Archive for June 4th 2008

Baby come on back to Wolfman Jack

The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (Columbia)

For a while, I felt like I was the only person in the world who did not attend the South By Southwest festival earlier this year. Almost every music blog, media outlet and even many of my coworkers professed their love for the bands they discovered over the course of the event. Since then, many of those groups, like Black Kids, Los Campesinos! and The Ting Tings have gone on to sign with various labels based on the strong reception of their live performances. The Ting Tings’ debut, We Started Nothing, is a quirky mix of dance-pop, girl group harmonies and electronica which are sure to further their newfound popularity. The album kicks off with what might become their signature song,