Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=64800&ordering=-airdate
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The band, which began performing in 2022, consists of vocalist Zofia Smith, guitarists Liam Armstrong and Raines Lucas, bassist Teddy Nordvold, and drummer Kevin Seebeck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nshACNYnVOQ", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3589336, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3589336/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-10T12:35:39-08:00", "show": 65339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3589335, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3589335/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-10T12:29:57-08:00", "show": 65339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Brother Jake", "track_id": "9dc8c16b-fc34-392e-88a3-f64301d95d28", "recording_id": "146c1eac-c1c2-42ff-8141-d12fbacefb6a", "artist": "The Neville Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "5464e20c-7dcb-4a3e-9b25-13bb959fadc9" ], "album": "Live on Planet Earth", "release_id": "c185f59d-a5fb-4bdb-a388-02a55b8eb230", "release_group_id": "b288e0e8-4b63-3f50-ae72-f840931c3ff3", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1994-04-19", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Neville Brothers were an R&B/Soul band that formed in 1976 in New Orleans. 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They formed in 1995.\n https://etrandelair.bandcamp.com\n\nWatch their 2025 KEXP live in studio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkCwGCDaaZ4", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3589329, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3589329/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-10T12:08:24-08:00", "show": 65339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65339/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Ana Ng", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "They Might Be Giants", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2025-06-16", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "TMBG formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.\nhttps://www.theymightbegiants.com/\n\nYou can watch the full KEXP live in studio performance from June here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBXpmwI1rIg", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3589328, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3589328/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-10T12:04:08-08:00", "show": 65339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Knife", "track_id": "36c1fafe-4a34-346e-b97c-e3e11cc69937", "recording_id": "743063db-e9a5-4a7f-bdf0-b20c1e173574", "artist": "Grizzly Bear", "artist_ids": [ "59a7fbcb-ff74-494d-abd0-9c82359040c9" ], "album": "Live at KEXP, Volume Three", "release_id": "24bcd118-b9a2-4f6f-a821-f64ff8a5565c", "release_group_id": "64296cf1-c0a4-375a-82ed-ce58c42d85a6", "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2007-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Grizzly Bear's 2006 KEXP live in studio performance. \n\nhttps://www.grizzly-bear.net/\n\nYou can watch their 2014 KEXP studio performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZYQ9FTgj8", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3589327, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3589327/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-10T11:58:21-08:00", "show": 65339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Oh Baby", "track_id": "7ead504e-78ae-49cd-8202-fd3c11856f78", "recording_id": "88b29d0a-2dd8-46cb-8111-99c3d169639d", "artist": "LCD Soundsystem", "artist_ids": [ "2aaf7396-6ab8-40f3-9776-a41c42c8e26b" ], "album": "American Dream", "release_id": "b3261632-08cf-4248-a79a-6ecc86b7b671", "release_group_id": "bfedb7ca-9067-4cdb-8921-1f0cd920f2e9", "labels": [ "DFA Records", "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "32d02635-98fc-4405-94e1-e5b06f9d2025", "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "2017-09-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The dance-punk revival band formed in Brooklyn in 2002 by James Murphy, co-founder of DFA Records. 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