>>Red is All the Rage has an awesome interview with Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal. Revelations include: Kevin’s favorite bands, his dislike on the way the OM album Big Oil was released, and the chances of an Of Montreal DVD.

>>Rock Snob is going to be backpacking in Europe for all of June and, naturally, will be unable to blog during this time. Her solution? Ask one of you to fill in for a month! (note: offer does not include blog-dating Dodge, myself or Mikey)

>>Brooklyn Vegan reports on the first CMJ confirmation: Nouvelle Vague. While I’m not familiar with the band, I’ll be doing so quickly. The reason for this is because I’m still counting on going to CMJ with WRFL this fall. Ah, the joys of college. But anyways, I know there’s at least one reader of this blog that can confirm/deny the NV CMJ talk…What’s the word, Adrienne?

>>Hayden Christensen says new SW film is anti-Bush. I could have told you that. I started laughing at the part about the Emperor calling an emergency meeting of the senate to grant him special powers during wartime. Funny, funny, funny.

>>I forgot to mention my favorite bit of indie gossip - C.O. from Bishop Allen is dating Keith from We Are Scientists. The two were seen being chummy between their respective bands’ performances at The Tank in NYC. On a sad note, that was the last show ever played at The Tank, because they’re rebuilding it. Bishop Allen and We Are Scientists - making history since they formed!
(image via Nathantiel)

>>Torture Garden has some awesome photos from a free Futureheads show he attended. If you couldn’t guess, I’m a big fan of concert photos ;)