Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=30360&ordering=-airdate
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Free and open to the public!\n\nhttps://softcult.band/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619094, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619094/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T12:05:31-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801602.us.archive.org/11/items/mbid-cae7404d-8a5e-4376-8906-73a25da5daaf/mbid-cae7404d-8a5e-4376-8906-73a25da5daaf-44213819664_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720600.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-cae7404d-8a5e-4376-8906-73a25da5daaf/mbid-cae7404d-8a5e-4376-8906-73a25da5daaf-44213819664_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Patience", "track_id": "ea7879d8-8f8f-43c4-a315-507127af19df", "recording_id": "c53a95db-295b-4714-9447-76db7d8d4f1e", "artist": "Russian Blue", "artist_ids": [ "b70cfa80-08b9-4eec-8cb5-1fe57cffc5ab" ], "album": "A Modern Analogue", "release_id": "cae7404d-8a5e-4376-8906-73a25da5daaf", "release_group_id": "9ff4c3d0-8943-4d29-8ec9-cc7b4c1ce6ad", "labels": [ "Pegasus Theory" ], "label_ids": [ "db41c19d-7060-47b6-a05c-b74aa76dc10e" ], "release_date": "2026-01-24", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Band from Bremerton, WA\n\nLyrically over its nine tracks,' A Modern Analogue' is about the artist’s relationship to creating and performing art while struggling with shame, self-doubt, and inherited, generational trauma. The narrator explores these themes in continual, direct conversation with the listener; offering, at one point, “that quid pro quo chorus you’re owed for listening” while, in the next track, admitting “this song’s more for me than for you”.\"\n\nhttps://russianbluetheband.bandcamp.com/album/a-modern-analogue", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619093, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619093/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T12:02:31-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Bageshree", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Karma Sheen", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2025-12-06", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The London based band performed live in ESMA in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2025 in December. Watch the full performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbvV1rlvBdU\n\nhttps://karmasheen.bandcamp.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619092, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619092/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:59:25-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Spells", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Freak Slug", "artist_ids": [ "c95a574b-6c07-40bc-bd31-d86150b7b670" ], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2025-03-03", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Manchester, UK-based band performed this track at KEXP in March last year. You can watch the full in-studio performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBTN2fIlMU\n\nhttps://freakslug.bandcamp.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619091, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619091/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:56:16-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601706.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-4e0655b5-22fc-496e-9c14-2ee1a6027b45/mbid-4e0655b5-22fc-496e-9c14-2ee1a6027b45-15694429325_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801706.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-4e0655b5-22fc-496e-9c14-2ee1a6027b45/mbid-4e0655b5-22fc-496e-9c14-2ee1a6027b45-15694429325_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Milkman of Human Kindness", "track_id": "5be24d96-508b-3500-9dcf-9aa1e146f413", "recording_id": "9e3fb982-96cd-4936-b070-4fb931ca4c9e", "artist": "Billy Bragg", "artist_ids": [ "7cec4a03-0a83-4308-856a-afb8aa5db0fc" ], "album": "Must I Paint You a Picture? 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Bragg was still working at an all-night petrol station when he got his first break, courtesy of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel.\"\n\nhttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/billy-bragg/the-milkman-of-human-kindness", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619090, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619090/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:52:23-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c9cc7838-5efe-4aee-a0a8-4ed638c9ec87/mbid-c9cc7838-5efe-4aee-a0a8-4ed638c9ec87-44252747210_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c9cc7838-5efe-4aee-a0a8-4ed638c9ec87/mbid-c9cc7838-5efe-4aee-a0a8-4ed638c9ec87-44252747210_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Not Around Anymore", "track_id": "06900bab-9cf8-4f8e-91c8-251e4931bc63", "recording_id": "be26415b-3405-49ff-a367-be3c6aaffa8b", "artist": "Broken Social Scene", "artist_ids": [ "2eada8f8-056a-4093-bbc2-004909ce743b" ], "album": "Remember The Humans", "release_id": "c9cc7838-5efe-4aee-a0a8-4ed638c9ec87", "release_group_id": "3d239ce7-3d99-411c-aede-365677575cea", "labels": [ "Arts & Crafts" ], "label_ids": [ "43f1132f-9796-4a96-b898-b71ea7ad9b9b" ], "release_date": "2026-05-08", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Broken Social Scene have announced their first new album since 2017’s great \"Hug of Thunder.\" \n\n\"Remember the Humans\" is due out on May 8. This is the lead single.\n\nhttps://brokensocialscene.bandcamp.com/album/remember-the-humans\n\nThey will be on tour with Metric this summer and will play The Masonic in SF on June 21st and 22nd.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619089, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619089/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:48:52-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3619088, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619088/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:44:53-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720705.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a1a48db6-b022-4edf-84d8-3ce2f208ea23/mbid-a1a48db6-b022-4edf-84d8-3ce2f208ea23-44223585076_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720705.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a1a48db6-b022-4edf-84d8-3ce2f208ea23/mbid-a1a48db6-b022-4edf-84d8-3ce2f208ea23-44223585076_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Narcissus", "track_id": "041b5780-68fd-49a6-86b8-56e4781b0956", "recording_id": "1debdd0b-6185-4ca5-9d07-8e5c7998521b", "artist": "Railcard", "artist_ids": [ "67575d6a-4527-4d3c-8a3b-2ab0be2c9827" ], "album": "Railcard", "release_id": "a1a48db6-b022-4edf-84d8-3ce2f208ea23", "release_group_id": "c703da6f-84b5-4c7d-8a71-68d9d3b95b32", "labels": [ "Skep Wax Records" ], "label_ids": [ "48295716-0146-45c0-a8e0-2d18479ade77" ], "release_date": "2026-02-06", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Railcard hails from London and features Rachel Love (vocals, guitar, cello, keys) Peter Momtchiloff (bass) Ian Button (vocals, drums, guitar) and\nAllison Thomson (trumpet)\n\nAlbum out now!\n\nhttps://railcardband.bandcamp.com/album/railcard", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619087, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619087/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:40:28-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800703.us.archive.org/1/items/mbid-16169340-90ac-4c24-bc73-aab7de90a3df/mbid-16169340-90ac-4c24-bc73-aab7de90a3df-43592268483_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720707.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-16169340-90ac-4c24-bc73-aab7de90a3df/mbid-16169340-90ac-4c24-bc73-aab7de90a3df-43592268483_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Radio Radio", "track_id": "1a17a74e-cc1e-4211-a634-43f93c29acee", "recording_id": "05bd91e3-b701-455b-8024-0ec892b6dfdd", "artist": "Peach Truck Hijackers", "artist_ids": [ "cef941ae-0921-4b2c-8d51-4048c396ad35" ], "album": "Peach Truck Hijackers", "release_id": "16169340-90ac-4c24-bc73-aab7de90a3df", "release_group_id": "4214e3ed-edd8-4a1e-995b-eeef89ede91d", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2025-11-18", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Peach Truck Hijackers is a Post-Punk / Punk / Garage / Alternative rock band based in Seoul, Korea.\n\nhttps://peachtruckhijackers.bandcamp.com/album/peach-truck-hijackers", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3619086, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3619086/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-18T11:36:11-08:00", "show": 65966, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65966/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ca5e615e-647a-425f-be2f-0ab05b39b965/mbid-ca5e615e-647a-425f-be2f-0ab05b39b965-44381840771_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803204.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-ca5e615e-647a-425f-be2f-0ab05b39b965/mbid-ca5e615e-647a-425f-be2f-0ab05b39b965-44381840771_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Numerology", "track_id": "8d8b90fc-1651-447f-815a-9977f08b2814", "recording_id": "c1037d07-0dc4-4c52-9b28-ef4f3fdbcbaa", "artist": "My New Band Believe", "artist_ids": [ "d296518f-e5e3-4ba9-a026-560916dcbc2f" ], "album": "Numerology", "release_id": "ca5e615e-647a-425f-be2f-0ab05b39b965", "release_group_id": "71456e7f-b7bf-4a0e-afe1-394f13ef7ff9", "labels": [ "Rough Trade" ], "label_ids": [ "2276f06e-f65a-4d61-9dee-9f95ff4b775c" ], "release_date": "2026-02-17", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Former black midi member Cameron Picton's new band. 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