at The Crocodile

The crowd sang along with every song and applauded after only a few notes, once they recognized the song and realized it was a favorite.

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The Ting Tings are not an original or innovative band – just a very good pop one.

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At the risk of sounding like a publicist, right now I cannot be more excited for the chance to see the Ting Tings tomorrow night. Twice.

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I made one this afternoon. You can listen to it at imaginarychrisb.muxtape.com. What would be on yours?

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Last night I finally got around to listening to the Ting Tings, and I'm hooked. I literally spent every moment of my commute today to and from work (around an hour and a half round trip) listening to two songs I found online last night.

They have an EP being released on Tuesday, March 4 called Great DJ and are playing a show at the Vera Project on Sunday, March 9.

"Great DJ" and especially "That's Not My Name" are two of the catchiest pop songs I've heard for a while. While neither is available in the US, to my knowledge, yet (*cough* Hype Machine *cough*), they can be streamed on the band's MySpace page.

"That's Not My Name" has singer Katie White bemoaning men who forget her name once she expresses disinterest. It's funny and sassy, kind of like what Lily Allen would sound like if she stopped listening to ska. The chorus ("they call me 'hell'; they call me 'Stacey'; they call me 'her'; the call me 'Jane'; that's not my name") is simply infectuous.

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NME has released a list of what it thinks the Next Big Things of 2008 and well, it is quite a list. Sure, its very UK-centric, but judge for yourself...

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