This is it. The last post of 2025. The final post of our Year in Review. Shed no tears. We have no time for them anyway.

The first two mixtapes in our year-end series count down from song 104 to song 53. This is where you find the most interesting assortment of tracks, so don't skip it!

Cruelty (noun): Limiting your year-end favorites list to 50 records when you listened to countless more.

As non-believers, nothing gets us more excited than a new pope. Especially one from Chicago! So, to celebrate, we've made you our third new music mixtape of 2025. Personally blessed by the pontiff!

Well, we got to the bottom of the slide. Now we go back to the top and go down again. Here's our first new music mixtape of 2025!