As so often happens, from the ashes of one band rise another. Canadian art-rock quartet Viet Cong was formed by Women bandmates Matt Flegel (vocals/bass) and Mike Wallace (drums) after the group broke up in 2012. The duo wasn’t finished exploring Women’s art-rock sound, and recruited guitarists Scott Munro and Daniel Christiansen for a new project. On its self-titled debut, Viet Cong mixes industrial, noise-rock, and ’60s influences with the art-rock base Women fans are familiar with. The album can be jarring at times, but there’s no denying its captivating power, especially on the 11-minute epic closing track, “Death.” The band is currently undergoing some heavy scrutiny for its loaded name, which got them barred by concerned students from a planned show at Oberlin College this month. With What Moon Things. Barboza, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9951, thebarboza.com. 7 p.m. $10. 21 and over. ACPIan Kurtis Crist, Dan Shaw, and David Dempsey, transplants from Alaska and Massachusetts, met and formed Health Problems in Seattle a few years ago. Since then they’ve been warmly embraced in the city’s scuzzy DIY punk circles. Listening to the Counterproductive EP, it’s immediately evident that the band is heavily influenced by noise and hardcore bands like Fugazi and Pissed Jeans. The trio definitely has the whole snotty, aggro-teen-lashing-out-against-suburban-America thing down. With Marriage + Cancer, Nail Polish. Cairo, 507 E. Mercer St., templeofcairo.com. 8 p.m. $7. All ages. DML Of course Sir Richard Bishop’s new album was recorded solely using a mysterious, “enchanted” parlor guitar he haggled for in Geneva. This is the same dude who once who traveled to Indonesia with his brother and ended up embedding with a crew of fire-breathing magicians who played gamelan every night in the forest. One of Seattle’s elder grizzled wizards, Bishop has been shrieking his exoticized, Dada-inspired avant-rock into the ether for decades now. But on Tangier Sessions, recorded in a single week in Morocco, he tamps down his trademark beatnik jitters for a lovely, hypnotic, Arabic-influenced instrumental album that your mom might even like. With Ben Von Wildenhaus. Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave., 784-4880, sunsettavern.com. 9 p.m. $8. 21 and over. KS