Increasingly popular Cambodian surf rock band Dengue Fever have a few shows coming this January. Dengue will hit Hoboken for a show at Maxwell's (1029 Washington Ave.) on Saturday, January 10 at 9:30 pm. This is an all ages show, tickets are $12 adv./$14 at door.While in the metropolitan area, Dengue Fever will be performing at the Highline Ballroom (431 W. 16th St., NY) on Sunday, Januar...
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On April 18th I caught up with Dengue Fever before their show at The Independent in San Francisco. Below is the first installment of my interview with them.Dengue fever are a psychedelic Cambodian rock band from Los Angeles. Fronted by the silky vocal styling of Chhom Nimol. Quite simply, their sound is dreamy and sexy.
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This Friday, I have an interview scheduled with Dengue Fever.I'll be catching up with the Los Angeles based group prior to their performance at the Independent in San Francisco.If you've never heard of Dengue Fever you should get around to it, they're a pretty far out and unique group. I'm rather excited to sit down with them and pick their collective brain. Their sound combines Cambodian pop ...
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The party's in full swing. Whatever bug I've got, he and his clan are really rocking the joint. I feel like the three characters in "The Darjeeling Limited" have merged into one entity that's fighting an internal battle over which OTC medication would be the best to mortally succumb to. Owen Wilson is, of course winning, and his suggestion to triple the generic decongestant, double-up on the v...
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Video Interview Here:http://mog.com/Sturgell/blog_post/161801Our man Sturgell did this very sweet interview. Don't know Dengue? You really should. Groovy beats mixed behind insane cambodian vocals. It's world music that works for me big time.I love the song in this video:
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Dengue Fever is the amazing L.A.-based alt-rock band featuring Cambodian-born singer Chhom Nimol. Their new album is Venus On Earth and here's a cool track off it.They were written up in the New York Times recently:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/arts/music/20smit.html?ref=musicDengue Fever are finally getting their due. Photo by Kevin Estrada.
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This is how I heard the music of Dengue Fever described once...and I couldn't have said it better.A wonderful blend of African,Middle Eastern,acid jazz, and R & B with elements of rock and pop mixed in for good measure...its nothing if not eclectic...and incredible.
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http://terriblelovesongs.blogspot.comLast week I had the pleasure of watching my favourite band out of L.A. right now, Dengue Fever, play a free gig at Rough Trade East in London. Dengue Fever Perform @ Rough Trade East Taking to the tiny cramped stage they plunged straight into a mixture of songs from their recently released album 'Venus On Earth'. If you haven't already heard their music, I'd...
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*Today's two-person review is brought to you by Sage and Ethan.**Sage's Score*: 7.0*Ethan's Score*: 6.0ST: So today we're reviewing Venus on Earth by Cambodian psychedelic pop-lounge rock band, Dengue Fever.EE: Seriously. I tried entering that into the genre category in iTunes. I had to settle with "religious."ST: Not "world"?EE: Nah. I don't have much "religious" ... figured I'd spread my genr...
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Former Chalky's Choice and current holders of Rough Trade Album of the Week Dengue Fever are the focus of John Pirozzi's latest documentary 'Sleepwalking Through The Mekong'. I love this band! Here's what you need to know from the Press Release: Sleepwalking Through the Mekong follows Los Angeles based Dengue Fever on their recent journey to Cambodia to perform 60s and 70s Cambodian rock n' rol...
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MP3 - "March of the Balloon Animals" - Dengue FeverOut today on M80 is the latest release from Dengue Fever - a two-disc set that includes the documentary Sleepwalking Through the Mekong and an accompanying soundtrack. Directed by John Pirozzi, Sleepwalking has made the rounds at a number of film festivals and chronicles the bands visit to lead singer Chhom Nimol's native Cambodia during the
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'Venus On Earth' is the latest album from the LA based band Dengue Fever. They combine Cambodian pop music with psychedelic rock and the outcome is refreshingly good. Far from severe headaches and joint pains, Dengue Fever infects you with funky baselines, fuzzy keyboards and some really great songs. With keyboards occasionally reminiscent of a sound you could hear at a fairground and Bollywoo...
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Notes of an Aboriginalien….. In the foreground of our mind, without even noticing, we seem to limit our way of interacting with other beings within terms we can explain to ourselves, with notable exceptions. When two humans interact and it is taken for the great depth it has to offer, it seems worlds collide! When we try to understand how we know this information and how we know what it means,.
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I've been on the road a lot over the past week and this poor old blog has suffered as a result. This is not to say I haven't been collating information and forming musical thoughts while I drive, but getting to a computer has proved difficult. So here's the Saturday summary on Monday, just a couple of days later than planned. For those of you who follow this blog, you might know that Room Thirt...
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