MATT DRISCOLL: VENUS VERSE IS NOW VV AND AT THE JIVE TONIGHT >>>

Based on Vashon Island and the purveyors of some of the freshest yet familiar, ’80s-molded electro pop you’re liable to come across, for Venus Verse, the name became a problem (what? Penis Purse?) â€" so they were forced to make a change. The band now goes by VV, and things have been a lot less confounded ever since.

Why should you care about VV’s new name? Well, if you’re not into new wave, or thinking outside the drum, bass, guitar, vocals box, or getting to know a seriously talented band from a place you have to ride a ferry to get to, then, really â€" you shouldn’t.
But if you are interested in any of that read the full story here.

[Bob’s Java Jive, VV with Blicky, Amy Bleu, Thought Bandit, Saturday, May 23, 8 p.m., $5, 2102 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma, 253.475.9843]