Google has unveiled the Google Play Music All Access service at their I/O that will directly compete with other on-demand music services like Spotify.

Spacebar app streams the audio from a concert in real-time directly to users iOS mobile device for the price of a couple dollars. Whether you don’t have enough time to go to a concert or simply are not in the area, it’s always a letdown when you cannot see your favorite band perform.

Uses Twitter activity to “detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists” and delivers them on the iOS app or the web. Last week we mentioned how Twitter was rumored to have a new music service in the works, and now it’s officially gone live.

Blackberry will begin phasing out BBM Music in April with complete shutdown of the music streaming service June 2nd.

Spotify announced that they have struck an integration deal with LG to offer Spotify premium services on a range of connected LG media devices. LG and Spotify have announced that the popular streaming service will be available on all LG smart media products released this year.

Pandora is now available on all Windows 8 phone and will offer users an ad-free experience until the end of 2013. Back in October of 2012, Microsoft announced that the Pandora App would be available for their Windows Phone 8 and offer one full year of unlimited, ad-free music.

Couch player app refines the built-in Apple Music app with more of a focus on the user’s playlists. Clever & Son have billed themselves as the maker of premium apps. The branding is fairly accurate as their newest app, Couch Player, lives up to the slogan.

7digital music streaming service is now offering its technology to emerging markets in India, South America and South Africa.

Last.fm desktop radio services will be discontinued in some countries while others will be behind a paywall beginning January 15. Although a leader in the music streaming business, Last.fm is looking to scale back their operations and make more money from their current business.

Harness the music discovery power of Hype Machine, the site that monitors a multitude of music blogs to, and enjoy an “easy, simple and beautiful” music listening experience right on your desktop.

Soundrop has implemented a new SKD that allows users to create their own Spotify-Soundrop powered music app.

Grooveshark has unveiled a new and improved website, which includes the ability to send micro-payments to up and coming artists. Grooveshark, one of the online music streaming services, has had a revamp and announced a new collaboration with micro-payment site Flattr.

A new report suggests Spotify might be connected to a decrease in BitTorrent downloads, but some have their doubts. A UK company has found that the presence of legal streaming services could be connected with a decrease in piracy.

MyStream hope to entice more users by branching out to the Android platform. Music-sharing app MyStream have announced they are releasing an Android app. Having launched on iOS nearly a year ago, the service now plan to expand their reach by appealing to Android users too.

A court ruling today finalised the damages that a Minnesotan woman will have to pay for distributing a handful of songs using P2P file sharing platform Kazaa. You know a file sharing trial has gone on for a long time when the software used to perpetrate the sharing isn’t in operation any more.

Shuffler.fm brings their musical services to the iPhone/iTouch. Finding good music online can be a bit of a daunting task considering all the music blogs out there. While Pandora allows you to create channels based on bands that you enjoy while ex.

Swarm.fm combines Facebook and Spotify to give you personalized music recommendations. Swarm.fm is a new app for music streaming service Spotify. The app won first prize at Spotify’s Music Apps Hack Weekend back in February, and has now been integrated into the Spotify software. Swarm.

CloudDeck app for MAC, Linux, and PC allows you to find new and exciting SoundCloud music and stream it right from your desktop without a browser.

SoundCloud Downloader adds a download link to all Soundcloud songs so that you can download any song you want. SoundCloud Downloader is a handy userscript that adds a download link to any and all songs on Soundcloud.

Online streaming service suggests playlists based on your current mood or activity. The online radio music streaming market is competitive, with big players like Last.fm, Pandora and Spotify all providing fairly similar, free services.