Dial Back Sound HeAthens Homecoming Happy Hour. 5 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com

DASH RIP ROCK Louisiana band best known for its cowpunk sound, which mixes punk rock, rockabilly, hard rock, country and boogie.

SHAEFER LLANA Contemplative and confessional indie rock with folk influences.

DRUNKEN PRAYER Playing a cosmic gospel set.

HeAthens Homecoming Happy Hour. 5 p.m. (doors). FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com

LOOSE CATTLE New Orleans-based Americana band formed by Michael Cerveris and Kimberly Kaye.

JAY GONZALEZ Athens songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for '70s power pop melodies.

HeAthens Homecoming Pre-Party. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

PILGRIM Local hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock band led by songwriter Paul McHugh.

JEF WHATLEY Member of Brown Dwarf, Normaltown Sound Machine, TaxiCab Verses, Pilgrim, etc. performs a solo set of originals and favorites.

8 p.m. (doors). $12. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

THOUSANDAIRE Atlanta post-hardcore trio known for concise songwriting that is both stark and polished.

NULL Genre-bending atmospheric black metal from Birmingham, AL.

TABLA ROSA Hard-hitting rock band with shoegaze and post-punk elements.

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

SID JERR-DAN Alternative country artist from Atlanta.

PONDGORL Athens-based artist Laila Li McCleery joins genre-bending friends in a band of beautiful, harmonious DIY glory.

MAUPAS Local four-piece rock band.

Attaboy Tapes Presents: Benefit for Scribble (LA fire relief). 7 p.m. (doors). $10–20. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

ATHENS MIDDLE EAST ORCHESTRA Athens very own Middle Eastern inspired outfit that focuses on the musical culture of Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Syria and more.

PONDGORL Athens-based artist Laila Li McCleery joins genre-bending friends in a band of beautiful, harmonious DIY glory.

DAVID BARBE Local luminary and studio engineer who has played in bands such as Mercyland and Sugar.

MARIE MARIE '60s pop-inspired group in the songwriting vein of The Beatles and Brian Wilson.

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

TEMPLE OF CALISTHENICS Local surreal pop music.

VIV AND THE THINGS Alternative country noise for sweetie pies.

LOWTOWN Atlanta alt-country that artfully balances roots music and garage punk.

PENNY LOAFER Alternative indie rock trio with heavy grooves and dreamy vocals.

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

MARS HILL Three-piece indie rock band with a killer grunge and garage sound.

MOONROOF Philadelphia-based band that plays upbeat, catchy indie rock and alt-pop.

THE DOWNSTAIRS Alt-rock band made up of five UGA students whose goal is to communicate raw emotion.

TATTOO LOGIC Five-piece funk punk band from Athens fronted by Mia Hill and Swathi Ramaswamy.

Primordial Void Presents. 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

DJ LUCAS Rapper from western Massachusetts best known for his track "Game Warden."

PAPO2OO4 Rapper from New Jersey best known for his track "Easy Bread."

ONESKIP Rap artist.

SOUB 200 Rapper from Georgia.

8 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

MAJOR Atlanta rock.

HONEYPUPPY Indie rock band self-described as a "menace to society."

PONDGORL Athens-based artist Laila Li McCleery joins genre-bending friends in a band of beautiful, harmonious DIY glory.

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

MARCEL SLETTEN California-born and Athens-based electronic music producer, composer and artist whose sound varies from peaceful to intense.

TH33RA No info available.

ELLWIN Family local DJ and producer playing dubstep, riddim, industrial, psytrance, and drum and bass.

Official Space Prom Pre-Party. 8 p.m. $10 (w/ Space Prom ticket), $15. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

ELIJAH JOHNSTON Athens-based emo singer-songwriter with hooky guitar-driven tunes.

RECESS PARTY Local indie-rock band with a self-described collage of rock, funk and alternative.

BEA PORGES Alternative singer-songwriter who blends indie-pop, acoustic melodies and soft jazz.

CANNON ROGERS Local songwriter, guitarist and pedal steel player.

UNITED METHODIST MEN’S CHOIR Spiritual harmonies.

Attaboy Presents. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

BURLY IVY Psych art rock band with loungy space sounds and midnight choirs featuring Jim Willingham, Bryan Poole, Dain Marx and Ryan Bousquet.

LEMONMNM Bubblegum pop band from East Point.

THE SHUT-UPS Indie-pop outfit that describes itself as a "bottom 40" band, hit-worthy, but (for some unfathomable reason) hitless.

8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

EXIT ROW Athens-based bedroom pop with songs about the past haunting the present.

KARMA KAT Local band with sounds of rock, pop and funky jazz. They'll rock your whiskers off!

JANUARY Indie singer-songwriter with thoughtful lyrics whose melodies echo the big hits of the late '90s and early 2000s.

8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

SUNSET HONOR UNIT Sentimental pop from Atlanta comprised of dueling songwriters Drew Kirby (Mothers, CDSM) and Jake Chisenhall (Delorean Gray).

JULIA BARFIELD Young singer-songwriter with roots in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains.

MICHAEL KARSON Country songsmith of cow-pop experience.

Attaboy Tapes Presents: The Wild Wild West End Oral History. 7 p.m. (Talk), 8 p.m. (Film Screening). $10 (adv.). www.flickertheatreandbar.com

TOM CHESHIRE WITH B. KINCH Cheshire and Kinch were two of the first musicians to move into the West End Warehouses in Atlanta in the late '90s. They will perform before the film screening. A Q&A with the director and music by David Barbe and Don Chambers will follow.

DON CHAMBERS Longtime local favorite who delves into pastoral folk and experimental rock with equal passion.

DAVID BARBE Local luminary and studio engineer who has played in bands such as Mercyland and Sugar.

Flicker NYE. 9 p.m. (doors). $12 (adv.), $15. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

IMMATERIAL POSSESSION Dark psychedelic folk pop group often incorporating visual art, theater and improv into their creative sets.

XEROXY MUSIC Josh McKay (Deerhunter, Macha) leads a Roxy Music tribute set.

NICHOLAS MALLIS Self-described as a writer of songs for the nihilistic at heart, Mallis is a weirdo-pop singer and songwriter from Athens.

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

THE NEXT MOURNING Athens DIY emo.

SUPERCLUSTER Atlanta four-piece rock band who released their debut EP, Modern Day Sasquatch, earlier this year.

CALEB'S CALLING North Georgia alternative rock band.

SELVEDGE Atlanta rock and roll.

Winter Solstice Ceremony. 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

WET GARDEN Emmy Pierce and Shan Perry perform soft, warm ambient sounds with guitar, synths and vocals.

OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Synth hardware and processed tapes inspired by first wave Chicago House and Detroit Techno. Plus, tape hiss bangers of synth pop and post-punk straight from the legendary Go Bar dance floor in between sets.

BLEACHY ASSHOLE Experimental music from Thom Strickland.

DÅNG HUNKE Vancouver artist (ex Astral Blessing, Shasta Cults) playing processed horns.

8 p.m. $15. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

FIVE EIGHT Legendary Athens band known for its boisterous, thoughtful rock and roll. Playing after a showing of the documentary, Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight and a Q&A with the filmmaker.

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

TAXICAB VERSES Local group fronted by Jim Wilson and inspired by the traditional sounds of Ghana.

JAMES AURELIO Roots-rock project led by Jim Wilson (Los Cantares, TaxiCab Verses).

Shadebeast Presents. 8:30 p.m. (doors). $12. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

NIHILUS Sludgy death metal supergroup featuring members of Beast Mode, Sundering Seas and Rosie & the Ratdogs.

SUN YEARS Doom metal from Richmond, VA.

CANOPY Atmospheric sludge metal from Atlanta.