20 Grammy Award-Worthy Android Apps to Stream Music, Radio, Podcasts and More

Since transitioning from a BlackBerry Storm to a Motorola Droid, the days of pulling out the old iPod Touch for my music and podcasts are no more.  Thanks to some of my favorite Apps, such as Pandora, Tunewiki, iMusic and Doggcatcher I have everything I need to fulfill my music needs.  Below, you’ll find 21 of the absolute best Android Apps to transform your Android into a snappy radio playing, music streaming, beat-box machine.

Stream Radio Stations

• A Online Radio (FREE) Plays channels from shoutcast, icecast and more. Search and add links to your favorite channels.
• iheartradio (FREE) Stream over 400 radio stations with lyrics and on-demand content.

Organize and Play Your Music

• Tunewiki (FREE) Social media player that shows subtitled lyrics as you listen to your music or stream Shoutcast Radio songs. Translated in more than 40 languages. Playback widget, Top 50 charts and Facebook and Twitter integration.
• MixZing (FREE) Mood player, home-screen widgets with album art, automatically download missing album art, get recommendations, artist info, videos, photos, genre and video browsing, etc.

Stream Music and Personalize Your Playlists

• Pandora (FREE) Type in the name of a favorite artist or song and Pandora builds your playlist. Syncs with your desktop account.
• Slacker Radio (FREE) Listen to personalized radio on your Android with millions of songs from thousands of artists. Create your own custom stations.
• Last.fm (FREE) Personalized streaming stations for your phone, concert info, etc.
• imeem Mobile (FREE) Stream over 20,000 songs uploaded to imeem.com and get your personalized radio.
• musikCube (FREE) – Streams your own music from musikServer you install on your desktop/server computer. Has an experimental “workout mode” that selects music with the same pace the phone moves in as you workout.

Create or Find Flashy Ringtones

• Ringdroid (FREE) Edit any music track in your library or record a new one directly from your phone.
• Mabilo Ringtones (FREE) MP3 ringtones you can search through and download.

Download Music

• iMusic – Unlimited FREE MP3 downloads from a library of millions of songs uploaded from the network.
• Music Online Lite – 1000 free music downloads, set ringtones and edit tags, auto lyrics and more.

Stream Podcasts

• DoggCatcher ($5.99) Manage your podcasts and RSS/news feeds. Podcast audio and video downloading/streaming, auto media downloading, searchable feed database, widget and more.
• BeyondPod Podcast Manager (FREE) Subscribe to RSS/Atom feeds, download, listen or watch video podcasts. Features Google Reader integration, download scheduler and much more.
• Stitcher Podcast Radio (FREE) Stream your favorite Podcasts and radio programs on-demand.
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  FREE) Organize and discover podcasts, shows, radio and streams. Offline support, personalize your lists, search popular channels, etc.

• Listen (FREE) Listen, from Google Labs, gives you Podcast search, subscribe, download and stream options. Search thousands of audio sources.

Sync with iTunes

• iSyncr for iTunes ($2.99) Syncs with playlists, including smart playlists and Top 25 Most Played.
• nuTsie Itunes Music Player ($9.95) Listen to your iTunes playlists, your friend’s iTunes playlists or check out hundreds of others.

Listen to Audio Books

• Audiobooks ( FREE) Listen to over 2,800 audiobooks Free by streaming and downloading books.

More Cool Stuff

• Shazam (FR EE) Identify music tracks, store them and even buy them. Learn more about the artist and connect to their MySpace page.
• Simple Last.fm Scrobbler (FREE) Collects and submits information to Last.fm on what music you play on your Android.