Leveling the playing field means bands continue to pop up like mushrooms everywhere you look, and we couldn’t be more pleased, since we live to find fresh tunes.

Some of the faces on tap this week you might not be familiar with include Phantom Planet, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (love that name!), Priscilla Ahn, Flobots, The All-For-Nots, Brett Dennen and Wild Sweet Orange.

Tuesday, June 24

Ashlee Simpson – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – rerun

Ashanti – “Chelsea Lately” – rerun

Joan Jett – “The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos” – rerun

Mötley Crüe – “Late Show with David Letterman”

Serj Tankian & The F.C.C. – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – rerun

Billy Bragg – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” – rerun

Billy Idol – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Phantom Planet – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun

Wednesday, June 25

Jessica Simpson, Rita Rudner – “The View”

Mariah Carey, Larry the Cable Guy, Leona Lewis – “Live with Regis and Kelly” – rerun

Coldplay – “The Daily Show”

Tift Merritt – “Late Show with David Letterman”

Priscilla Ahn – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – rerun

Cobra Starship – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” – rerun

The All-For-Nots – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Three 6 Mafia – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”

Flobots – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun

Thursday, June 26

Lenny Kravitz, Hilary Duff – “Live with Regis and Kelly” – rerun

Keyshia Cole – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – rerun

Maz Jobrani, Sheryl Underwood – “Chelsea Lately”

Jim Gaffigan, Gavin DeGraw – “Late Show with David Letterman”

Justin Timberlake, Sheryl Crow – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – rerun

Lewis Black – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” – rerun

Cyndi Lauper – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Bengt Washburn – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”

Bill Bellamy, Brett Dennen – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun

Friday, June 27

Coldplay – NBC’s “Today” Show

Bette Midler, Lance Burton – “The View”

Fergie – “Live with Regis and Kelly” – rerun

Josh Groban – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – rerun

Kevin Nealon – “The Tavis Smiley Show”

Gary Valentine, Jamie Kaler – “Chelsea Lately”

Wild Sweet Orange – “Late Show with David Letterman”

Trace Adkins – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – rerun

The Raconteurs – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” – rerun

We the Kings – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Tristan Prettyman – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun

Saturday, June 28

Blues Traveler, Café Tacuba – “Austin City Limits”

Wilco – “Saturday Night Live”