Jenny Owen Youngs - From Here

The allure of Jenny Owen Youngs (apart from her schoolgirl outfits, quirky manner of speech, close relationship with Regina Spektor, and obsession with sharks) is how jaded she is, and how good she makes it look.

From her cover of pop starlet Kelly Clarkson's Since You've Been Gone to the brutally straight-forward Fuck Was I, Jenny's got her musical bases covered. Her side project band Rocket Explosion covers several of the songs on her "Batten the Hatches" album, and they change them up enough to make them equally worth a listen. This alone should imply a kind of musical diversity worth seeking out; Jenny, however, has a lot more to offer.

From Here is a musical version of that moment where you take a step back from another person. She warns the audience, "I don't have a thing you want," and suggests that "[her] not caring is the best thing happening to you." With that kind of warning issued, who would keep blazing forward? Exactly the kind of person about whom the song would apply. If nothing else, when it's all over, they can't say that they weren't warned.