When do you have that problem? I see big controls right below the song if I'm in player mode. If I'm searching for more songs while playing the song is on the bottom with a pause/play option and tapping the song returns to player mode with all controls. Is that different for you?
I mean, seriously, this is basic stuff, how can they have got so far from the core product experience that they actually hide the controls of a music player.
I don't want to have to figure out what random UI element to click to see the 'skip' control.