SomaFM Radio Player Status

SomaFM's official app, giving you access to over 30 year-round channels of listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative radio, with all music hand-picked our award-winning DJs and music directors. Lifehacker. com calls SomaFM one of the "Five Best Internet Radio Services" and says "completely user and listener-supported, which means no ads or commercials during your broadcasts, and the channels and programs aired at SomaFM are rarely heard anywhere else". - No registration required; no additional purchases required! - Shows name and artist of currently playing song and history of songs played. - Background streaming: use other apps while listening. - Remote control: Pause and restart playing as well as skip between favorite channels from your headphone remote, lock screen controls. - High and low bandwidth streaming: 128k MP3 and 64-80kb AAC-HE (high); great-sounding 32kb AAC-HE and good-quality 40kb MP3 (low). - AAC-HE support for highest quality audio even at the lowest bitrates.  Fluid: Drown in the electronic sound of instrumental hiphop, future soul and liquid trap. Indie Pop Rocks! : New and classic favorite indie pop tracks. Left Coast 70s: NEW!  The mid/late 70s sound that blossomed out of Los Angeles and spread up and down the west coast. cliqhop idm: Blips'n'beeps backed mostly w/beats. Intelligent Dance Music.  Mission Control: Ambient and experimental music mixed with the historical sounds of the space program.  Illinois Street Lounge: Classic bachelor pad, playful exotica and vintage music of tomorrow.  Crafted by Fiona Ritchie, award-winning host and curator of NPR's syndicated Thistle and Shamrock radio show.  An eclectic blend of cinematic downtempo, stylish lounge, sambas and easy-tempo with an adventurous flair.  Doomed: Dark industrial/ambient music for tortured souls.  Metal Detector: From black to doom, prog to sludge, thrash to post, stoner to crossover, punk to industrial.  Sonic Universe: Transcending the world of jazz with eclectic, avant-garde takes on tradition.  The place for Bass Music!  PopTron: Electropop and indie dance rock with sparkle and pop.  Groove Salad: A nicely chilled plate of ambient/downtempo beats and grooves.  Beat Blender: A late night blend of deep-house and downtempo chill.  Secret Agent: The soundtrack for your stylish, mysterious, dangerous life. For Spies and P. I. s too!  Lush: Sensuous and mellow vocals, mostly female, with an electronic influence.