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Perez Hilton — Brooke Mueller is not gonna let a little threat by knife point get her down! Charlie Sheen's soon-to-be-ex wife was spotted pAArtying it up at Caribou Club in Aspen on Monday. Mueller, who stayed until closing, was wearing jeans, a green sweater an... more info

Guardian Music — Confused by the Beeb's list of next year's pop contenders? Then tell us who you think will be making a big noise in 2010If other music journalists are anything like me, they dread being asked: "So, who is going to be big next year?" Sometimes you kno... more info

Stereogum — NAME: Caribou PROGRESS REPORT: Mixing his still-untitled followup to 2007'sAndorra. Recorded at home in London. "I'm not able to make music based on what people like. It's a very selfish pursuit, in a way," Caribou's Dan Snaith says. And for Sna... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Known for their ever-modular, Dead-style song-suites, Akron/Family's All Tomorrow's Parties set offers a concise and ecstatic version of the 2009 model Akrons. Joined by auxiliary percussionists from the Caribou Vibration Ensemble, the Willia... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Earlier this month, WFMU brought an all-star crew up to Kutsher's Country Club for the second annual NY installment of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival. For everyone who missed the live broadcast, we'll be archiving many of them for on... more info

Stereogum — SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at Merge. more info

Culture Bully — Andorra is a blissful trip from beginning to end, successfully melding electronica with sunshine-psychedelia into a soaring soundscape of sonic peaks and valleys. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Black Bubblegum, photos by Ryan Muir some of the stars of ATP NY 2009 What's almost the exact opposite of a soothing set of Seven Swans performed by one of the most delicate singers in indie rock? Try... more info

Spinner.com — The fourth annual Polaris Music Prize -- a $20,000, critic-voted award celebrating the best Canadian album of the past year -- will be doled out in a few weeks at an invite-only gala on Sept. 21. Ten albums made the shortlist and every nominated act ... more info