219 West
Acoustic Jungle
8:00
Latin, Jazz, World
Latin oriented acoustic jazz from neighboring San Marcos. A nice mood for the upscale, multi-lounge bar in the Warehouse District.

311 Club
Joe Valentine
8:30
R&B
New Orleans born and raised, veteran soul musician who shared stages with Ray Charles, Check Berry and more. This weekly set includes originals as well as plenty o’favorites from ‘50s doowop and ‘60s soul.

Antone’s
Wes Jeans, Eric Tessmer
9:00 / $8
Texas Blues
The young guns of Texas blues team up for a tour de force romp filled with chunky rhythm and searing solos.

Austin Moose Lodge #1735
Herman the German
9:00
Rockabilly
Elvis phrasing and delivery (leather-clad Elvis, not the lame-draped one) with a driving force.

B.D. Riley’s
Hosea Hargrove
10:00 / Free
Blues, R&B
Even in the juxtaposition of an Irish pub setting, Hargrove is real enough to feel the experience of the 1960s Chitlin’ Circuit with a busted air conditioner.

The Backyard
ZZ Top, Rosie Flores
7:30 / $60
Texas Blues
Sixty bucks might seem like a lot, but that’s barely $2 per inch of beard. Consider gas is up to $3.80 a gallon now. Yeah, did you ever think of it like that?

Beauty Bar
Jupiter One, DJ Scorpio
10:00 / $3
New Wave, Dance Pop, Rock
NYC New Wave rock lets the ladies wear their knee-highs and the guys to flip up their collars.

Beerland
The Watsloves, John Schooley & His One Man Band
10:00
Rock
If it’s his one-man band, does that mean there’s two of them? Of course not. Why would you ask such a question?

The Belmont
Suzanna Choffel
8:00 / Free
Alt-Rock, Pop, Soul
Want some soulful indie pop with your tenderloin? The outside patio of this Vegas-inspired restaurant is a lovely spot to take in one of Austin’s fast-rising (and undefinable) singers.

Broken Spoke
Chaparral w/ Jeff Hughes
Country
Resuming their packed Thursday tradition of two-step enthusiasm. Chaparral plays country classics as well as well-known rock, metal, and punk songs wearing honky tonk goggles.

Cedar Street Courtyard
LC Rocks
9:00
Hair Metal, Rock
Wanna sing along to ‘80s and ‘90s heavy metal hair bands? Cedar Street is your heaven and LC Rocks is the sweet child o’ thine.

Continental Club
Unknown Hinson, Lonesome Spurs
10:00 / $10
Rockabilly
If you ever complain there’s just not enough vampire-impersonating, sideshow freak, rockabilly twang masters, here’s your dessert. Unknown Hinson begins his quest for blood at midnight of course, after the Lonesome Spurs duo. Though less theatric, their chops more than fill the gap.

Copa Bar & Grill
The Brew
8:00
Latin, Flamenco, Jazz
A quick salsa lesson primer and away we go. The Brew comprise impeccable talented musicianship with an energetic flair.

Elephant Room

3 Jazz Collective
9:30 / Free
Jazz
CD release for the adventurous, experimental jazz band.

Emo’s (outside)
Roky Erickson & The Explosives, The Strange Boys, Pink Reason, Amplified Heat
10:00 / $20
Psychedilic, Rock, Hard Rock
’60s pyschedelia pioneer Roky Erickson at Emo’s. For all we know that’s a first. Blues brothers Ortiz set the tone with an assault on Texas blues.

Emo’s (inside)
Hard Skin, Fy Fan, World Burns to Death, Under Pressure

Emo’s (lounge)
Mr. Lewis & The Funeral Five, Mr. & Mrs. Mays, Team Fabrication
10:00 /
Rock, Gypsy
Eastern European folk music, Irish drinking songs…just your normal inspiration for morbid indie rock bands. Mr. Lewis thinks so anyway.

Flipnotics Coffeespace
Shelley King & Julieann Banks
8:00
Folk Rock, Singer Songwriter
Shelley King was recently named the official Texas Musician of the Year. Sort of our fair state’s version of the national poet laureate. Quick, name who that is.

Flipnotics Triangle
Matt the Electrician, Southpaw Jones
8:00
Americana, Singer Songwriter
Both guys have an uncanny knack for uncanny, but seriously dead-on, lyrics.

Ginny’s Little Longhorn
Dale Watson
9:00 /
Country
Leather-clad country icon. He croons, ladies swoon, fellas dig the twangy guitar.

Headhunters
Red Line Riot, Left Out, Amber Lucille
10:00
Classic Rock, Folk Rock
Red Line Riot makes no bones ‘bout their affinity for the AOR era of classic rock. Opener Amber Lucille lies more in the Tom Petty vein.

Hole in the Wall
Chris Brecht, Lomita, Nick Beaudoing
9:30
Alt-Country, Indie
Brecht’s folk rock is a bit too much rock to keep the folk moniker. Lomita will crash cymbals with intensity, sing with longing sincerity and rock with urgency.

Jovita’s
Cornell Hurd Band
8:00 / Free
Country, Americana
“Cornell Hurd Thursdays” as a bumper sticker pre-dates the “78704…not just a zip code” bumper philosophy. Need we say more? For out-of-towners who need us to say more: longtime, legendary, insanely fun, country-based regular gig beloved by locals.

Lamberts
The Black, Follow That Bird!, Spectre in the Cab
10:30 / $5

Mohawk
Cave Singers, Dark Meat, Quiet Hooves

Momo’s
Austin Collins, Rodney Parker, A.M. Ramblers, Jansen Hawkins
9:00 / $5
Alt-Country
Austin Collins (8:15) has been compared to Patterson Hood and Ryan Adams.

One 2 One Bar
Will Evans Project
10:00
Rock, Soul, Jam
Taps into the Dave Matthews vibe without sounding like DMB.

The Parlor
Daniel Francis Doyle, Numerators, La Panza, Go To Hell
8:30
Rock, Prog Rock
In the studio, Doyle answers such pressing questions as: What if David Byrne had fronted The Stooges? Or, what if Les Claypool hadn’t gone soft?

Patsy’s Cowgirl Café
Spring Creek String Band
8:00
Bluegrass
Gorgeous three-part harmonies to remind the youngsters bluegrass ain’t all fast breaks and hoedowns. Spring Creek took home grand prize at both Telluride and RockyGrass last year. There’s not much left to do but sell records now. 

Red Eyed Fly
Blunt Force Trauma, Monument to No One, Bad Day Motorcade, Salmonella Rex
9:00
Thrash, Punk
Run For the Hills. Blunt Force Trauma packs Iron Maiden/Slayer dynamics with Sick of It All ferocity.

Rock City Icehouse
Andy McIntyre & The Primal Groove, White Knuckle Drivers, Cellus & The Loose Grip
8:00 / Free
Rock, Blues
McIntryre and the Groove pay homage to Jimi and Stevie. White Knuckle Drivers kick with garage rock without wearing influences on their sleeves. Cellus and Grip attack with soulful, Corey Glover vocals.

Room 710
Hoodrats, Sick’s Pack, Those Bottom Feeders, VoidLand
Rock, Gypsy
Sick the Fiddler leads a multi-faceted pack of multi-instrumentalists. When kazoos, tubas and, and clarinets are looked through gypsy metal eyes, well…not sure a metaphor exists here.

Ruta Maya
Libby Kirkpatrick, The Just Desserts, Michael Shay
9:30 / $8
Folk Rock, Roots
Kirkpatrick serenades with catchy folk rock. The Just Desserts promise to bring enough international boogie to give you your…you can fill in this blank. More bands are on the bill; the night is a fundraiser for the Jim O’Brien Potluck.

Saxon Pub
Band of Heathens, Macon Greyson, George Devore
8:00 / $80
Rock, Roots Rock, Americana
BOH continue to rise, garnering The Band comparisons every gig of the way. Upbeat rocker George Devore follows at 10:15. Dallas’ jangly rockers, Macon Greyson, brings a dose of intensity to the late set.

Scoot Inn
The Moonhangers, JWW & The Prospectors, Shotgun Party, Fat Man & Little Boy
8:00
Swing, Country, Southern Rock, Bluegrass
JWW goes prospecting for Milton Brown, and of course finds a little Bob Wills on the way. Shotgun Party fiddles their way to an old-timey good-timey with three-part female harmonies. Moonhangers throw countrified licks into their southern rock.

Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub & Grill
Mike Maven & The Good Life
Rock, Soul
Bandleader Mike Maven throws diverse influences into the rock mix.

Speakeasy
D-Madness
9:30
R&B, Soul, Funk
As a jazz musician, he played Montreaux Jazz Fest. As a reggae musician, he opened for The Wailers and The Maytalls. When Erykah Badu saw him, she told Prince he couldn’t miss him. When Bernie Worrell saw him, he put him on his bill. Come on. Can we really add anything?

Stubb’s (outside)
She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, The Virgins, Switches
7:00 / $23
Indie Rock
She Wants Revenge visits from California. Switches’ high energy keeps translating to stage well, and they’ll keep getting kudos from Blender, Spin, Filter and the like.

T.C.’s Lounge
Michael Holt & The Trophy 500s
10:00
Blues, Rockabilly, Swing
The ‘50s are alive and well, thank you very much.

Victory Grill
World/Jazz Low Stars
8:00