Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Robyn
02. Familjen
03. Oskar Linnros
04. The Drums
05. Jens Lekman
06. Efterklang
07. The National
08. Shout Out Louds
09. Dungen
10. Bob Hund
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Dungen will be doing a couple UK dates at the end of May:
05/30 - Euroculted, Manchester
05/31 - Luminaire, London
This song is a repost, but it's a slightly better-mastered version than the version I had up before and besides that, it's well worth revisiting -- especially today on the autumn solstice. Anyhow, I'm way too busy today to rip a different track from my LP, not that it's even worth doing when you consider that digital copies are surely floating around somewhere. So! Like I said, this is perfect music for transitioning from summer to fall. The mood of the music is pure sepia and even the lyrics reflect the time of year, though the feeling would be the same no matter what they were singing about. It's my album pick for the season, to be sure. If you dig on mellow psych sounds, it might do the same for you too, despite your feelings on the members other projects (Dungen, Granada, The Guild). The Amazing has 'em beat.
The Amazing - Dragon
The second part of Dungen's tour diary for Under the Radar is now online: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/blog/dungen_tour_diary_part_21/
Subliminal Sounds will be releasing the vinyl edition of The Amazing's self-titled debut. As mentioned before, the band features members Dungen, Granada and The Guild and was originally released on CD via Fashionpolice.
Updated North American tourdates for Dungen:
08/03 - Metropolis Theatre, Montreal, Quebec
08/04 - Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario
08/05 - Royal Oak Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
08/07 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
08/09 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
08/10 - Picador, Iowa City, IA
08/12 - tbd, Columbus OH
08/13 - Big Orbits Soundlab, Buffalo, NY
08/14 - Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
08/15 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
08/17 - Otto Bar, Baltimore, MD
08/18 - Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
08/19 - The Earl, Atlanta, GA
08/21 - Mohawk, Austin, TX
08/22 - The Loft, Dallas, TX
08/24 - Rhythm Room, Tempe, AZ
08/26 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
08/28 - Street Scene, San Diego, CA
08/29 - Kemado/Mexican Summer/Folk Yeah, Big Sur, CA
08/30 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
09/01 - tbd, Portland, OR
09/02 - Richards on Richards, Vancouver, BC
09/03 - Neumo's, Seattle, WA
Subliminal Sounds (Dungen, Trad Gras och Stenar) has announced that they will be releasing the debut album "When this was the future" from Swedish artist Lisa o Piu (aka Lisa Isaksson and band) on June 26. Read all about it at their website: http://www.subliminalsounds.se/
Samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lisaolillportan
Dungen did a session for Daytrotter: http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/dungen-what-amounts-to-daydreaming-concert/20030479-3737769.html
Dungen will be supporting Fleet Foxes on a few North American dates this summer:
08/03 - Metropolis Theatre, Montreal, Quebec
08/04 - Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario
08/05 - Royal Oak Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
08/07 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
08/09 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Swedish mellow psychrock act The Amazing (feat. members from Dungen, Granada, The Guild, more) will release their self-titled debut album on April 29 via Fashionpolice Records. Hear a few tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theamazingswedes
Life on Earth!, the solo project of Mattias Gustavsson from Dungen, will release his new album "A space water loop" on March 27 via Subliminal Sounds: http://www.subliminalsounds.se/
Subliminal Sounds will be releasing a new album from long-time folk/progg act Kebnekajse on February 25. The record was recorded in the classic Silence Studios with Dungen guitarist Reine Fiske and Anders Lind behind the controls. Visit Wikipedia for more on the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebnekajse
Anna Järvinen's new album "Man var bland molnen" is confirmed for release on March 23 via Häpna. Gustav Ejstes (Dungen) produced and also helps provide backing instrumentation along with Reine Fiske, Fredrik Swahn, Johan Holmegard, Mattias Bergqvist, Leo Svensson and Anders Nygårds.