Out on the tiles … Francis Alÿs’s A Story of Deception at Tate Modern. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features After the feast, the famine. Well, not entirely – there are still plenty must-see shows around, but it’s probably the quietest week of the year so far for new... 

Our guest reviewers discuss glo-fi and why Pitchfork’s not as good as it used to be. Photograph: Danilo Krstanovic/Reuters The Divine Comedy – I LikeHitchcock taught us well. While our more murderous cousins were trained to flock-attack actors to death, we – the crack music criticism... 

ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida Police in central Florida are accusing a man of killing his roommate, who was a comic book author and writer for the 1980s cartoon series “Thundercats.” Zephyrhills police recommended a first-degree murder charge Wednesday for James William Davis, who was being held on unrelated... 

Chef Vader and a Star Wars storm trooper serve up some fantasy fare at Comic-Con 2010. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters So there we all were, on our first full day at Comic-Con, packed into the black-curtained, dimly-lit, 6,500-capacity Hall H, which is like outer space only bigger and, less... 

Electric … Nas and Damian Marley at Manchester Academy. Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage.com New York hip-hopper Nas and Jamaican reggaeman Damian Jr Gong Marley – son of Bob – should make a very odd couple. They look completely different: Nas in crisp white T-shirt and a modicum...