Idolator

- Music critics descend on Paper Thin Walls, their favorite (or favorite cleared songs) of the year in tow; two handily zipped mix-tapes emerge from the rubble. [Paper Thin Walls]
- Four 2006-themed blends that came to be after "the mix-equivalent of free-writing." This is the sort of post DownThemAll! was made for. [marathonpacks]
- For those of you who aren't sick of holiday music yet: lemon-red gets festive, and throws in the "Santa's Bounce" mix of the Bangles' "Hazy Shade of Winter." [lemon-red]