Anthony Fantano Quotes

I'm a big Arcade Fire fan. I love the way they make records - 'Funeral' being my favorite.

Nowadays I'm more interested in what you'd call 'alternative.' Lately we've been listening to a lot of Mumford & Sons, and Jenny Owen Youngs. I'm also pretty crazy about the Kings of Convenience, a Norwegian band that's been compared to Simon and Garfunkel.

If I could play the ukulele like Zooey Deschanel, I would find my own personal M. Ward, and we would do a side album; but I don't, you know?

I'm into Incubus. Growing up, I was a huge Taking Back Sunday fan. I'm still a fan, but I don't listen as much as I used to. When I was 13 or 14, I started getting into emo-pop-rock, so that influenced me. I also love Drake... I have a pretty diverse collection.

A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playing with the tallest band in the world, the Coachmen. They were sort of like Talking Heads, jangly guitar, Feelies guitar. Anyway, it was love at first sight. His band broke up that night. And we started playing.

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.

I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock.

Sigur Ros make beautiful music. Bloc Party are fantastic and exciting and innovative.

And my favourite new songwriter is Joe Banfi from Sheffield. He's dark, edgy, serene and beautiful.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.

XTC is my favorite band; I'm a huge Neil Young fan, Jayhawks, all that type of stuff. I like Death Cab for Cutie, also Ryan Adams. I try to impress my children: 'Have you listened to such-and-such?' They're not impressed.

I just got exposed to electronica, and I really liked it. I am also good with alternative rock. I like Lana Del Rey, Adele, Dido, Jack Johnson, and I love the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.

I love James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith and Nine Inch Nails.

The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in.

I'm always into rock n' roll and indie rock.

My friends actually used to call me the 'Female Conor Oberst.' I got to open up with him once, and I told him about that, and he thought it was hilarious.

I was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock.

I love Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are from New Zealand, living in Portland.

That Yo La Tengo record, 'Painful,' has got some real awesome, noisy, mellow heartbreakers.

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

I enjoy independent music, even more than Bollywood.

I listened to Kanye West and also dove deep into bands like Radiohead, Portishead, and Bon Iver.