The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings @ CMW 2009

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) March 16, 2009 12:03 pm
Background / Composition: The Ting Tings are a British duo best known for their crazy addictive hipster dance tracks like "Great DJ" and "That's Not My Name." Featuring drummer/singer/guitarist Jules De Martino and vocalis/guitarist Katie White, the poppy dancey duo reached #1 in the U.K. for last year's debut album, We...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 14, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 14, 2010 1:58 pm
Saint Alvia will cover a bunch of Rancid tunes on Nov. 19 at Toronto's Bovine Sex Club as part of a new series featuring bands covering classic albums. —Facebook Broken Social Scene apparently have some songs left over from the Forgiveness Rock Record sessions that Brendan Canning says they could end up fixing up and turning into a new record. —...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 13, 2010 2:10 pm
Lykke Li will release a new single, "Get Some," which will be available as a free download through her website on Oct. 25. —lykkeli.com Zeus will finish 2010 with a brief run of Canadian shows in December. —MySpaceCBC Radio 3's Grant Lawrence is going on a cross-Canada tour to support his first book, Adventures In Solitude (get a copy if you haven...
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The Ting Tings — "Great DJ"

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By CHARTattack Staff November 4, 2009 12:05 pm
The 350 Ting Tings fans who showed up at the British indie rock duo's video shoot for We Started Nothing's "Great DJ" on Sept. 19 were all given Adidas sweatsuits and glow-in-the-dark paint and told to do whatever they wanted with it. That resulted in a pretty messy dance session. We Started Nothing is out now and The Ting Tings are...
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Paint By Ting Tings

Submitted by Jen White on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 3:23pm
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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 4, 2009 3:23 pm
Maybe I'm just a little paint-crazed lately because I'm in the midst of painting my apartment, but this gig seems like it would've been awesome to attend. The Ting Tings played a secret gig in the U.K. last Friday in a white room and encouraged fans, who were all wearing white track suits, to go crazy with paint. They were asked to paint vinyl...
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Ting Tings Tour Won't Be Flashy

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By CHARTattack Staff January 21, 2009 4:24 pm
British pop sensations The Ting Tings will launch an extensive North American tour in March, but they won't have any strobe lights on stage to complement their music and enhance the atmosphere. "We don't have strobe lighting any more because Jules has been having fits," singer Katie White told Britain's Daily Star tabloid of drummer...
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Year-End Honourable Mentions

Submitted by Jen White on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 2:00pm
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By Jen White (CHARTattack) January 15, 2009 2:00 pm
Year-end lists are always fun to read, but I find can be a total pain to make. Why, you ask? I'm indecisive as all hell. So after I racked my brains and finally handed in my list, there were some things that should've been on there that there just wasn't room for. Also, hindsight can be a real bitch, and when I listened more intently to some...
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