Here at LMB we’re obviously open to a band stretching a song beyond its normal studio length or otherwise changing it for the live setting…that’s, in fact, one of the main reasons people dig live music. (Okay, duh, you can send my regards to Captain Obvious)

But while a band such as Phish is definitely known for kicking out the long jams in concert, there are plenty of other live bands that don’t normally get this label that can still rock out a jam segment either in concert or in the studio.

With this in mind, we’ve compiled a few long-winded tracks from some bands that are not necessarily known for their jamming skills, and we want to know from all the listeners: do you like when “indie rock” bands jam? That’s the basic premise here, and if you didn’t catch it, the title is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek.

• Live Music Blog Podcast #052 [mp3] (83.8 MB)
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Total running time: 45:46

Tracklists includes “stretched out” songs from:
Wilco, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, !!!, and Yo La Tengo

Enjoy! And definitely let us know what you think in the comments section.

Radiohead is back at work in the studio (apparently “rebuilt” after the massive wind storms of Europe); speaking of Radiohead, Rock Music Daily has some solid live Radiohead MP3s from 1997.

Looks like the Pitchfork Music Festival is returning to Chicago in 2007, and is now slated for July 14-15th
….So who do you think’s gonna be there? TV on the Radio? The Knife? Are those too obvious?

The next Wilco album has a name and a release date: Sky Blue Sky will be out May 15th (this, according to coverage of a recent Tweedy solo show. Sounds good to me Jeff, but more significant news might be: what’s going to be on that album?)

LCD Soundsystem may finally be adding some U.S. dates to that European schedule…they’ve got 2 nights at the Bowery in NYC (and the 1st night is already sold out?!?). Hopefully, they’ll bring their disco-punk madness nationwide.

Glide has a nice feature on a Live Music Blog favorite: Toubab Krewe

and last but not least…

Still got some old gems on tape that just HAVE to be on your iPod? Well, bust out those old XLIIs and zip them onto your computer system with this thing.

Got any random tips or juicy tidbits? Drop us a line in the comments.

• AT&T Blueroom is streaming the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Sat. 4/29 – Sun 4/30).

• MSN’s got a stream for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Sun. webcasts on 4/30 and 5/7).

• AOL Music has a stream for Pearl Jam’s latest release that comes out May 2nd.

• Neil Young’s upcoming release “Living With War.”

• NPR’s “Song of the Day” column has a funky and soulful take on Radiohead’s “Morning Bell” (and if that strikes your fancy, you might also check out my post on another funky Radiohead cover and the artsy video that went with it).

Mark Ronson has created a graffiti art montage set to a cover version of Radiohead’s “Just” (from the album the Bends), featuring Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet. Not only is this one of my favorite Radiohead songs, but this version adds just the right bit of funkiness (maybe it’s the horn section) and really does the original justice by altering it in a unique manner. Though I originally just heard the audio, the video just makes it that much more interesting, with its playful, retro graffiti images taking on life in an urban setting.

A few linkies:

Watch the video

More about the cover of “Just”

More on an upcoming album of Radiohead covers via Pitchfork (warning: scroll to “Herbert, Rjd2, ?uestlove Cover Radiohead”)

And…

It seems only fitting to also link to Laith Bahrani’s flash animation clip set to an acoustic version “Creep” (from Radiohead’s debut Pablo Honey).

Plus…

While I don’t really know much about graffiti art (or really the larger art world in general), in my mind, this artistic style seems somewhat connected to the burgeoning art genre often dubbed “low-brow,” complete with cute, alien, and retro images that remind me of 80s-era cartoons and 8-bit video game characters. From my limited knowledge, I’ve heard that one of the forerunners in this genre is Tim Biskup, whose work is some of the most colorful and interesting that I’ve recently had the experience of digging. A buddy of mine set up a forum for Biskup and his brethren called the Limited Addiction. Join in on the discussion if it’s something that interests you.

Speaking of Radiohead…

…The band is currently working on songs for an upcoming album, and has hinted that they may be looking at alternate strategies for releasing the material. Frontman Thom Yorke alluded to this move on the band’s blog, and several digital music bloggers and biz-peeps took keen interest. My sense is that they may be making a bit much out of Yorke’s cryptic message, but it certainly makes sense for Radiohead to try an all-digital, single-oriented release strategy, as more and more bands try new ideas in the budding DIY digital music realm and online distribution era. Of course, I think that Radiohead has the clout, support, and capability to pull this type of thing off pretty nicely, but it’ll be interesting to see if other bands follow their lead.