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Huge fan of KEXP and I have been an Amplifier for many years. The app is overall great, but there are a few small improvements that could be made. (1) you can't skip ahead on archived shows. Well you can, but only in 5 minute increments expressed as the local time of broadcast. Local time is irrelevant to the user. It would make more sense to skip ahead in 30 sec increments (see the KCRW app). Even better would be the ability to skip ahead to a specific song. ( 2) if you close the app while listening to an archived show, you lose your place. Say I'm driving somewhere listening to the most recent Overnight Afrobeats but I don't finish the episode. When I'm driving home, I have to guess what time of the broadcast I left off at, in local time. This doesn't make sense from a user's perspective. (3) while streaming, the identification recording ("... an affiliate of the university of Washington...") will come on at random times, even during songs. Show more

I have loved y'all for 30 years, but there are so many things that will interrupt audio briefly on my phone, that the intro that plays before the stream starts is starting to drive me nuts! Might be worth an experiment to see if membership adds are even affected if you don't play that every. single. time. ❤️ Show more

After the recent update the app won’t play old shows, especially if you jump to a time. Go ahead, try 11/5 Positive Vibrations, jump to 12:05. Negative vibrations mahn. Also, why not put a play clock on shows in the archive so you know where you left off? Show more

Love the station and am annoyed with the app. I have to delete and download regularly. Why? Well today I have a blank screen when I went to listen to an archived show. Headers are there but nothing else populates (not the first time I’ve had this issue). I’ve also had to reinstall because it just stops streaming (had this happen more than once). Rebooting my phone does not resolve either of these issues, deleting the app and reinstalling does. Show more

Love KEXP! App is pretty bad tho. Drops feed and skips constantly.

I never want to use this app because it takes five minutes to load and then I’m held hostage by an ad so when this app accidentally shuts down I have to go through this process all over again, missing whatever the DJ is saying or the song I was getting into. If you live in Seattle just use the radio or download a different radio app. Show more

This station is one of the best. The app has some issues. The ad that plays when the stream starts sometimes goes on and on, basically letting me know I just started the stream that I just started. Any network interruptions will start the process all over again. The djs are great at station id, so that often is heard just after the streaming station id. That song playing when you open the app may be done by the time the stream ad ends, which is a great time for another station ad, right? Show more

Well, it mostly plays the music. But the “now playing” display and playlist is always about a half hour off. I’ve reinstalled, gone back to the web interface, come back months later even on different devices — it is always wrong. Show more

If I have the app open, the current song will show up on the playlist. But, if I don’t have the app open and looking at it, the songs aren’t listed. In other words, I have minutes/hours/days-long gaps in playlists. I’ve trying deleting and re-installing. No bueno. Show more

Having moved away from Seattle, I’m especially appreciative that a KEXP app exists. I love the opportunity to listen live, favorite songs, and revisit shows in the archive. Unfortunately, I’ve recently had to uninstall the app. Initially, there were some minor hiccups with archive streams, like jumping back a few seconds in time, or playlist time not reflecting the pause state, but those weren’t a huge deal. Even losing all your saved favorites isn’t a huge deal, given the ability to email them to yourself periodically. More recently though, I noticed my iPhone battery draining rapidly. According to the phone’s battery stats, the KEXP app was using a 60% share of all apps, and almost entirely while in the background (not actively on-screen). Without the ability to disable the background refresh of the app itself, I wasn’t left with much of a choice. I’m hopeful this is something that can be addressed, because I really do enjoy the app. I’ve found other ways to stream KEXP live from my phone, but obviously none that allow for the real benefits like archive streaming. Show more

I’ve listened for a number of years. For some reason they have trouble getting the clock right on the streaming archive. Then I can’t listen to tonight’s El Sonido recorded a few hours ago. But I recall them having these issues years ago on another platform. Show more

Love that I can access show archives, but the app frequently glitches and jumps backwards a few seconds, so that it repeats what you’ve already heard. This does not happen if you access the show archive from the web address, only with the app. Have a very fast wifi connection and have tried multiple devices, happens with all. Show more

I realize this is developed for ipads and iphones, but it would be nice if they could also tweak it for Mac M1 computers. I can't pause or play using the keyboard buttons, which is annoying since I have to unlock the screen if I want to stop the music. But otherwise it works fine! Show more

Been a KEXP listener and supporter long before the iPhone came out. And drove old cars for so long CarPlay wasn’t on my radar. But now KEXP+CarPlay is a game changer. Love the station, love the app. 5 stars. Show more

Just one recommendation -- I've been using this on the new M1 macbooks and it won't let me resize the window. Other than that, its everything I could hope for :) Show more

I can’t believe I’m this excited about this update. But, Car Play!! I’ve been waiting a long time for this functionality. KEXP is a daily part of life, Car Play or not. Just so easy to listen in my car now. Great job! Show more

Been using this app since it first came out and have experienced all the ups and downs. Feels like one step fwd and one back with every update. Mostly use it for playing the streaming archive. Whatever changed about a month ago makes the app completely useless for this use. Moved back to using the web-based streaming archive player. Not perfect but reliable. This shouldn’t be this hard. Show more

I love the features but can’t deal with the amount much background battery usage.

Your station is on par with triple j out of Australia, CKUA out of Canada, the current out of Minnesota, WFMU out of jesey city, keep up yhe good work Show more

KEXP is the greatest radio on the planet! I love finding new music on this station and really feel a sense of connection with the DJs. My main gripe with the app is that there is no easy way to sort favorite songs by date. For example, if I heard a song and wanted to show it to a friend later, sorting by date would make it really easy. Instead I end up forgetting. My favorites list has become a black hole of great songs, which is difficult to navigate when I'm trying to remember a song I heard last week. Sorting by date would dramatically improve this feature of the app, in my opinion. Otherwise it's great! Can't wait to listen to more music :) thanks for all of your hard work! Show more