Cover Thursday- I Wish I Was Special

Sarah Jaffe is opening for Centro-matic at Mohawk Place in Buffalo (my home town) tomorrow night.  Her debut album Suburban Nature is one of my favorite albums of the last year.  I'm leaving for home in the morning and if I can make it on time, I'll be at the show.

Despite the massive amounts of popularity and success Radiohead has experienced in the last 10-15 years, perhaps their most widely known and famous song is "Creep" off their 1993 debut Pablo Honey.  The beauty of creep is how thinly veiled it is.  More than most any other song it is straight forward, to the point, and honest.  In my opinion, the reason why it's so popular is because at some point everyone has longed to be included, but felt so hopelessly different than everyone else.

Take a listen to Sarah Jaffe covering Radiohead's "Creep".  What's most powerful about the performance is the sold out crowd singing along to every word.  It's truly beautiful.



Sarah Jaffe: I'll Be Damned, It's Happening Again

I guess Sarah Jaffe had a decent year.  Well, maybe decent isn't the best word.  The North Texas based singer/songwriter released her debut full length album Suburban Nature in May 2010, and ever since people have been taking notice.  She was all over Paste Magazine's end of the year lists.  Her song "Clementine" was #43 on Paste's list of Top Songs of 2010.  Suburban Nature ranked #39 on their list of Best Albums.  And Sarah Jaffe herself was listed as their #3 Best New Solo Arists of 2010.  Paste Magazine wasn't the only outlet that was paying attention.  She also made amazon.com's list of Top Albums of the Year.  Pretty high accolades the 24 year-old Sarah Jaffe.  I guess "decent" would be an understatement.

Take a listen!  Here's Sarah Jaffe performing "Stay With Me".

Pretty awesome right?!  You can find Suburban Nature wherever you like to buy your music.  If you'd like to learn more about Sarah Jaffe, check out her website.