Christy, as a host at maniaTV, enjoys providing news, reviews and updates about the independent music, art and film community. In addition to playing indie music videos, she enjoys conducting exclusive interviews with the hottest bands and interacting with the viewing audience LIVE during her shows. She has been a field correspondent at festivals and conferences across the country, including South by Southwest (SXSW), Comic-Con, CMJ and more.

On Air Wardrobe:
Gentle Fawn
House of Spy
Naughty Secretary Club
Little by Jenny
Blood is the New Black

HOBBIES

Her hobbies include taking Polaroid's, thrift store shopping, comic books, science projects, record shopping, NYLON and Vogue addictions, blogs, graffiti, mixtapes, film club, podcasting and dancing to brit-pop cheeky classics.

FAVORITE BANDS

The Modern Lovers, Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab for Cutie, Badly Drawn Boy, Cure, The Smiths, New Order, The Shins, Sigur Rós, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, Mr. Lif, Aesop Rock, Madlib, Elliott Smith, Jenny Lewis, Interpol, Plus Minus, Belle and Sebastian, The Decemberists, The Streets, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine, Kings of Convenience, Lali Puna, Sleater-Kinney, The Flaming Lips, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan.

FAVORITE FILMS

Wes Anderson, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Woody Allen, Coppola, Charlie Kaufman and all movies with choreographed dance scenes.