Dengue Fever: Cannibal Courtship - review

(Fantasy)They may be quirky, witty and influenced by 60s surf styles as well as Asian pop, but Dengue Fever are no novelty. Fronted by the cool Cambodian singer Chhom Nimol, they set out to revive and update the music that flourished in Phnom Penh back in the 60s, when local musicians were influenced by the garage styles blasting out from US forces' radio stations in Vietnam. It was a scene that was brutally crushed when the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia, so it's appropriate that there'...

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