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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=64380&ordering=-airdate
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His second album, \"Swan,\" will be released on January 23rd.\n--\nGo right here to pre-order it. (You know you want to!): https://fazedonapony.bandcamp.com/album/swan", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590068, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590068/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:52:14-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3590066, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590066/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:48:21-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Fake Like", "track_id": "8f80c907-0bc4-43d8-8e8e-58d95a832538", "recording_id": "682e8458-958f-4888-b9a1-b80c96e6aab7", "artist": "The Afghan Whigs", "artist_ids": [ "2feb192c-2363-46d6-b476-1c88a25cb294" ], "album": "Fake Like / Downtown", "release_id": "b2d36027-338b-45df-91d1-b5a4175a7542", "release_group_id": "dbb6e6ea-af2a-4b1f-9658-8640ca1add41", "labels": [ "Royal Cream", "BMG" ], "label_ids": [ "51f1b632-4f4f-44fc-9907-03ede28ea157", "82ef9b02-7b42-49fe-a6bc-0d8ba816d72f" ], "release_date": "2025-12-10", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Did you know that next year, 2026, marks the 40th anniversary of The Afghan Whigs? \nThey have just released two new tracks, both covers. \"Fake Like\" is a cover of Minneapolis-based indie band Poliça and \"Downtown\" is a cover of Still Corners. \n--\nSays Greg Dulli of the tracks, “Both of these songs were born out of soundcheck jams. Each song holds a particular resonance for me and I really felt the lyrics, so they both flowed freely and felt good to sing.”: https://theafghanwhigs.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590064, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590064/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:44:27-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801203.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ad23ff72-1bbf-3fe9-bba6-7ff5317e8e70/mbid-ad23ff72-1bbf-3fe9-bba6-7ff5317e8e70-28876744680_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801203.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ad23ff72-1bbf-3fe9-bba6-7ff5317e8e70/mbid-ad23ff72-1bbf-3fe9-bba6-7ff5317e8e70-28876744680_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "track_id": "e10bcaf8-8c0b-3021-bb05-ae24afc69caf", "recording_id": "c0e1d06c-4d5d-4301-84e0-5d20ae112b86", "artist": "Squeeze", "artist_ids": [ "0509a681-a362-4800-9075-656041dccdbd" ], "album": "Argybargy", "release_id": "ad23ff72-1bbf-3fe9-bba6-7ff5317e8e70", "release_group_id": "8efa3366-3ae1-33a6-b322-bd69a303ea5f", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1982-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Going out to Kendall...\n---\nThe song “Pulling Mussels” was written by band members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. According to critic Chris Woodstra, it is an “observation of the British working class” and “offers a series of detailed snapshots of the different walks of life on a seaside holiday in Leysdown on Sea.” (However, the phrase “pulling mussels” is British slang for sexual intercourse.)\n--\nWatch a live performance of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbx_6gavLno", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590065, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590065/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:43:41-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3590063, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590063/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:40:02-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Fortune Teller", "track_id": "1e2ca1de-ecbe-3b91-9f7d-92947bd9e65c", "recording_id": "0df82822-0a6b-4c28-a013-9b8a93fad197", "artist": "Sugar", "artist_ids": [ "e3347fbd-2595-480e-926d-278566debf9d" ], "album": "Copper Blue", "release_id": "9da227d1-9283-44f9-8545-f01b796eabb8", "release_group_id": "997a4855-3bd3-3e5c-81d0-656209b3aa74", "labels": [ "Rykodisc" ], "label_ids": [ "6dedcd20-3d02-4838-b583-5434eac199d9" ], "release_date": "1992-10-06", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Bob Mould will join Blondshell (and John) for tomorrow night's SMooCH Benefit, Saturday, December 13th. Learn more here: https://www.kexp.org/events/kexp-events/smooch-2025/\n--\n\"Copper Blue\" is our Morning Show album of the week.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590062, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590062/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:37:25-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Bone Machine", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "916cf6b6-ebe3-48ad-a26c-fc06dbc2689d", "artist": "Pixies", "artist_ids": [ "b6b2bb8d-54a9-491f-9607-7b546023b433" ], "album": "Surfer Rosa", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "74e36cbc-a747-3ebf-a60e-51e656c87741", "labels": [ "4AD" ], "label_ids": [ "a539bb1e-f2e1-4b45-9db8-8053841e7503" ], "release_date": "1988-03-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Good morning! I am a long time fan of KEXP and the morning show and recently heard you mention that you are a Pixies fan. I am also that person and feel seen! \nI am turning 52 this weekend and would be thrilled to hear Bone Machine to celebrate another trip around the sun (because the music matters)… and because I am not dead yet…and because I have a mad crush on Kim Deal…and because the Pixies still get me going 🤘🤘\nRock on, John and Owen, and happy Friday! --Kim\n--\n\"This is a song for Carol...\" That's how \"Bone Machine\" begins. Here are the lyrics: https://genius.com/Pixies-bone-machine-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590060, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590060/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:35:26-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3590059, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590059/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:32:13-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/b21f005e-3a9c-4ffd-84b3-01f40bb8372a/31859460389-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/b21f005e-3a9c-4ffd-84b3-01f40bb8372a/31859460389-250.jpg", "song": "A Little Respect (7″ version)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "07e2200f-9f75-4091-a799-99f948826383", "artist": "Erasure", "artist_ids": [ "43b58c98-3779-4b04-9a23-1c95cca3a145" ], "album": "A Little Respect", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "3bc60edb-4bd4-3ff6-863b-09bd79c3dad3", "labels": [ "Mute" ], "label_ids": [ "e0b106a5-4add-4839-9e40-c192457e1bf8" ], "release_date": "1988-09-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The song itself finds singer Andy Bell, one of the first openly gay pop stars to actually sing about queer romance, pleading with a lover to just give into their feelings for one another....It's stunning and tragically cinematic. And yet, there's a feeling of hope to it, like this suffering is going to pay off somehow. That it's going to get better.\": https://www.nylon.com/articles/erasure-a-little-respect-queer-song", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590057, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590057/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:26:29-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800209.us.archive.org/24/items/mbid-393ef2d9-5cc5-4650-aa4d-7c5aa9f06adb/mbid-393ef2d9-5cc5-4650-aa4d-7c5aa9f06adb-10460879564_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600209.us.archive.org/24/items/mbid-393ef2d9-5cc5-4650-aa4d-7c5aa9f06adb/mbid-393ef2d9-5cc5-4650-aa4d-7c5aa9f06adb-10460879564_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Situation", "track_id": "f1bcb872-6596-3983-86a7-c8cc535c8810", "recording_id": "40356817-59f8-4bad-ace7-0716c74751f5", "artist": "Yazoo", "artist_ids": [ "42922db2-2e80-44b8-9cdf-0b3a6634c124" ], "album": "Upstairs at Eric’s", "release_id": "393ef2d9-5cc5-4650-aa4d-7c5aa9f06adb", "release_group_id": "ca189e76-5704-3097-8dad-b6e1923bc917", "labels": [ "Sire Records" ], "label_ids": [ "be0fec81-5c18-4494-8bbf-0d81dec006bf" ], "release_date": "1987-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Vince Clarke was an original member of Depeche Mode and a big part of their 1981 debut album, \"Speak And Spell.\" Frustrated with the pressure that came with being in a popular band, he left after that album. Clarke offered Depeche Mode the songs \"Situation\" and \"Only You\" as parting gifts when he left, but they declined, so he connected with Alison Moyet (through an ad she placed in Melody Maker) to record them. It was envisioned as a one-off project, but they ended up releasing two albums before breaking up in 1983. Moyet became a popular solo artist in the UK and Clarke went on to form Erasure. \n--\n\"Situation\" has one of the most famous laughs in music history - you'll hear it about 20 seconds in. That laugh is Alison Moyet reacting to a heavy reverb the producers put on her microphone. Known for her enthusiasm, Moyet has a memorable laugh, and her spontaneous, heavily reverbed chuckle made the song. That laugh ended up being sampled in more than 100 songs.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590056, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590056/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:21:08-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601603.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eb595cd7-a452-38fe-9213-7177aaa37618/mbid-eb595cd7-a452-38fe-9213-7177aaa37618-5101460830_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801603.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eb595cd7-a452-38fe-9213-7177aaa37618/mbid-eb595cd7-a452-38fe-9213-7177aaa37618-5101460830_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I Wanted to Tell Her", "track_id": "4436e5ff-d393-35ec-875f-d3dc9b4c25be", "recording_id": "1a1cbe25-8882-4789-ace8-4be907700c14", "artist": "Ministry", "artist_ids": [ "13df2a46-f72f-40e7-aa63-26fcf62c7048" ], "album": "With Sympathy", "release_id": "eb595cd7-a452-38fe-9213-7177aaa37618", "release_group_id": "1ea0c5a9-38dc-3907-9a0e-31a63cc6c4a3", "labels": [ "Arista" ], "label_ids": [ "c62e3985-6370-446a-bfb8-f1f6122e9c33" ], "release_date": "1990-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Al Jourgensen has announced one final album in 2026 and, then, the end of Ministry's career. Here's an interview: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-06-03/ministry-al-jourgensen-final-tour-album-hollywood-palladium\n--\nThis song from Ministry's debut album was co-written by Al Jourgensen and vocalist Shay Jones. Jones grew up in a musical family in Cincinnati and moved to Chicago in 1972. ''The only thing that motivated me to move here was I wanted to perform,'' she says. ''I wanted to sing. I wanted to act. 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Did you hear it? : https://genius.com/Deus-suds-and-soda-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3590053, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3590053/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-12T07:08:05-08:00", "show": 65354, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65354/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Friday (Feat. The Bollywood Orchestra)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Goldspot", "artist_ids": [ "80888ccc-c2e1-4fb6-a286-5b68a756a768" ], "album": null, "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In 2011, The L.A. 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