Weather Underground

The Weather Underground [ tickets ], an LA-based indie rock outfit, hope to turn fans on to their personal heroes--various creatives from the Beat Generation--with their thoughtful, lyrically-driven music.

The hard-working quartet celebrated the late-spring release of their third EP, "Bird in the Hand," with a sweeping US tour that just wrapped in early July. Now, they're focused on writing new songs and heading to the studio for another impending album.