The Ting Tings

RollingStoneReviews on The Ting Tings

3.5 Stars
"Should have been a lawyer," barks Katie White on the Ting Tings' second album.  She certainly knows how to argue her case. more at rollingstone.com

TheOwlMag on The Ting Tings

Artist: The Ting Tings Album: We Started Nothing Label: Columbia Records Rating: Buy it >>

The Ting Tings have been churning up attention in England since they formed in 2006. They garnered respect for their private shows in Islington Mill (Salford) but have only recently made a splash in the U.S. “Great DJ,” the opening track on We Started Nothing, insists that listeners sing along, lest they be accused of having no inner soul. “Great DJ,” however, is just a warm up for the next track, “That’s Not My Name.” Lead singer Katie White addresses those who brushed her aside because she never drew attention to herself: “Don’t wanna be a loner / Listen to me oh no / I never say anything at all / So with nothing to consider they forget my name.” The album speeds along in the same manner, each song a veritable party in a plastic disc. The Ting Tings sneak in a few ballads, with the songs “Traffic Light” and “We Walk,” but have a true gift for creating pop. Katie White sings in a rough-and-tumble, yet slightly childish way, her words like a great big pink bubble of gum popping in your face.

- Review submitted by Danielle Kramer.

Guardian UK's New Band Of The Day on The Ting Tings

Paul Lester on a band that are equal parts grrrl power and Girl Power. They have one foot in the art school and another in the shopping mall Hometown: Manchester. The lineup: Katie White (lead vocals, guitar, percussion), Jules De Martino (drums, vocals, electronic loops). The background: From the city that once specialised in all-male Last Gangs In Town comes the second boy-girl duo to emerge from the computer pages of New Band Of The Day in the last week or so. The Tings Tings are already being touted as 2008 indie stars even though no one is quite sure yet how to describe them or which pigeonhole to plonk them in. But we're going to give it a go: they're equal parts grrrl power and Girl Power. Huh? Well, their music is danceable but not disco, punky and perky, vaguely angular but definitely accessible. It's chartpop made with a rock aesthetic. They've got one foot in the art school and another in the shopping mall. They were born out of a Manchester artists/musicians alt.lifestyle commune called The Islington Mill in Salford, but their music has high street sass. They come from a musical and ideological place where....more at guardian.co.uk