Why I like The Ting Tings.

On their full-length debut, the Ting Tings craft peppy New Wave that's relentlessly catchy: "That's Not My Name" is a Toni Basil-style chant-along fueled by a punk-funk groove, "Be the One" sounds like Blondie, and "We Started Nothing" dresses up a ripping break beat in sumptuous soul horns. The Ting Tings toss in enough untreated guitars, grrrl-power lyrics and subsonic Moog blurts to give We Started Nothing a certain edginess. But it's just a front: An album that's as joyful as anything by Gwen Stefani or Kylie Minogue doesn't need indie cred.

-Michael Endelman on Rolling Stone.com

Among all those buzz words about what the band sounds like and what kind of music they play, the heart of the article is saying, The Ting Tings We Started Nothing is an album you should get. The album is reminiscent of some of our beloved 80s bands and yeah it has a punk girl feel to it. Oddly enough, I'm all about the punk-girl types. If I hear one I kinda gravitate. The video to "Shut Up and Let Me Go" is as fun as the song sounds, despite it being a song about breaking up with their old record label.

Starting September 15, The Ting Tings will be on tour with Pink, another artist i enjoy (What is up with female music artists for me lately). This will be the US leg of Pink's tour and looky here, the tour is starting in Seattle!

It's good to live in Seattle...sometimes.