No more indie rock

Happy New Year, Robots! Sorry it's been a while - we've been away from home, basking in the glow of holiday cheer. I've personally been spending a lot of time mentally preparing a strongly-worded letter to the jerks at United Airlines, who lost my and my wife's luggage and generally failed to be reasonable people. That's right, major airline, you're about to get a strongly-worded letter. From a blogger.

Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus.

Perhaps my energy is better spent on listening to this song over and over and over. In fact, there's no "perhaps" about it - "Titus Andronicus" is necessary to get through a Minnesota winter. This is a fact.

Titus Andronicus are from Glen Rock, New Jersey, and have decided to name a song after themselves, a move that I wholly support. Their new record The Airing Of Grievances comes out in a few weeks from XL, but the band already self-released it earlier this year. They're also touring with Los Campesinos!, for a bill that will make your head explode.

Pre-order The Airing Of Grievances, out Jan. 20 on XL, from Insound.