Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=3520&ordering=-airdate
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Hang in there, friend.\n\nJohn Prine wrote this wonderful song for his 1979 album \"Pink Cadillac.\" His admirer Kurt Vile was able to record this duet with Prine before the latter's death from COVID in April, 2020.: https://cigarjukebox.com/2020/10/14/kurt-vile-ft-john-prine-on-how-lucky-one-final-track-from-the-master/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656318, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656318/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T08:10:49-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601403.us.archive.org/11/items/mbid-4b5e44fd-018b-4fc7-9729-c9d9b011e459/mbid-4b5e44fd-018b-4fc7-9729-c9d9b011e459-5409931838_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601403.us.archive.org/11/items/mbid-4b5e44fd-018b-4fc7-9729-c9d9b011e459/mbid-4b5e44fd-018b-4fc7-9729-c9d9b011e459-5409931838_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Wildflowers", "track_id": "3d23f7f6-cf46-30cf-9cb8-3b225413ab4c", "recording_id": "2eca0f04-261e-4aa7-a83e-0d01d5909d8f", "artist": "Tom Petty", "artist_ids": [ "5ca3f318-d028-4151-ac73-78e2b2d6cdcc" ], "album": "Wildflowers", "release_id": "4b5e44fd-018b-4fc7-9729-c9d9b011e459", "release_group_id": "80a0451a-d135-3517-96e4-3629dc4f66b9", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c595c289-47ce-4fba-b999-b87503e8cb71" ], "release_date": "1994-11-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In tribute to Juniper Blessing, RIP.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656317, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656317/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T08:08:15-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3656315, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656315/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T08:03:10-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720001.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-dfb4f4d5-3e06-45cd-a48b-3b7bbc30f469/mbid-dfb4f4d5-3e06-45cd-a48b-3b7bbc30f469-44918526926_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720001.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-dfb4f4d5-3e06-45cd-a48b-3b7bbc30f469/mbid-dfb4f4d5-3e06-45cd-a48b-3b7bbc30f469-44918526926_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Nosedive", "track_id": "55f7fa15-1ffa-4eae-9219-ea05094fd8ec", "recording_id": "ac604752-c740-4d8a-8ebb-2f45ab791495", "artist": "Man/Woman/Chainsaw", "artist_ids": [ "e72f0b0e-fe8e-405a-942e-633edd84c998" ], "album": "Cannonball", "release_id": "dfb4f4d5-3e06-45cd-a48b-3b7bbc30f469", "release_group_id": "1495d3b6-095a-46f4-b024-aad0dcb44b9a", "labels": [ "Fiction" ], "label_ids": [ "df7d4cc5-e131-43a3-a398-5322ceded8bc" ], "release_date": "2026-08-07", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Going out to Tom in Snohomish! \n\n\"Good morning Morning Show Crew! Any chance you can play some Man/Woman/Chainsaw? Apparently I've favorited it many times on the KEXP app. If it gets 5 hearts on the app, then it goes into my vinyl collection (1 heart away from pre-ordering it).\"\n\nWatch their 2025 KEXP in-studio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWaJTOyUp0\n\nhttps://manwomanchainsaw.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656316, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656316/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T08:02:06-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3656314, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656314/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:59:15-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?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": "Another Twilight", "track_id": "367a3da4-4c49-4ba1-85b3-fe8e2da94da1", "recording_id": "2cb516fd-22e8-4114-a4a9-39757e32e7bb", "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": "From Bay Area multi-talented artist Hannah Lew! Her debut, self-titled album just released on April 10th.\n\nHannah Lew will be Live on KEXP Friday, June 26, at 11 AM (free and open to the public)! https://www.kexp.org/events/kexp-events/hannah-lew-live-on-kexp-kexp_485705/\n\nHer film work has screened at the San Francisco Video Festival, Theatre Arteau, the Red Vic Theater, Artists Television Access, and SFMOMA. She plays bass and sings in the bands Grass Widow, Cold Beat, and Generation Loss.\n\nLew is the founder of the label Crime On The Moon Records and co-owner of Contact Records, a brick & mortar shop in Oakland.\n\nhttps://hannahlew.bandcamp.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656313, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656313/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:54:10-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711100.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f6335672-c521-4129-86c3-490d20533e08/mbid-f6335672-c521-4129-86c3-490d20533e08-7204257757_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711100.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f6335672-c521-4129-86c3-490d20533e08/mbid-f6335672-c521-4129-86c3-490d20533e08-7204257757_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cloudbusting", "track_id": "60c9a3d8-2a34-3a5f-ad3d-ef06865f8e2b", "recording_id": "ccf0855e-e0a9-4607-99c8-003c7ec55980", "artist": "Kate Bush", "artist_ids": [ "4b585938-f271-45e2-b19a-91c634b5e396" ], "album": "Hounds of Love", "release_id": "f6335672-c521-4129-86c3-490d20533e08", "release_group_id": "017f2a37-a78f-3578-9611-fa40408e5d90", "labels": [ "EMI Manhattan" ], "label_ids": [ "6c8f3192-de58-49be-acc4-a11802dcbdb2" ], "release_date": "1985-09-16", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Like Bush's first hit, \"Wuthering Heights,\" \"Cloudbusting\" is based on a book. It was inspired by Peter Reich's 1973 Book of Dreams, which describes his father Wilhelm's arrest for contempt of court.\n\nThe \"Cloudbuster\" was a device Reich came up with to manipulate the orgone energy in the atmosphere, which would force clouds to form, bringing rain.\n\nHawkwind and Patti Smith have both released songs about Reich's concept of Cloudbusting. https://tinyurl.com/3zh3hxr7", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656312, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656312/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:47:58-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800808.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-ffcbfdb2-951e-48e4-bd94-7be431748cc0/mbid-ffcbfdb2-951e-48e4-bd94-7be431748cc0-44686038284_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710307.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ffcbfdb2-951e-48e4-bd94-7be431748cc0/mbid-ffcbfdb2-951e-48e4-bd94-7be431748cc0-44686038284_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Shush", "track_id": "f631079f-fb9a-47db-9510-cba3668770d5", "recording_id": "2d0790be-d666-4f51-9a12-639fe13a6328", "artist": "Tori Amos", "artist_ids": [ "c0b2500e-0cef-4130-869d-732b23ed9df5" ], "album": "In Times of Dragons", "release_id": "ffcbfdb2-951e-48e4-bd94-7be431748cc0", "release_group_id": "a591cef1-fe97-44e6-9acf-5dc5d296d452", "labels": [ "Decca Records" ], "label_ids": [ "f18f3b31-8263-4de3-966a-fda317492d3d" ], "release_date": "2026-05-01", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Newton, NC born singer, songwriter and composer Tori Amos new album 'In Times of Dragons' out May 1st!\n\nTori Amos is on tour!\n- August 29th at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA\n- September 2nd at the Chateau Ste. in Woodinville, WA.\n\nhttps://toriamos.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656311, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656311/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:42:44-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3656310, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656310/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:39:08-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-12752ada-1093-442f-a9ae-c2623c4fcde3/mbid-12752ada-1093-442f-a9ae-c2623c4fcde3-30950788007_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-12752ada-1093-442f-a9ae-c2623c4fcde3/mbid-12752ada-1093-442f-a9ae-c2623c4fcde3-30950788007_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Dreams (acoustic version)", "track_id": "b121b599-db31-4d72-9f16-a8589fdbbdf7", "recording_id": "f0b5e813-8d25-43eb-acfa-de02b7dd3e91", "artist": "The Cranberries", "artist_ids": [ "c98d40fd-f6cf-4b26-883e-eaa515ee2851" ], "album": "Something Else", "release_id": "12752ada-1093-442f-a9ae-c2623c4fcde3", "release_group_id": "59d68226-b9de-4f15-9fc5-238326e59cf6", "labels": [ "BMG" ], "label_ids": [ "82ef9b02-7b42-49fe-a6bc-0d8ba816d72f" ], "release_date": "2017-04-28", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "By request for Kelsie and John. Happy birthday, John! Thanks for sharing the KEXP love.\n\n\"It’s my husband John’s 45th birthday! He introduced me to KEXP and now we listen with our 2 daughters Maggie and Emme and our dog, Bowie. He loves The Cranberries. Thank you!\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656309, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656309/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:33:50-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711105.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b2f862e5-a1f3-475d-85a1-6cb1160286aa/mbid-b2f862e5-a1f3-475d-85a1-6cb1160286aa-7928896921_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711105.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b2f862e5-a1f3-475d-85a1-6cb1160286aa/mbid-b2f862e5-a1f3-475d-85a1-6cb1160286aa-7928896921_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Grace", "track_id": "3b0dbc74-702f-3e9f-bb17-070190381f98", "recording_id": "71feb283-9a0d-491d-a40b-8ccae7fc728b", "artist": "Jeff Buckley", "artist_ids": [ "e6e879c0-3d56-4f12-b3c5-3ce459661a8e" ], "album": "Grace", "release_id": "b2f862e5-a1f3-475d-85a1-6cb1160286aa", "release_group_id": "ea29c347-696f-3165-986d-7bad1394b178", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1994-08-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The tune was based on an instrumental song called “Rise Up to Be” written by Buckley’s collaborator, Gary Lucas.\n\nJeff Buckley wrote the lyrics after saying goodbye to his girlfriend at the airport one rainy day. \"It's about not fearing death, or fearing any of those countless slings and arrows that you suffer sometimes on this Earth, because somebody loves you,\" he said. \"You're not afraid to go.\"\n\nRead the transcript of Tony Gervino's interview with Jeff Buckley a few weeks before release of \"Grace\":\nhttps://tidal.com/magazine/article/jeff-buckley-lost-interview/1-85988", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656308, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656308/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:30:03-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720909.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-290ea3d8-1fda-4a16-b878-8606382e7664/mbid-290ea3d8-1fda-4a16-b878-8606382e7664-44329355680_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720909.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-290ea3d8-1fda-4a16-b878-8606382e7664/mbid-290ea3d8-1fda-4a16-b878-8606382e7664-44329355680_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Die Young", "track_id": "bf786a10-0c2e-4b16-bdd9-7753087f51c1", "recording_id": "1931aafc-71ee-4425-83f9-2dfbba88404b", "artist": "Kevin Morby", "artist_ids": [ "eac962e1-0295-4e69-a266-4dab2adb4f11" ], "album": "Little Wide Open", "release_id": "290ea3d8-1fda-4a16-b878-8606382e7664", "release_group_id": "a2647d6a-fc8f-49da-98c2-2a7d3a760e67", "labels": [ "Dead Oceans" ], "label_ids": [ "f70f950f-2587-4f85-a5c7-b483a47bd2e9" ], "release_date": "2026-05-15", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Kansas City artist Kevin Morby's brand new album 'Little Wide Open' released May 15th, 2026.\n\nKevin Morby is on tour and will play: \n- The Neptune Theatre in Seattle Monday, May 18th (TONIGHT!)\n- The Fillmore in SF on Thursday, May 21st\n\nhttps://kevinmorby.bandcamp.com/album/little-wide-open", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656307, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656307/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:26:47-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720606.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d978b77b-97f7-4b28-af2f-5e51d478c3d8/mbid-d978b77b-97f7-4b28-af2f-5e51d478c3d8-44503714430_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600105.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-d978b77b-97f7-4b28-af2f-5e51d478c3d8/mbid-d978b77b-97f7-4b28-af2f-5e51d478c3d8-44503714430_thumb250.jpg", "song": "One Stop", "track_id": "9a91a4c6-8067-4090-a789-dfb20ea39126", "recording_id": "6e0fa708-6dfa-4ecd-b0b9-fc29d92d3fc1", "artist": "Aldous Harding", "artist_ids": [ "1d779dfd-d292-48b5-b232-a09687b9881a" ], "album": "Train on the Island", "release_id": "d978b77b-97f7-4b28-af2f-5e51d478c3d8", "release_group_id": "97cde110-549c-4236-a233-0d72b4f58d58", "labels": [ "4AD" ], "label_ids": [ "a539bb1e-f2e1-4b45-9db8-8053841e7503" ], "release_date": "2026-05-08", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Aldous Harding is on tour!\n- in Seattle at The Neptune Theatre on Saturday, September 26th. \n- in SF at the Castro Theatre on Monday, September 28th. \n\nhttps://aldousharding.com/live/\n---\nThis is the first single from her new album, \"Train on the Island,\" co-produced with John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning), out on May 8th. See the official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyKaSM1FJ8w", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656306, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656306/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:24:16-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3656305, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656305/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:18:59-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f052f552-46bf-41c8-87a3-905f05e958af/mbid-f052f552-46bf-41c8-87a3-905f05e958af-5720950335_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f052f552-46bf-41c8-87a3-905f05e958af/mbid-f052f552-46bf-41c8-87a3-905f05e958af-5720950335_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Hands All Over", "track_id": "39e5a97a-3cd0-3581-acbd-053f4def9af5", "recording_id": "a175a99a-ef11-4948-afac-0170dbca064a", "artist": "Soundgarden", "artist_ids": [ "153c9281-268f-4cf3-8938-f5a4593e5df4" ], "album": "Louder Than Love", "release_id": "f052f552-46bf-41c8-87a3-905f05e958af", "release_group_id": "e0c68e83-bc36-3146-af81-7d595e146b14", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1989-09-05", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "RIP Chris Cornell, who passed away on this day in 2017. \n\nThis is an environmental song written by guitarist Kim Thayil (music) and lead singer Chris Cornell (lyric). It's about the abuse of mother nature (blanketing the ocean with oil, the clear cutting of old growth forests). Then the lyrics go on to say, \"Put your hands away, you're gonna kill your mother,\" meaning the Earth. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/soundgarden/hands-all-over\n-- \nhttps://soundgardenworld.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656304, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656304/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:15:44-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710604.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-52b238f1-fcac-4331-918b-5abfb410392f/mbid-52b238f1-fcac-4331-918b-5abfb410392f-4692945918_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710604.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-52b238f1-fcac-4331-918b-5abfb410392f/mbid-52b238f1-fcac-4331-918b-5abfb410392f-4692945918_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "track_id": "dd6c798a-8584-3779-a63d-116ba60f08ec", "recording_id": "2afa76b8-7857-40dc-97a8-2c6f457becb4", "artist": "Joy Division", "artist_ids": [ "9a58fda3-f4ed-4080-a3a5-f457aac9fcdd" ], "album": "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "release_id": "52b238f1-fcac-4331-918b-5abfb410392f", "release_group_id": "d4e6c019-a6df-38fb-b6aa-7861d71b5543", "labels": [ "Factory" ], "label_ids": [ "a2faf590-58fc-4e9f-a85b-eaf6dc266317" ], "release_date": "1980-04-18", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In memory of Ian Curtis (born July 15, 1956), who we lost in this day in 1980. \n\nStep back in time with the original, official music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656302, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656302/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:09:59-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721602.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53e70778-6771-4674-8933-9438b4528dd8/mbid-53e70778-6771-4674-8933-9438b4528dd8-15934451483_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721602.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53e70778-6771-4674-8933-9438b4528dd8/mbid-53e70778-6771-4674-8933-9438b4528dd8-15934451483_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Head Down", "track_id": "62825c29-67c0-3908-89d9-7babbb8a942f", "recording_id": "d225c797-787d-409f-9167-905e58d96c56", "artist": "Soundgarden", "artist_ids": [ "153c9281-268f-4cf3-8938-f5a4593e5df4" ], "album": "Superunknown", "release_id": "53e70778-6771-4674-8933-9438b4528dd8", "release_group_id": "8300fe9c-0022-3c55-8a3e-8dc61f282e8c", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1994-03-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "RIP to the legendary Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle July 20, 1964) who we lost to suicide on this day in 2017 at age 52.\n\nChris Cornell said, \"'Head Down' was a complete demo Ben had played for me, where he’s singing on it and it’s very similar to what ended up on the record. That was an amazing moment because it was one of those times when I felt like, “This must be what it was like to be in the Beatles,” where one of the band members just walks in and drops a song like that — it’s already done and you don’t have to do anything, and you already know it’s going to be one of the best songs on the album.\" - https://bit.ly/3pCKpY9", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656303, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656303/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:09:38-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "KEXP Listeners Yell Chris", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "KEXP community", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live in the KEXP Gathering Space", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2017-05-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"CHRIS!\"\n\n(RIP to Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave, who we lost on this day in 2017)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656300, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656300/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:04:42-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c619a467-2f82-4618-9cc3-d5a0ce917756/41281267244-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c619a467-2f82-4618-9cc3-d5a0ce917756/41281267244-250.jpg", "song": "New Dawn Fades", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "1317f5a5-3603-4215-8d9b-3ac2ec60925d", "artist": "Joy Division", "artist_ids": [ "9a58fda3-f4ed-4080-a3a5-f457aac9fcdd" ], "album": "Unknown Pleasures", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "42352def-1aab-3000-b548-895ebd869cb6", "labels": [ "Factory" ], "label_ids": [ "a2faf590-58fc-4e9f-a85b-eaf6dc266317" ], "release_date": "1979-06-15", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "RIP to Ian Curtis, who we lost on this day in 1980. Unknown Pleasures is the Morning Show Album of the week!\n\nBassist Peter Hook said of New Dawn Fades: “I suppose the next one would be the same sort of formula, which is New Dawn Fades. This is the one that is very simple. The chord sequence of the bass is dead simple right the way through, and my trademark in the early days was playing the same bass line right the way through the whole song, and everybody else would move round it, so this song is like that.” https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-10-best-joy-division-new-order-basslines-according-to-peter-hook", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3656301, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3656301/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-18T07:04:37-07:00", "show": 66750, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66750/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Announces the loss of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "John Peel", "artist_ids": [ "65ddc5dd-6e1c-4f70-bee3-b67703bbf4c8" ], "album": "The John Peel Show", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "BBC Radio 1" ], "label_ids": [ "8f122b2c-bb49-4e1d-b7d6-931f84771899" ], "release_date": "1980-05-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "RIP to Ian Curtis of Joy Division, who we tragically lost to suicide on this day in 1980 at age 23.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
