dungen Archive
22 Aug 2016
Album Mini-review: The Amazing — Ambulance
File next to: The Cure, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine In a way, The Amazing can be thought of as a side-project: guitarist Reine Fiske is the lead guitarist in […]
23 Jun 2016
Concert Review: Dungen — 9 June 2016, Asheville NC
It had been nearly five years since Swedish “folkrockpsych” band (their description) Dungen last played in Asheville. On that September 2010 date, the four-piece was touring in support of their […]
22 Oct 2015
Album Mini-review: Dungen — Allas Sak
File Next to: Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd Leader and songwriter Gustav Estjes describes Dungen‘s music as “fokrockpsych.” While that encompasses a wide swath of musical landscape, it barely […]
05 Dec 2014
Album Review: The Amazing — Picture You
About ten years ago, a friend and then-bandmate of mine stopped by my house one evening. He gave me a stack of CDs, and described their contents as a variety […]
20 Sep 2010
Concert Review: Dungen – Asheville NC, Sep. 12 2010
“Hello. We are The Pixies.” That was the puckish greeting that Gustav Estjes — leader of Swedish folkrockpsych quartet Dungen proffered to the audience on a recent Saturday night at […]
25 Aug 2009
Interview: Gustav Estjes of Dungen
Swedish multi-instrumentalist, composer and band leader Gustav Estjes describes the music of his band Dungen as “heavy, but soft as well.” While Dungen is unabashedly heavy, there remains great subtlety […]
12 Jan 2008
Dungen: folkrockpsych
Even in the 21st century, the vagaries of transatlantic phone calls are such that bad (or dropped) connections are routine. So it was thanks to some persistence on everyone’s part […]