Morrissey has recently added additional performances to his previously announced five-night stand at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles late in April. The newly announced dates include another five-night stand this time at New York City’s Apollo Theater in early May. Additionally, The Joint in Las Vegas as well as The Grove in Anaheim, CA will be hosting performances.

It was also announced that Morrissey will be on the mainstage at this year’s Lollapalooza festival as well as a number of festivals in the United Kingdom. For those unable to make it, “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn” will be having a week long appearance by Morrissey beginning May 24th.

So far Morrissey is scheduled for the following:

April
17: Las Vegas @ The Joint
18: Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
22-24, 26-27: Los Angelese @ The Wiltern Theater
May
3-4, 6-8: New York City @ The Apollo Theater
22: Manchester, England @ Evening News Arena
June
5: Dublin @ Dublin Castle
19: Hultsfred, Sweden @ Hultsfred Festival
July
2: Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
August
28: Reading, England @ Richfield Avenue/Reading Festival
29: Leeds, England @ Bramham Park/Leeds Festival

*Morrissey: www.morrisseymusic.com

In anticipation of the May 25th release of Pedro the Lion’s new album Achilles Heel, an official website for the album has now been launched at www.achilles-heel.net. Beginning with the first three tracks, which are now up, the entire album will slowly be made available for fans through the site’s audio player. Along with the music are your typical album promoting downloads that include one MP3, yes just one, buddy icons, wallpaper, and e-cards.

In addition to launching the site, the band is holding contest with the grand prize winner receiving tickets to a show with the opportunity to meet the band, the entire Pedro the Lion CD catalog and available Jade Tree merch, as well as a signed poster. Three others will get a t-shirt/button/sticker package. If that isn’t enough contesting for you, Jade Tree is offering the chance to win a 15 GB iPod containing the entire Pedro the Lion catalog as well as both Jade Tree samplers for those the pre-order the album through their site.

And as if all that wasn’t enough to get you jumping up and down about the album, Pedro the Lion will be embarking on a tour April 1st and will be performing with Death Cab for Cutie April 3rd-23rd.

Dates are as follows:

April
1: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Cafe w/ American Music Club
2: Harrisonburg, VA @ Macrock - PC Ballroom on JMU Campus 11:35
14: Newport, KY @ Southgate House
16: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre (3145 North Sheffield) w/ Ben Kweller
17: Nashville, TN @ RCKTWN w/ Ben Kweller
18: Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
19: Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle (300 E Main St) w/ Ben Kweller
20: Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club (285 West Washington St) w/ Ben Kweller
21: Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse (1099 Euclid Ave) w/ Ben Kweller
22: Birmingham, AL @ Work Play Theatre (500 23rd St S) w/ Ben Kweller
23: New Orleans, LA @ Howlin’ Wolf (828 South Peters St) w/ Ben Kweller
24: Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone Cafe
25: St Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl

May
6: Seattle, WA @ Showbox w/ Ben Kweller
7: Orlando, FL @ Cornerstone Festival FL (4603 W Colonial Dr)
8: Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits

Achilles Heel Tracklist:
1. Bands With Managers
2. Forgone Conclusion
3. The Fleecing
4. Discretion
5. Arizona
6. Keep Swinging
7. Transcontinental
8. I Do
9. A Simple Plan
10. Start Without Me
11. The Poison

*Pedro the Lion:www.pedrothelion.com
*Achilles Heel:www.achilles-heel.net
*Jade Tree:www.jadetree.com

It has been a while since we’ve heard from PJ Harvey, but those of you that consider her a goddess, no longer need to fear. The follow up to 2000’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea will be released on May 31st in the UK with a planned North American release date of June 8th. If you can’t stand to wait that long, a taste of the new album will be available on May 17th in the form of a single for “The Letter”.

On her seventh album, Uh Huh Her, Harvey relied primarily on only her own abilities. Other than some help from Head with recording and mixing, as well as the drumming of long time collaborator Rob Ellis, Harvey took care of all songwriting, performing, recording, mixing, and producing.

The tracklist for the album is:

1.The Life and Death of Mr Badmouth
2.Shame
3.Who The Fuck?
4.The Pocket Knife
5.The Letter
6.The Slow Drug
7.No Child of Mine
8.Cat on the Wall
9.You Come Through
10.It’s You
11.The End
12.The Desperate Kingdom of Love
13.The Darker Days of Me & Him

PJ Harvey: www.pjharvey.net

Yesterday, Pitchfork announced an expansion of The Pixies’ world tour. The announcement, however, failed to mention that The Pixies are now officially booked to play Bumbershoot, the annual Seattle art festival that in the past has been host to artists such as Modest Mouse, Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, and a huge handful of others.

An official day-by-day lineup of performers at Bumbershoot has not been released yet, but the event will span September 3-6. Also announced as performing are: Nas, Harvey Pekar, and Koko Taylor with the rest announced later. Tickets go on sale March 24th, so if you weren’t able to get your tickets to any of the small venue Pixies shows or just couldn’t afford to buy tickets on eBay, here’s another chance for you to stick it to the man and be a winner.

The Pixies: www.pixiesmusic.com
Bumbershoot: www.bumbershoot.com

Tickets for this year’s Sasquatch Festival, held at the beautiful Gorge in George, Washington, will be going on a special internet pre-sale tomorrow. Those that purchase tickets by Sunday, March 21st at 10 PM will save $10.

So far on the bill for this year’s concert are: Thievery Corporation, The Roots, The Postal Service, The Shins, Built To Spill, Sleater-Kinney, The New Pornographers, Cat Power, The Long Winters, The Black Keys, Gary Jules, and The Decemberists.

For those that elect to avoid the possible Woodstock-ness of the whole outdoor concert with camping affair, a taste of the Sasquatch (doesn’t that sound delicious) will be provided by Seattle’s KEXP broadcasting live from the event.

Sasquatch Festival: www.hob.com/tickets/festivals/sasquatch
KEXP 90.3 FM: www.kexp.org