They don’t call it the dead of winter for nothing. (Ooof.) Sorry, but there’s no easy segue from our holiday cheer into a post about the bummers of this year. Autumn is harvest, when we pick the new crop. And now we look back on those that bands calling this year their last, that withered and died, at least until one of their members racks up enough gambling debt to force the others to reunite and generate revenue anew. It’s the circle of life. So, for now, here is our montage memorializing those fallen heroes of 2010.

R.I.P., bands. See you at ATP 2030.

(You don’t have to hold your applause until the end; they never do.)

Thanks to Matt Neatock for compiling footage and editing that piece. And on an even more serious note, R.I.P. to all of these heroes, too (via NYT):