Quickies

++Here's Serge Pizzorno of Kasabian unplugged on Thick As Thieves. Would love to hear him do even more of this spare, stripped down music.

++The Avalanches' latest LP has been delayed because much like their last album they use a ton of samples (3,500 last time!), and oh those samples, they take time to clear.

++Ann Arbor's Nomo are described by some as Congotronic-esque trancefunk and by others as Afrobeat purists.

++Nellie McKay (prounounced Muh Kai) took part in NPR's Song Project and was given three days to write a song based on an antique, Library of Congress picture of men doing the Charleston. See what transpired and how she was inspired here.