Swedish pop band El Perro Del Mar is hitting up the New York City streets tonight. Playing at Webster Hall at 8:00pm, leading lady Sarah Assbring will be opening for a fellow Swedish band Peter, Bjorn and John.The tour kicks off their newest album Love Is Not Pop, released in the U.S. on October 20th. Slow melodies, coupled with synthesizer extras El Perro Del Mar is a dreamy state of her upbe...
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To hear Sarah Assbring say it, Lou Reed's "Heavenly Arms" had a massive impact on her ability to even begin to write the new album: "I knew from the beginning I was going to do an album of love songs but as I was far from in an amorous state of mind at the time I realized, I couldn't write anything that would be pretending I still believed in love. I wanted to though. Desperately.…
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Check out this new live footage of El Perro Del Mar covering Lou Reed's "Heavenly Arms," off of El Perro Del Mar's new album Love Is Not Pop. Here's what she had to say about the song: "For some coincidental reason Lou Reed worked as some kind of muse for ...
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El Perro Del Mar has a new video out for the single "Change of Heart." You can stream the song below. [mp3]/wp-content/mp3s/changeofheart.mp3[/mp3]Watch the video for "Change of Heart" below and don't miss your chance to see El Perro Del Mar perform songs off Love Is Not Pop next month ...
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Fall is here, and with it comes — for those of us in North America — our annual shipment of Scandinavian indie pop singers. Perhaps this assertion cannot be scientifically qualified, although once I do remember writing a story about Lykke Li coming to the States on tour during the cold months or something. Now El Perro Del Mar will join these elite ranks, and, as luck would have it, Peter Bjor
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Written by: Dallas MeckThe Swedes have done it again. El Perro Del Mar, along side fellow Swedish indie group Peter, Bjorn and John, filled Webster hall with the twee pop sound Sweden is been more recently known for. Touring after the release of their 3rd album “Love Is Not Pop” El Perro Del Mar hits the U.S. audiences again.The softly lit stage, which the band only encompasses a portion of, i
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Love Is Not Pop is being billed as the third full length album from Swedish singer Sarah Assbring, aka El Perro Del Mar. In reality the record is seven new, often enchanting electro-pop tracks from the singer, with three remixes tacked onto the end.That little peeve aside, the album is a document of an artist who is poised to transition from cult status to full blown underground star.
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Delicate. That's the best way to describe "From the Valley to the Stars" by El Perro Del Mar…it's soft, warm and delicate. Each song seems to dance on the lightest breeze, kept aloft by one of the most fragile voices in music. This album is like a lullaby. I don't know what it is with Swedish [...]
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A contingent of conquering Swedes – actually, three extremely talented female singer-songwriters - came to San Francisco on Sunday night, and took over Bimbo’s 365 Club, the long-lived nightspot in the historic North Beach district. And boy, was I glad I was there to succumb, along with the rest of an enthusiastic audience.My original motivation to attend was a chance to see baby-voiced dance-
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Last thursday, I had the privilege of seeing Lykke Li at Bowery Ballroom, along with another Swedish dove, Sarah Assbring's El Perro Del Mar (dog of the sea in Spanish).The crowd was quaking with industry folk and just about every blog and music mag editor was in the house- intent to see if she lived up to her hype.Indeed Lykke Li did. (FYI that's her first name; her full name is Li Lykke Timot...
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Check out this new live footage of El Perro Del Mar covering Lou Reed's "Heavenly Arms," off of El Perro Del Mar's new album Love Is Not Pop. Here's what she had to say about the song: "For some coincidental reason Lou Reed worked as some kind of muse for ...
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Last thursday, I had the privilege of seeing Lykke Li at Bowery Ballroom, along with another Swedish dove, Sarah Assbring's El Perro Del Mar (dog of the sea in Spanish).The crowd was quaking with industry folk and just about every blog and music mag editor was in the house- intent to see if she lived up to her hype.Indeed Lykke Li did. (FYI that's her first name; her full name is Li Lykke Timot...
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A contingent of conquering Swedes – actually, three extremely talented female singer-songwriters - came to San Francisco on Sunday night, and took over Bimbo’s 365 Club, the long-lived nightspot in the historic North Beach district. And boy, was I glad I was there to succumb, along with the rest of an enthusiastic audience.My original motivation to attend was a chance to see baby-voiced dance-
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On October 20, El Perro Del Mar, formally known as Sarah Assbring, will release her new album, Love Is Not Pop via The Control Group. Continuing to explore new styles and sounds, on this record El Perro Del Mar teamed up with Rasmus Hägg, the other half of the ...
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To hear Sarah Assbring say it, Lou Reed's "Heavenly Arms" had a massive impact on her ability to even begin to write the new album: "I knew from the beginning I was going to do an album of love songs but as I was far from in an amorous state of mind at the time I realized, I couldn't write anything that would be pretending I still believed in love. I wanted to though. Desperately.…
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