Harmonious folk revivialists Fleet Foxes recently wrapped a headlining tour, four shows of which came with a treat for bargain hunters via opening act Dungen. Back when Robin had a public Twitter, he tweeted up the Swedes as one of... CONTINUE READING FLEET FOXES AND DUNGEN PLAY WITH EACH OTHER»
Posted on August 14, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Dungen | Fleet Foxes
We recently posted about "Satt Att Se," a mellow, autumnal swatch of Dungen's vintage pastoral psychedelia from their forthcoming fourth album 4. The record's out the end of September, so the band's making the rounds, including a two-man jazz-lite performance... CONTINUE READING DUNGEN PERFORM 4 LITE JAZZ-STYLE»
Posted on July 25, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Dungen
Gustav Ejstes and Dungen crew's new album 4 is due 9/30 via Kemado. The first of the 10 tracks we've heard is dusky opener "Satt Att Se," a mellow, autumnal swatch of the Swedes's vintage pastoral psychedelia. Per usual, great... CONTINUE READING NEW DUNGEN - "SäTT ATT SE"»
Posted on July 10, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Dungen
If there's such a thing as pastoral psychedelia, Dungen have it mastered on the hazed, sanguine melodies of "Familj," and the clip sees director Jon Leone take those sunny, psilocybic sounds and give 'em their just desserts, with some fluoro-footage... CONTINUE READING NEW DUNGEN VIDEO - "FAMILJ"»
Posted on June 7, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Dungen
Dungen is described regularly as the studio project of Gustav Ejstes, which makes the "band" sound like some one-man Swedish psych troupe that only transforms into a quartet for live situations, or when more hands are needed. Ejstes is the... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: DUNGEN»
Posted on April 18, 2007 in , (3 comments)
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We're a few months off from Swedish psych rockers Dungen's forthcoming Tio Bitar, and the first track from the record is a promising peek at what Gustav Ejstes has in store for this round. The first ten seconds alone are... CONTINUE READING NEW DUNGEN - "GöR DET NU"»
Posted on February 21, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Dungen | Gossip Girl | Leonard Cohen
As usual I was unable to narrow down my favorite releases of the year to just ten. So here are Stereogum's 14 favorite discs of 2004. To make it easier for myself, I arbitrarily disqualified compilations, reissues, and Brian Wilson.... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TOP CATORCE OF 2004»
Posted on December 23, 2004 in , (62 comments)
Tags: Air | Aloha | Annie | Arcade Fire | Drive-By Truckers | Dungen | Joanna Newsom | Lambchop | Madvillain | of Montreal | RJD2 | Sufjan Stevens | The Go! Team | Wilco
