Ear On TV: The Week of June 11

Lately I'm wondering if I should bother even compiling this list, and instead just put up an ad for The Henry Rollins Show in it's place, as week after week, the most interesting going on is on IFC's Friday night talk show. This week, indie rock legend Bob Mould takes time out from writing about wrestling to play a couple songs in the show's studio. Mould and Rollins have a bit in common... both had a lot of angst in the eighties underground, and have come out twenty years later doing things no one would've predicted: Bob Mould as DJ (Blowoff) and Rollins as an empathizing talk show host. Speaking to that point, Rollins precedes the Mould performance with an interview with some veterans of the Iraq war. This is something close to Rollins heart, as he's spent a lot of time doing tours for the soldiers and visiting VA hospitals, and continues to champion their cause against an administration that seems to be abandoning them.

Elsewhere, ex Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrel has a new band (Satellite Party) and they take up residency on the Carson Daly Show with a three-night run, while UK popster Lily Allen is a last second addition to tonight's Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.

Playlist: Picks for the week
Monday, June 11
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Feist (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Lily Allen
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: El-P
Tuesday, June 12
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Feist
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Satellite Party
Wednesday, June 13
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Elvis Perkins
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Patty Griffin
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Satellite Party
SYNDICATION: The Ellen Degeneres Show: Patty Griffin (REPEAT)
Thursday, June 14
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Pink Martini
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Bloc Party
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Andrew Bird
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Satellite Party
Friday, June 15
IFC: The Henry Rollins Show: Bob Mould
Saturday, June 16
PBS: Austin City Limits: Ryan Adams, Tift Merritt (REPEAT)

tags: music, television, soundtrack, talk shows, henry rollins, lily allen, bob mould, indie rock, rhapsody