Music on TV - Week of January 30: Bon Iver, Fishbone

Bon Iver is this week's musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

2011 turned out to be quite a year for Justin Vernon. Besides his eponymous sophomore release under the moniker Bon Iver being a critical success and debuting at #2 on the Billboard Charts, Bon Iver's also since been nominated for four Grammys (even if the awards show is a waste of time) and has been given his own imprint (Chigliak) on Jagjaguwar to release records that have fallen through the cracks. 2012 hasn't been so bad either, with his first musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live slated this week, while also being an odds on favorite to win at least one Grammy award the following week.

Meanwhile, the legendary Los Angeles Ska/Punk/Funk Freakie Deakie outfit Fishbone makes their first national television appearance in... man, FOREVER! Not that they haven't been in the Late Night talk show news, what with The Roots famously playing Fishbone's "Lying Ass Bitch" as Michelle Bachmann's walk in music and Paul Shaffer playing it later during a commercial break in solidarity. The band was the focus of the recently aired documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, which we profiled here and here (with playlists). In honor of February being Black History Month, the documentary will be available via iTunes starting February 1.

Elsewhere, HBO has the Cameron Crowe directed documentary on the making of Union, the collaboration between legends Elton John and Leon Russell; Wilco takes over Austin City Limits; Ringo Starr hits both Conan and Craig Ferguson; and Lana Del Rey gets a second chance to not bomb on national tv, this time with Letterman.

Picks for the week
Monday, January 30
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Fishbone
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Madonna, Joe Perry
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Nada Surf
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Tom Morello, Bear Hands (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Tuesday, January 31
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Girls Generation
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Ringo Starr
COMEDY CENTRAL: The Colbert Report: Björk
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Imelda May
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: J Cole
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Horrors
Wednesday, February 1
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Gotye
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: The Airborne Toxic Event
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: William Shatner
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Evanescence
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: We Were Promised Jetpacks
SYNDICATION: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Flo Rida
TBS: Conan: Ringo Starr
Thursday, February 2
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Tim and Eric
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Lana Del Rey
HBO: The Union: Elton John, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Booker T. Jones, Robert Randolph
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Bush
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Nas
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: White Denim
TBS: Conan: Evanescence
Friday, February 3
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Ziggy Marley
NBC: The Today Show: Gym Class Heroes
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Fitz and the Tantrums
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: M83
Saturday, February 4
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Bon Iver
PBS: Austin City Limits: Wilco
Sunday, February 5
HDNET: HDNET Concert Series: Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones
NBC: Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show: Madonna, Nicki Minaj, MIA