There's been plenty of musings on the televisual genius Chris Morris lately...

They may be fresh out of the blocks, but Liverpool's Bicycle Thieves have already got the national media interested. Fresh from exploits at Dubai Sound City and high profile gigs in the capital, the lads tell Getintothis about their plans for 2010.

Need convincing that Gil Scott-Heron is back, back, back? Dig this comeback single from his astonishing record I'm New Here (review here) with a rather gnarly Warriors-style accompanying video to boot.

A legend reclaims his crown to give a timely lap of honour from the edge of darkness.

New year, great expectations...

If God played 90 second beat pop I'm sure it would sound just like this.

So, as the world's media has a reet ol' chuckle over our mistake what have we learnt from Taylor Swift's non-appearance in Knowsley? Taylor's the one on the left by the way...

A couple of lovely images by Stephen Bailey I found on twitter of Midlake's gig - thought they were deserving of their own post...

Would you like a flute with that?

Thou shalt always kill it - Nick Smith finds a hip hop duo that are on the money.