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“If you were looking for some music that would fall somewhere in between some of the hyped bands/styles right now, then London’s up and coming My Tiger My Timing might just fill that void. This little four piece takes those afrobeat rhythms and plays them like Hot Chip chillin’ beach side with the sun [...]

“Some great music landed in my inbox today. I guess the term “intelligent dance” doesn’t really make any sense, but in the case of My Tiger My Timing I think it’s quite relevant. There’s a little afrobeat going on, a little math thing and a cute dance thing too. The guys have made some really [...]

“…New Cross dance-pop quartet support, suggesting a cross between Television (had they been raised on kwassa kwassa), Stereolab and Of Montreal.” – Time Out
PLUS!!!!!!
everyone’s entitled to it!
“I’m certainly not going nuts over it.” – Bridging The Atlantic

“…This is intelligent surreal-pop mixing up the elements of weird North-American indie and alternative dance to create something unique that vibrates and buzzes through the air, and if they are lucky, it’s gonna shape the future of UK’s indie.” – Kunk
Also in Rolo’s Top 5 of the Week on Don’t You Wanna Be Relevant?
And J.M. [...]

Streetkiss Music Q&A now online:
“De la pop groovy-funky, on aime ça. Kool Kiss!”
Thank you to everyone who came down to the Metro last night, you made it momentous! Love you xx

…Aural Satisfaction
“My Tiger My Timing is a 4 piece electro/pop/afrobeat/zouk band from London. They all sing, on the tracks, which give them a really cool sound. And im really in love with the drums on the track they sent me, ‘This Is Not The Fire’.”

“…they use afro-beat in an appealing and innovative way. I like the cut of their gib and recommend you give ‘em a listen.”
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Friday, 29 August 2008
Q+A with My Tiger My Timing
Hello all! I’m going in an hour so this is the last post for a while, but I’v found out there might be a chance of some posts during the week!
Well readers of Dirty Sexy Music, I’m proud to present [...]

“Like their countrymen The Chap and Hot Chip, My Tiger My Timing is helping to usher in a new era of intelligent dance music. What does it sound like? Afrobeat guitars + dub basslines + skittery beats + steel drum keyboards + 4 vocalists. ZOMG!” – Let’s Sexy Fighting

“My Tiger My Timing remind me of early Hot Chip and by that i mean the stuff on their ‘Coming On Strong’ album, all downtempo, soft and funky electro-soul-pop with touches of brilliant weirdness…” – Pier Pressure