By ANDY BETA
The Wall Street Journal
Dengue Fever
Damrosch Park
70 Lincoln Center Pl., (212) 875-5456
Thursday
Of all the foreign music genres to come back into vogue in the 21st century, the rock music of Cambodia was the most imperiled. Among the atrocities perpetuated by the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s was its outright killing of musicians, nearly erasing the nation's own musical heritage. Thankfully, several compilations and the breakout success Los Angeles's Dengue Fever have kept the music alive and well. Powered by the Holzman brothers and fronted by a former karaoke singer from Cambodia, Chhom Nimol, Dengue Fever has moved beyond the Khmer ditties of old. The group's forthcoming album, "Cannibal Courtship," finds its garage-rock sound still winsome, even if it is mostly delivered in English now.
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