SOUND BETS VIDEO

Scandinavian Jukebox: El Perro Del Mar, Ida Maria & Iggy Pop, Dark Funeral, Rigas, Datarock, Susanna & the Magical Orchestra

Band: El Perro Del Mar
Song: "Gotta Get Smart" (live version)
Album: "Love Is Not Pop" (The Control Group) features the studio take
Sounds Like: Swedish indie-pop crooner Sarah Assbring (not a typo) knows from the sad and delicate. Lovely.
D.C. Bound: Nov. 7, 9:30 Club, opening for Peter Bjorn and John.
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Jump Off: Full on Scandinavian jukebox, with new videos from Ida Maria & Iggy Pop, Dark Funeral, Rigas, Datarock, Susanna & the Magical Orchestra. (Click here.)

DARK FUNERAL (Sweden)
"My Funeral" from "Angelus Exuro pro Eternus" (Regain Records)
» Suicidal black metal. NSFW.
Web Site | MySpace | Wiki

» RELATED: "Tonight's Top Stop: Dark Funeral" [Express, Jan. 2007]

RIGAS (Sweden)
"Tonite" single from a forthcoming album on Flora & Fauna, out Feb. 2010
» Luscious and insanely catchy synth pop.
Web Site | MySpace | Label

» RELATED: "Rigas, "It's a Shame" video [Express, April 2009]

DATAROCK (Norway)
"The Pretender" from a "Red" (Nettwerk)
» The logical Devo-lution of synth-rock.
Web Site | MySpace | Label

SUSANNA AND THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA (Norway)
"Palpatine's Dream" from "3" (Rune Grammofon)
» Gorgeous slow motion dream pop.
Web Site | MySpace | Wiki

» RELATED: "Scandinavian Swing: In the Country" featuring Magical Orchestra keyboardist Morten Qvenild [Express, Jan. 2007]

IDA MARIA & IGGY POP (Norway, U.S.)
"Oh My God" single; original version, sans Pop, is on "Fortress 'Round My Heart" (Columbia)
» One of the greatest indie rock songs of all time, now with more bass.
Web Site | MySpace | Wiki

» RELATED: "Oh My God: Ida Maria Takes a Shot or Three for Perez Hilton" [Express, Sept. 2009]
» RELATED: "Three Chords & The Truth: Ida Maria & Glasvegas" [Express, March 2009]

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