“I hope you’re ready for The Weather/I hope you came prepared,” howls Craig Tilley, during the title cut from the self-titled debut of his straight-ahead, in-your-face-with-liquor-on-the-breath Raleigh rock ‘n’ roll steamroller, The Weather. Huge, cascading melodies backed by crunched guitar licks and some absolutely incendiary drum work. They’re not reinventing the wheel, but they’re doing a splendid job worshiping the cats that did–The Who, Led Zeppelin, T. Rex, Neil Young, Television and–by damn!–Foghat. Expect lots of guests. 831-1005.

Bio: Grayson Haver Currin was the music editor of INDY Week and the co-director of Hopscotch Music Festival.Twitter: http://twitter.com/currincy