Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=23480&ordering=-airdate
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I lost my beautiful staffordshire in January and my other 12.5 year old pup was just diagnosed with a metastatic bladder tumor two days ago. Shes been my paperweight when im erratically fluttering and the closest creature to me in my 43 years on this rock. I am feeling very alone but know that I am not. Thank y'all for those daily reminders.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630969, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630969/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:54:21-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3630968, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630968/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:51:20-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710203.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-44017e61-b130-4ec7-bb24-d63d79c62eb8/mbid-44017e61-b130-4ec7-bb24-d63d79c62eb8-18455543940_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710203.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-44017e61-b130-4ec7-bb24-d63d79c62eb8/mbid-44017e61-b130-4ec7-bb24-d63d79c62eb8-18455543940_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Head Over Heels", "track_id": "e96a4c84-cc13-42f7-8658-191f73f3d714", "recording_id": "7235fd1a-f523-497c-b326-648501f79af8", "artist": "Go‐Go’s", "artist_ids": [ "eec163e4-a013-4af0-9641-c5b2df41fff7" ], "album": "Talk Show", "release_id": "44017e61-b130-4ec7-bb24-d63d79c62eb8", "release_group_id": "fddd435a-4f4a-3b25-ae67-0f059e5183d7", "labels": [ "I.R.S. 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So I when I talk about “love in a time of chaos,” the reason I keep saying that phrase is because I think we can’t really imagine the future — what does it even look like? We can’t imagine it. The hope is that we ride it out, nature heals, and love and empathy persevere as we go through it.\"\nhttps://bit.ly/4sVJEcK", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630965, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630965/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:39:27-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3630964, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630964/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:34:15-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801703.us.archive.org/23/items/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8-10801201703_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710102.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8-10801201703_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Sympathy", "track_id": "8aa1f972-4937-3bac-b9ce-2a925a167eab", "recording_id": "d219584b-cc69-464d-8a48-4d06631400a7", "artist": "Jane’s Addiction", "artist_ids": [ "e3434cc7-d348-491a-9dc8-325af3d9086d" ], "album": "Jane's Addiction", "release_id": "3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8", "release_group_id": "01e26d01-dff7-371b-95db-bd198722de87", "labels": [ "Triple X Records" ], "label_ids": [ "4e33b5f0-f45f-4b24-9f20-fc75b6b7b07b" ], "release_date": "1987-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sympathy is Jane’s Addiction’s cover of The Rolling Stones song Sympathy for the Devil.\n\n“I’ve always hated the Rolling Stones,” said Dave Navarro. \"We ended up singing “Sympathy For The Devil” as a joke, and we played it live and it ended up on the record. I can’t believe that one of my least favorite bands is on my first record.\" - https://janesaddiction.org/songs/janes-addiction/covers/sympathy/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630963, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630963/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:30:13-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801703.us.archive.org/23/items/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8-10801201703_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710102.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8/mbid-3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8-10801201703_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Rock 'n' Roll", "track_id": "e761bd5f-0983-3807-9498-e65087e19656", "recording_id": "6b96ad4f-b330-428a-ae68-dc6de7ed0943", "artist": "Jane’s Addiction", "artist_ids": [ "e3434cc7-d348-491a-9dc8-325af3d9086d" ], "album": "Jane's Addiction", "release_id": "3e2010e2-0f84-4028-a215-18c93e2c9de8", "release_group_id": "01e26d01-dff7-371b-95db-bd198722de87", "labels": [ "Triple X Records" ], "label_ids": [ "4e33b5f0-f45f-4b24-9f20-fc75b6b7b07b" ], "release_date": "1987-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is Jane's Addiction cover of the classic Velvet Underground 1970 song.\nTheir self-titled album included two covers: \"Rock & Roll\" by The Velvet Underground, and \"Sympathy for the Devil\" by The Rolling Stones, the latter retitled \"Sympathy\". \n- http://www.janesaddiction.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630962, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630962/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:23:11-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711008.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2657e677-49ce-480f-8868-04a0b354aec2/mbid-2657e677-49ce-480f-8868-04a0b354aec2-6335860449_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711008.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2657e677-49ce-480f-8868-04a0b354aec2/mbid-2657e677-49ce-480f-8868-04a0b354aec2-6335860449_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Heroin", "track_id": "83350093-3ebe-35d4-8713-64b5b1b57666", "recording_id": "022d8cbf-c503-4ae9-9050-cad982e15e21", "artist": "The Velvet Underground", "artist_ids": [ "94b0fb9d-a066-4823-b2ec-af1d324bcfcf" ], "album": "The Velvet Underground & Nico", "release_id": "2657e677-49ce-480f-8868-04a0b354aec2", "release_group_id": "5cbd9d7b-597a-3c5e-bfd1-c2b364215560", "labels": [ "Verve" ], "label_ids": [ "99a24d71-54c1-4d3f-88cc-00fbcc4fce83" ], "release_date": "1967-03-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Lou Reed wrote 'Heroin' while working for Pickwick Records:\n\"I was working for a record company as a songwriter, where they'd lock me in a room and they'd say write ten surfing songs, ya know, and I wrote \"Heroin\" and I said \"Hey I got something for ya.\" They said, \"Never gonna happen, never gonna happen.\"\n\nThe earliest demo version, recorded at Pickwick, was rediscovered in 2022 by his widow, Laurie Anderson. Check it out here:\nhttps://bit.ly/4799Xnc", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630961, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630961/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:16:08-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8-44544277785_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801609.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8-44544277785_thumb250.jpg", "song": "So Tonight That I Might See", "track_id": "17092bed-54a4-3e2a-9eed-9ba5982aa240", "recording_id": "08d7f4b7-592a-4853-8146-e2ee3dec21db", "artist": "Mazzy Star", "artist_ids": [ "c48d4327-8122-4286-af66-05e1ee6ac4d8" ], "album": "So Tonight That I Might See", "release_id": "d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8", "release_group_id": "2863caa0-14e9-3016-83e4-4f0cdab55f4f", "labels": [ "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1993-10-05", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Album of the week!\n--\n'So Tonight That I Might See' is the title and closing track off of Mazzy Star's second studio album from 1993.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630960, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630960/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:14:34-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3630959, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630959/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:10:44-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b-7351474197_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b-7351474197_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Wave of Mutilation (U.K. Surf)", "track_id": "847066a7-6272-33fd-8101-a5b0dedf7aae", "recording_id": "42623b11-a50a-4665-aaae-2559b40fc827", "artist": "Pixies", "artist_ids": [ "b6b2bb8d-54a9-491f-9607-7b546023b433" ], "album": "Pump Up the Volume: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", "release_id": "08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b", "release_group_id": "e4c4ba5d-e0f3-3a11-8024-f78b20ff2ade", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "1990-04-14", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Go back to 1989 to see Pixies perform this one live in Belgium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61hM9SRDOw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630958, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630958/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T08:05:00-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711100.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f2dd4d75-adcd-4347-93f3-4ea35f2b3b35/mbid-f2dd4d75-adcd-4347-93f3-4ea35f2b3b35-10158067235_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711100.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f2dd4d75-adcd-4347-93f3-4ea35f2b3b35/mbid-f2dd4d75-adcd-4347-93f3-4ea35f2b3b35-10158067235_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Your Silent Face", "track_id": "b5c0e717-9b8e-3570-be2a-05599740eae2", "recording_id": "3a54b3b2-6037-4fc3-a7a0-ead924e55ea2", "artist": "New Order", "artist_ids": [ "f1106b17-dcbb-45f6-b938-199ccfab50cc" ], "album": "Power, Corruption & Lies", "release_id": "f2dd4d75-adcd-4347-93f3-4ea35f2b3b35", "release_group_id": "16cc9dfc-594d-3fb9-b789-3e1bfcb6f9f8", "labels": [ "Qwest Records" ], "label_ids": [ "279669fd-fcd3-4d68-afa2-786b96e55de4" ], "release_date": "1987-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Of this track, The Human Drum Machine\" Stephen Morris shared, \"We’ve always loved Kraftwerk. 'YSF'’s working title was 'The Kraftwerk One' (KW1); we were trying to do something like the intro of Europe Endless. That kind of sparkly sound. Bernard worked really hard getting the synth parts just right. \"'Your Silent Face' soon evolved into something beautiful and majestic- we were afraid we might getting too serious, a problem easily solved by the 'why don’t you Piss Off' line. You’d never catch Kraftwerk swearing.\" \"It was the first time that Bernard wrote all the lyrics and found himself as a singer,\" says Morris.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630957, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630957/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T07:58:59-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710809.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6cb2e885-1684-4d80-839b-db40818e0b46/mbid-6cb2e885-1684-4d80-839b-db40818e0b46-10131655771_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710809.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6cb2e885-1684-4d80-839b-db40818e0b46/mbid-6cb2e885-1684-4d80-839b-db40818e0b46-10131655771_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Chauffeur", "track_id": "8ed78cf0-0379-33e7-8382-343592ed6c49", "recording_id": "73c303e8-aa6c-448b-b6df-3dcbfb6d761b", "artist": "Duran Duran", "artist_ids": [ "1a1cd7f3-e5df-4eca-bae2-2757c9e656b5" ], "album": "Rio", "release_id": "6cb2e885-1684-4d80-839b-db40818e0b46", "release_group_id": "3c638420-8208-3c01-b723-f061b10e3f3a", "labels": [ "EMI" ], "label_ids": [ "c029628b-6633-439e-bcee-ed02e8a338f7" ], "release_date": "2009-10-06", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Did you know that Simon Le Bon’s lyrics for “The Chauffeur” helped him get the gig as lead singer for Duran Duran? He brought the lyrics, plus lots of other poetry, to audition for the job. \n--\nCheck out the official music video for 'The Chauffeur,' directed by Ian Emes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B__8N5d_LA", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630956, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630956/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T07:54:21-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3630955, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630955/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T07:49:22-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3a2a2028-2642-4233-aeac-5b4f4c9d6f96/mbid-3a2a2028-2642-4233-aeac-5b4f4c9d6f96-42266886066_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3a2a2028-2642-4233-aeac-5b4f4c9d6f96/mbid-3a2a2028-2642-4233-aeac-5b4f4c9d6f96-42266886066_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Into Dust (Still Falling)", "track_id": "f40cb5a8-d7a4-4529-8632-247b86dcf5f6", "recording_id": "8978aa46-b7f0-4bc0-8aaa-33172dc7e5a6", "artist": "Four Tet", "artist_ids": [ "3bcff06f-675a-451f-9075-99e8657047e8" ], "album": "Into Dust (Still Falling)", "release_id": "3a2a2028-2642-4233-aeac-5b4f4c9d6f96", "release_group_id": "21fdb991-c927-4549-892b-c0d170073c22", "labels": [ "XL Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "14221f01-8939-4ea0-b8f1-b5a21beae80a" ], "release_date": "2025-06-17", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song from Kieren Hebden (Four Tet) samples Hope Sandoval's singing from Mazzy Star’s 1993 song “Into Dust\".\n\nListen to the gorgeous original, written by David Riback and Hope Sandoval: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiO_7LhPZFM.\n\nhttps://fourtet.bandcamp.com/album/into-dust-still-falling\nhttps://www.fourtet.net/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3630954, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3630954/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-19T07:43:56-07:00", "show": 66221, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66221/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8-44544277785_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710700.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8/mbid-d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8-44544277785_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Into Dust", "track_id": "d0245520-5ccc-35ef-b1ce-09b400fe5f7d", "recording_id": "90a1beeb-713b-4a63-974c-5d6248f472e9", "artist": "Mazzy Star", "artist_ids": [ "c48d4327-8122-4286-af66-05e1ee6ac4d8" ], "album": "So Tonight That I Might See", "release_id": "d9fa44a6-c79b-4b70-806b-af5eb748e8f8", "release_group_id": "2863caa0-14e9-3016-83e4-4f0cdab55f4f", "labels": [ "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1993-10-05", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Album of the week!\n--\nAccording to singer and co-writer Hope Sandoval, she didn't even write down the lyrics to \"Into Dust.\" When the late David Roback started playing the guitar part, she came up with the words and they recorded the song right away. It was later augmented with strings. \n\nWriter, producer, and instrumentalist Roback died in February 2020. Read this tribute to him:\n\nhttps://www.kexp.org/read/2020/2/25/rip-david-roback-mazzy-star-opal-and-rain-parade/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
