Today's top music news stories include a mysterious Tom Petty website countdown, Bruce Springsteen's childhood home being sold, and Taylor Swift interviewing Pattie Boyd.

Yes, Mary Lucia definitely loves dogs -- but she loves cats, too. And for this week's Listen to Looch, Mary describes why cats, on an evolutionary level, are more like rock stars than dogs are.

This time on Music to Watch, The Current's Sean McPherson and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's music producer Kateri Palen discuss Death Cab for Cutie, Lykke Li, Florence + the Machine, and alt-J (along with collaborators Pusha T and Twin Shadow).

John Prine takes us around Nashville for his 'Knockin' on Your Screen Door' video, featuring friends like Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Margo Price and Dan Auerbach.

Thanks to Todd for writing in with today's theme idea. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear with abrupt cutoffs?

Mavis Staples was born; John Lennon offended 200,000 Liverpudlians; the Stones had their first No. 1 hit in the U.S.; Starland Vocal Band had their only No. 1 hit with 'Afternoon Delight'; the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman fell off a stage in St. Paul, Minn.; and Nilsson released the eccentric 'Son of Schmilsson,' Today in Music History.

As a frequent concertgoer, Vibes founder Jackson Mann, knows how damaging the loud speakers can be. At first he thought the ear ringing he experienced after going to a concert was normal, and nothing he should worry about. But that all changed when he ruptured an ear drum after one too many loud shows. His…

Rolling Stone magazine figured that now was as good a time as any to assess the selection of songs that this century has offered to music lovers. They’ve just published an article called “The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century — So Far.” The magazine’s editors say they “reached out to a large group of…

Today's top music news stories include the SpongeBob SquarePants musical closing, Drake breaking a Beatles chart record, and Janet Jackson commenting on her father's death.

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