Streaming audio, not battery suicide?

[RAZRmax]

Had some streaming audio on today, whacked my battery even though it was plugged into my laptop at work.

Is that just the nature of it or are there other audio apps that would be a little less battery-draining?

Phone is a Razr running ICS.

 

[Caesars]

What audio app were you using?

 

[RAZRmax]

Not sure of the developer, site was sheffield.com.