She Bop

Saturday night at The Burdock, a trio of female singer-producers showed us how to play dance-friendly beats with gusto. Nyssa was first on stage. Her music was more upbeat than when she played The Silver Dollar. But tonight, with her strutting the stage like a young Carol Pope singing about "bad girls" and "life is hard, but I'm easy", some of that dark edge seemed to have returned to her music. Petra Glynt gave us noisy, glitchy tunes backed by her insistent drumming. To be honest, with her small stature, baseball cap, and sly grin, she looked like an old lady who was delighted to discover late in life the wonders of electronic dance music. Headliner Princess Century (who drums for Austra) was disappointing visually. With her standing mostly still, playing long synth chords and triggering tracks, there wasn't much to
look at. It was better to simply close your eyes and experience the drawn-out soundscape.