The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings plan country album

Music Gossip

1 Feb 2012

The Ting Tings want to record a country album. The duo are keen to follow their second record, 'Sounds from Nowheresville' up quickly, and are considering having a series of themes, starting with country. Singer and guitarist Katie White…

The Ting Tings - Sounds From Nowheresville

Second album a mixed bag containing glimpses of what makes them fun

23 Jan 2012

(Columbia) Pity the poor Ting Tings. After selling millions of records, the Mancunian electro-pop duo got stressed, scrapped a whole album and hid from their record label. Allegedly. You can see why the pair might worry about following We Started…

The Ting Tings not too serious

Music Gossip

21 Nov 2011

The Ting Tings feel people want them to take themselves too seriously. The 'Hang it Up' group have taken almost four years to follow up debut album 'We Started Nothing', but insist they took their time because they have been exploring the world to…

The Ting Tings chased over the world for album

Music Gossip

16 Nov 2011

The Ting Tings blame a "period of friction" for the delay of their second album. The duo - Katie White and Jules de Martino - shot to fame with their 2008 debut 'We Started Nothing' but the follow-up has taken until now to complete due to disputes…

The Ting Tings have onstage anger

Music Gossip

31 Dec 2010

The Ting Tings singer Katie White has revealed she and her bandmate sometimes have bust-ups on stage. The pop beauty admits tensions can sometimes flare up between her and Jules De Martino on tour and she isn't afraid to let her anger out during a…

The Ting Tings addicted to touring

Music Gossip

27 Dec 2010

The Ting Tings singer Katie White is worried she has become "addicted to playing live shows". The pop star was surprised at how "emotional" and difficult she found it to adjust to normal life after she and her bandmate Jules De Martino completed…

The Ting Tings' Voicestorm

Music Gossip

14 Oct 2010

The Ting Tings and Annie Lennox will sing in honour of Dame Anita Roddick next week. The groups will perform at a 'Voicestorm' concert organised by HIV charity Body and Soul which will honour Anita, the founder of ethical beauty product chain The…

The Ting Tings' cardboard turn off

Music Gossip

8 Oct 2010

The Ting Tings were turned off experimental music after they saw a guy playing a cardboard instrument. The 'Hands' group made their second album in Berlin, and although they originally considered taking their music in an experimental direction, were…

Singles & Downloads - 6th October 2010

Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers - Can’t Stop

6 Oct 2010

What fresh hell is this? Eardrum-abusing punky indie duo The Ting Tings, as mixed by chart-dance hitmaker Calvin Harris ? A ● and a big sloppy raspberry too to ‘Hands’ (Columbia), which is very soon to be a dancefloor anthem at a cheesy provincial…

The Ting Tings' instrumental voices

Music Gossip

12 Sep 2010

The Ting Tings made their own synth sounds with their mouths after their keyboards broke while recording their new album. The 'That's Not My Name' group - made up of Katie White and Jules De Martino - exiled themselves to Berlin to write and record…

The Ting Tings' Berlin confusion

Music Gossip

9 Sep 2010

The Ting Tings wondered "what the f**k are we doing here?" when they first got to Berlin. The 'Hands' rockers decamped from their native Britain to Berlin in Germany to record their second album, and singer Katie White admits she initially found the…

The Ting Tings turn goth pop

Music Gossip

6 Sep 2010

The Ting Tings sound like both Depeche Mode and TLC on their new album. The 'Be The One' group say every track on their as yet-untitled second album has a completely different sound to it, and veers from gothic electronic pop to 90s girl…

The Ting Tings turn backs on Manchester

Music Gossip

1 Sep 2010

The Ting Tings wanted to get away from Manchester to record their second album. The British pop group deliberately turned their back on their hometown, opting instead to build their own studio in Berlin to develop a bigger sound than their debut 'We…

Sounds of this summer at the Big Top

30 Apr 2009

The Isle of Wight will be filled with the sound of music during its upcoming festival, with four more acts being added to the line-up for Saturday 13th June. The Big Top will showcase the likes of Mercury Rev, the Buffalo natives whose eccentric…

Songs of the Year 2008

11 Dec 2008

‘Skinny Love’ Bon Iver One man’s heartbreak becomes our joy from the album of the year. ‘Like the Rest of Us’ Atmosphere The leftfield dwelling purists may sneer but this is beguiling, introspective hip hop brilliance. ‘Run Run’ Those Dancing Days…

Gigs of the year 2008

11 Dec 2008

It was packed but we loved the Electric Feel of MGMT in February (Beat Club), while in March Casiotone for the Painfully Alone ’s (Nice N Sleazy’s) geeky synthesiser ballads charmed us, The Twilight Sad (King Tut’s) moved us, and Neil Young (The…

Singles & Downloads

2 Oct 2008

Nothing draws a groan of predictably quite like finding a new Oasis shortplayer on top of the singles pile, so we’ll keep this brief. ‘Shock of the Lightning’ (Big Brother) •• is another bit of drony fluff Noel Gallagher probably found down the back of…

The Ting Tings' sink wash

Celebrity Gossip

12 Jul 2008

The Ting Tings have to wash their clothes in the sink. Singer Katie White has revealed she and her bandmate Jules De Martino have to take drastic measures to stay clean while they are on tour because they are always so busy. She said: "We use…

T in the Park - The Ting Tings

3 Jul 2008

Walking through Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens with the band who are number one in both the UK singles and downloads chart is a cheerful feeling, and it’s not purely down to the bright, sunny Saturday afternoon weather. Katie White and Jules De Martino…

The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

22 May 2008

POP (Columbia) Salford duo The Ting Tings have been a buzz band recently, and this debut partially fulfils that potential. Conforming to today’s obligatory itunes-friendly frontloading of the album with hits, they blow their wad early, the insanely…

The Ting Tings announce Glasgow date

28 Feb 2008

Fresh from playing the NME Awards Tour, the electro garage duo The Ting Tings have announced their own headline tour, calling in at King Tut's, Glasgow on Sunday 13 April. Previewing their debut album 'We Started Nothing' out 19 May, following up their…

The Ting Tings

15 Nov 2007

POWERPOP Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Wed 17 Oct If record labels really must go getting caught up in unseemly ‘bidding wars’, the least they can do is make sure they’re getting a good band. Columbia recently won the squabble for Manchester duo The Ting…