Music is meant to be listened to — without getting in the way of your daily tasks.
Check out these Mac Menu Bar Music Apps:
BarTunes
BarTunes allows you to control iTunes from your Mac’s menu bar. Quickly view album artwork, play/pause, skip forward and jump back through your music, with controls right in the menu bar.
Cumulus
A SoundCloud player that lives in your menubar and will notify you when a new track is playing, so you always know what you’re listening to.
SmashTunes
SmashTunes lets you control iTunes and Spotify from the menu bar. It displays the currently playing song right on your menu bar along with other information that you choose (like artist, album, duration, rating).
Carol
Carol is a minimal lyrics app that sits in your menu bar for quick access. It supports Apple Music and Spotify, and provides options to change text size and open lyrics in browser.