Apollo is the new default music player for CyanogenMod 9. If you download and install the latest nightly release of the custom firmware for Android phones and tablets it should include Apollo. But you can also download and install the app manually on virtually any device running Android 4.0 or later. The music player features a very clean user interface that actually seems to match… Read more »

Online music service Spotify has released a preview of its new app for Android. It has a new look and feel, support for Android 4.0, and other improvements. You can download the public beta of the new Spotify from the company website. Spotify lets anyone in a supported regions stream music for free using a desktop app. But if you want to stream music to… Read more »

Google Music is a free service that you can use to upload as many as 20,000 songs to the cloud and stream them to a computer or an Android device. But it turns out that Google doesn’t offer unlimited streaming. Droid Life reports that David Wanless found out there’s an unadvertised daily streaming limit. It’s awfully hard to reach, and Google says most users will never… Read more »

Austin City Limits has been recording and broadcasting some of the best musical performances available on TV for more than 30 years. But TV isn’t the only place to watch the concert recordings anymore. A new app called ACL Archive brings some of the best performances to Apple’s iPad. ACL Archive is available as a free download from the App Store. But you only get… Read more »

Amazon has rolled out a new version of its music app for Android. The update lets you control music playback from the Android 4.0 lock screen so that you can skip tracks, play or pause audio, or perform other actions without unlocking your device. The Amazon MP3 2.4.0 change log also suggests there’s a new layout optimized for tablets, but there still appears to be… Read more »

PowerAmp is a music player for Android that provides a powerful alternative to the music app that comes with most Android phones and tablets. It can play a wide range of audio formats, has a 10 band graphic equalizer, supports gapless playback, and a number of other features. Now the developer has added a few new features including lock screen controls for devices running Android… Read more »

Google has updated the Music Manager for its cloud-based music service. While you could previously use the manager to upload as many as 20,000 songs to Google Music or to download tracks you’d purchased from the service — now you can use it to download the songs you’ve uploaded. In other words, you can use Google Music to backup your music library, stream it to any… Read more »

Apple and Google may have kicked the official Grooveshark apps out of their respective app stores, but Grooveshark has found another way onto your mobile device. The company has launched an HTML5 app which runs in a web browser but which feels a lot like a native app. All you have to do is visit html5.grooveshark.com in nearly any web browser (desktop or mobile) to… Read more »

Developer Android Neal has been working on a new default music player for CyanogenMod 9. While CM9 isn’t ready for public consumption yet, the music player is ready to go and you can download and install it on any device running Android 4.0 or up. That includes devices running alpha or beta versions of CM9. CyanogenMod is a custom version of Android based on the… Read more »

Google is expanding the Android Market to include music. You can now purchase songs and albums in 320kbps MP3 format from the Android Market on the web. An updated Android Market app for Android 2.2 and up is also starting to roll out. This means you can now purchase music, movies, books, and apps from the Android Market. But while Google says there are 8… Read more »