Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=2100&ordering=-airdate
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The band's Bandcamp reads, \"This cross-pollination of East and West, of old and new, is a sentiment that the band have sought to capture in their self produced works. \"Across their output, Glass Beams presents a timeless fusion of cultures and sounds beamed through a prism of live instrumentation and DIY electronica, all wrapped up inside a mesmerizing and mystical visual world of their own making.\" https://tinyurl.com/549c9fpm\n\nYou don't want to miss the video of Glass Beams playing Live on KEXP: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n9ut3", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635228, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635228/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:47:48-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710205.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b5254827-0ebc-4a90-87f3-b87bec4f0f9b/mbid-b5254827-0ebc-4a90-87f3-b87bec4f0f9b-38092381239_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710205.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b5254827-0ebc-4a90-87f3-b87bec4f0f9b/mbid-b5254827-0ebc-4a90-87f3-b87bec4f0f9b-38092381239_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Mahal", "track_id": "79a7c1e6-917d-4466-8fdc-ee6500d99e53", "recording_id": "536806bc-0201-46a0-84d8-747f0660c7b3", "artist": "Glass Beams", "artist_ids": [ "5bb54b77-2caa-4377-bdc3-3b8c0f5e507f" ], "album": "Mahal", "release_id": "b5254827-0ebc-4a90-87f3-b87bec4f0f9b", "release_group_id": "613a09e3-97da-4a18-9236-cdac95f4bb2c", "labels": [ "Ninja Tune" ], "label_ids": [ "dc940013-b8a8-4362-a465-291026c04b42" ], "release_date": "2024-03-22", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The genesis for the Melbourne-based trio, which formed around founding member Rajan Silva, was through the rekindling of childhood memories relating to his father, who emigrated to Melbourne from India in the late 1970's. Silva recalled watching a DVD on repeat with his father.\n\n\"Concert for George,\" a star-studded tribute to late Beatles member George Harrison performed at London's Royal Albert Hall in 2002, featuring legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar with daughter Anoushka, alongside Western icons Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and ELO’s Jeff Lynne.\n\nThis intersection of musical styles was reflected in the record collection of Silva's father, where the sounds of iconic Bollywood vocalists Asha Bhosle and the Mangeshkar lineage sat alongside music from blues legends like B.B. King and Muddy Waters. https://tinyurl.com/bdt5s37c\n\nIG: @glass_beams", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635225, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635225/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:44:46-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Milo Moje", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Gusti Sok", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Omnia", "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": "New music from Croatian band Gusti Sok. Dig deeper into the band's catalogue here: https://tinyurl.com/yzxenb6x", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635224, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635224/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:40:02-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710809.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-75920050-73d8-41fd-8b72-09dc5a62ceac/mbid-75920050-73d8-41fd-8b72-09dc5a62ceac-44442927409_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710809.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-75920050-73d8-41fd-8b72-09dc5a62ceac/mbid-75920050-73d8-41fd-8b72-09dc5a62ceac-44442927409_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Yallah!", "track_id": "828203e8-b1cc-41d6-91f1-ba0e33da0f35", "recording_id": "4d0f6c6b-91e1-4a47-a497-88d98e635093", "artist": "Psyché feat. 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Following the recently released \"Sabir\" and \"Hurriya (We Must Resist),\" the band delivers yet another evocative sonic bridge between the Arab world and the West, delving even deeper into the nature of their native Naples as a vibrant crossroads of influence and creativity. https://tinyurl.com/4achu3dx", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635222, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635222/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:37:13-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Pure Love", "track_id": "cdb0f8f9-eaba-4ac5-a3a0-f967ef6d4e2c", "recording_id": "85708c64-0057-45ca-9b15-0b148ef55941", "artist": "Bellaire feat. 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The release also marks the beginning of a landmark year for Bellaire, with a forthcoming album on the horizon alongside a major international tour. https://tinyurl.com/bdh9tpnt https://bellaire.bandcamp.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635220, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635220/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:33:32-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/24fe505f-b362-458a-a392-848577f59582/39703478278-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/24fe505f-b362-458a-a392-848577f59582/39703478278-250.jpg", "song": "Musicology", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8cda06c3-6bea-4bfa-9dd2-e6e4775a34bc", "artist": "Prince", "artist_ids": [ "070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e" ], "album": "Musicology", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "0a9c2e3d-684c-3425-a9a5-764cd681e01c", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2004-04-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Anniversary alert: Sign \"☮\" the Times was released on March 31st in 1987!\n\nMusicology is the twenty-eighth studio album by Prince. The album was given to concertgoers at his Musicology Tour, from March 27 to September 9, 2004, in North America, and Prince noted he wished Musicology to provide musical education to listeners.\n\nA digital release followed two days after his tour started on March 29, 2004.\n\nMusicology was the first album in five years (ten as Prince) that Prince released through a major label (Sony Music) and, being partially recorded in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, was his first to be recorded outside Minneapolis in many years. \n\nPrince won Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for \"Musicology\" and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for \"Call My Name.\" https://tinyurl.com/5fre7cbj", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635219, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635219/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:29:16-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3635218, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635218/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:26:13-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4d44e464-97b6-40f1-afbc-7da79681fd2f/mbid-4d44e464-97b6-40f1-afbc-7da79681fd2f-44149823058_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Straight Men", "track_id": "6daaa91d-e3ef-438d-bdc5-650fb6a4cc0e", "recording_id": "9c2ebe34-821b-452f-bf9b-96d20c013250", "artist": "CHROMA", "artist_ids": [ "2a247bc5-8a99-48c3-b17f-3f132258c9c8" ], "album": "Straight Men", "release_id": "4d44e464-97b6-40f1-afbc-7da79681fd2f", "release_group_id": "f679d971-ddc5-4185-a746-7440ea2f9973", "labels": [ "Alcopop! 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Call it out.\" https://tinyurl.com/yeyk863h\n\nHere's the official music video for \"Straight Men\": https://tinyurl.com/5n6trzzb", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635217, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635217/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:23:41-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710004.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f1d890b3-84e0-43f0-9db2-c81fc1acf39b/mbid-f1d890b3-84e0-43f0-9db2-c81fc1acf39b-36502100048_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710004.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f1d890b3-84e0-43f0-9db2-c81fc1acf39b/mbid-f1d890b3-84e0-43f0-9db2-c81fc1acf39b-36502100048_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Mannequin", "track_id": "049b7fef-b8be-3fd6-9856-02ca6b75d975", "recording_id": "43291571-ebba-4a30-8423-2c1d4b539a45", "artist": "Wire", "artist_ids": [ "7f2a8098-50e3-451c-8696-c5d9f64f4762" ], "album": "Pink Flag", "release_id": "38a0aa6e-113e-3e58-a858-ca97ad37f92a", "release_group_id": "9facb8b5-4b02-3f28-9f4a-61cb9b8fd7aa", "labels": [ "Pinkflag" ], "label_ids": [ "fabe1e2e-1c3b-4628-96cc-c7ae3afcf266" ], "release_date": "2006-04-11", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Mannequin\" is a 1977 post-punk song by Wire, featured on their seminal debut album Pink Flag.\n\nWritten by Graham Lewis and sung by Colin Newman, it serves as an arty, critical take on fashion, consumerism, and the emerging punk scene's commercialization.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635214, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635214/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:20:53-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710409.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8-44451329349_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710409.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8/mbid-49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8-44451329349_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Things I've Killed", "track_id": "72bb792f-7dd0-4811-9973-c373685378b2", "recording_id": "48c36176-102c-480d-ac3f-a4bef875ebbc", "artist": "Telehealth", "artist_ids": [ "c94f22ca-0965-4dee-aa71-8e15620a3779" ], "album": "Green World Image", "release_id": "49b39079-0b92-4de7-9f18-c64bd83fb9a8", "release_group_id": "d8f78af6-a017-4cc1-be41-539955e5446a", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2026-05-15", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Whether for a giant tech conglomerate or a corporate-world-skewering synth-punk band tearing it up in sweaty rock clubs, it’s good to have goals.\n\nThough it had somewhat faded over time, Alexander Barr had one when he moved to Seattle in 2009 to crack into the city’s buzzing music scene (er, attend college). \n\n\"That was kind of my goal — I want to be in a band that’s on Sub Pop,\" said Barr, who sings and plays synthesizers and guitar with the band Telehealth. Seventeen years later, mission accomplished. https://tinyurl.com/34bkv68a", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635212, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635212/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:17:53-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6f97047e-ab25-4ca7-8b20-ee5099e5890c/mbid-6f97047e-ab25-4ca7-8b20-ee5099e5890c-44641283075_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6f97047e-ab25-4ca7-8b20-ee5099e5890c/mbid-6f97047e-ab25-4ca7-8b20-ee5099e5890c-44641283075_thumb250.jpg", "song": "House of I", "track_id": "027f49f7-7c54-4a09-ba94-f2cac63c6ac1", "recording_id": "07d27174-e307-4c14-872a-ae9ac6db6a68", "artist": "The Afghan Whigs", "artist_ids": [ "2feb192c-2363-46d6-b476-1c88a25cb294" ], "album": "House of I", "release_id": "6f97047e-ab25-4ca7-8b20-ee5099e5890c", "release_group_id": "667b3cc7-7a9d-4c21-a06c-2eda2eb8929b", "labels": [ "BMG" ], "label_ids": [ "82ef9b02-7b42-49fe-a6bc-0d8ba816d72f" ], "release_date": "2026-03-19", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Afghan Whigs will play Seattle's Showbox on Sunday, May 17th, and SF's Fillmore on Tuesday, May 19th. 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You try practicing together 6 days a week, 4 hours a day and see how long it takes you to record an album. https://tinyurl.com/7vmz744x", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635206, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635206/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:11:58-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Blow", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Zach Person", "artist_ids": [ "cf7fa1a6-412c-499c-8f30-d54baa86449e" ], "album": "", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2024-03-01", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Zach Person from Atlanta, GA who started started playing guitar when he was ten years old, after watching punk bands perform at his local skatepark in Moore County, North Carolina.\n\nHe’s known for breathing fresh life into traditional blues by fusing it with raw, high-energy modern rock. After gaining initial notice on American Idol in 2016, he has gone on to share the stage with Buddy Guy. His signature instrument is the Gibson SG.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635210, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635210/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:10:48-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3635205, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635205/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T16:06:03-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Rusty Cage", "track_id": "f3eb3d1f-cf19-38cb-9475-5b4e52c1e21d", "recording_id": "94a9d512-cdc7-41d0-81bb-1e51ba731866", "artist": "Soundgarden", "artist_ids": [ "153c9281-268f-4cf3-8938-f5a4593e5df4" ], "album": "Badmotorfinger", "release_id": "014d13d5-0a63-33a3-ab95-4a29981dfee1", "release_group_id": "85766188-9484-333e-b8ae-a5cab5e5167b", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1992-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Time spent in a claustrophobic tour bus provided inspiration for this song. \n\nSpeaking with Spin, Chris Cornell said that he came up with the idea for this song while the band was on tour in Europe.\n\n\"I have a vivid memory of staring out the window, looking at the countryside, and feeling pent-up,\" he explained.\n\n\"I never wrote any of the words down, but I somehow remembered them. When we finished the tour and Soundgarden returned home to Seattle, I picked up a guitar and tried to come up with music that I felt matched the essence of that song. I wanted to create this hillbilly Black Sabbath crossover that I'd never heard before. I thought that would be cool and possible. I thought, 'If anyone can do it, Soundgarden can do it.'\n\n\"I was listening to a lot of Tom Waits at the time, and I wondered how Soundgarden could approach similar imagery and I wondered what the music would sound like. 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I’m not denying pain but trying to find the beauty alongside it.\" https://tinyurl.com/2pew9np5", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635199, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635199/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-29T15:59:15-07:00", "show": 66313, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66313/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf-44081543533_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf-44081543533_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Sunday", "track_id": "a6337358-01ac-4ce8-b8fe-c086a5dcd8a3", "recording_id": "ef74f52c-1902-47b4-9f3d-5ff64cadd344", "artist": "Hannah Lew", "artist_ids": [ "51acd5b1-a324-4125-b71e-a8c6e21dcf84" ], "album": "Hannah Lew", "release_id": "414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf", "release_group_id": "24cef81f-e0c2-4f9f-9342-b0b2c1be0ae8", "labels": [ "Night School Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c1c4c804-e3cf-4312-ad4f-e6d498a2f304" ], "release_date": "2026-04-10", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hannah Lew is a filmmaker, musician, and visual artist in San Francisco. Her film work has screened at the San Francisco Video Festival, Theatre Arteau, the Red Vic Theater, Artists Television Access and SFMOMA. She received both the Leo Diner and Robin Eichman Awards in 2009 for her films Stoplight and Over the Hill. \n\nAs well as her solo career, Lew plays bass and sings in the bands Grass Widow, Cold Beat and Generation Loss. https://tinyurl.com/mr3v348v", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
