Cheap Trick Perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Elijah Wood, Mila Kunis.

Method Man and Red Man (featuring Erick Sermon) on Last Call with Carson Daly.

Michael Franti Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Joan Allen, Rob Zombie.

The Black Crowes Perform on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Jeremy Piven, Rumer Willis.

Debut LP featuring appearances by members of Rilo Kiley and The Hold Steady.

Rock maniac releases album of piano instrumentals. No, we're not kidding. (Skyscraper Music Maker)

(Barsuk)

(Cheap Lullaby Records)

(INO/Columbia)

(INO/Columbia)

DBT drops a batch of previously unreleased and rare songs, including four covers. (New West)

Fogerty revives the concept behind his 1973 solo album. Features contributions from Buddy Miller, Greg Leisz and several other all-star performers. (Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast)

Produced by The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. (The End)

Best of What's Next '08 alum releases new EP in collaboration with Eliza-Jane Barnes. (Yep Roc)

Madonna Video "Celebration" Premieres Exclusively on the iTunes Store as a Free Download for 48 Hours.

Paul McCartney is giving a landmark performance at FedExField in Washington, D.C.--the first place The Beatles ever played in America. McCartney plans to perform classics from the Beatles as well as hits from his own solo career, and tracks from his most recent album.

Foster is joined by guests Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker and more. (Devil's River)

Sixteen-track best-of collection.

Eighth studio album and accompanying free album from the Black Crowes.

First album since 2004's Revival. (Yep Roc)

(Reprise)

Educational children's CD/DVD. (Idlewild/Disney Sound)

Greatest-hits collection from the 16 years Profile Records was in operation.

(Frog Pad)

In this Soft Skulls book, Jeff Martin claims to have co-written a movie with James Cameron and disguised himself as a midget -- though, with James Frey calling him "a first class liar," who knows whether such stories are actually true.

Smokey Robinson Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: John Leguizamo, Jeff Musial.

Third Eye Blind Perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Sen. John McCain, Frank Calliendo.

Wale Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Andy Richter, Michelle More.

Manhattan experimentalists Gang Gang Dance are heading out on the road for a month-long tour in support of their latest album, St. Dymphna. The five-piece set will visit New England, parts of the Midwest and the West coast, wrapping it up in Seattle at the Bumbershoot Festival.

John Fogerty will be performing a free concert at New York's historic South Street Seaport on Sept. 2, which will mark his live debut of the classic American songbook featured on the new album, The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.

John Fogerty Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Billy Crystal.

Shadows Fall Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Jason Bateman, Ashlee Simpson.

Penguin releases Janis Ian's autobiography.

Ben Harper & Relentless7 Perform on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Harland Williams.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Perform on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Mazan.

Maxwell Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Also: Gerard Butler, Nate Berkus.

Pet Shop Boys Perform on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Bob Costas, Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

Director: Phil Traill; Writer: Kim Barker; Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong.

Director/Writer: Mike Judge; Starring: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Kristen Wiig.

Co-Directors/Co-Writers: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Starring: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valetta, Kyra Sedgwick, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges.

Gwar to Perform on Fangoria Radio on Sirius-XM at 10 p.m. (Sirius: 108, XM: 139)

An old-fashioned, revue-style tour, The Big Surprise will feature acts like the Felice Brothers, Justin Townes Earl, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings. The artists will perform both separately and collaboratively, showcasing new music that was written together. Though the tour only has a handful of stops, it starts in New Hampshire and heads all the way down to Tennessee.

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More than 50 electronic artists, including Armin van Buuren, Deadmau5, David Guetta and Ferry Corsten, are scheduled to play in Randall's Island Park in New York City during Labor Day weekend.

This festival in Los Angeles State Historic Park features Dillinger Escape Plan, Dan Deacon, Black Lips and No Age — all for the $20 ticket price.

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The last of the Nine Inch Nails' Wave Goodbye farewell shows will be held on Sept. 6 in Los Angeles, Calif. at the Echocomplex. This marks the last show the band will ever perform.

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Fourth annual fest in Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. Headliners include Ratatat, Of Montreal, Crystal Castles, Les Savy Fav and Yeasayer.

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Boys Like Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Ross.

John Fogerty Appears on Morning Joe, 6 a.m. on MSNBC.

John Fogerty Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The Cure Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Jesse James, Dwayne Perkins.

Two-disc reissue of Big Audio Dynamite's debut album.

Followup to 2007's Dethalbum, the soundtrack to the Adult Swim TV show Metalocalypse. Special DVD edition will include previously unseen music videos from 2008 tour.

The Foo Fighters will play the first of two rescheduled performances at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo. The Foos were originally slated to play July 14 and 15, but had to cancel due to lead singer Dave Grohl becoming ill.

(Epic)

Produced by Kanye West. (Roc Nation/Atlantic)

Legendary Brazilian psych-rock band's first studio album in 35 years. (Anti-/Epitaph)

First studio album in five years. (JEMP)

Paddy McAloon and co. are back with their first album in 8 years. (Kitchenware/Sony Music - U.K.)

Raekwon's - of Wu-Tang Clan - much-anticipated sequel to 1995's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Feat. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Slick Rick, GZA, Lyfe Jennings, Jadakiss and more

Produced by Rodrigo y Gabriela and John Leckie (Pink Floyd, Stone Roses, Radiohead, My Morning Jacket). Featuring Testament's Alex Skolnick and more. (ATO)

(Rounder)

Featuring Serena Ryder, Josh Ritter, The Alternate Routes and more. (Vanguard)

Two-disc reissue of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's second studio album.

(Apple/Capitol/BMI)

(Warner)

10-year-anniversary reissue of The Get U Kid's Something to Write Home About. Will include a live DVD of their 2008 reunion show, and seven downloadable bonus tracks of demos.

(Matador)

Room 23 is a fine art coffee table book presented by Diana Jenkins featuring photos of 100 actors and musicians by Deborah Anderson. Proceeds from the book's sales will benefit the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Project, which is committed to furthering human rights globally and training the next generation of human rights lawyers and policy makers.

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Brendan Benson Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Kathy Griffin, Ryan Kwanten.

Diane Birch Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Sig Hansen, Derek Dunfee.

George Jones to Appear on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Jay-Z, Martha Stewart.

Queen Latifah Appears and Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Ed Westwick.

Smokey Robinson Performs on Live with Regis and Kelly on ABC.

Director: Shane Acker, Writers: Pamela Pettler (screenplay) & Shane Acker (story), Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover. (Limited)

Foo Fighters play the second of two rescheduled shows at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo.

Noise-rockers HEALTH are hitting the road for a three-week tour in support of their new album, Get Color. The group will be supported by a performance artist, Pictureplane. The tour kicks off in L.A. and wraps up in D.C., with stops in the Midwest along the way.

This ongoing film exhibition will explore the vast collection that New York's Museum of Modern Art has collected, in addition to the emergence and rise of cinema. Film screenings and events will occur every Wednesday-Friday through Oct. 2.

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Paolo Nutini Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Dennis Quaid.

The Ting Tings Perform on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Jeremy Renner, Brandon Jennings.

White Lies Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Rod Blagojevich.

BYO Records' Documentary Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records Premieres at Ricardo Montalban Theatre, Los Angeles, at 7 p.m.

Sept. 10-19, filmmakers and movie connoisseurs from around the world will gather in Toronto, Canada to showcase and enjoy films.

Hanne Hukkelberg will be dropping in the U.S. for a small string of tour dates in support of her third album, Blood From A Stone. She'll set off her first show in Chicago, Ill. on Sept. 10 at The Empty Bottle, and continue to tour five more cities before wrapping up in Los Angeles, Calif. at Hotel Café.

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Chris Cornell Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Antonio Banderas, Bill Hader.

Diane Birch Performs in the Studio on The Today Show on NBC.

George Jones to Perform on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Russell Brand, Kaitlin Olson.

Kid Cudi Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Michael Douglas, Leighton Meester.

The Used Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Rumer Willis.

Zee Avi Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: John Scurti.

Director: Stewart Hendler, Writers: Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg, Starring: Rumer Willis, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher.

Director/Writer: Tyler Perry, Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Gladys Knight, Mary J. Blige.

Director: Dominic Sena, Writers: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt.

This year's fest, curated by ATP and The Flaming Lips, features Animal Collective, The Jesus Lizard, Panda Bear, The Melvins, The Feelies, Akron Family, EL-P, Black Dice, Dirty Three, Atlas Sound, Autolux, a comedy stage with David Cross, a cinema hosted by Criterion (including Jim Jarmusch's presentation of Mystery Train) and, of course, The Flaming Lips.

Juliette Lewis will embark on a fall tour in support of her most recent solo record, Terra Incognita. The tour kicks off in Ontario on Sept. 11 and continues through October. It winds down in Los Angeles, Calif. on Oct. 17.

The festival's fifth anniversary features performances all over Manhattan, including international acts like Zlatne Uste Brass Band, Barbados Erkosezlatne and The Sway Machinery (featuring members of Balkan Beat Box, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Arcade Fire). Runs through Sept. 26.

The Get Up Kids are back together to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their album, Something To Write Home About, with a U.S. tour that kicks off in Kansas City, Miss. on Sept. 11. The three-month long tour will follow the Sept. 8 reissue of the record, which will include a live DVD and 7 downloadable bonus tracks. The tour will wind down in Austin, Texas.

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Interview and Performance by George Jones on Fox News' Huckabee at 8 p.m.

Frightened Rabbit will embark on a headlining tour with fellow Scottish groups, The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks. The first show is at the Monolith Festival in Morrison, Colo., and will be the only performance without The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks. The tour continues through September and wraps up with a show on Sept. 29 in Orlando, Fla. @ The Social.

Curated and headlined by Common and The Roots, the Hennessy Artistry Series will span five cities this fall. September 12 - Chicago @ The Shrine 19 - Atlanta @ The Velvet Room October 3 - Houston @ The Corinthian 7 - New York @ "Halo" at Terminal 5

Playing in the picturesque Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado this year will be Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mars Volta, Girl Talk, Phoenix, Of Montreal and more.

In this solo exhibition, sculptor and street artist D*Face reinterprets the exquisite corpse concept through A Clockwork Orange's Ludovico Aversion Therapy. Held at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, 529 West 20th Street in New York, Sept. 12-Oct. 10.

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Sara Watkins and John Paul Jones perform on Late Night on NBC.

Bela Fleck collaborates with Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer for "Melody of Rhythm" tour. The trio will hit 19 cities, kicking off in Austin.

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Series Premiere of The Jay Leno Show at 10 p.m. on NBC.

Dave Matthews will appear on PBS's Tavis Smiley to discuss his musical career and his band's latest album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King.

Eighth studio album from the Trashcan Sinatras.

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Bruce Hornsby Performs with Special Guest Eric Clapton on The Jay Leno Show. Also: Halle Berry.

Care Bears on Fire Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Anne Heche, Jim Parsons.

Ghostface Performs "Baby" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Anna Faris, Alan Cumming.

Metric Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Jesse Metcalfe, Caleb Aero.

Phoenix Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Jennifer Aniston, Melanie Oudin.

Eighth studio album from the Beastie Boys.

(Nettwerk)

Violent Femmes frontman, in collaboration with Brendan and Billy Ryan, releases second solo album. (Yep Roc)

Sophomore album from Mazzy Star frontwoman Hope Sandoval.

(Eagle)

Produced by Kanye West, Ratatat & more. Guests include West, Snoop Dogg, Common, Ratatat. (Dream On/G.O.O.D./Universal Motown)

(Megaforce)

First studio album from MSP in 15 years. All pre-orders will include a download of an LP of remixes. (Warner)

Sixth solo studio LP from former Dire Straits frontman.

(Roadrunner)

Fifth studio album, featuring production work by Mark Stent.

(Battery)

(Wichita Recordings)

Reissues of Sunny Day Real Estate's first and second albums.

This third installment of Tennessee talent features: Kyle Andrews, Andrew Belle, Madi Diaz, Mikky Ekko, Jedd Hughes, Ashley Monroe, Sarah Siskind and Joy Williams. Available on iTunes. (Ready Set)

The collective talent of Peter Buck (R.E.M., Minus Five), Scott McCaughey (R.E.M., Minus Five, Young Fresh Fellows), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) and Lynda Pitmon will be touring as The Baseball Project this fall. The collaboration is the idea of Wynn and McCaughey, who decided to compose a record that extols the virtues of their favorite sport: baseball. The tour kicks off on Sept. 15 in Philadelphia, Penn. and wraps up on Oct. 1 with a show at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas.

The Dodos' third studio LP. Produced by Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Shins). (Frenchkiss)

Feat. Mates of State's Kori Gardner. (Thirty Tigers/Dew Process)

Featuring members of Calexico. (Shout Factory)

Published by Algonquin Books,Our Noise features an introduction by Ryan Adams and first hand accounts of Merge's history from the label's founders.

Music journalist Jim DeRogatis' new book offers an illustrated history of the Velvet Underground, published by Voyageur Press.

Oren Canfield, son of Chicken Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield, tells the true story of how he survived both dangerous rebellion and a heroin addiction. A HarperCollins release.

Gregory Maguire (Wicked) pays tribute to Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) by exploring the author and illustrator's wide range of influence and motifs. A HarperCollins release.

An illustrated historical account of the band's influence. Written by Jim DeRogatis, released through Voyageur Press.

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John Fogerty Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Billy Crystal.

Pete Yorn Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Seth Green, Kevin Lyman.

Q-Tip Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Charlize Theron, David Boreanaz.

Smokey Robinson Performs New Album Time Flies When You're Having Fun on The Bonnie Hunt Show.

The Flaming Lips will be the first band ever to debut an album on Colbertnation.com, while performing on the air on The Colbert Report (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central). Upcoming album: Embryonic.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Aaron Eckhart, Michael Strahan.

Asobi Seksu, to promote its acoustic album Rewolf, will perform an acoustic show at Joe's Pub in New York City.

Asobi Seksu kicks off 2009 tour with Loney Dear, starting off in New York and hitting the West coast and Canada.

GWAR will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a fall tour, kicking off on Sept. 16 in Memphis, Tenn. with a show at Minglewood Hall, where they'll share the stage with Lamb Of God. They'll continue to blanket the U.S. and parts of Canada through December, winding down with a show in Philadelphia, Penn. on Dec. 12. Besides Lamb Of God, other guests include Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord. Be sure to catch them on Sirius-XM's Fangoria Radio on Sept. 4 as they perform in support of their upcoming tour and latest album, Lust in Space.

The Meat Puppets are setting off on their longest tour to date. The first show is on Sept. 16 at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Ariz. They'll be performing new songs and rarities, and many of their set lists will be based on suggestions by their fans. The tour wraps up on Dec. 4 in Memphis, Tenn. They'll also be performing with Dead Confederate.

Those Darlins have confirmed their fall U.S. tour dates. They'll be promoting their breakthrough self-titled debut. The first show kicks off on Sept. 16 at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. They'll continue to travel through the following month, wrapping up with a show on Oct. 31. at The Rudyard in Houston, Texas. During the tour, they'll share the stage with Dr. Dog, The Meat Puppets, King Khan & BBQw Show, The Grates and Digital Leather.

For four days in Portland, Ore., the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate, Explosions In Sky, Bad Brains, Girl Talk and The Get Up Kids will be performing, along with many other bands.

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Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, with Special Guest Eric Clapton to Perform on The Jay Leno Show at 10 p.m.

Emily Wells Performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Frank Caliendo.

Megadeth Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss.

A sneak preview of the upcoming animated series Archer will appear at 10:30 p.m. on FX, following the season premiere of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The regular-season series premiere of Archer is scheduled for Jan. 2010.

Brit alt-rock trio Muse will premiere the video for their first #1 single in the U.S., "The Uprising," on AMTV at 3 a.m. on MTV - from their album The Resistance. The video will also be available all day on MtvMusic.com.

Justin Townes Earle, The Flatlanders and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit will perform at this year's Americana Honors and Awards, held in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

Patty Loveless has a fall U.S. tour lined up to support her new record, Mountain Soul II, due Sept. 29. The first show kicks off in St. Louis on Sept. 17 with a show at the Sheldon Concert Hall. She'll continue to tour through October. Her last show is scheduled for Nov. 1 in Alexandria, Va. at The Birchmere. More tour dates are to follow.

After a hiatus lasting over ten years, the Seattle rock band is back for a tour. Sunny Day Real Estate will spend a month going from the Pacific Northwest all the way down to Atlanta (and back again). The tour is also coupled with special reissues of their debut album, Diary, and the follow-up, LP2.

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Gary Mule Deer Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Renee Zellweger.

Keri Hilson Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Danny DeVito, James Blake.

Nelly Furtado Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Courtney Cox, Ted Danson.

Director: Karyn Kusama, Writer: Diablo Cody, Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, J.K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, Chris Pratt.

Directors: Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein, Starring: Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin. (NY, LA)

Director: Hue Rhodes; Writer: Rhodes; Starring: Steve Buscemi, Peter Dinklage, Sarah Silverman, Tim Blake Nelson, Romany Malco, Jesse Garcia, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Cho.

Director: Steven Soderbergh, Writer: Scott Z. Burns, Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Patton Oswalt.

On September 18th, the Toronto Film Festival will host the premier of The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights, a film documenting the band’s tour across Canada in the summer of 2007. Directed by Emmett Malloy.

Lucinda Williams is celebrating her three decades and counting as a recording artist with her 30th Anniversary Tour. She kicks off in Minneapolis, Minn. and will continue across the U.S. and various Canadian venues through October before wrapping up in St. Louis, Miss. Williams will be accompanied by her band Buick 6.

The three-day blues festival in Telluride, Colo. will feature music from blues greats Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band, Xavier Rudd, Umphrey's McGee and Saint Jude, as well as several other acts. There will also be about 150 beers from more than 50 microbreweries. Daily and weekend tickets are on sale now.

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The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at 8 p.m. on CBS. Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

Ninth studio album from legendary Seattle grunge-rockers.

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears will make their national TV debut when they perform on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS. Their debut album Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! was released in March 2009. Also on the show: Marg Helgenberger, Dulé Hill.

Living Colour Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Clive Owen, Joanna Garcia.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Ricky Gervais, "Chicken" Charlie Boghosian.

Hope Sandoval and the Warm Intentions will kick off a string of fall tour dates in order to promote her first full-length album in over eight years, Through The Devil Softly. Starting in Portland, Ore. on Sept. 21, Sandoval will continue to speckle North America through the following month with partner Colm Ó Cíosóig of My Bloody Valentine. Sandoval will also share her intimate venues with Irish band Dirt Blue Gene.

Pearl Jam will is kicking off a North American tour in support of their upcoming ninth studio album, , schedule for a Sept. 20 release. The tour begins in the band's hometown of Seattle with two shows at Key Arena on Sept. 21-22. Ben Harper and Relentless7 are set to open all dates except for the Spectrum shows on Oct. 28 and Oct. 30, the tour's closing shows in Philadelphia, Pa. Pearl Jam plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in November.

The Alabama-based Thomas Function will kick off a tour to celebrate the North American release of their sophomore album, In the Valley Of Sickness, set for an Oct. 13 release. The first show is Sept. 21 at the Voodoo Lounge in Huntsville, Ala. and winds down on Nov. 4 in Mobile, Ala. with a show at the Alabama Music Box.

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Monsters of Folk Perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Rebecca Romijn, Lisa Lampanelli.

With every in-store purchase of one of 20 titles in the Horror Unleashed DVD collection, receive $10 off your ticket to Sony's Zombieland, coming out on Oct. 2.

Feat. guests Yoko Ono, Santigold, Lightspeed Champion and more. (Ultra/XL)

(Interscope)

This DVD includes 13 favorites from the Grammy Award winners and includes three new music videos along with a bonus audio disc of four, new unreleased solo Zanes songs (including one with his daughter Anna). The live concert audio, recorded at the Jalopy Theatre in Red Hook, Brooklyn, will also be available via digital music retailers and danzanes.com. (Festival Five Records/Razor & Tie Entertainment)

Feat. guests Annie Lennox, Jolie Holland. (Downtown/Mercer)

GWAR have been touring for their 25th Anniversary and their new album Lust In Space. Their fall tour kicks off in Montclair, N.J. on Sept. 22 where they'll perform with Lamb Of God. Afterward they'll blanket the states with dozens of shows, wrapping up on Dec. 12 in Philadelphia, Penn. In addition to Lamb Of God, GWAR will also play with Job For a Cowboy and Red Chord.

Feat. guests Stephen Bruton, Cindy Cashdollar, Jim Kweskin & more. (Tradition & Moderne)

Paste's Best of What's Next alum Gregory Alan Isakov has announced a set of fall tour dates to promote is much lauded summer release, This Empty Northern Hemisphere. The first show kicks off on Sept. 22 at the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay, Wisc. He'll blanket the U.S. all the way through December, finally wrapping up with a set of shows on February 21-26 in Miami, Fla. He'll share the stage with Ani DiFranco for a handful of dates.

(Dualtone)

Feat. Branford & Wynton Marsalis. (Marsalis Music)

(Anti-/Epitaph)

(Intelligent Noise)

(Young God)

Legendary rockers cover all Disney songs. Their version of "I Wan'na Be Like You" from The Jungle Book is particularly hot. (Walt Disney)

Sophomore album features collaborations with Imogen Heap and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett. (Casablanca/Universal Republic)

Debut album from supergroup featuring Mike Mogis and Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), and M. Ward.

(Sugar Hill)

(Mercury)

Produced by Brendan O'Brien. (Self-released)

Beginning today and running through the album's release on Sept. 29, an advance listen of the Avett Brothers' upcoming album I and Love and You will be streaming exclusively on Npr.org/firstlisten.

(Mute)

Produced by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, M. Ward, Monsters of Folk). (Dangerbird)

(Matador)

Single from U2's latest album No Line on the Horizon. Features six different mixes. (Interscope)

Four-disc, 101 track collection of classics and rarities from LA's mid-60s music scene.

(One Percent Press)

Recorded in New York's Sears Sound studio, which used to house the Hit Factory, where Double Fantasy was made. (Chimera)

Fifth album from the Icelandic electro-pop outfit

Based on a series of short films co-produced with the Sundance Channel, Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno documents the sex lives of insects and sea creatures. The book, published by Harper Studio, is comprised of film stills and brief narrative writings, and includes a DVD of film shorts.

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Mary J. Blige Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Simon Baker.

The Meat Puppets will perform in-studio at KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle and will be streaming live at www.kexp.org.

A 20-year-old tradition, The American Film Institute will showcase the best of Latin-American film, while also including that of Spain and Portugal. Gerardo Naranjo’s contribution from Mexico, I’m Going To Explode, opens the festival, which runs through Oct. 12.

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Arctic Monkeys Perform on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Also: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ken Tucker.

India Arie Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Joel McHale.

Paolo Nutini performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Mike Henry.

Phoenix Performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Megan Fox, Anthony Anderson.

Smokey Robinson Performs on The Jay Leno Show.

Snow Patrol Performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Craig Ferguson, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.

The fourth year of this Hamburg, Germany festival features Dinosaur Jr., Janelle Monae, the Editors, CSS and more.

Tegan and Sara, Buck 65, Holy Fuck, Beach House and many more acts will perform in Victoria B.C., Canada Sept. 24-27.

This Harrodsburg, Ky., festival features headliners Super Heroes (a group including members of The Meters, Parliament Funkadelic and Talking Heads). Festival also featuring. Also featuring Del McCoury Band and Born Cross Eyed.

Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams makes his debut as a visual artist at the Morrison Hotel Gallery's 313 Bowery space. His exhibit runs for one month at the museum, 124 Prince St. in New York.

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Ladyhawke performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Mekhi Phifer.

Noisettes Perform on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Bruce Willis, LL Cool J.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela Performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Teri Hatcher, Seth MacFarlane.

Director/Writer: John Krasinski, Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton, Michael Cerveris, Corey Stoll, Chris Messina, Max Minghella, Lou Taylor Pucci, Will Arnett, John Krasinski. (Limited)

Director: Anne Fontaine, Writers: Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine, Christopher Hampton, Starring: Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola. (NY, LA)

Director: Kevin Tancharoen, Writer: Allison Burnett, Starring: Thomas Dekker, Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth, Debbie Allen.

Director: Bob Gosse, Writers: Tucker Max, Nils Parker, Starring: Traci Lords, Jesse Bradford, Matt Czuchry, Keri Lynn Pratt, Geoff Stults, Marika Dominczyk. (Limited)

Director: Christian Alvart, Writers: Travis Milloy (screenplay & story), Christian Alvart (story), Starring: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid.

Director/Writer: Russell Brown, Starring: Austin Peck, Bryce Johnson, Tom Gilroy, Roma Maffia. (Limited)

Director: Scott Hicks, Writer: Allan Cubitt, Starring: Clive Owen, George MacKay, Laura Fraser, Emma Booth. (Limited)

Director: Richard Eyre, Writers: Richard Eyre, Charles Wood, Starring: Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai, Laurence Richardson, Amanda Drew.

Director: Jonathan Mostow, Writers: Michael Ferris, John D. Brancato, Starring: Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Ned Vaughn, Jack Noseworthy, James Ginty, Boris Kodjoe.

Electro-pop pioneers Depeche Mode debut their music video for "Hole to Feed" on Myspace today. It's the band's latest single from Sounds of the Universe.

Boston-based Passion Pit looks to parade its electro-pop across the U.S. via a fall tour, beginning on Sept. 25 with two already sold-out concerts at Central Park's Summerstage. After a special appearance on David Letterman on Sept. 28, they'll hit nine more states as they travel west, where they'll finish up in San Francisco, Calif.

For two days in Columbia, Mo., blues, gospel, bluegrass, country and soul musicians will perform on three stages. Booker T, Black Joe Lewis and Blind Boys of Alabama are just some of the confirmed acts. Also, the festival will feature plenty of good eats and a BBQ contest.

Singer/songwriter Ryan Adams and actress Mary-Louise Parker will discuss poetry, fiction and Adams' latest book, Hello Sunshine, in the New York Public Library's Celeste Bartos Forum. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York. Admission costs $25, or $15 for students, seniors and library donors.

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Smokey Robinson Performs on The Wendy Williams Show on BET at 11 p.m.

Brad Paisley will perform with Sheryl Crow on The Jay Leno Show. Also: Bill Maher.

Dirty Projectors perform on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: David Duchovny, Kimbo Slice.

Paramore performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Drew Barrymore, Joe Talamo.

The Avett Brothers perform the title track from their album I and Love and You on The Late Show with David Letterman. Their album will be released the following day, Sept. 29. Also on Letterman: Felicity Huffman, Dr. Oz.

Alice in Chains performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Ricky Gervais.

Laura Isobar performs on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Also: James Spader, Cobie Smulders.

Sunny Day Real Estate performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Jude Law, Felicia Day.

Wild Light make their late night TV debut on Last Call with Carson Daly. They will perform "Call Home" from their debut album Adult Nights.

Neil Finn, Johnny Marr, KT Tunstall, Lisa Germano, Liam Finn, members of Wilco and Radiohead, and more appear on this Oxfam benefit album

First studio album in more than ten years. And, of course, the first since the death of frontman Layne Staley. William Duvall is the new lead singer. Also features random guest of the year Elton John. (Virgin/EMI)

Mostly sung in Portuguese, the latest from Gilberto was produced by a team that inlcudes Mark Ronson, Brazilian Girls' Didi Gutman, The Dust Brothers' John King, and Daniel Jobim. (Verve)

The one-time swing revivalists try their hand at early '60s Jamaican soul. (Rock Ridge/Space Age Bachelor Pad)

(K7)

(New West)

(Telarc)

(Black Seal/Red Ink)

New Wave rocker turned go-to film composer scores this new Ang Lee film about the defining event of a generation. (La-La -Land)

The cartoon metal band's sophomore effort. (Williams Street)

(U.K. - XL recordings)

First album in 12 years from Atlanta-based rock quartet. (Vintage Earth/Thirty Tigers)

Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, and Jonny Lang will join other celebrity guests Los Angeles' Club Nokia to help raise awareness of domestic hunger. Tickets are $60 and $100. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Feat. John Legend, Fabolous, Estelle and more. (Def Jam)

New solo LP from lead singer of Mazzy Star.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer (with a little help from Deerhunter's Bradford Cox) soundtracks the new Spike Jonze/Dave Eggers adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's classic. (Myspace/Interscope)

Produced by Don Was. Featuring Was, Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers, Jim Keltner and the late Stephen Bruton. (New West)

(RCA)

DVD + CD recording of Leonard Cohen's 1970 performance at the Isle of Wight.

First album in 10 years. (Yep Roc)

Greatest-hits compilation from Madonna. Available in single and double-disc formats, and also as a companion DVD set of music videos.

(Columbia Nashville)

(Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)

Follow-up to her Grammy-nominated Sleepless Nights. (Saguaro Road)

(Arclight)

(self-released)

Fifteenth studio album, includes features with Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Brown.

Feat. guests Greg Brown and Billy Bob Thornton. (Lost Highway)

Four-disc set of unreleased recordings. (Rhino)

(Nettwerk)

After years in the indie trenches, The Avetts make their major-label debut under the tutelage of legendary producer Rick Rubin. (American/Columbia)

Fifteen-track remix album, via Ipecac Recordings.

Features Thom Yorke, David Berkeley, Michael Stipe, The National, Mercury Rev, Juliana Hatfield, and several others. (Shout Factory)

(TTL)

Soundtrack from the Drew Barrymore-directed film, starring Ellen Page. Featuring tracks from The Go! Team, Dolly Parton, Jens Lekman, the Ramones, and Peaches.

New LP from americana rocker Will Hoge.

Third LP from British Columbian new-wavers.

(Atlantic)

Stories of his life in the Middle East and near the Congo provide an interesting start to the memoir of Stewart Copeland, who would grow up to be drummer of The Police. A HarperCollins release.

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Alice in Chains returns to perform for a 2nd night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Rebecca Romijn, Joseph Fiennes.

Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill will perform a duet on The Jay Leno Show, in advance of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall Los Angeles fundraising concert the following night, Oct. 1. Also on Leno: Steve Carell.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are playing three sold-out shows at the Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands. The shows are September 30, October 2 and October 3.

For five days, some of the biggest names and most promising up-and-coming indie-pop artists will perform in Montreal. Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Jay Reatard, Butthole Surfers, Matt & Kim, Chairlift and Dinosaur Jr. are all scheduled to perform, along with many others.

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