Drowned in Sound talks to Sarah Assbring aka El Perro Del Mar: http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3425162

El Perro Del Mar's most recent album "From the valley to the stars" will be released in Australia and New Zealand on June 7 via Inertia/Rogue Records. Expect her to tour down there later this year as well.

Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar are playing the UK together in June:

06/02 - Night & Day, Manchester
06/03 - Hi-Fi Club, Leeds
06/06 - Albert, Brighton
06/07 - Stealth, Nottingham
06/08 - King Tuts, Glasgow
06/10 - Jericho Tavern, Oxford
06/11 - ICA, London
06/12 - Sugar Club, Dublin

Dusted reviews the new El Perro Del Mar: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4320
Quite a few sentiments there that I wholeheartedly agree with.

The long-awaited Licking Fingers Swedish music comp "Thank You For The Music" will finally be out on May 28 and the label will celebrate with a party that evening at Pet Sounds Bar in Stockholm. Here's the tracklist, as best I can tell:

01. Anna Järvinen - Svensktalande Bättre Folk
02. Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah
03. Lykke Li - Everbody But Me
04. Those Dancing Days - Dischoe
05. Friska Viljor - Old Man
06. Shout Out Louds - South America
07. The Concretes - The Sentence
08. First Floor Power - The Jacket
09. Pacific! - Runaway To Elswhere
10. Kleerup/Lisa Milberg - Music For Girl
11. The Radio Dept. - Freddy And The Trojan Horse
12. Studio - No Company
13. Peter Morén - Social Competence
14. Loney, Dear - Your Time Will Come
15. Wildbirds And Peacedrums - Liar Lion
16. El Perro Del Mar - Glory To The World
17. The Tiny - Too Heavy A Burden
18. Frida Hyvönen - See How I Come Into Town
19. Speedmarket Avenue - Sirens
20. Idiot Kid - Wide Awake
21. Nicolai Dunger - God's Waitingroom

Time Out NY previews the El Perro Del Mar/Lykke Li/Anna Ternheim US tour: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/music/29016/el-perro-del-mar-lykke-li-anna-ternheim

Pitchfork interviews Sarah Assbring aka El Perro Del Mar: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/49363-interview-el-perro-del-mar

El Perro Del Mar and Lykke Li will play the UK in June:

06/02 - Night and Day, Manchester
06/03 - Hi-Fi Club, Leeds
06/06 - Prince Albert, Brighton
06/07 - Stealth, Nottingham
06/08 - King Tut's, Glasgow
06/10 - Jericho Tavern, Oxford
06/11 - ICA, London

PopMatters on the US release of Robyn's self-titled album: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/57428/robyn-robyn/
Also reviewed: El Perro Del Mar's latest: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/57750/el-perro-del-mar-from-the-valley-to-the-stars/

CMJ profiles Anna Ternheim: http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=63047562
Be sure to show up early enough to see play on the Lykke Li/El Perro Del Mar tour.

Paper Thin Walls on "You can't steal a gift" by El Perro Del Mar: http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1443

The Control Group is offering up a free El Perro Del Mar track for download: http://www.controlgroupco.com/downloads/Glory_To_The_World.mp3

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Neverstore - Heroes wanted
02. Tomas Andersson Wij - En sommar på speed
03. Fernandoz - Anders & Git - En helt ny dag
04. Carola - Främling 25 år
05. The Cardigans - Best of
06. Lykke Li - Youth novels
07. Takida - Bury the lies
08. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
09. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
10. Majornas 3dje Rote - Majornas 3dje Rote med Tomas von Brömssen
11. Within Y - The cult
12. Kikki Danielsson - Kikkis bästa
14. Jill Johnson - Music Row
15. Hellsongs - Hymns in the key of 666
16. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
17. El Perro Del Mar - From the valley to the stars
18. Pacific! - Reveries
19. Sara Isaksson & Anders Widmark - Pool of happiness
20. Säkert! - Säkert!

Pitchfork is not so impressed by the new El Perro Del Mar record: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48761-from-the-valley-to-the-stars
Also at Pfork today, an interview with black-metal/industrial artist Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk (MZ.412, Nordvargr) in the latest "Show No Mercy" column: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/48894-column-show-no-mercy

Swedish artists El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li and Anna Ternheim will tour North America together in May:

05/06 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
05/07 - Joe's Pub, New York, NY
05/08 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
05/09 - Middle East, Boston, MA
05/10 - Lambi, Montreal, Quebec
05/11 - Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario
05/12 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
05/14 - Red Room, Vancouver, British Columbia
05/15 - Triple Door, Seattle, WA
05/16 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
05/18 - Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA
05/19 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA