iOS/Android/Chrome: It's been a while since we heard from Earbits, a streaming music service that focuses on independent music, new artists and connecting listeners with musicians they love. Now they're back with a new app and more ways to listen and build a library of awesome tunes than ever.

For as fun as they are, it seems like social music streaming sites don't have a very long lifespan. While our previous favourite Plug.dj shuttered its doors yesterday, Dubtrack is a competent alternative that can fill the void.

There's something special about playing music for a crowd. Plug.dj has a vibrant community of listeners and DJs filling rooms packed with music you can listen to, save or download.

Windows: If you've ever tried in vain to find a song you heard on a streaming internet radio station but didn't get to the song info in time, StreamWriter can help. The free Windows program can record multiple audio streams simultaneously and also features scheduled recordings, a wishlist of songs you want to record, and the ability to add songs to an ignore list.

Windows only: Pared-down portable application Radio Sure streams and records more than 12,000 channels of music and other radio feeds. If you can't find something to listen to, you're probably not looking hard enough.

The CyberNet blog details an iTunes trick that expands the player's internet radio options beyond the Apple-controlled list installed by default. The basic method involves finding stations that broadcast in the .PLS, or playlist, format, at media aggregators like Shoutcast and adding them to their own playlists. It's similar to the method used to add .M3U-format stations to Front Row, but more suited to adding a few favourite streams rather than a host of search-able options. Have your own iTunes radio work-around? Let's hear it in the comments. CyberNotes: Add Shoutcast Radio Streams to iTunes

Mac OS X only: Free, open source application PandoraBoy pulls the popular streaming internet radio site Pandora out of your browser and integrates it with your Mac desktop. With features like global hotkeys, support for your Apple Remote, and even integration with Growl, PandoraBoy looks to be the ultimate Pandora companion for OS X. PandoraBoy is free, Mac OS X only. Windows users looking for a similar solution, check out PandoraBrowse or our bevy of other ways to get more from Pandora. PandoraBoy

Webapp Chilirec records streaming audio online through an easy-to-use online interface, then parses each recording for artist and track information for à la carte listening and downloading. When you sign up for Chilirec, you tell it the stations you want to record from a database of available options—you can't currently add your own, but one would expect this option in the future. Once the app gets up and running, you can browse and download any recording. We've covered several apps designed to record streaming audio from the likes of internet radio stations, but if you're at a computer where you can't install software or you just don't want to add another program to your start menu when you don't need to, Chilirec looks like a great solution. Chilirec

Web site globalPandora unlocks the popular web-based music discovery service, Pandora, for users outside of the United States. We've highlighted how to access Pandora by using web proxies, but globalPandora handles all the nitty- gritty for you so that all you need to do is point your browser to the globalPandora web site and start listening. Already a heavy Pandora listener? Check out 15 ways to get more from Pandora.
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