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Dengue Fever
Artist: Dengue Fever
Hometown: Los Angeles
Venue: SESAC stage at the Convention Center, 2 p.m. Saturday
Pre-show buzz: Multi-culti combo’s fan base grew after its music appeared in Jim Jarmusch’s “Broken Flowers.”
High point: Closing your eyes and imagining you’re in the coolest ’70s flick ever to emerge from Southeast Asia.
Low point: A middling his and hers duet (the only tune in English, not Khmer) between the singer and lead guitarist.
Post-show buzz: Judging by the number of passers-by drawn into the room by the strange sounds they heard, the band won some new fans.
Afterthoughts: The mix of Ethiopian jazz, Cambodia-inflected vocals and Bollywood spice was a lot more accessible (and funkier) than it might sound on paper.
Comments
By Tony Cooke
March 19, 2007 7:05 AM | Link to this
I absolutely love this band. It’s always nice to hear something different!