Chicago’s own Kill Hannah, which has a unique electronica sound, will play with a special guest at 7 p.m. Friday at the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room. Student ticket prices are $6, general public tickets are $8. Recently the Weekender sat down to interview Mat Devine, Kill Hannah’s lead singer/guitar player.

Weekender: Who would you rather be: a Kennedy, a Bush, a Nixon or a Clinton?

MD: [laugh] Clinton

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W: Why is that?

MD: For the obvious reasons.

W: Which would you least rather be?

MD: Well, I plead ignorance. I really don’t know anything about politics. I’d at least like to be the oldest one …

W: Nixon is actually dead.

MD: Oh, it’s kind of easy then.

W: Why should people come to DeKalb to see your performance?

MD: The guys should come to the show because a lot of cute girls go to the show.

W: What’s on your bookshelf?

MD: I just bought two awesome books just yesterday. This one called “Secret Societies of America’s Elite: From the Knights Templar to Skull and Bones,” by Steven Sora. And, I got this Andy Warhol biography. Those are sprinkled on top of back issues of Maxim magazine and Playboy and stock image photography books. I have to trim down my collection.

W: Your collection of books?

MD: No, my library. I’m kind of mobile, kind of nomadic. I gave two boxes of books to our fans.

W: That’s a good gift. What have you all been keeping yourself busy with? Tours? Recording? “Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4”?

MD: We were out in L.A. since November. In the last year it’s been all three of us. We’ve been touring for months, recording and mixing for months, and playing “Tony Hawk” for months.

W: Do you have a record due out some time?

MD: The record was mastered yesterday. We are beginning to think about artwork and order. It could be out … actually we don’t know right now. Our manager has meetings with the label to decide on an exact release. We are hoping sometime in the fall.

W: What kind of prison sentence would I receive for actually killing Hannah?

MD: [laughs] It actually depends on how crafty you are. It’s virtually impossible to get away with murder.

W: Have you ever heard of Northern Illinois University?

MD: I was rejected from Northern Illinois University. I’m the only one I’ve ever heard of to be rejected from Northern.

W: Did you go to school?

MD: I ended up going to ISU for two years and transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago. I tried to prolong it as much as I could. I took three or four years to do what I could have done in one year.

W: Best part about touring?

MD: That’s a good question. I would of thought that the best thing about touring is visiting new places and exploring the countryside. But after our third date outside of major cities, I kind of realized there is no reason to.

W: No reason to what?

MD: No reason to leave the big city. The best part is … at truck stops, they have this game called “Big Buck Hunter.” It has a shotgun attached to it.

W: You win the lottery tomorrow. What do you buy?

MD: That’s such a great question. Before we got signed, I would have formed a record label. But umm, now I dunno. I’d probably … wait, is this $40 million after taxes?

W: No taxes. It’s a magical year.

MD: I’d buy a skyscraper, totally hollow it out, make it into a one-room apartment with 300-foot ceilings. And I’d probably go to Thailand for the obvious reasons. Have you seen “The Beach”?