Secret Chiefs

Senon Williams of Dengue Fever: "We did one gig at a time in the beginning."

Dengue Fever (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) was born of Zac and Ethan Holtzman's fascination with the pop music that had come out of Cambodia prior to the Khmer Rouge takeover of that country in 1975. Pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodia had a thriving pop and rock scene that was influenced by Western po ... More >>

Trey Spruance of Secret Chiefs 3: "I started studying the musical systems of antiquity to try to understand what made them tick"

Secret Chiefs 3 (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) is the brainchild of Trey Spruance, whom you may know from Mr. Bungle. With Secret Chiefs 3, Spruance seemingly follows every musical idea he can think of down every rabbit hole imaginable. Along the way, he has learned to play a plethora of exot ... More >>

Secret Chiefs 3

Tuesday, January 24, Bluebird Theater, 888-929-7849.

Action Friend on For You the World, Toshi Kasai, Zorn and Spruance

Tom MurphyAction Friend.​For the past eight years, Action Friend (due Saturday, June 25th, at The Meadowlark Bar) has been evolving the kind of music played by what many would say are "a musician's band." Although all the players in the band are highly skilled, it's the inherent weirdness to i ... More >>

This Just In 1/15/09-1/21/09

Les Claypool visits the Fillmore March 14 as part of the Oddity Faire Tour with the Yard Dogs Road Show, Saul Williams and Secret Chiefs 3.  After a slow holiday season of show announcements, things are starting to pick back up with a lot of spring concerts announced this week. But unfortunatel ... More >>

Live Review: The Melvins, Big Business and Secret Chiefs 3

Secret Chiefs 3

Thursday, July 31, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7624.

The Secret Chiefs 3

Unraveling the mysteries behind this band is a Bungling task.

Westword Music Showcase 2004

Fifty bands. Ten stages. Five bucks. Be there.