Twin Sister (Comp 43 and 45) is that little band that can. Dreamscape instrumentals along with whispering singing in your ear just as you’re drifting off, you’ll be wondering where this band’s been hiding all your indie-listening life. The perfect blend of pop and psychedelic, not letting either direction define them. Rather, Twin Sister is redefining easy-listening with their cool guitar, warm keyboards, even warmer bass, dulled drumming and that sweet, playful singing. The band is coming soon to a town near you in the U.S. and for those overseas, you’ll have to visit them at their website and myspace until they branch out internationally. For local comps4jenna listeners in Chicago, Twin Sister will be opening tomorrow night at Lincoln Hall during Bear in Heaven‘s Pitchfork Festival aftershow.

Download:
Twin Sister – All Around and Away We Go
Twin Sister – I Want a House
Twin Sister – The Other Side of Your Face
Bonus:
How to Dress Well – Ready for the World (Twin Sister remix)

I’ve decided to start a new segment here on comsp4jenna that will feature a specific artist of interest and offer up some individual tracks by that artist for download. The first featured artist in this installment, entitled tracks4jenna, is Prince of Tennis out of the Czech Republic. Prince of Tennis is breaking ground with a Hot Chip meets the 80′s with a hint of The Notwist sound but… more original-sounding than that description. Combining indie pop and electronic and keeping it lo-fi and low key, the ingenuitive but flowing song structures along with humbly-overlaid lyrics will keep your ears intrigued but also blissful. The group’s EP, Camping in North Ikea, was self-released this past Monday, June 14, and can be purchased on 12″ vinyl at their website.

Download:
Prince of Tennis – Failure Is Art if You’re a Robot
Prince of Tennis – Bones
Prince of Tennis – MILF Island

Sadly, many songs were eliminated in the Comp 38 creation (ongoing but nearly complete) process. To serve as a teaser and to give the songs their deserving time in the limelight, here are the four that were toughest to cut.

Tracklist:
Falty DL – Paradise Lost
Sabastien Lind – Stay (Janus Dyg remix)
Charles Spearin – Vanessa
Marina & The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (Penguin Prison remix)

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Happy Birthday Jenna! I ♥ you x one-trillion raised to the infinitieth power.

MP3: Chris Isaak – Wicked Game (Cusato dance remix)

This song probably would have made it on the last Comp if it wasn’t so long. Fortunately for it though, it’s getting its own special post. Switch is an electronic artist from the UK and is currently touring through a handful of select cities in North America. Below is the Eric Prydz remix of Switch’s “A Bit Patchy.”

MP3: Switch – A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz remix)

The UK meets Sweden in Grovesnor’s cover of Robyn’s single (which had a remix that was featured on Comp 14) titled, “With Every Heartbeat.”

MP3: Grovesnor – With Every Heartbeat (Robyn cover)

Here’s a nice track from an artist hailing from my surname’s country of origin. The artist is Filip Kaniecki, aka Monosylabikk, and he’s from Zielona Gora, Poland.

Monosylabikk – Mite

In honor of Explosions in the Sky playing Magic Hours live for the first time in six years two nights ago in Chicago. I’m revisiting a short film that I took a liking to a while back. Jenna’s cousin, Dennis Aspiras, is the maker of the film and a slightly-altered Magic Hours serves as the soundtrack. The past two nights’ performances by EITS, in Chicago and Grand Rapids, have been incredibly magical hours for me, to say the least. They’re music was recently described as a “universal language” by local avid gig photographer, Kirstie, whom provided the shot of Michael James, above. Universal. That is what makes Explosion in the Sky’s music so everlasting. Below is “Social Experiment 9″ which may have been titled such for a school project but the name is somewhat fitting to the plot of the film. And below the video is a live audio recording of Magic Hours performed a little over six years ago in Dennis’s hometown of Toronto. Enjoy!

Explosions in the Sky – Magic Hours (live at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on March 16, 2002)