This time of year, the music world pretty much slows to a crawl, so we here at XLR8R are going to jump on the opportunity to take a little breather. We know it’s hard to go without the daily dose of free MP3s, news, videos, podcasts, reviews, and all the other bits of information that get posted around here, but don’t worry—things will be up and running again on Monday, January 2. In the meantime, feel free to look around the site, particularly at the litany of Best of 2011 lists we posted over the past two weeks. All of the lists can be found here, or you can check them out one at a time by clicking on the links below.

XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Top Downloads
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Podcasts
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Videos
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Tracks, Part One
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Tracks, Part Two
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Labels
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: New Artists
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Releases, Part One
XLR8R‘s Best of 2011: Releases, Part Two

Thanks for all the support and dedication in 2011. We look forward to getting right back into things in 2012. Happy holidays.