Is it just me or does Tom Morello have the same voice as Barack Obama? I had to watch Street Sweeper Social Club's interview twice because the first time I was so distracted by his presidential tone that I pretty much couldn't concentrate on anything he said.

The Rage Against The Machine / Audioslave alumnus is half of Street Sweeper Social Club. His accomplice is Boots Riley of Oakland rap group The Coup. Together they just released their self-titled debut, along with a star-studded video for first single, "100 Little Curses."

Meet Street Sweeper Social Club in this exclusive MTV interview, keep an eye out for "100 Little Curses" (featuring Sopranos star Drea DiMateo and Road Trip star Breckin Meyer), and look for Street Sweeper Social Club on tour this summer with Jane's Addiction and supposed retirees Nine Inch Nails.

+ THIS JUST IN: Before leaving for Harvard, Tom Morello grew up in Chicago with his European mother and Kenyan father. WEIRD!

+ UPDATE: Watch Taking Back Sunday answer your fan questions in this brand-new video interview! +

Taking Back Sunday is coming to MTV this Wednesday, May 6 to answer your fan questions. So, what do you wanna know about the new-new-new Taking Back Sunday and their highly anticipated album, New Again, due out June 2.

Do you wanna know how Adam Lazzara achieves such impeccable facial hair? (Answer: I don't know. Ask him). And why isn't "Winter Passing" on the album? Favorite Tom Petty songs? How long did it take to wash off that black goo from the "Sink Into Me" video? Where you too can get your own "I Used To Be In Taking Back Sunday" t-shirt? (I don't know, but I want one too.)

TBS superfans, I KNOW you're out there (I read fan blogs.) So, leave your comments in the comment section, and I'll do my best to ask TBS when they're here at MTV next week.

+ Plus, watch five Taking Back Sunday videos and a whole bunch of Taking Back Sunday MTV live performances.

... And, after the jump, watch Taking Back Sunday on the set of their new video, "Sink Into Me," and watch an old-school clip of TBS discussing the classic Jane's Addiction video, "Been Caught Stealing."

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+ On their upcoming album, My Chemical Romance wanna go back to being "just another band from New Jersey." So, why are they recording in Los Angeles? Of the still nameless album, which features a song tentatively titled "New Hair, Same Sh--," Gerard Way says, "It's going to get by on its musicianship and its own merits in the songs." (MTV News)

+ Celebrate Facebook's decision not to go all Guantanamo with a really happy disco remix of Lily Allen's "I Could Say!" (Lily Allen Music)

+ Is American Idol contestant Tatiana Del Toro headed for an epic breakdown? If not, is the world really up for another week with her? Here's an e-card with a preview of what that might look like ... (Best Week Ever)

+ 50 Cent to Britney Spears: "You're my inspiration!" Apparently his new album, Before I Self Destruct, was written after watching what he calls "The greatest show on Earth." 50: "She was going through her issues in public ... It was great to watch her spin out of control because it makes the average person feel better." (OK Mag)

+ Just in case he doesn't get a chance to talk to you in the next three or four years, Trent Reznor wants you to know right now that Nine Inch Nails is a) recording a new album, b) planning a tour with Jane's Addiction and c) breaking up. (Agent Bedhead)

+ Justin Timberlake named Most Stylish Man In America (Gabby Babble); Madonna-daughter Lourdes named Most Stylish creature in space. (I'm Bringing Blogging Back)

+ Even stalkers begin to bend under the weight of economic recession. (CelebSlam)

Not only did Tapes 'N Tapes -- everyone's favorite jittery, jangly Twin Cities indie rockers -- just release their new video, "Hang Them All," which has been astutely described as "kind of Raising Arizona meets 'Been Caught Stealing,'" (BTW, welcome back, Jane's Addiction!) but they also figured out a way to reconfigure the 99-cent store business model. Finally!

Watch "Hang Them All" and our original TNT fave, "Cowbell," below, plus download "Hang Them All" for free, and get behind-the-scenes photos from the video shoot at the Subterranean blog.

"Actress" Bai Ling's recent arrest -- no, not for showing up to the Grammys dressed like a slutty leprechaun but for "picking up" some celeb rags and a pack of batteries via ye olde five-finger discount at LAX airport -- inspired this blast-from-the-past video: Jane's Addiction's old-school ode to shoplifting, "Been Caught Stealing."

(Credit: Backseatcuddler.com)

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