LAUREN NAPIER: PUNK SHOW TONIGHT AT HELL'S KITCHEN >>>

This band’s MySpace page boasts that they are “tuffer than a $2 steak” â€" and from the tracks one can stream from that very same page, the truth of this statement is debatable. Hailing from the underground-music drenched town of Bremerton, Neutralboy provides their own brand of punk. With two albums to sell, Everybody Dies and Weapons of Mass Seduction, a 7-inch split, and a revolving door of band members, you’re never quite sure what Neutralboy is up to next. Lyrics in songs such as “Your Friends Suck” are repetitive, but listeners will be placated by the standard punk melodies. There’s a change in tempo, though, when it comes to tunes such as “Dead Guys Sing Sad Songs” â€" which packs an electric intro but a toned down acoustic follow-up. It would be an interesting spectacle to watch such musical transitions live.

[Hell’s Kitchen, with Serious Black, Dragstrip Riot, Walk the Plank, the Valkyries, 9 p.m., $5, 3829 Sixth Ave, Tacoma, 253.759.6003]