Los Campesinos! has a good effect on other bands — not just on the doe-eyed 16-year-olds nervously moshing in their mini-pit. After a month on the road with LC!, Titus Andronicus has gone from an incoherent, raw storm of semi-planned chaos to a real grown-up band.

Just before their tour with LC! began, I caught Titus at Maxwell's — a howling, ranting show where they mostly were talking with the crowd (who seemed to be comprised entirely of the band's families). They showed remarkable potential then and sparked our interest enough to follow them to Lit Lounge a few nights later — where the show was similar, if not sweatier and more primal.

But, Sunday night, Titus emerged as a coherent version of what they do best: raw, frantic rock-and-roll. 

Here is TA opening their set from Sunday night with Joset of Nazareth's Blues.