All pop punk should grow up to be as smart as the Thermals. The Portland trio's 2006 album called The Body, the Blood, the Machine is a brutal song cycle about a near-future theocratic America. It's also an energetic punk-rock masterpiece, each song a short, sweet blast of overdriven guitars and restless rhythm. Arthur & Yu's In Camera couldn't be more different— a relaxed collection of hazy, homemade acoustic pop with slight traces of sweet '60s psychedelia. And Coconut Coolouts will party your ass under the table. (Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $12, all ages.)

Factoria is the Bellevue neighborhood that was intended to be a center for heavy industry. The heavy industry did not materialize. But Target did, and theme restaurants, and something called Newport Corporate Center, which Wikipedia says has six towers. What else? Zoe Strauss will find out. She's a street photographer of disappointment based in Philadelphia, but currently doing a residency in Bellevue. She'll give a slide show at 7:00 p.m. during the opening of her new show. (Open Satellite, 989 112th Ave NE, Suite 102, Bellevue, 425-454-7355. 6–9 pm, free.)