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Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxytIk4W7wo.\n\nhttps://www.fakefruit.biz/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673984, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673984/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:47:54-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721809.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-96dbd447-0eb9-4504-99ed-52b9d0b693ff/mbid-96dbd447-0eb9-4504-99ed-52b9d0b693ff-44312889952_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721809.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-96dbd447-0eb9-4504-99ed-52b9d0b693ff/mbid-96dbd447-0eb9-4504-99ed-52b9d0b693ff-44312889952_thumb250.jpg", "song": "All the People (所有人)", "track_id": "2e90e468-f26b-4548-aa7d-4cbd4bded6f3", "recording_id": "30420e25-a242-4351-b008-90c2e98f29f0", "artist": "Chinese American Bear", "artist_ids": [ "75bbdfdb-2fc5-4811-8ef7-25ec23f246e1" ], "album": "Dim Sum & Then Some", "release_id": "96dbd447-0eb9-4504-99ed-52b9d0b693ff", "release_group_id": "483d980d-9e78-4bfc-829c-9eeebcbcb5a4", "labels": [ "Moshi Moshi Records" ], "label_ids": [ "a7311de2-1ab5-4a9a-b4ec-fabe8f01674f" ], "release_date": "2026-05-08", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "You'll have a chance to see Chinese American Bear live this summer: \n- July 19 @ The Independent (SF)\n- July 25 @ Neumos (SEA)\n\nChinese American Bear was recently interviewed on KEXP's In Our Headphones podcast. You can listen to that episode here: \nhttps://www.kexp.org/podcasts/in-our-headphones/2026/5/7/chinese-american-bear-on-their-love-of-breakbeats-and-melodys-echo-chamber/\n\nhttps://chineseamericanbear.bandcamp.com\nhttps://chineseamericanbear.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673983, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673983/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:44:55-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601502.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-35455338-7e6c-4f81-b357-7518468344fb/mbid-35455338-7e6c-4f81-b357-7518468344fb-41838880587_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720705.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-35455338-7e6c-4f81-b357-7518468344fb/mbid-35455338-7e6c-4f81-b357-7518468344fb-41838880587_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Girl Band Starter Pack", "track_id": "ae964177-6ca8-454b-aa9b-c8eb608992bd", "recording_id": "28bb661c-5503-4dc7-a2b6-2909a1587795", "artist": "Panic Shack", "artist_ids": [ "f71cc410-3ac1-4068-b273-d5d09858feaf" ], "album": "Panic Shack", "release_id": "35455338-7e6c-4f81-b357-7518468344fb", "release_group_id": "84b4c80e-64b4-4839-8b25-47a31d394396", "labels": [ "Brace Yourself Records" ], "label_ids": [ "1ab75780-c217-410e-9880-2b5779d5b640" ], "release_date": "2025-07-15", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Cardiff, Wales band Panic Shack released their self-titled debut album on Brace Yourself Records in July 2025. It hit No. 32 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 1 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart. They formed in late 2018 because, in their own words, they were \"sick and tired of being the only non-men in their music scene.\" Tired of going to gigs to support their indie boy bandmates, they decided to start playing themselves.\n\nhttps://diymag.com/interview/panic-shack-self-titled-debut-album-july-2025\n\nhttps://linktr.ee/panicshack", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673982, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673982/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:43:34-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3673981, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673981/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:40:20-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710801.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-92c11765-c494-3822-b3ef-8c72076005e0/mbid-92c11765-c494-3822-b3ef-8c72076005e0-22286516807_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710801.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-92c11765-c494-3822-b3ef-8c72076005e0/mbid-92c11765-c494-3822-b3ef-8c72076005e0-22286516807_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere", "track_id": "5d282631-b59e-38ee-b642-113986ff9385", "recording_id": "394e60a2-8cf0-4a46-86f0-bda59abb3f02", "artist": "Neil Young with Crazy Horse", "artist_ids": [ "75167b8b-44e4-407b-9d35-effe87b223cf", "71f754c0-f2d1-4a54-8d70-cc0ee409ca00" ], "album": "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere", "release_id": "92c11765-c494-3822-b3ef-8c72076005e0", "release_group_id": "f61603ab-ef6b-386b-a5e0-aaefc00543f1", "labels": [ "Reprise Records" ], "label_ids": [ "af6d6f49-2b4d-40fe-86d4-241906772b59" ], "release_date": "2009-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The song's lead vocal track wasn't originally meant to be released: it was a scratch vocal sung through a low-quality talkback microphone on a mixing board. Young liked the way the sound contrasted with the rest of the songs on the album and decided to use it in the final product.\n\nAt 2 minutes and 26 seconds long, this is the shortest track on Everybody Knows This is Nowhere.\n\nhttps://neilyoungarchives.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673980, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673980/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:35:27-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710202.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-983b1c72-c8ba-4945-8aa0-d131a4493f7d/mbid-983b1c72-c8ba-4945-8aa0-d131a4493f7d-44804788130_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710202.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-983b1c72-c8ba-4945-8aa0-d131a4493f7d/mbid-983b1c72-c8ba-4945-8aa0-d131a4493f7d-44804788130_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Every time I look at you", "track_id": "7979a257-3e8a-4b91-b99c-207ae70c3791", "recording_id": "910b7f9d-49fa-464b-a29a-5e667524b140", "artist": "Kurt Vile", "artist_ids": [ "e07a111e-4e8a-4651-a849-01ac60551ab2" ], "album": "Philadelphia’s been good to me", "release_id": "983b1c72-c8ba-4945-8aa0-d131a4493f7d", "release_group_id": "5bf554ab-33cb-4a0b-97f5-3b3857886fc9", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2026-05-29", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New music from Kurt Vile! He will play:\n\n- This Friday, July 3rd @ Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre\n- Tuesday, July 7th @ San Francisco's Castro Theatre\n\nEnjoy Live Video from Kurt's 2018 KEXP In-Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNryLqUkfc.\n\nhttps://www.kurtvile.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673979, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673979/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:31:42-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710803.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68/mbid-401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68-18173981072_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710803.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68/mbid-401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68-18173981072_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Loser", "track_id": "21f9484c-bc54-39a8-806d-0745c2779c39", "recording_id": "9d9e92f9-695e-4fca-af9d-0ecda1c6de43", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Mellow Gold", "release_id": "401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68", "release_group_id": "4f8bb33f-9e2d-34dc-8852-5d591cc104d8", "labels": [ "Bong Load Custom Records", "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "b41ac8e4-c575-44df-a544-40ad84723ff3", "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1994-03-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck will play:\n\n- Woodinville, WA (Chateau Ste. Michelle) Friday, September 18th\n- San Francisco, CA (The Masonic) Friday/Saturday, September 25th/26th\n\nBeck's 1993 hit \"Loser\" primarily samples the drum track from Johnny Jenkins' 1970 cover of \"I Walk on Guilded Splinters\". The song also features a sampled dialogue line (\"I'm a driver/I'm a winner...\") from the 1991 film \"Kill the Moonlight.\" The distinctive sitar part was played by producer and co-writer Carl Stephenson.\n--\n“Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That’s all I want them to be—crumbs. I don’t want to work any kind of fabricated message.” --Beck\n\nhttps://www.beck.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673978, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673978/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:26:54-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-fe62681a-9e24-4e14-8fcf-3fd685b0af54/mbid-fe62681a-9e24-4e14-8fcf-3fd685b0af54-40605158970_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-fe62681a-9e24-4e14-8fcf-3fd685b0af54/mbid-fe62681a-9e24-4e14-8fcf-3fd685b0af54-40605158970_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Robots (live)", "track_id": "766ec9b1-151d-3a9b-abaa-ead14443170a", "recording_id": "dcf40c09-ce16-4b2b-90a9-a64b0922f233", "artist": "Flight of the Conchords", "artist_ids": [ "1f574ab1-a46d-4586-9331-f0ded23e0411" ], "album": "The Distant Future", "release_id": "fe62681a-9e24-4e14-8fcf-3fd685b0af54", "release_group_id": "a8f3b088-06af-358b-8c9b-8354ffd7e429", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2007-08-07", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy 50th to Bret McKenzie of FotC!\n\nDon't miss the sophisticated costuming in the video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IPAOxrH7Ro", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673977, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673977/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:22:25-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/15a6b1b3-5ab0-4ef3-a9db-f0a317a8326d/44735901382-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/15a6b1b3-5ab0-4ef3-a9db-f0a317a8326d/44735901382-250.jpg", "song": "Cumbia fantasia", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "72a1ef82-0adb-4c27-ad9a-8a206d9c52cf", "artist": "Mexican Institute Of Sound & Meridian Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "b020d789-323f-4441-a110-032a40d9b10a", "ff08b3bb-559e-4635-b3f5-f37a212231e4" ], "album": "Cumbia fantasia", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "bfc69835-3fdb-4d0c-a6c8-e8098ef588b1", "labels": [ "Ansonia Records" ], "label_ids": [ "34a76bff-29ae-4cd3-8906-dcbf0fe5f25e" ], "release_date": "2026-02-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Formed in 1998, in Bogotá.\n\nhttps://www.kexp.org/shows/El-Sonido/\n\nhttps://www.meridianbrothers.com/\nhttps://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/music", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673976, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673976/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:18:14-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "KEXP’s El Sonido podcast “Cancioneros” has returned with a new season: weekly episodes featuring dynamic playlists and exclusive conversations where artists share songs that have shaped their lives. New episodes premiere every Monday — primarily in Spanish, but you can watch the podcasts on YouTube with English subtitles. KEXP’s Albina Cabrera talks with Colombian group – Meridian Brothers.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3673975, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673975/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:11:17-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-17d9798b-a3a2-4900-a2c8-8fead1131575/mbid-17d9798b-a3a2-4900-a2c8-8fead1131575-29003334021_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-17d9798b-a3a2-4900-a2c8-8fead1131575/mbid-17d9798b-a3a2-4900-a2c8-8fead1131575-29003334021_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Price of Blue", "track_id": "72caf377-4f4b-4373-8019-b47339c223c2", "recording_id": "0c9c7903-b83c-4baa-a4cd-ffe0abe8e861", "artist": "Flock of Dimes", "artist_ids": [ "4ecf50fc-b788-4d67-9972-ff6e1aed5295" ], "album": "Head of Roses", "release_id": "582d015f-81d8-4a93-bbcd-541f672868d6", "release_group_id": "bbe37e61-38a5-4812-89f4-ee8305a6dee9", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2021-04-02", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Flock of Dimes, the solo project of Jess Wasner, performed Live on KEXP at Home in April of 2021. Check it out on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0mrkMDgwo4.\n\nhttps://flockofdimes.bandcamp.com\nhttps://www.flockofdimes.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673974, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673974/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:07:09-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d023b543-7582-4c85-b1a1-782b4421329f/mbid-d023b543-7582-4c85-b1a1-782b4421329f-16051192900_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d023b543-7582-4c85-b1a1-782b4421329f/mbid-d023b543-7582-4c85-b1a1-782b4421329f-16051192900_thumb250.jpg", "song": "You’re So Vain", "track_id": "508ab750-2e8d-4f21-889b-7d8bbdd98538", "recording_id": "27089139-92c0-499c-9597-c66c9b11bdfd", "artist": "Carly Simon", "artist_ids": [ "c4df30f5-5487-4806-9189-b69c9f27532c" ], "album": "You’re So Vain", "release_id": "d023b543-7582-4c85-b1a1-782b4421329f", "release_group_id": "da821b9d-5ea5-4cad-afd7-73ace0e296d8", "labels": [ "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy belated 83rd birthday to Carly Simon (June 25th!).\n\n\"You're So Vain\" was written in 1971 by Carly Simon and released in November 1972. It is one of the songs with which Simon is most identified. Doris Troy (and Mick Jagger!) contributed backing vocals to this track. Ever since the singer released her accusatory track in 1972, the identity of the \"you\" has remained one of the greatest mysteries in music history. Who is Carly Simon's \"You're So Vain\" About? Read more here to find out the details on this song: https://www.biography.com/news/carly-simon-youre-so-vain-inspiration. Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/mQZmCJUSC6g", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3673973, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673973/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T10:03:27-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4516015d-6011-4891-a2f1-e897a033e3f2/mbid-4516015d-6011-4891-a2f1-e897a033e3f2-35353510028_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4516015d-6011-4891-a2f1-e897a033e3f2/mbid-4516015d-6011-4891-a2f1-e897a033e3f2-35353510028_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Steppin' Out", "track_id": "379dbd83-4efc-30d7-8d28-90aeb35edf31", "recording_id": "5934b3df-ff0b-4a5a-97e9-533af65e3aba", "artist": "Joe Jackson", "artist_ids": [ "07f6d469-38f3-46da-9cfa-2f532422b84e" ], "album": "Stepping Out", "release_id": "dc94c862-8ca8-4e24-b000-8686d7ab1c6e", "release_group_id": "d7380422-fd69-4981-b6e5-46c3ef2b2857", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1982-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song is about the anticipation and excitement of a night out on the town. Joe Jackson wrote and recorded the Night And Day album while living in New York City, and the first side of the album describes various encounters with the city. \n\n\"Steppin' Out\" is the last song on side one, and takes us on a journey through Manhattan in a taxi.\nhttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/joe-jackson/steppin-out\n\nHere is the video to go along with that image:\nhttps://youtu.be/PJwt2dxx9yg", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }