DUNGEN

This October is a busy month here in Seattle.  The Black Keys just played on the 2nd, M.I.A will be here on Oct. 17th, Steven Wright is on the 20th, Trailer Park Boys perform again on the 26th, the city hosts shows by both Sufjan Stevens and Ryuichi Sakamoto on the 30th, then there’s the City Arts Fest (Roky Erickson, Cat Power, DJ Spooky, John Medeski, Gogol Bordello, Big Boi, The Vaselines, etc. etc) from the 20th-23rd, and Gary Numan performing on Halloween.   And those are just the few events that I can name off of the top of my head.  At a quick glance, I’d love to see everything but, in reality, that isn’t even remotely realistic.  There is almost TOO MUCH shit going on and, believe it or not, I’ve found myself getting burned out on even going to a lot of shows these days.  I can get super hyped on something but, as the date approaches, the sun begins to go down and, if we don’t already have something officially arranged for coverage, it becomes really easy to blow it off and go in an easier direction.  It’s not usually being at a show that is overkill but, if it’s been an especially draining day or week, getting up and traveling there can be enough of a pain in the ass to feel like “work”.  Maybe I’ve already seen them and feel like I can let it go until “next time”.  Maybe I convince myself that it won’t be that amazing or I’m just too busy writing about/editing the show that I went to the day before.  However, when I discovered that DUNGEN would be returning for an October 2nd show at Neumos again, there was no question that I would be getting off of my lazy ass and making the trek to see them again.  There was even a free Del the Funky Homosapien show a mere few blocks away from my home but, the last time that I saw the Swedish quartet live, they damn near blew the cap off of my skull with their unique brand of psych-folk/jazz-prog. Read the rest of this entry →