1. PJ Harvey's Let England Shake beat out Adele, Katy B, James Blakeand eight others to claim the 2011 Mercury Prize for the year's bestalbum in the UK and Ireland. [The Guardian]2. Iran has banned public water gun fights because they are "unseemly and immoral." [NYT]
3. Andy Butler from Hercules and Love Affair co-produced and co-wrotetracks for the new Kid Creole and the Coconuts album, I Wake UpScreaming. It's the band's first in 14 years and will be outworldwide on September 13.
4. Somebody broke into Celine Dion's house in Montreal over the weekendand "prepared a meal in her kitchen and had a bath going" before beingarrested. [CTV]
5. Mark Ronson married Josephine De La Baume on Saturday in France. Scottish band The View played at the reception. [NME]
6. This week's Stooges concerts in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and SanFrancisco have been canceled due to Iggy's foot injury incurred inRomania last month. [LAT]
7. Amazing photos of animals in the womb. [National Geographic via Buzzfeed]
