Poppet, AKA Molly Raney, is a hard act to do any justice in describing. Just one woman, a keyboard and a looping pedal, yet it amounts to so much more than the sum of its parts. Clad in a spandex green onesie, Raney commands the stage with inventive melodies and whimsical interpretive dance. Setting aside the clear complexity and thought that goes into her music, Poppet's performance has a very childlike quality to it. Even though her impressive voice and lively arrangements betray a sure hand, Poppet still feels like a little girl who has come down to the living room to put on a show.

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's interview with Poppet in the Music and Culture section.

POPPET, w/ Mirrorgloss, True Holland, 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, $5, 253.572.4020