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Information about plays
list: List of plays
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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=30520&ordering=-airdate
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This early material gained attention within the musical blogosphere and encouraged American label Cascine to sign the band before they had played live or held a band practice. https://tinyurl.com/ynzpju9f", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618790, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618790/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T18:03:24-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710303.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-dfa122ae-bf42-4471-a21f-5d0a8359fb76/mbid-dfa122ae-bf42-4471-a21f-5d0a8359fb76-44157625343_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801701.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-dfa122ae-bf42-4471-a21f-5d0a8359fb76/mbid-dfa122ae-bf42-4471-a21f-5d0a8359fb76-44157625343_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Real Tree Lee", "track_id": "e3c79193-0362-4ac8-97d5-71cb946a7bde", "recording_id": "4c5355d6-79a8-49d5-a364-aba4fa2e1ecc", "artist": "Adult DVD", "artist_ids": [ "3daddca6-34a3-47b1-91a5-a1bff99c98dc" ], "album": "Real Tree Lee", "release_id": "dfa122ae-bf42-4471-a21f-5d0a8359fb76", "release_group_id": "e3a75890-4df5-430b-91ac-42c86d9e8b2c", "labels": [ "Fat Possum Records" ], "label_ids": [ "76da5b47-69e8-49e7-a2fc-62d296b6224f" ], "release_date": "2026-01-20", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Recently signed to Fat Possum Records, Adult DVD began with Harry Hanson and Greg Lonsdale \"writing tunes via the internet to each other\" during the United Kingdom's COVID-19 lockdown.\n\nThey uploaded their first single \"FOMO\" to Bandcamp in January 2021, followed by \"Broken English\" the following month, which was their first single to be made available on major streaming platforms. https://tinyurl.com/3tpje4ny\n\nAdult DVD is touring the UK this year; tickets and info here: https://adultdvd.band/tour", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618789, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618789/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:57:58-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a6206e88-a91e-3ec9-853b-a5b388c9f27a/mbid-a6206e88-a91e-3ec9-853b-a5b388c9f27a-30520928360_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia902306.us.archive.org/4/items/mbid-a6206e88-a91e-3ec9-853b-a5b388c9f27a/mbid-a6206e88-a91e-3ec9-853b-a5b388c9f27a-30520928360_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Olio", "track_id": "4bbdb1c5-c4fd-3986-85a0-25b144582cb4", "recording_id": "11224d80-df82-4440-92a2-142b09d6f928", "artist": "The Rapture", "artist_ids": [ "3697647f-1839-479e-98a1-9ad39004d923" ], "album": "Echoes", "release_id": "a6206e88-a91e-3ec9-853b-a5b388c9f27a", "release_group_id": "4cf3ffd2-3ede-36fa-b519-c6786ca98705", "labels": [ "Universal Records" ], "label_ids": [ "590538e9-b183-4163-ab5a-171fb021ed12" ], "release_date": "2003-10-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Rapture moved from San Francisco to New York in 1999 and wrote \"House of Jealous Lovers\" the following year.\n\nThey met James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy of DFA Records at one of their first performances in New York. Murphy and Goldworthy took a long time to persuade the band to work together because of a concern that making a dance song would alienate their fans.\n\nWith the help of the DFA production team, the band released \"House of Jealous Lovers\" in 2002 and eventually released their first full-length album Echoes. https://tinyurl.com/mry5cvpy", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618788, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618788/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:55:02-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53c95724-0585-45b8-abbc-cb54e9e0d1ba/mbid-53c95724-0585-45b8-abbc-cb54e9e0d1ba-44167000607_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53c95724-0585-45b8-abbc-cb54e9e0d1ba/mbid-53c95724-0585-45b8-abbc-cb54e9e0d1ba-44167000607_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Slight Werk [club mix]", "track_id": "e855ff50-934e-453b-b292-a6e043471c4a", "recording_id": "6d9bd369-fb34-4019-8c33-e0433fdf7c3a", "artist": "Honey Dijon feat. 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In the late 1990s, Honey Dijon moved to New York, where she was introduced to Maxi Records and Danny Tenaglia.\n\nAfter first being exposed to techno in Chicago's house scene, she performed on New York City's underground club circuit and played sets at fashion shows. Dijon has collaborated with Louis Vuitton and Dior for several years, providing soundtracks for their runway presentations. \n\nIn 2017, Dijon released her debut album, titled The Best of Both Worlds.\n\nhttps://tinyurl.com/4e24zcdc", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618787, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618787/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:53:44-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3618786, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618786/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:50:35-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710204.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2b4115a8-ce7f-4211-9533-06b2762e88c3/mbid-2b4115a8-ce7f-4211-9533-06b2762e88c3-44096358168_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710204.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2b4115a8-ce7f-4211-9533-06b2762e88c3/mbid-2b4115a8-ce7f-4211-9533-06b2762e88c3-44096358168_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Where’s My Phone?", "track_id": "95b5652d-3cdf-4d33-bfd9-a9f6eae0a188", "recording_id": "9e577af2-d46a-4386-8225-8ce87bee39fa", "artist": "Mitski", "artist_ids": [ "fa58cf24-0e44-421d-8519-8bf461dcfaa5" ], "album": "Nothing’s About to Happen to Me", "release_id": "2b4115a8-ce7f-4211-9533-06b2762e88c3", "release_group_id": "f24aa16e-4bb0-4ba3-8317-91c0a518f0a1", "labels": [ "Dead Oceans" ], "label_ids": [ "f70f950f-2587-4f85-a5c7-b483a47bd2e9" ], "release_date": "2026-02-27", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Mitski hasn’t given many interviews lately, but she did have a chat with comedian Patti Harrison for Interview this past August.\n\nHarrison was the focus of the conversation, but at one point, she asked Mitski if she \"would ever go super extravagant for a live show,\" and Mitski responded, \"I don’t know. I've been focused on being able to move and sweat in these clothes, and that’s made it really utilitarian. Maybe if I stop moving so much. \n\n\"For example, Björk’s wardrobe just gets more and more elaborate as the years pass by. I don’t know if I’ll be made to quit. But we’ll see.\" Later, Mitski added, \"I don’t even use backing vocal tracks because I’m just like, 'Sure, I’m not the best singer, but they came to hear me sing and I’m going to do it.'\" https://tinyurl.com/4skw4emv", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618785, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618785/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:46:27-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721608.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0640fa21-e74d-4fcf-b324-8ff64ca624db/mbid-0640fa21-e74d-4fcf-b324-8ff64ca624db-39846101454_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721608.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0640fa21-e74d-4fcf-b324-8ff64ca624db/mbid-0640fa21-e74d-4fcf-b324-8ff64ca624db-39846101454_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cherry Pie", "track_id": "dfc67d1b-685f-4895-aaba-0d6001c202e5", "recording_id": "15e71085-22b7-4a8b-96b8-7a46c916e91b", "artist": "Fazerdaze", "artist_ids": [ "d51ce0e4-027e-4ecf-a87e-c02a08149f42" ], "album": "Soft Power", "release_id": "0640fa21-e74d-4fcf-b324-8ff64ca624db", "release_group_id": "cd946c6f-fc45-44c6-aa62-c0683e40bccd", "labels": [ "section1" ], "label_ids": [ "0fef83ca-925d-4a0a-84a0-bc7a2e5fb477" ], "release_date": "2024-11-15", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New Zealand artist and producer Fazerdaze (Amelia Murray) explores the complexities of womanhood on her transformational sophomore album, Soft Power.\n\nAcross 11 self-dubbed “bedroom stadium” tracks, Amelia melds dreamy synths and electronic beats with rock elements, creating a sound that balances gritty authenticity and refined pop brilliance.\n\nSoft Power was produced and recorded by Amelia herself (with additional engineering from Emily Wheatcroft-Snape), and explores themes of devotion, fierce self-compassion, and matured self-awareness. https://tinyurl.com/mwrykmkw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618784, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618784/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:42:17-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-5ad3a272-e126-34da-aeb2-778e17456204/mbid-5ad3a272-e126-34da-aeb2-778e17456204-33489615183_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-5ad3a272-e126-34da-aeb2-778e17456204/mbid-5ad3a272-e126-34da-aeb2-778e17456204-33489615183_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Vapour Trail", "track_id": "1555a601-6f26-383f-b22f-c920907800fd", "recording_id": "3899c5c7-5d59-4b8b-ab2a-7ec99d1a661e", "artist": "Ride", "artist_ids": [ "3f575ecd-627d-4f08-a89f-abd46d469c7e" ], "album": "Nowhere", "release_id": "5ad3a272-e126-34da-aeb2-778e17456204", "release_group_id": "4ff18a50-33fa-37aa-a355-ea2a70e35ae3", "labels": [ "Sire Records", "Rhino Handmade" ], "label_ids": [ "be0fec81-5c18-4494-8bbf-0d81dec006bf", "bc61cc19-4318-48af-82d0-98607f7c9f66" ], "release_date": "2011-02-10", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Andy Bell is the bassist for both the band Ride and the band Oasis! Vapour Trail is the closing track of the bands debut record 'Nowhere' 1990.\n\nRide played live on KEXP, watch it on our YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/bddnuhzp\n\nhttps://www.thebandride.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618783, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618783/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:37:40-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-60592102-f7e3-4768-b65f-938dbd3dcac8/mbid-60592102-f7e3-4768-b65f-938dbd3dcac8-43597155390_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-60592102-f7e3-4768-b65f-938dbd3dcac8/mbid-60592102-f7e3-4768-b65f-938dbd3dcac8-43597155390_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Faux Sweetness", "track_id": "c3e48722-7692-4092-b880-026a7fe8f3d0", "recording_id": "1a067145-ec12-4324-9b18-d9670107b27e", "artist": "Lucid Express", "artist_ids": [ "c64ed7a6-fff8-4487-b590-21870d444c74" ], "album": "Instant Comfort", "release_id": "60592102-f7e3-4768-b65f-938dbd3dcac8", "release_group_id": "55bafec7-327e-4fe6-a719-0a4c26cca070", "labels": [ "Kanine Records" ], "label_ids": [ "60f34206-2688-499c-8b55-c7ec1510517f" ], "release_date": "2026-02-20", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Out February 20th, and available to pre-order on limited yellow swirl vinyl now. \n\nOf the new single, vocalist Kim Ho says, \"on 'Faux Sweetness' we return to some of our earliest indie pop influences while also mixing in some of the darker sounds we've picked up over years of experimenting in our studio space. It kind of led us to make something that is both heavier and more delicate than anything we'd written up to that point.\" https://tinyurl.com/4bsynhsh", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618782, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618782/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:35:15-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3618781, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618781/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:29:05-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "First True Love Affair (Eddie Tour edit)", "track_id": "47242f9f-9d78-33d2-8901-48bc0811d62a", "recording_id": "9f4e0967-ced1-4c70-a330-393cff96cd69", "artist": "Jimmy Ross", "artist_ids": [ "cb82b7d8-af6e-46a5-b280-5eb1809703e4" ], "album": "Digital Deviance, Volume 1", "release_id": "5fa2bff6-ed1f-447f-97e8-d1ad19f78849", "release_group_id": "e85099e6-5366-429e-a532-83ef9cec2a0d", "labels": [ "Disco Deviance" ], "label_ids": [ "e8d8d3a9-f2f2-49d8-9a18-68ab67dca432" ], "release_date": "2010-05-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "James Albert Abraham (April 10, 1936, Trinidad and Tobago – March 21, 2000, Wiekevorst, Belgium), known as Jimmy James Ross or Mel Turner, was a singer and composer mostly known for his 1981 boogie hit in England, \"First True Love Affair\".\n\nHe joined the US Navy at a young age as a cook. Later in life, he took his mother's last name, Ross. During his teenage years in the Navy, he quickly became known for his singing capabilities on board of the ship. Making extra money in local bars and clubs whenever they went ashore, Ross quickly got recognition for his talent.\n\nNot long after leaving the Navy, he made his way to Europe. 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The cover art on this limited edition features more color than the simply pink-toned normal cover.\n\nToo High to Die was supported by a lengthy tour, which included spots opening for the likes of Blind Melon, Soul Asylum, and Stone Temple Pilots (and shortly before the album's release, Nirvana). https://tinyurl.com/ytx2r2zt", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3618778, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618778/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-17T17:18:47-08:00", "show": 65960, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65960/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-831290dc-bc9f-403d-810d-1a73917a82dd/mbid-831290dc-bc9f-403d-810d-1a73917a82dd-44193009402_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-831290dc-bc9f-403d-810d-1a73917a82dd/mbid-831290dc-bc9f-403d-810d-1a73917a82dd-44193009402_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Twisted on a Train", "track_id": "5db9ba91-8fd2-4dd3-8ba9-281c13f0f604", "recording_id": "fa0480bc-e149-4446-ae94-4ba360658727", "artist": "King Tuff", "artist_ids": [ "4e442c83-b547-4d6e-9270-cdd35e3c3195" ], "album": "MOO", "release_id": "831290dc-bc9f-403d-810d-1a73917a82dd", "release_group_id": "fb407a09-1f6e-4e0f-837f-bdc454712e17", "labels": [ "Thirty Tigers" ], "label_ids": [ "5ecd57fa-e156-453e-94c9-3c8f1832b3ec" ], "release_date": "2026-03-27", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "King Tuff will be touring with Morgan Nagler on the following dates! 5/02 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel\n5/04 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza\n5/05 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios\n\nKyle Thomas, the psychedelic garage rocker who goes by the name King Tuff, is coming back with a new album this spring, and he's calling it MOO. Thomas recorded the follow-up to 2023's Smalltown Stardust after moving back to his Burlington, Vermont hometown.\n\nOf the album, Thomas remarks, \"I stopped caring if there were mistakes. There’s not enough mistakes. I wish it sounded even worse. Rock & Roll is the music of rodents and bugs. It should sound like it crept from a decrepit trashcan or a crypt or a toilet. It is not chill or vibey, autotuned or on the grid. It is not perfect, which is why it’s perfect. And I don’t care if it’s dead or alive, cool or uncool: when I hear it, and when I play it, as a chubby and balding 43 year old punk weirdo, I FEEL ENERGIZED.\"\n\nAnd, of this track, he reveals, \"I wrote and recorded the whole dang song in the span of a few hours, which was basically the opposite of how I had been working in the computer. Spending hours moving waveforms around like a zombie, comping vocals, second guessing, trying to make things sound not lifeless, trying to make anything sound good at all, took months. But here on the tape, it was so much more alive. More like painting or collaging. More like making actual music. Every move I made stuck like super glue. It was effortless. 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