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The stateside interest in vintage psychedelic pop from deep Southeast Asia has been brewing for nearly a decade -- first thanks to the Cambodian Rocks series of compilations and all of the similar bootleg series that followed. Then up sprouted the Bay-area band Neung Phak and the Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever. The latter was former band was founded after Ethan Holzman and his brother Zac made a trip to Cambodia and discovered the decades-old music that still predominated jukeboxes and airwaves throughout the country. After finding prize vocalist Chhom Nimol in the Little Phnom Phen district of L.A., Dengue Fever ideally rounded out it lineup and got to work building a repertoire of psych-tinged Khmeri cover tunes.

The band's 2005 sophomore LP, Escape From Dragon House, attracted a large amount of praise and media coverage -- resulting in a number of profiles and interviews on NPR, as well as landing them in the role of subjects for the documentary film Sleeping Through The Mekong. The recent release of the band's third album, Venus On Earth, has stirred up yet another wave of enthusiastic press. Admittedly, a few critics are bemoaning a few recent tweaks in the band's em-oh -- particularly their recent decision to start writing their own songs, and to perform some of those songs in English. Nonetheless, the band's music has hooked a big audience and they continue to sell out venues whenever they go on tour. This Friday night, they'll be making an appearance on the top of the bill at the Empty Bottle. The local pan-global, new wave WTFster outfit Brilliant Pebbles are slated to open for the evening. The show starts at 10 PM, and tickets are $14. 1035 N. Western Ave.

[video]: Dengue Fever – "Seeing Hands"
[video]: Dengue Fever – "Sni Bong"

 
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