July was the first exciting month of music in 2025

I’m pretty sure 90% of my posts begin with “it’s been a while” (which would also be perfect for a “Lamest Songs of the 2000s” post) so let’s not dwell on it too much. Frankly, 2025 has been a distressingly underwhelming year for music so far. I’ve been wondering what to chalk it up to. [ ]