One-man band of horses: William Elliot Whitmore plays the Black Cat Wednesday.

MONDAY
>> There’s no rock like garage rock. No music besides garage rock tonight, either, really. And so: The Breakups with Balmer surfcats Thee Lexington Arrows at the Black Cat Backstage. $8, 9 p.m.

>> A few blocks north and a few blocks east, Get Laid and self-described “abortioncore” purveyors (really, guys?) The Jarbabies play The Velvet Lounge. $7, 9:30 p.m.

>> Julien Temple’s by-all-accounts superb Joe Strummer documentary, The Future Is Unwritten, has been sitting unwatched on top of my DVD player for at least six months. So I’m probably just gonna check that out tonight. You kids have fun at that abortioncore show.