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Sweden's El Perro Del Mar | NYC Tour Dates, MP3

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El Perro Del MarSIX DEGREES OF JENS LEKMAN
Like Frida Hynvonen and Jose Gonzalez before her (on this blog), Sarah Assbring, aka El Perro Del Mar, is a sweet sounding Swedish musician who is friends with Jens Lekman. In fact, Jens & Sarah released a split-EP together on Secretly Canadian in 2004. Jens talked about her and Jose in the interview we did here on BrooklynVegan. Jose and her have toured together. She of course also knows the Concretes, etc, etc…

“NEW” SELF-TITLED ALBUM
And like Jens Lekman, her most recent LP is a compilation of singles and EP’s. The self-titled debut album came out in Sweden in May 2005. It came out here in the USA thanks to Memphis Industries in August…or is it thanks to the Control Group in November?…either way it’s out now. Pitchfork gave it an impressive 8.1 in June. I’m listening to it as I write this, and I like it a lot too.

Songs:Illinois says, “These songs sound like they’re right out of an early 60’s film soundtrack”. Good description. Listen at MySpace or at this e-card thing and watch this live video and this not-live video….and if you’re in NYC check her out for yourself….

EL PERRO DEL MAR | 2006 NYC TOUR DATES
Nov 12 @ Zebulon (Brooklyn) w/ The Raven Mayhem
Nov 13 @ Joe’s Pub (Manhattan) w/ Emilie Simon
Nov 14 @ Union Hall (Brooklyn) w/ Jaymay
Nov 16 @ Mercury Lounge (Manhattan) w/ Evangelicals & Annuals

THIS TIME IT WILL BE BETTER
In a June 2006 interview with Lunapark6, she said, “Last year I went to New York. I was kind of expecting to fall headoverheels in love with the city but I didn’t. I still haven’t figured out why. May have been because of the heat and the humidity. I tend to be overly irritated when it’s hot. I don’t know. I really like New York, but it wasn’t love at first sight. Think I need to go back there when it’s fall or winter.” I hope she likes it better this time.

PETER BJORN & PEACOCKS
She also says in the above interview that she loves Peter Bjorn & John. She reiterates that love in a recent Pitchfork feature. And lastly here’s a picture of El Perro Del Mar and a peacock.

ELSEWHERE
* NPR – The Sounds of Motown Via Sweden
* MOKB – El Perro Del Mar
* OMR – El Perro Del Mar