Monday Happenings

Breakfast at the Middle East

-- Holly Golightly, who used to charm college radio DJs with ditties like "Park it up Your Arse" as a member of Thee Headcoatees, has since morphed into country-western chanteuse whose folksy phrasing belies her London origins. Performing with her band the Broke-Offs. The Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 9 p.m. $12.

The Kids

-- If there are two bands that represent the continued vitality of rock music, they are Atlanta's Deerhunter and Columbus, OH's Times New Viking. Deerhunter harvests the same shush-loud psychedelic fields of punk rock that the early Yo La Tengo used to till. Times New Viking channels everybody from the Modern Lovers and the Velvet Underground to godheadSilo, Karp, the Fall, and the garage band that you tried to start back when you didn't know how to play any instruments. Simply killer. The Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm. Ave., 7 p.m. $14.

The Latin Harp

-- Edmar Castañeda belongs to a rare species: the jazz harpist. In fact, he's just following family tradition; his father also played harp. Castañeda hails from Colombia and fuses Latin jazz with the traditional music of his home. Tonight, his trio joins forces with Berklee's Las Americas Faculty Big Band, featuring Diego Urcola, Victor Mendoza, Oscar Stagnaro, Leo Blanco, Bernardo Hernández, and Tito Puente. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., 8:15 p.m. $10/$5/$2.