These are the songs that I listened to most addictively in the order of which they appeared on a Comp throughout the year 2010 (the only exception being Grails’ “Up All Night” which snuck in just before the close of the year and prior to the next Comp being released).

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Tracklist (1 hour and 4 minutes):
[00:00] Cyro Baptista – Nana & Tom
[05:36] Four Tet – Angel Echoes
[09:36] Hot Chip – Brothers
[13:50] Owen Pallet – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
[18:37] Foals – Spanish Sahara
[25:25] Adam & Alma – Smile For Me, Sun
[29:16] The Books – Beautiful People
[32:04] Pantha du Prince – Lay In a Shimmer
[38:28] Caribou – Jamelia
[42:22] The Chap – Well Done You
[45:37] Blue Hawaii – Belize
[49:15] Baths – Maximalist
[52:14] Yishai Kiczales – What Was Your Name Again?
[54:33] Francis and the Lights – For Days
[58:08] Grails – Up All Night

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Los Campesinos – Kindle A Flame In Her Heart by Le CD est mort

Le Cantique de Noël by Röyksopp

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto by ppacheco

Baby, It’s Cold Outside- Glee Cast Version by mamabrit

Christmas in Dixie – Alabama by hannahd

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Tracklist (1 hour and 18 minutes):
[00:00] Senor Coconut and His Orchestra – Around the World
[02:40] Cut Copy – Take Me Over
[06:32] Darkstar – Dear Heartbeat
[10:12] Levek – Chief
[13:11] Strange Aeons – Snoretex
[19:08] Arp – High Life
[23:14] Port St. Willow – Even
[28:05] Gala Drop – Overcoat Heat
[33:59] Young Man – Stranger (Great Red Shark remix)
[38:24] Music for Your Plants – Air Koryo
[42:00] Kings of Convenience – The Weight of My Words (Four Tet remix)
[46:52] Flora – Eagles
[50:00] Nigo – Too Much
[57:47] Eliphino – Let Me Love You Forever
[63:05] Soft Circle – First Time
[67:37] Amiina – Asinn
[72:51] Royksopp – The Alcoholic

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UPDATE 9/12/2011: I have moved to Sundays from 6am to 9am central. See more details here and read about how you can hear the songs I play on the air at your convenience if you can’t listen live.

UPDATE 12/17/2010: I now have a regular shift on CHIRP. Starting January 8th, you can catch me live on the air every Saturday from 6am to 9am central.

If you haven’t already heard through the comps4jenna mailing list or various social networks then I am here to tell you that I have recently been enlisted by the Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP) to serve as a DJ sub. Possibly down the road I will get a regular shift, but as of right now I only go on the air when I am needed and available. With this newly obtained privilege I plan to share with all of you my musical findings of recent and my favorites of old. You’ll be hearing all of those songs that I sift through as I’m in the process of sifting through them for Comp production. My hopes are that some of you fall in love with those songs that unfortunately end up just short of making it into the Comp limelight. You’ll be hearing tracks from the mysterious Comps 1-4 and even older. This will also be your chance to hear what I actually sound like and get to know me a little better as I am forced to interact with you during my broadcast and can’t refrain – as I’ve done on this blog (for the most part) – from personal meanderings. However, it will be and always has been about the music. I’m very excited to have another outlet for sharing wonderful songs with others and I hope all of you find it as enjoyable as I’m going to.

An up-to-date list of my upcoming DJ shifts will be keptMore information is provided on the CHIRP widget in the sidebar of this blog. You can also use the aforementioned mailing list and social networks to receive notification alerts of these shiftsjust before I go on the air. Lastly, I want to state for the record that comps4jenna will not be placed on the backburner at all on account of this new affiliation.

Very sincerely, thanks for listening – now in more ways than one!

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Tracklist (1 hour and 22 minutes):
[00:00] Bryan Ferry – Shameless (Still Going Mix)
[08:02] Casa Castile – Time Machine
[12:42] Holy Fuck – Red Lights
[16:26] Memory Tapes – Pretend the Devil Isn’t Real
[20:07] Tapes n’ Tapes – Freak Out
[24:01] Two Bicycles – The Holy Forest/Forever
[27:28] Woodsman – Insects
[31:34] Police Academy 6 (ft. Top Girls) – Fill in the Blanks
[34:45] Caribou – Sun (Giulio DJ remix)
[40:07] Bedouin Soundclash (ft. Coeur de Pirate) – Brutal Hearts
[43:08] Belle & Sebastian – I Want the World to Stop
[47:26] Stephen Farris – Radio Drifter
[50:31] Warpaint – Billie Holiday
[56:09] The Pop Winds – Fools
[60:13] Gold Panda – Same Dream China
[64:24] Matthew and the Atlas – Deadwood
[67:44] Phil Collins – Droned
[70:32] Baths – Pop Song
[73:49] Grasscut – The Tin Man
[78:15] Antony and the Johnsons – Thank You for Your Love

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Explosions in the Sky are currently at work on a new album slated to release sometime in 2011. At various events this year, the band has performed two songs written for said album. Both tracks are yet to be named and can be heard on Comps 50 and 51. A recording of the very same song on Comp 51 was obtained by OPB at the ATP Festival in New York. The quality is impeccable and the entire set can be heard here. The photograph above was taken by JT as her and I had the privilege of witnessing the event in person.

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      Explosions in the Sky – New Song II (live at ATP Festival NY 2010)

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Tracklist (1 hour and 21 minutes):
[00:00] Kanye West ft. Pusha T – Runaway
[05:38] Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance
[10:41] The Souljazz Orchestra – Serenity
[18:24] Junip – To the Grain
[22:23] Botany – Feeling Today
[26:16] Rat vs. Possum – Binti Jua (Faux Pas remix)
[32:08] Wet Wings – Running Like a Man
[38:35] GhostWaves – Something I Can Reach
[41:46] James Blake – I Only Know (What I Know Now)
[46:37] The Acorn – Misplaced
[50:06] Solander – Looking for Gold
[53:32] The Octopus Project – Fuguefat
[57:07] Muxika77 – The Mountain
[60:44] Deerhunter – Helicopter (Star Slinger remix)
[65:35] Monster Rally – Holiday
[66:45] Glass Vaults – New Space
[70:11] Warpaint – Undertow
[74:07] Explosions in the Sky – New Song II (live at 2640 Space 9/2/2010)

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Tracklist (1 hour and 25 minutes):
[00:00] Pop Winds – Drowning in the Dark
[04:45] We Are Trees – Dear Chan Marshall
[08:44] Arms and Sleepers – The Paramour
[13:13] The Concretes – Goodbye Evening
[19:36] UnLOVED bikes – Early Morning Bliss
[23:12] PVT – Crimson Swan
[27:46] Trentemoller – Even Though You’re With Another Girl
[32:34] Nils Frahm – Corn
[36:24] Pop Winds – Met Some New Colors
[40:26] Lobisomem – She’s Made of Clay
[44:02] Matt Walters – I Would Die For You (feat. Washington)
[50:17] Evenings – Babe
[53:11] Technoir MA – Roundabout
[59:06] Bon Accord – French Letter
[64:36] Jon Mueller – Remembered
[68:16] Fever Ray – Mercy Street (Peter Gabriel cover)
[73:51] Explosions in the Sky – New Song (live at The Big Chill Festival 6/28/2010)
[80:55] Matthew Dear – Gem

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Tracklist (1 hour and 16 minutes):
[00:00] Francis and the Lights – For Days
[03:33] Cut Copy – Where I’m Going
[07:01] Joy Ike – How She Floats
[11:08] Kettel – Boekebaas
[15:32] Future Islands – Little Dreamer
[19:17] Yawning Gulf – Balcony
[23:28] Stornoway – Zorbing
[26:49] Tame Impala – Runway, Houses, City, Clouds
[34:02] Paper Tiger – 2nd Day Back
[37:42] The Books – Chain of Missing Links
[42:08] The Books – All You Need is a Wall
[45:44] Keep Shelly in Athens – Cremona Memories
[48:48] James Blake – Limit to Your Love
[50:10] Bathcrones – False Teeth
[53:49] Department of Eagles – Practice Room Sketch 2
[55:52] To Rococo Rot – Forwardness
[59:59] FS Blumm and Nils Frahm – Wanda Marimba
[62:44] Blue Hawaii – Blue Gowns
[66:02] Male – Doom Thus (One)
[68:46] Twin Sister – The Other Side of Your Face

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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.

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