Shine on, you crazy, adorable diamonds. Chris Walla sorta gave it away on Twitter yesterday.

Photo by David Greenwald

Brooklyn Vegan reports that album-of-the-year front-runners Harlem Shakes have broken up, which unfortunately my sources can confirm. Given that dudes just made the 80th best album of the decade, I can’t say I’m happy about this — too similar to the fate of Sea Snakes, who dropped an A+ debut album in 2004 and called it quits six months later. Todd “Guitar Face” Goldstein (pictured above) already has a solo album ready to go under the name ARMS, so hopefully we can expect more glory from at least some of these guys yet, but I think we can file this one as one of the more depressing R.I.P.’s of this fucking awful Summer of Death.

ARMS – “Kids Aflame”: mp3

Previously: Harlem Shakes at the Echoplex, 5.29.09 | Top 100 Albums of the 2000s

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Down in Oz, that is. Ned’s third album, and first with the band Wirewalker, will be out on iTunes domestically at a time TBA. Three jams (and jams they are!) on his site.

Other news that’s slipped by in my week of list-making:

* Some ’90s band you might remember (OK, Pavement!) is officially reuniting and will play New York in a year with full tour dates (Coachella?!) to come.

* Ryan Adams is readying his second $1.49 single.

* Ryan Schreiber (yes, that Ryan Schreiber) played Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” with dude from Deerhunter the other night. Can’t blame the guy for living the dream.

*Thom Yorke, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver and the Killers will join Death Cab on the New Moon soundtrack (with new songs, yeah?).

Previously: Old Music: Ned Collette – “The Laughter Across The Street”

This is so wonderful. Both of these fine folks are, of course, on our ongoing Best of the Decade list.

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