A new release of Musicality to usher in the fall season, with some welcome UI additions.

A new menu bar item and system menu
Musicality now has a system menu item (those little icons on the right side of the menu), with a full set of options to control your tunes.

Musicality's new system item menu

As a big keyboard user I didn't think I'd get much out of this particular feature, but it has turned out to be quite handy. I find myself using it all the time, and I'm quickly forgetting how I lived without it.

New icon preferences
Related to the feature above, two new preferences are now available: Show Musicality icon in menu bar and Show Musicality icon in dock. The former allows you turn off the menu bar icon added in the feature above. The latter hides Musicality's icon in the dock, reducing a bit of clutter while using the system menu and keyboard shortcuts to control the music.

Station tracking
Both the system and the dock icon menus now show the currently playing station. This is the first in a series of steps toward better station management within Musicality.

Bug fixes
What's a release without bug fixes?

• Grooveshark recently made a change that caused Musicality to lose track of songs that were missing cover art. Fixed.
• There was a rare crashing bug in the new Pandora player caused by some dueling Javascript. Fixed.
• A bug in the user preferences would sometimes cause a crash while setting the Last.fm password. Fixed.
• The new Pandora used to stop after a few songs on OS X Lion. This has been fixed by Pandora.

The usual routine applies: direct purchasers, check for updates now. Mac App Store customers, keep an eye on the store (or our Twitter account) for updates.

Some big features (and plenty of small ones) are still in the pipeline. I appreciate all of your feedback and suggestions. Keep them coming, and enjoy!