SOUL/PUNK’S FORECAST

The members of L.A.’s The Weather Underground have recorded three EPs and played countless gigs over the past 12 months, but don’t expect them to slow their pace anytime soon. After impressing the crowd at Bonnaroo 2008 with a sound that is equal parts punk and soul, the quartet headed off for yet another round of touring, recording and songwriting. “We’ll be working just as hard if not harder on this thing,” explains vocalist/guitarist Harley Prechtel-Cortez, who started the band a few years ago with his cousin, lead guitarist Shoichi Bagley, bassist Ryan Kirkpatrick and drummer Diego Guerrero, as an homage to the revolutionary spirit. The band’s frenetic live performances continue to evolve with each passing tour. “We’ve gotten tighter but looser, faster but slower. And it just keeps getting more fun. It’s been a real positive evolution,” Prechtel-Cortez says. The unique combination of Bagley’s soaring Lou Reed-worthy fretwork with Prechtel-Cortez’s urgent delivery earned the band high-profile gigs alongside Modest Mouse, The Constantines and Matt Costa, as well as spots at High Sierra and Bonnaroo. theweatherundergroundband.com

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