfdbe4738c91-4438613558_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601905.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-33d5ef96-7e45-49e6-9c87-cfdbe4738c91/mbid-33d5ef96-7e45-49e6-9c87-cfdbe4738c91-4438613558_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Holy Calamity", "track_id": "0777596c-f431-4278-ac2b-4ea0d7a49c37", "recording_id": "0abb679a-f5d0-4419-b500-7b468a0a79c5", "artist": "Handsome Boy Modeling School", "artist_ids": [ "c3f99319-52c7-47f2-9631-10bc7cc8c589" ], "album": "So... 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Dan the Automator and Prince Paul talk about their 1999 debut in this interview, entitled \"How A Joke Created One Of Hip-Hop’s Coolest Collabs\": - https://tinyurl.com/3979ax79", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604337, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604337/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T16:47:10-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801409.us.archive.org/23/items/mbid-0f0f1e17-9e51-4398-8404-2d4c96f9d0e0/mbid-0f0f1e17-9e51-4398-8404-2d4c96f9d0e0-8684119835_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801409.us.archive.org/23/items/mbid-0f0f1e17-9e51-4398-8404-2d4c96f9d0e0/mbid-0f0f1e17-9e51-4398-8404-2d4c96f9d0e0-8684119835_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Nice Weather for Ducks", "track_id": "4f173108-6c6b-3284-9323-93af8ad93a93", "recording_id": "5d141936-25a1-4e90-9217-4405777649eb", "artist": "Lemon Jelly", "artist_ids": [ "4cbbf0d6-6c78-4e3d-ab25-91b13603cf7c" ], "album": "Lost Horizons", "release_id": "0f0f1e17-9e51-4398-8404-2d4c96f9d0e0", "release_group_id": "9bc9a542-ef68-38ee-a0a5-6189a422ccb7", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2002-10-08", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Rain!\n\n\"Hello! I'm working late tonight installing an organ in Kansas City. It's my birthday and I'd love to hear your favorite \"rain\" themed song! Thank you for everything you do!\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604336, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604336/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T16:42:49-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600203.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-3d08ec09-d852-43ce-ab7d-2a14d44d6ad9/mbid-3d08ec09-d852-43ce-ab7d-2a14d44d6ad9-4528115695_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600203.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-3d08ec09-d852-43ce-ab7d-2a14d44d6ad9/mbid-3d08ec09-d852-43ce-ab7d-2a14d44d6ad9-4528115695_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Lucidity", "track_id": "ec766c6b-c352-3328-aa43-091cf02ebf9e", "recording_id": "4ca701d7-a55a-4b24-933a-303e8d4e01d5", "artist": "Tame Impala", "artist_ids": [ "63aa26c3-d59b-4da4-84ac-716b54f1ef4d" ], "album": "Innerspeaker", "release_id": "3d08ec09-d852-43ce-ab7d-2a14d44d6ad9", "release_group_id": "0cfdeff7-4aa7-4df4-918d-88c9421cc512", "labels": [ "Modular Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "1a69fd71-e415-4439-b830-49ab0752d9f7" ], "release_date": "2010-05-25", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Jamie, dedicated to Meatball!\n\n\"I would love to hear some Tame Impala, DJ's choice, and dedicate it to my Meatball. We always listen to your show and donate together 😸 Thank you all for all that you all do, truly.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604335, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604335/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T16:40:29-08:00", "show": 65650, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65650/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801201.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-b5885b2d-afae-47b1-945e-6e1869590974/mbid-b5885b2d-afae-47b1-945e-6e1869590974-2703435976_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601201.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-b5885b2d-afae-47b1-945e-6e1869590974/mbid-b5885b2d-afae-47b1-945e-6e1869590974-2703435976_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Paperback Writer", "track_id": "65afad3f-ea36-35d8-b6da-2082795b4d48", "recording_id": "f28b465d-7adb-479d-a363-0c49368e59d3", "artist": "The Beatles", "artist_ids": [ "b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d" ], "album": "Past Masters", "release_id": "b5885b2d-afae-47b1-945e-6e1869590974", "release_group_id": "37657513-7a52-42bd-b235-09347c437cb2", "labels": [ "Apple Records" ], "label_ids": [ "cf7fc5cf-e011-4ef4-b511-cd0188537910" ], "release_date": "2009-09-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For longtime listener Hobie! \n\n\"Hey y'all! KEXP was there to support my brainwaves while I pursued my dream of writing a novel. TWICE! Now I'm plinking away on a screenplay. Halp! Anyhow, thanks. If you can play something writing related, I'd love it!\"\n---\n\n\nThe release of ‘Paperback Writer’ came 27 weeks after its predecessor, ‘Day Tripper’/‘We Can Work It Out’. It saw The Beatles entering a phase where they were less motivated by commercial demands and more focused on musical development.\n\n‘Paperback Writer’ was an attempt by McCartney to write a song based on a single chord – possibly influenced by Indian music, but most likely a result of their marijuana use; other songs from this period, notably ‘The Word’, ‘If I Needed Someone’, and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, were similarly modelled.: https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/paperback-writer/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
