Music on TV - Week of 02.21.11: Destroyer

Dan Bejar and Destroyer to be on Fallon Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Merge Records is already having a great 2011, thanks largely to Arcade Fire's Grammy hardware pull, but also because of new releases from Destroyer and the label debut for The Mountain Goats, both bands of which make appearances this week.

Dan Bejar has assembled an 8-piece version of Destroyer to tour in support of the effervescent Kaputt which starts on St. Patrick's Day in the place of the band's birth, Vancouver B.C. (at the Crocodile here in Seattle, the next day, March 18, 2011). Before then, this edition of Bejar's Destroyer will give us a preview Tuesday night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Besides Merge acts Destroyer and The Mountain Goats (on Letterman Wednesday), the week is also highlighted by appearances from Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers (on Kimmel Wednesday), Bright Eyes (on Letterman Thursday) and The Strokes on Saturday Night Live.

Picks for the week
Monday, February 21
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Pitbull (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Adele
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Screaming Females (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: Chromeo
Tuesday, February 22
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Cake
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Destroyer
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Menomena
PBS: Independent Lens: William S. Burroughs -- A Man Within: Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Sonic Youth, William S. Burroughs
Wednesday, February 23
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Twilight Singers
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: The Mountain Goats
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Liza Minelli
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Lucero
TBS: Conan: G. Love
Thursday, February 24
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Adele
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Bright Eyes
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Broken Bells
SYNDICATION: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Adele
Friday, February 25
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Janelle Monae
PBS: Tavis Smiley: Kem
Saturday, February 26
BBCAMERICA: The Graham Norton Show: Hurts
NBC: Saturday Night Live: The Strokes
PBS: Austin City Limits: Aimee Mann, Iron and Wine (REPEAT)