Sarah Jaffe The Body Wins (Kirkland Records) Rating: The 20-something Texan Sarah Jaffe could have played it safe on her sophomore album, and remained a singer-songwriter strumming her tunes on a guitar. Jaffe isn’t a typical Lone Star State troubadour. She comes from Denton, which also home to such genre-shifting bands as Midlake and Centro-matic, [...]

Sarah Jaffe Suburban Nature Kirtland Records Rating: It unfolds in careful steps: drummer Jeff Ryan’s simple 1-2-3-4 count-off, the soft but persistent shuffle of an acoustic guitar, the poppy electric bass, the gradual rising of a violinist and cellist rhythmically sawing their strings. Then, Sarah Jaffe sings and “Clementine,” the third track off “Suburban Nature, [...]