How do they sleep at night?
” I feel anal-retentive and self-loathing saying that I want to like Dengue Fever, but it’s true: I appreciate that they’re making indie rock music informed by a foreign stylistic context, I appreciate the mix of non-Western music with Western, and I love Chhom’s voice. But there are better “foreign” bands, and musicians making more interesting mixes at the moment— M.I.A., Tinariwen, and even some of Ricardo Villalobos’ recent singles sound like they could be from more than one different place, and I mean that as a compliment. While Dengue Fever’s intentions are good, their expressions verge on vacuous.”
Dengue Fever: Venus on Earth: Pitchfork Record Review
Reading stuff like this makes me think that a lot of Pitchfork writers get heartburn often. And/or are generally extreemly drunk/hungover. I sure would be, writing things like this.
