Nine Mile
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By Jason Schneider

In spite of, or perhaps because of, the countless flip-flop wearin', acoustic guitar totin' dudes that regularly massacre Bob Marley's "One Love," reggae and folk rock have never been combined into something new that can stand on its own. Nine Mile's driving force, singer/guitarist D'Ari Pouyat, knows both worlds well and has made it his mission on his band's latest effort to completely erase any genre boundaries. On the whole, he succeeds effortlessly, incorporating pedal steel, banjo and upright piano into his plaintive songwriting ― the band take their name from Marley's birthplace ― with a homespun vibe holding everything together. Perhaps only in Canada could such a collision of styles make sense but Country Porno Electric Fireplace never draws attention to itself in that way. D'Ari's songs are honest and hopeful, which is all that's ultimately needed for this album to find the wide audience it deserves. (Dread Rock/Xiola/Universal)
Scissor Sisters
Angry Samoans / Class of 1984
Ra Ra Riot
City and Colour / Tegan and Sara / Wintersleep / Ra Ra Riot
Jenny and Johnny - I’m Having Fun Now
DJ Muggs vs. Ill Bill - Kill Devil Hills
Prosanctus Inferi - Pandemonic Ululations of Vesperic Palpitation
Profanatica - Disgusting Blasphemies against God
Luke Doucet & the White Falcon - Steel City Trawler
Sonny and the Sunsets - Tomorrow Is Alright
Reid Jamieson - Staring Contest
Various - Kompakt Total 11
Lou Barlow and the Missingmen
The Specials
Vampire Weekend / Beach House / Dum Dum Girls
Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard
S. Carey - All We Grow
Sarah Jezebel Deva - A Sign of Sublime
Cotton Jones - Tall Hours in the Glowstream
Neil Hamburger - Hot February Night
Oneida / Cowards
Ion Dissonance - Cursed
Various - Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939
Mogwai - Special Moves/Burning
Reason - Fools
Bars of Gold - Of Gold
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard - Old Devils
Brad Laner - Natural Selections
Surgeon / Various - Fabric 53
!!! - Strange Weather, Isn’t It?
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rivers
Fennesz / Daniell / Buck - Knoxville
SMMR BMMR featuring Meercaz, Fist City, Sex Church, Timecopz, Woven Bones
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