Two Chances to See El Perro Del Mar Tonight

Lovely and melancholy Twiggy lookalike El Perro Del Mar (née Sarah Assbring) sings about parties and candy like she's about to place a call to the suicide hotline. Alright, it's not quite that depressing, but she's able to make her 60s girl group harmonies and "shoo-bee-doos" sound downright despondent, and that takes a special Debbie Downer-ability. How very Swedish. Of course, we say all of the above in the nicest possible way. Her poppy sadness is really quite pleasant.

Tonight the chanteuse will perform a mopey set as part of the John in the Morning at Night birthday bash at Neumo's. That'll run you $18, but you can save your money by stopping by Sonic Boom Capitol Hill for her 7pm instore performance.