Dengue Fever

Burger-A-Go-Go Night Two with Dengue Fever, Winter, Summer Twins and Patsy's Rats at Alex's Bar

It was a packed bill at the Independent for the show which was headlined by Cambodian funk-rock band Dengue Fever and also featured Patsy’s Rats, Summer Twins, and Winter.

Dengue Fever can seem like a curiosity at first, but upon closer inspection listeners will find a foreign, yet surprisingly familiar sound. Formed in 2001 after siblings Zac and Ian Holtzman saw Chhom Nimol sing in a Cambodian nightclub in LA, the five-piece band has gained acclaim for their novel b

Founded by brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman more than a decade ago, the band continues to rock forth with their fifth album, The Deepest Lake, and are currently touring in support of it.

Stockholm, Sweden

I once spent a happy few weeks touring round New England in the depths of winter. The year was 2008, and Barak and Hillary were battling it out for the Democratic nomination.

Philly’s own Downtown Club opened with a gripping set of retro punk and New Wave sounds. Led by the guitar jangle and the spine-tingling howling of April Harkanson, they sold the crowd with their propulsive rhythms.