Lauren Mayberry Quotes

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.

The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade.

I guess my music taste is pretty predictable: I like new indie rock stuff, older stuff.

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment.

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

I love music, particularly Radiohead, TV on the Radio, The XX and Tribes - they're a great new band from Camden and well worth a look at.

A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio.

It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like listening to Pavement it's just The Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads.

There are bands like Imagine Dragon, Grouplove, and fun. who have come along and shifted the way that rock can sound.

The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.

We have an electronic vein we have tapped and applied it to a rock setting like tons of bands out there.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

Like, Mission Of Burma to me always sounded almost like they were part of the British Arty New Wave. I kind of like that. I like not being able to tell the difference.

I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.

If you make rock music with guitars in it, the Radiohead comparison is inevitable.

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It was very heavy with a lot of open tunings, which was great because I played in trios, so I used open tunings to get a fuller sound.

I think there was a real lane built for indie bands during the time when Chairlift came up.

I've always been indie.

I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.

I love '90s grunge and punk.

When I was in college in Philly, there was a lot of post-punks... hardcore... like, rock. Sixties, retro, proto-Strokes kind of bands.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.

You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.