SomaFM Radio Player 12+

SomaFM

    • 4.8 • 73 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

SomaFM's official internet radio player (for OSX 10.6 and above) gives you access to over 20 channels of commercial-free, underground/alternative music, programmed by DJs who are passionate about their genres. We feature the best in electronica, ambient, indie pop, americana, world and more. Soma FM began streaming in 1999 and thrives thanks to the support of our listeners.

Our app allows you to:

- Sort channels by Popularity, Genre or just see your favorites
- See the name and artist of currently playing song and a history of songs played.
- Bookmark songs you like and purchase them later
- Get the latest news and happenings from SomaFM
- Listen in the background while you use other applications
- Listen to SomaFM without interrupting what you're doing in iTunes. For example, you can play an audiobook in iTunes while listening to music from the SomaFM player.

What’s New

Version 1.2.15

Minor update for Ventura compatibility.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
73 Ratings

73 Ratings

elxr.eth ,

Incredibly good, wonderfully curated :)

App works exactly as you expect it to - just great vibes and the absolutel TOP quality in music selection, 24/7. I have spent many memorable nights programming or just wasting time online while listening. Personally I love the CliqHop station but it's honestly hard to pick just one favorite. My favorite thing to have happened that I can't resist commenting about in this review: I once emailed the DJ (Rusty) and inquired about some super obscure artist that I was absolutely vibing to late one night - I was very pleasantly surprised that I got a reply within 12 hours, complete with an awesome story about the artist I was asking about. Even since then, I have randomly replied to some of the "newsletter" contact emails that come through once in a while, and it's really awesome to know that a real human is out there putting out carefully curated music radio - for free! - and those interactions are valuable, so thankyou for truly keeping it real, SomaFM & Rusty! You are all great & I hope you know how appreciative some of us (all of us?) are!

Anyway to those reading this, download the app & find a vibe if you are undecided!! Above and beyond. Cheers!

moviegods ,

Best Radio on the Planet

Daily listener and montly donator. I have this app on all my devices. My only feedback is I wish the dedicated in-app AirPlay button would return, as it was nice to route Soma to my stereo while all other computer audio came out of my Mac's speakers. As of now you have to send all Mac audio to AirPlay.

j. miles ,

Good app, great music

It’s hard to say enough about the quality of music Soma plays. You can tell the DJs are passionate about what they do; each station obviously has a lot of thought and care put into the song selection. This aren’t some auto-pilot streams; these are well-crafted playlists (and you won’t find anything as fun as Secret Agent or Illinois Street Lounge anywhere else).

There’s one small problem with the app: it doesn’t respond to the play/pause media controls on the Mac keyboard. I’m hardwired to hit these buttons several times a day after years of listening to other music apps on my Mac, but each time I do, it launches iTunes, which I then immediately have to close out of. So it’s a bit of an annoying problem. I understand this may be intentional: the developers note that you can listen to the app in the background while also navigating an audiobook in iTunes, for example. But I’d really rather have the use of the play/pause button; maybe a setting under Controls in the menu bar to enable or disable this functionality would be the best solution.

But don’t let this small issue stop you from downloading this app and supporting the cool people at Soma!

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