We Started Nothing - Ting Tings

Bright young things The Ting Tings have a single view of the record industry as is today: it's rubbish. Filled with marketing and image and not enough substance, they've elected to challenge it, one insubstantial pop-rock song at a time. They've got a very simple setup - Katie White does the singing and guitar stuff, and Jules De Martino does everything else. Except, in this case, 'everything else' relates to 'play drums, wear sunglasses indoors, and look like a massive tit'. Seriously dude, who wears sunglasses indoors? I think he might also get on the bass guitar from time to time, as well. The songs are all very simple, guitar-led tracks, but the message the band ...  Read the complete review

The union of Pop and Indie is a fraught and shady undertaking, full of angst and uncertainties. Will Pop's bright and brash forwardness scare Indie off? Will Indie's scruffy nonchalance repel Pop? Will Pop be smart enough? Can Indie be pretty enough? Quite frankly, it's generally a liaison best avoided at all costs. Except, occasionally, these underhand rendezvous can produce marvellous offspring - shiny, scruffy, smart and pretty things. The Ting Tings are one such entity. Two individuals by the names of Jules and Katie who hail from Greater Manchester and between them apparently play all the instruments on this album. But that's quite enough dry facts - ...  Read the complete review

My first impression of the Ting Tings was whats that name all about?! Well according to Wikipedia its the first name of a chinese colleague of Katie White who fronts the band. Katie hails from Salford and her partner in crime is Jules De Martino who is from Cumbria. Both members were originally in a 3 piece band called Dear Eskimo. They were signed to Mercury records but the Ting Tings were formed after a split due to creative differences. To date the Ting Tings have only released this there debut album titled 'We Started Nothing' Realesed on Columbia records in 2008, the cd is fairly short with ten tracks in total. ~~~Great DJ~~~ This is ...  Read the complete review

The Ting Tings are a two piece band from Salford in the UK. Formed of Katie White and Jules De Martino, the band were sure to be compared to the most famous other two piece band around today, The White Stripes (not least because Katie shares a last name with their lead singer, Jack White). Whilst the two bands may be on a similar level in terms of potential success, the sound of the Ting Tings couldn't be more different to that of the White Stripes. The band are an electro-indie-pop collaboration, with a distinct message of female power and individuality. I first came across the band through ArtRocker, where they were given a fantastic write-up for the ...  Read the complete review

Checking out the latest albums of bands appearing at Glastonbury has so far proven to be a less than rivoting affair, The Ting Tings however bring a bit of cheer and whilst they are more poppy than alternative, they are at least relative fun and their electro tinged pop is more than likeable and acceptable to the majority I imagine. Lyrically it's good clean fun, not particularly outstanding material but catchy and interesting enough to hold ones attentions. There are numerous steady single worthy songs on this debut album alone and the fact the band have a formula that works is indisputable. You can see that The Ting Tings revel in having an 80s ...  Read the complete review