Shakira is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Hosted by: Gerard Butler.

Matishayu will embark on an especially loaded North American tour, packed with 40 dates which will be promoted through his partnership with peer-to-peer ticketing method, Posse. The tour kicks off on Oct. 17 in Calgary, CAN and will continue through Dec. 8, wrapping up in Rochester, N.Y. at The Armory. By using Posse, fans can be rewarded by these concerts.

The indie-rockers plan to hit up 26 cities, kicking off in Arizona, then heading to the east coast, and wrapping it up back out west in Solana Beach, California. The group also plans to premiere some new material from an upcoming studio album at some of the shows.

This San Francisco festival features The Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, MSTRKRFT, Girl Talk and more.

White Rabbits will kick off a fall tour after the success of their Sophomore release, It's Frightening. The first show will be on Oct. 17 at Washington, D.C.'s Rock N Roll Hotel. They'll be sharing the stage with Suckers, Local Natives and Glass Ghost during their trek. The tour winds down on Nov. 10 at the Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele has picked out some fall tour dates to spread his musical cheer to the masses. He'll start up in Birmingham, Ala. He'll be joined by Cryptacize, The Fiery Furnaces, Colour Revolt and Tickley Feather along the way, where he'll hit up North Carolina, New York, Minnesota and many more in between. The tour will wind down in Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 21.

Mat Kerney performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Stan Lee.

Rosanne Cash performs from her new album The List on Late Show with David Letterman. Other guests: Vince Vaughn, Carey Mulligan.

The musical FELA! begins previews at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway.

Amazing Baby performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Ryan Friendlinghaus.

Cobra Starship with Estelle perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Jon Hamm, Freestyle Motocross Athletes.

Landon Pigg performs song, "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop," on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Seth Meyers, Chris Paul.

Ludacris performs on The Jay Leno Show. Also: Martha Stewart.

The Sounds perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: Edward Norton, Paul Schaffer.

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur is released today on CD and DVD from F-Stop/Atlantic. The documentary is directed by Curt Wooden, and features Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard.

This five-day music and film festival in NYC will feature School of Seven Bells, Broadcast, Margaret Cho, Pissed Jeans, Zac Brown Band, Atlas Sound, Japandroids, The Budos Band, Pitbull, The Very Best, The Temper Trap, Crystal Antlers, Portugal. The Man and hundreds of others.

This year's CMJ in NYC will include panel discussions on new technology in music, small record labels, breaking into film scoring and several other topics.

Following an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman and in support of their latest record, Bitte Orca, Dirty Projectors will embark on a fall tour beginning with a show in Baltimore, Md. The band will play through the next month, and wind down their trek with a show on Oct. 22 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, N.Y.

New LP from former Dead Kennedys frontman. (Alternative Tentacles)

Fourth studio LP from British soul-singer.

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New LP from four-time Grammy-winning country artist.

Sixth studio LP from German industrial rockers.

Self-titled debut album featuring performers from Cat Power (Rick Steff) and The Black Crowes (Luther Dickinson).

New LP from former members of Beta Band. Special edition release will feature a 60+ page hardcover companion book.

US release of Prodigy's critically-acclaimed latest LP. (Cooking Vinyl)

Tina Turner's double live CD/DVD package released on EMI. Recordings taken from 2008 tour.

This multimedia box set by Insound explores Jack Kerouac's Big Sur to great depths, with a copy of the new documentary and a recently unearthed 1963 manuscript. Jay Farrar contributes both prose and song, in an essay and his collaboration album with Ben Gibbard. Available for pre-order.

Dead By Sunrise performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also: Salma Hayek, Rico Rodriguez.

John Fogerty performs, "Change in the Weather," on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Elijah Wood, Taraji P. Henson.

Laura Izibor performs on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Other guests: James Spader, Cathy Ladman.

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

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

Woodhands are touring Canada and the United States over a span of 17 dates this fall. They'll kick off on Oct. 21 in New Orleans and play through the next month. They'll tour up the East Coast and finish on Nov. 8 in Hamilton, Ontario. They'll share the stage with Kids on TV and Holy Fuck. After their tour they'll head back to the studio to finish up their sophomore album, Remorsecapade, set for a Jan. 26, 2010 debut.

Dave Matthews Band perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Charlize Theron, Stuntman Steven Ho.

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

Lynyrd Skynyrd performs on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Other guests: Tim Gunn, Cobie Smulders.

Miranda Lambert performs "Sin for a Sin" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone.

The Temper Trap performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: John C. Reilly, Real Housewives of Atlanta.

The book compiles the most famous images taken by rock music photographer Jim Marshall. After launching his career in 1960, Marshall went on to shoot the first U.S. images of Cream and the Who, in addition to dozens of magazine features and over 500 album covers. An Omnibus Press release.

All Time Low performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Robin Williams, Piers Morgan.

Echo & the Bunnymen perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: Terry Bradshaw, Catherine Keener.

Judy Collins performs from her album Born To The Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins on Late Show with David Letterman. Also appearing: Amy Poehler, comedian Nick Griffin.

The Avett Brothers perform on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Also: Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Wild Light performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Tucker Max.

Director: Jonathan Parker; Writers: Jonathan Parker, Catherine DiNapoli; Starring: Marley Shelton, Adam Goldberg, Vinnie Jones. (Limited)

Director: Mira Nair; Writers: Ronald Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan; Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Eccleston, Mia Wasikowska.

Director: David Bowers; Writer: Timothy Harris; Starring: Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Freddie Highmore.

Director: Paul Weitz; Writers: Paul Weitz, Brian Helgeland; Starring: John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Fugit, Orlando Jones, Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek, Jane Krakowski, Frankie Faison, Kristen Schaal.

Director/Writer: Katherine Dieckmann; Starring: Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver, Samantha Bee. (Limited)

Directors: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai; Writer: Panna Rittikrai; Starring: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut Sirijanya, Santisuk Promsiri, Primorata Dejudom. (Limited)

Director: Kevin Greutert; Writers: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton; Starring: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell.

As if music festivals weren't already known for rampant drug use, Cyprus Hill decided to put that right out front. The Cyprus Hill Smokeout, in San Bernadino, Calif., will feature Goodie Mob, Slipknot, Bad Brains, Immortan Technique and more. The whole joint is hosted by none other than Cheech and Chong.

David Gray will embark on his much anticipated U.S. tour following a long set of UK and Australian dates. He'll kick off on Oct. 23 in Boston, Mass. From there he'll continue to tour the nation through the following month, looking to gain support for his latest Draw The Line. The tour wraps up on Nov. 9 with a show in Los Angeles, Calif. It's been years since Gray's last visit to the U.S.

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard will be touring the U.S. with a small set of four shows to show off their Kerouac collaboration project, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. They'll be performing songs from the album along with other special material. The first show kicks off on Oct. 23 in Los Angeles, Calif. and ends just five days after in New York.