The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings, a scrappy, dance-oriented indie pop duo consisting of singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules De Martino, formed in the Salford district of Manchester, England in 2007. Quickly signed to the local indie label Switchflicker Records, the Ting Tings released their debut single, "That's Not My Name," in the spring of 2007. The band signed to Columbia Records later that year. The Switchflicker single's flip side, "Great DJ," was released on Columbia in March 2008, followed by a reissue of "That's Not My Name" itself, which rose to the top of the U.K. charts in May 2008, the same month that the duo's debut album, We Started Nothing, appeared. ~ Stewart Mason