Drummer Paul Smith was skeptical when his friends, brothers Zac and Ethan Holtzman, pitched the idea of forming a Los Angeles-based Cambodian pop band. "I basically said 'Good luck with that,' " Smith ...

If the name Dengue Fever doesn’t give you enough of an idea about this band’s psychedelic tropical heat, how about this: The lead singer is Cambodian pop star Ch’hom Nimol; the sax player, David ...