Orphaned: The Ting Tings

@group name:The Ting Tings@body no indent: Stylized, arch, and syncopated, this British duo - singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer/guitarist Jules De Martino - evince a nervy, hair-flip iciness that brings to mind so many previous U.K. exports that it's almost depressing. Not the Smiths, whose despondent charms endure, but Blur or Elastica. Lead single and Ipod spot banger "Shut Up and Let Me Go" is pure, petulant strobelit stomp and the pair's best self-advertisement thus far; nothing else on debut We Started Nothing equals touch it. Yet I've a sneaking suspicion that the public will have forgotten all about "Shut Up" by the time the first general election debates roll around. -Ray CummingsThe Ting Tings, with Gnarles Barkley and the Black Keys. Monday, July 28, at the City Market.