2010-01-30
For the second year in a row El Perro del Mar was awarded in the category Best Pop at the Swedish independent music awards Manifest.
2009-12-17
Swedish pop star Robyn has made her first ever own remix for another artist. And she chose “Change of heart” by El Perro del Mar to be her premiere Rakamonie remix. FREE DOWNLOAD the Robyn remix “Change of Heart – Rakamonie Remix” here.
2009-12-10
El Perro Del Mar is nominated in 6 categories at the Swedish Grammy Award - Best album, Best composer, Best pop, Best producer, Best writer and MTV's Best video 2009. To vote for El Perro Del Mar at the Grammies go here (voting's up until midnight December 13th) and for Best Video here! No time to hesitate!
2009-10-24
El Perro del Mar's new amazing video for "Change of Heart" can be seen here! Here is the background story to the video, told by the director himself: The idea of this video came into my head when I was visiting Lido in Paris which I do 3-4 times every year. This particular time there was one act that really hit me. Sandor Vlah and Gyula Takaes a k a The Golden Power. They are from Budapest, Hungary. Two men, probably the strongest men I have ever seen. Balancing on each other in such a incredible way that I thought that the gravity had stopped working. Was it fake? How can they move in slow motion? Many questions, no answers. When listening to the El Perro del Mar track (“Change of heart”) a few weeks later for the first time it hit me even harder. Such a brilliant track needed a certain visual treatment. Just one big, very big task to solve. Where are Sandor and Gyula? We tried to get hold of them via Lido in Paris. But no one did know where they where. We searched for them for 4 months, finally through some local contacts in Budapest we got hold of them. Sandor (the big one) liked the idea. When we finally could see the amazing footage together with the music it felt like we got struck by the lightning of love. / Filip Nilsson (director)
2009-05-25
"Gotta Get Smart" is the second single from El Perro del Mar's album Love Is Not Pop and hits the airwaves today. Keep your ears open. If you can't tune in to it, just get it at klicktrack. Smart indeed.
2009-05-12
A very special live performance by El Perro del Mar is broadcasted in Swedish national radio tomorrow 9:30 pm. You should be able to tune in to it on www.sr.se/p3/livesession. The show will remain there for 30 days.
2009-03-31
Tomorrow is the day! El Perro del Mar's fantastic album Love Is Not Pop will finally be out in the shops! This calls for celebration! At 7.30 tomorrow El Perro del Mar will perform a few of her songs at Galleri Jonas Kleerup. After that the party continues at the club Victorias Vindunderliga Värld at Tranan. As if this was not enough, El Perro del Mar will also perform a few songs at the record store Pet Sounds at 6 PM tomorrow. What a wednesday!
2009-03-25
Last night Frida Hyvönen did an excellent performance at a French TV show!! Click here to watch it!
2009-03-24
El Perro del Mar's lovely new album - Love Is Not Pop - is now for sale on iTunes in Scandinavia! Click here to buy it.
2009-03-19
Yesterday El Perro del Mar performed live on Swedish television. Together with her new live outfit she played Change Of Heart. What a song! Click HERE to watch and listen.
2009-02-23
Change Of Heart is the first single from El Perro del Mar's forthcoming album Love Is Not Pop and is now released only in our mp3-store. This future classic is produced and performed by El Perro del Mar and Rasmus Hägg from the excellent duo Studio. Love Is Not Pop will be released in Scandinavia April 1st.
2009-02-19
As if we needed more proof of her grandeur: Frida Hyvönen has been awarded leading Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter's Culture Prize! Besides the honour she wins a statue by Swedish sculptor Eva Lange and a prize check worth 50.000 Swedish crowns.
"I'm really surprised. It's almost a bit mystical. I'm not sure what it means but of course it's nice to get acknowledgement, lovely roses along your path, glitter in your hair", Frida says to Dagens Nyheter. Well, we are not really surprised but nonetheless enormously happy and triumphant. Let's bring in the Champagne!
2009-02-12
El Perro del Mar is releasing her new album "Love Is Not Pop" the first of April. It is produced, performed and recorded together with Rasmus Hägg from the very fine Gothenburg duo Studio. If you want to read what El Perro del Mar herself has to say about the new album and her collaboration with Rasmus Hägg, just click here.
2009-02-07
Frida Hyvönen was awarded in the category "Best Pop" at the Manifest Award.
2009-02-03
The tickets to Frida Hyvönens concert at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm the 14th of March are sold out! But don´t worry, Frida will do an extra show at the same venue Sunday the 15th of March.
2009-02-02
As the first Swedish pop artist ever Frida Hyvönen will perform her songs at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm! This historical event will take place Saturday the 14th of March and the tickets will be released the 3rd of March, 12:00 AM.
2009-01-26
Frida Hyvönen is nominated for Dagens Nyheters cultural award (Kulturpriset). If you want to vote for her, just click here and place your vote!
2009-01-17
El Perro del Mar has been awarded as the "Best pop artist of 2008" at the P3 Guld Award.
2009-01-12
Frida Hyvönens album Silence Is Wild is nominated for the Manifest award in the category Best Pop Album of the Year.
2009-01-07
It is now confirmed that Frida Hyvönen will play at the Swedish Hultsfred festival this summer.
2008-12-17
El Perro del Mar's marvellous version of Auld Lang Syne is now available on klicktrack. Have a listen and buy it here !
2008-12-16
Frida Hyvönen continues touring in the spring. So far she has been booked to shows in London, Berlin, Helsinki, Lund and Copenhagen. For more information - click here .
2008-12-14
Frida Hyvönen is now number 9 on Sweden's premier radio chart show (Tracks). Help us make sure she stays there. Just click here to place your vote. The voting is open until Monday 2 pm.
2008-12-03
Frida Hyvönen and El Perro del Mar have both been nominated for the P3 Gold Award in the category Best pop album of the year.
2008-12-03
Frida Hyvönen has been voted #15 on Sweden's premier radio chart show Tracks!
2008-11-28
If you think Frida deserves one or a couple of Grammys (of course you do!) just click here to vote for her. She is nominated in the categories Best Album, Best Female Artist, Best Lyrics and Best Composer.
2008-11-28
Frida Hyvönen has been nominated for the Swedish Grammy in the categories Best Album, Best Female Artist, Best Lyrics and Best Composer. Her album Silence Is Wild has also been selected as the third best album of the year by the Swedish music magazine Sonic.
2008-11-23
Vote for Frida's Dirty Dancing on Tracks! Voting closes Monday at 2pm. Non-swedes have no say in this one we're sorry to say - you need a Swede soc sec # to vote...
2008-11-21
On wednesday, Frida Hyvönen's swedish tour started in Luleå. Read the lovely reviews here and here. Watch a clip from the Luleå show: Scandinavian Blonde. The show was also recorded by P3 Live . Next stop will be in Gothenburg on the 29th, and so on. The Stockholm show is unfortuneately sold out, but Uppsala isn't so far away. See all planned shows here.
2008-10-29
BOOM! Like the blast of a cannon (but in a good way) goes Frida Hyvönen's release today of Silence Is Wild. It has gotten a very nice reception in magazines, websites, TV and other places where good people dwell. Our impartial advice: you want to get this one!
You can get it in any decent record store or on the web here (cd) and here (mp3s).
2008-10-28
Today you can go check out the refreshed and renewed Frida website. Interesting new material as well. Gives you something to do until the BIG DAY, tomorrow!
2008-10-23
Here is a clip of Frida featuring Markus Krunegård doing the fabulous Dirty Dancing from Fridas new album Silence Is Wild (out in Scandinavia on Wednesday 29th).
2008-10-16
Like the busiest of busy bees our knock-'em-flat superstars El Perro del Mar and Frida Hyvönen keeps adding dates to their touring schedules. People of Iceland, France, Spain, USA and Sweden - now you will get yours. Get the details here (for the Perro) and here (for Frida).
2008-10-07
Frida Hyvönen's new album Silence Is Wild is out October 29th in Scandinavia but can be pre-ordered right now right here (instructions in Swedish) or here (instructions in English)
2008-09-27
Frida Hyvönen will be back on the road with her new album Silence Is Wild, which is out in Scandinavia Oct 29th! This time around she will have a fabulous band with her. Their first little swedish tour looks like this:
Nov 19th Luleå, Kulturens Hus
Nov 29th Göteborg, Stadsteaterns Foajébar
Nov 30th Malmö, Palladium
Dec 1st Stockholm, Södra Teatern
Dec 2nd Uppsala Katalin
More dates in US and Europe will be announced.
2008-08-18
Licking Fingers are thrilled to announce that our beloved star Frida Hyvönen will be releasing a new album in the autumn. The name is 'Silence Is Wild' and it will come out here on Licking Fingers in Scandinavia on October 29 and on Secretly Canadian in the US on November 4.
Silence Is Wild is co-produced by Jari Haapalainen, who did the same for Frida's debut album Until Death Comes. For this record they have gathered a gorgeous little band that is backing Frida with drums, bass, cello and keyboards. The result is breathtakingly beautiful and we just can't stop listening to it. The first single is called Enemy Within and it's yours to have for free right here (chose Download by right clicking on Windows or press Alt and click on Mac) .
And for all you lovely people in the media, there is a hi-res version of the picture to your left, download that here.
2008-07-31
Don't miss Frida Hyvönen at Way Out West in Gothenburg on Aug 9. She will be playing songs from her upcoming album which is coming out on Licking Fingers in the fall. We will be back shortly with the full story.
2008-05-28
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC is now available in the mp3 shop. Just click on the red stamp! Available to the whole world.
2008-05-24
Good news travel very fast. Pitchfork ran this story and Rough Trade made THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC one of their Top 10 picks for this coming week! You can pre-order it from them here.
2008-05-13
Thank You For The Music is a marvellous compilation of new Swedish music coming out on Licking Fingers on May 28. It features songs from (in order of appearance): Anna Järvinen, Jens Lekman, Lykke Li, Those Dancing Days, Friska Viljor, Shout Out Louds, The Concretes, First Floor Power, pacific!, Kleerup, Radio Dept, Studio, Peter Morén, Loney Dear, Wildbirds And Peacedrums, El Perro del Mar, The Tiny, Frida Hyvönen, Speedmarket Avenue, Idiot Kid and Nicolai Dunger. We'll celebrate this by getting a little bit drunk and possibly dancing. There will be special guests playing live and DJing. It'll be fabulous and we'd be honoured if you would join us. This all takes place at Pet Sounds Bar on May 28, from 7-1.
2008-04-29
El Perro is off to the US next! She'll have Lykke Li and Anna Ternheim with her. First show is on May 6, see under shows for all the dates. In the meantime check out The Concretes live from a dressing room in Paris and again here.
2008-04-15
El Perro del Mar is stopping by Paris before she's off to the US next (see all her tour dates under shows). And The Concretes are making a brief stop in Paris too! This will be the last Concretes show for a while as they are gonna focus on writing new songs now for a while. They play La Maronquiere (see shows for more info) and then Lisa will be playing some records down at Le Paris Paris after that. Should be a good night.
2008-03-27
Don't miss El Perro at Umeå Open Festival this Saturday! And after that she goes on to tour Scandinavia and then the US + Canada, together with Lykke Li. And in between she'll stop by Paris, France. All tour dates and venue links can be found under Shows.
2008-02-27
Today is the day! From the Valley to the Stars is in shops now! Run run run! Or buy it here in our mp3 store. And a reminder that El Perro herself is also in the shops: instore show today at Pet Sounds (Sthlm) at 5:30 pm and at Bengans (Gothenburg) on March 1 at 2:00 pm. Don't miss.
2008-02-24
Don't miss El Perro talk about the new album on P3 Pop tomorrow (but if you do you can listen back to it online for at least a week afterwards). And more shows have just been announced. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and a quick stop in France have been confirmed so far. See under Shows for all the dates. And don't forget that by midnight on Tuesday you can buy the album digitally right here in our mp3 shop. Quick, cheap, environmentally friendly and legal.
2008-02-21
There will be a double celebration of the release of El Perro del Mar's
forthcoming album From the Valley to the Stars. In Stockholm we gather
on Feb 27 at Pet Sounds record store 5:30 pm. On March 1 it's the Gothenburgians turn to get their slice of the pie. Place:
Bengans record store, time: 2:00 pm. Two cities, two performances by El
Perro del Mar, two occasions to celebrate the release of a fantastic album.
If you can't wait for the proper cd/vinyl/mp3 release you can go to El Perro Myspace
and have a listen to all the tracks
appearing on From the Valley to the Stars.
2008-02-14
Watch El Perro del Mar talk about the album on SVT:s Kulturnyheterna. (In Swedish).
2008-02-13
The new single from El Perro del Mar is out today! It's called 'How Did We Forget?' and it's the first single from the forthcoming album 'From the Valley to the Stars'. On the b-side you'll find the beautiful and exclusive track 'You Hit Me (It's a Crying Shame)'.
It's available on 7" vinyl in all good record stores throughout Scandinavia. You can also buy the mp3s from our mp3 store (and other mp3 stores but ours is not only cheaper, it also means more money for El Perro del Mar).
The album From the Valley to the Stars comes out on Feb 27 on CD, LP and mp3. (On Licking Fingers, in Scandinavia. For other territories go to the El Perro del Mar site for more info).
You can pre-order it now from Bengans and have it sent to you at the release date.
Or come midnight on the release date you can pick up the mp3s from our mp3 store, open 24/7 and all.
2008-01-24
For more information on El Perro Del Mar and the upcoming album, see under Artists (or for you with click-fingeritis direct link here). You will find high res press shots, all necessary contact information as well as her own introduction to this superb album.
2007-12-11
We're thrilled to welcome onboard El Perro Del Mar, which is the alter-ego of Sarah Assbring. Her second full-length album, and her first on Licking Fingers, will be out on Feb 27. It is called From The Valley To The Stars and is produced by Sarah herself. It was recorded in her hometown of Gothenburg during the spring and fall of 2007 and amongst the guests on the album are Jesper Jarold (Fontän), Björn Synneby (pacific!) and musicians from Göteborgs Symfoniker (The Gothenburg Symphonic Orcehestra).
The album will be preceded by the single How Did We Forget? which will be released on 7" vinyl and as a digital download on Feb 13.
To get more info on El Perro, see contact, which includes contacts for press enquiries, bookings, etc.
2007-12-10
The Concretes are off to Taiwan this week for two shows in Taipei. They have been invited to play at the International Human Rights Day Festival and will play outdoors in front of the National Music Hall at 8pm on Dec 15. The next day, Dec 16, they play their own show at music venue The Wall. Although this is The Concretes first visit to Asia they have already received a Chinese name; ‘Con Gu Li’, which loosely translates as Konfucius Solid Power.
2007-10-15
The Concretes new 4 track EP KEEP YOURS is out today. Check the store or the mp3 shop at their site. And while you're there, check out the new video under Samples. If you want the limited edition UK only 7" version of Keep Yours go to Rough Trade. And in this store we have added their new and fabulous totebags. You'll find them under Misc and you are gonna want to buy them both.
2007-09-10
The Concretes are performing live tonight at 8.55 pm on the Bettina S talk show on Finish TV, FST5 . The show can be watched online afterwards.
2007-07-27
Yes it's true. With all Concrete purchases made in the store we're throwing in the 5 track limited edition sampler they did for Rough Trade Shops for free. (For a limited time only).
2007-07-25
Check under Misc in the store for new Concretes badges. Also they have just announced a German tour in September as well as their first Ireland show in a long while. Check their show listings for all dates.
2007-06-20
Frida is playing the Accelerator Festival in Stockholm on June 30. It is one of very few opportunities you will have to see this rare bird for quite a while. So we suggest you do that. And The Concretes do their second to last booked show in Sweden this summer the day before, at Peace And Love in Borlänge. So that too could be something to consider.
2007-06-07
Please vote for The Concretes here to hear Oh Boy on the radio every day next week!
2007-06-05
The Concretes kick off their UK-tour today in Birmingham! Go to artists/shows for all the dates. And their album 'Hey Trouble' is out in the UK now. Timing, wouldn't you say.
2007-05-15
Frida has let us point out this little gift to the world, a 10-minute gig in a Dutch elevator.
2007-05-11
The Concretes single Kids is now released in the UK, as a bonus it includes three exclusive tracks.
The band will spend the summer playing festivals in Sweden, Denmark and the UK. Catch them somewhere close to you (dates and details).
2007-04-25
The Concretes have new t-shirts in the shop. They also have a new (live) drummer and a new love-related section on their site (click the heart). On top of that they are thrilled to announce that Lawrence Arabia will support them in the UK. And this is really just the tip of the iceberg. For full story go to their site and/or sign up for their newsletter.
2007-04-16
Frida, our girl, is once again out spreading the gospel. Having already graced Rotterdam with her presence she is tonight playing Ravenna, Italy. Then, in rapid succession, Torino - Paris - Barcelona - Switzerland - Grenoble - Orleans - London - München - Berlin - Dijon and Bruxelles. The exact dates and venues are listed here (as well as on her own web page).
2007-04-04
The Concretes' third – and in some ways first – album is out today in Scandinavia! (In the UK in early June, we'll get back to you on that and the rest of the world). It is called Hey Trouble. Press has been on their best behaviour, including 4 stars in both Expressen and Göteborgsposten, a very nice review in Dagens Nyheter (who don't do grades), in Sydsvenska Dagbladet and so forth. Buy it in your local record store or direct from our shop, on digipack CD or as mp3s.
The band also start their Swedish tour this Saturday in Örebro. Check our shows-section for all dates.
2007-03-28
Check out The Concretes' new, updated biography.
2007-03-27
We have a new item in the shop! The lovely and 100% ecological El Perro Del Mar bag! The IT-bag this summer. It is designed by Åsa Arnehed who also created the video for God Knows. Get yours now! Oh, but if you're in the US you'll have to wait til The Control Group adds it to their site, which should be any day now.
2007-03-26
You can vote for The Concretes to get on Swedish radio show Tracks right here. But only today and before 2 PM. Show your love people, put your little fingers on those mice!
2007-03-23
The Concretes has launched their new site. And they have plenty of good news to go with it, including a TV thing tonight, a radio special very soon and a brand new video! Go go go.
2007-03-19
Sometimes we just have to brag. We can't help it. This is one of those times. So if you won't take our word for it, take David Bowie's and listen to El Perro Del Mar.
Oh, and by the way, The Concretes version of Graham Nash's lovely 'Military Madness' is up on their Myspace now.
2007-03-14
The Concretes new single Kids is out now! The song is about growing up and putting your faith in music. Or more specifically it's about Lisa and Maria growing up and putting their faith in Maria's brother's record collection. The single comes with three more songs: Another Day To Waste, Reasons (with Maria on lead vocals) and a cover of Graham Nash's Military Madness. Buy it here in the shop or in the mp3 store or in any good record store throughout Scandinavia.
You can also pick it up from Rough Trade (UK, London), Monorail (UK, Glasgow) or Parasol (US). They are all well deserving of your hard earned cash.
2007-03-08
The lovely Ugglan, our very favourite venue and also home to our biweekly clubnights, is going through some troubles and has been forced to close down very suddenly. It's only temporary but we are very sad about this turn of events and fingers crossed things will be back to normal as soon as possible.
However. This means that the Action Biker show we had on at the LF Club tonight had to be cancelled. We hope to find a later date to make it up to her. And you. For a short term solution though you are more welcome to come and mourn with us at El Mundo where we'll be DJing tonight. More updates on Ugglan as we get them.
2007-02-28
We've put up another new song by The Concretes in the badly drawn music player to your left and on their Myspace. Kids is the first single from the upcoming Concretes album and it will be available in stores in Scandinavia from March 16 (but wherever you live you can buy it through this site of course). Check back here in two weeks time for more info, full tracklisting etc. Until then, enjoy!
2007-02-25
If you're in the US we strongly suggest that you go and figure out which show with El Perro Del Mar and Frida Hyvönen will be the most convenient for you to attend. Their tours start the 1st and 2nd of March respectively and needless to say you do not want to miss them.
2007-02-20
This Saturday (24th) we are proud to present Loney Dear and Rickard Jäverling at LF#11. See you there!
2007-02-16
The Concretes 'Oh No' can now be heard on P3, Radio Stockholm, Studentradion, etc. A ballad on the radio - who would have thought, huh.
And don't miss the new issue of Plan B where there is a huge review of Frida live in London. In the current issue of lovely US mag Under The Radar there's a bunch of Concretes and El Perro Del Mar stuff. Oh, and the first ever time The Concretes and Van Halen share column space can be read here.
2007-01-24
Frida Hyvönen Gives You: Music From The Dance perfomance PUDEL is out now! To smashing reviews, we might add. And to celebrate these incredibly good news we've launched an mp3 shop, if you prefer your music to be very mobile and invisible to the human eye. This is also a good place to pick up copies of our other releases, including out of print-formats from The Concretes. In due time, the entire LF catalogue will be available here. For you old-schoolers/artwork fetishers there is a regular shop too as you know. So, off you go, credit card in hand!
2007-01-24
Badly drawn music player never rests! Yes, there's a brand new Concretes song to be enjoyed.
The song is called 'Oh No' and it's taken from the upcoming album, Hey Trouble. It is about innocence battling temptation and the reluctance of having to choose sides. The theme reoccurs on the album (hence its name) but it seems the jury is still out on how to win in the end.
The new album, 'Hey Trouble' will be available in the spring. It is produced by Jari Haapalainen and features Lisa on lead-vocals (as well as drums), as one of many results of their recent Musical Chairs adventures.
2007-01-23
After the great success at ”Dansens hus” in Stockholm it is time for Dorte Olsen’s dance performce Pudel (Poodle) to take to the road and visit Malmö (Feb 1-2), Lund (Feb 4) and Gothenburg (Feb 7-9). Why are we telling you this you might ask yourself. Well, because Frida has written and performs the music. The show is about real heroines, attraction, sensualism, nostaligia, body, weight, rhythm courage, power, will and, at least to a certain degree, poodles.
Funnily enough, the PUDEL album is out on LF now! As we speak! Well if we speak after Jan 24. It is not to be missed as you can see for yourself here and here and here and here (warning: fluent Swedish required).
Buy it here on the site, in your local record store or at the shows mentioned above.
2007-01-10
Ok, you waited for it and here goes... The Concretes has been nominated in the pop/rock category in the 2007 edition of the Manifest Awards, in their native Sweden. For the whole enchilada, go here
2007-01-09
Well, first of all, terribly welcome to Licking Fingers new home! Finally LF is grown up enough to get a place of its own. And right here on the Internet, too. How very 90s of us, huh! Anyhow, don't be shy, come on in and have a look around. It's pretty self-explanatory really. Among the highlights is a shop, filled with music and merch!!! (We only just got here though so give us some time and we'll make it really homely)
Moving on, we are thrilled to announce that:
Also, The LF Club is as usual up to much good. If you want a schedule go to the Club section.
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