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These Ting Tings, and their stripped down musical stylings. First it was the very lo-fi Great DJ, which I wasn’t impressed with. That’s Not My Name, by comparison is a major improvement.

The whole song revolves around a repetitive Hey Mickey style drumbeat, which is the only instrumentation at the beginning, gradually joined by guitars and bass and other sound effects until the whole thing builds into a raucous noisy crescendo.

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The Ting Tings are yet another of those acts that the music industry would like us to buy into this year. Unfortunately, I’m becoming increasingly suspicious of that bloody Sound Of 2008 list.

In the weeks since the BBC list was released, most of these acts have flooded the market. It’s all been very sudden and very aggressive, and I’m not sure if most of the acts are worth our attention.

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