Monday, Oct 6 Rickshaw Stop + Black Dahlia co-present UPCHUCK False Flag Love Spiral 7 pm doors $15 adv / $18 doors all ages In the messiness of daily life, one rule rings true above all else: artistry always beats mastery. No amount of fine technique or studied precision can match the release of real feeling, the genuine thrill of human bodies and spirits finding each other in the heat of the night. On Bite the Hand That Feeds (Famous Class), Atlanta’s Upchuck offer such real feeling in droves. Channeling the speed of youth and the heaviness of a fleshy, lived life in equal proportion, Upchuck’s second LP is a Trojan Horse par excellence, craftily smuggling in waves of sentimental emotion and clever pop songwriting under a veil of pulsing rhythms and scorching riffs. They are loyal to no genre or stylistic strictures—Bite the Hand That Feeds shifts effortlessly between fuzzed out, Sabbath-worthy dirges and ripping, Spits-worship punk, hardcore-freak-psychedelia and bright garage pop. Where other bands might falter under the weight of stylistic overload, Upchuck carve forward across the cement with a sense of charmed ease. https://www.instagram.com/_upchuck_/ False Flag: tenderloin party rockers. https://www.instagram.com/falseflagsf/ Love Spiral: 4-piece crossover skramz band singing about sad stuff and trans liberation. https://www.instagram.com/lovespiralband/