THURSDAY

ACOUSTIC

Acoustic Gangster, 8:30 p.m., The Lauter Tun, 3309 Oak View Drive, 402-934-6999.

JR Hoss, 9 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, 18101 R Plaza, 402-933-3990, no cover.

Britton Park with Tsumi and Wendy Jane Bantam, 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St., Lincoln, $5.

ALTERNATIVE

Everyday/Everynight with Tie These Hands and Guilty is the Bear, 9 p.m., Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St., Lincoln, $5.

ALT. COUNTRY

The Big Deep with Celeritas and The Sub-Vectors, 9 p.m., Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St.

BLUES

Tinsley Ellis, 5:30 p.m., 21st Saloon, 4727 S. 96th St., 402-339-7170.

Eric Jerardi, 9 p.m., Gator O'Malley's, 12143 West Center Road, 402-916-5201.

COUNTRY

Hayseed Cowboys, 9 p.m., Whiskey Roadhouse, 2701 23rd Ave., Council Bluffs, no cover.

DJ

Dirty Thursdays featuring E Brown, 9 p.m., Bar 415, 415 13th St., no cover.

HIP-HOP

Aaah! Real Monsters, 9 p.m., red9, 322 S. Ninth St., Lincoln, 402-477-red9, $5.

Prof with St. Paul Slim and Purveyors of the Conscious Sound and Jimmy Hooligan, 9 p.m., Slowdown, 729 N.