One by one

School of Seven Bells' 'Bye Bye Bye' was my most played song in 2010. Bells ' Alejandra Deheza interviewed by author Rick Florino:

What records shaped you? What do you always come back to?

A huge album from when I was little was Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. I was totally blown away by the harmonies they sang. I'm a really huge Echo and the Bunnymen fan. I love his lyrics, and I love the music. Will Sergeant's like my favorite guitar player ever. His guitar lines are almost Middle Eastern. I feel like what he was doing, no one was doing at the time. Ian McCulloch's such a great singer. I love what they do because they're very abstract, but they know how to make a melody everyone can relate to. That's really important to me when I hear music. You don't want to make music to alienate people or to make someone feel like they don't get it. There's a place for things like that. For me, I love making music that can communicate something real.

Full interview at ArtistDirect.com.