After a couple years of being stranded in the wilderness of Alaska, Saucy Yoda is once again gracing the Pacific Northwest with her presence. For those who haven't had the pleasure of catching her live, Saucy Yoda is a whirling dervish of gonzo party energy. Combining a garage punk aesthetic with full-blown, hyphy hip-hop, Saucy Yoda brings just the right mixture of bratty attitude and balls-to-the-wall, malt liquor-slamming rave-ups. When I first saw her at Maltoberfest a few years ago, she brought the house down with her interactive performance, getting the crowd to chant along with songs they'd mostly never heard before. If you have any sense, you'll get yourself to the cozy confines of Bob's Java Jive for a rare dose of Saucy Yoda on the Jive's last show of the year.

SAUCY YODA, w/ masonapron, Bango Skank, Watermelon, the Beach Boy, 8 p.m., Bob's Java Jive, 2102 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, $5, 253.475.9843