Today's top music news stories include a study about dogs' favorite music, the requisite political drama, and a potential Car Seat Headrest collaboration with Smash Mouth.

Following the death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday, Mould calls "Love Is All Around" "a great song, and a nice tribute to" Minneapolis, Husker Du's home town.

Erasure's 1988 hit 'A Little Respect' remains a dance-floor favorite. Now, JD McPherson has reimagined the song as a soulful, swaying, slow-dance number -- likely to be another popular dance track, but in a whole new way.

Mary Tyler Moore, star of the 1970's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", has died at age 80. One of the first career-woman characters to star in a sitcom, she deserves only the best for today's Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear that mention a "Mary" in the lyrics?

In the mid ‘80s, alternative rock and new wave bands like the Suburbs, the Replacements and Husker Du dominated the local music scene and were starting to break out nationally. Prince was soaring into superstardom with the release of Purple Rain. And somewhere along the way, Jesse Ventura released an EP and toured the Midwest…

Lucinda Williams was born, Bishop Burke prohibited the dance of the devil "The Twist", Ringo Starr went No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with his version of "You're Sixteen", Queen had their second U.K. No. 1 with "Innuendo", and Buddy Holly's first recording session for Decca Records took place in Nashville Today in Music History.

Bon Iver and Spoon make debuts; Haley Bonar, A Tribe Called Quest, the Shins and Leonard Cohen are inducted to the Hall of Fame; and the xx are at No.1 as they sell more copies than any other album worldwide.

Today's top music news items include the resurfacing of Husker Du's 'Love Is All Around' cover in memory of Mary Tyler Moore, as well as the deaths of three music notables.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1982. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

This week on What's New on The Current, Jade shares a one-off from Arcade Fire featuring Mavis Staples, Slowdive's first single in 22 years and L.A. punk with a soft side from Cherry Glazerr.