Consumer Guide: November, 2025

Shameless beauty track after track, an inspirational Afropop surprise, mood pieces suitable for the despondent historical moment, and a country album that fights the blues with more blues.

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Big Thief: Double Infinity (4AD)

Doja Cat: Vie (Kemosabe/RCA)

Michael Hurley: Broken Homes & Gardens (Bellemeade Phonics)

JID: God Does Like Ugly (Dreamville)

The Kasambwe Brothers: The Kasambwe Brothers (MASS MoCA Records)

Gurf Morlix: Bristlecone (Rootball)

Alick Nkhata: Radio Lusaka (Mississippi)

Saint Pierre: Luck and Gravity (Mutchcrud Music)

Amanda Shires: Nobody's Girl (ATO)

Todd Snider: First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder (Aimless)

Todd Snider: High, Lonesome and Then Some (Thirty Tigers/Aimless)

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl (Republic)

Wednesday: Bleeds (Dead Oceans)

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