The indescribably wonderful Timur and the Dime Museum performed this weekend as part of the Los Angeles Live Arts Exchange. Lead singer Timur Bekbosunov has been compared to a symphony hall of great vocal talents, from Björk to David Bowie to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and his incredible vocal range, dynamic and compelling stage persona, and orchestra are as big as all that. I feel like those lucky few that saw Elvis Presley on the Louisiana Hayride. Thirty years ago, German opera singer Klaus Nomi called his performances “New Wave Vaudeville.” Today, Nomi’s songwriter Kristian Hoffman is collaborating with CalArts grad Timur on the next wave. Here is a clip of Timur and The Dime Museum performi
The series continues as a festival-style rotating bill of one-off and recurring happenings, including post-punk opera from the captivating Timur & the Dime Museum in support of their smashing, romantic, noisy, cabaret-infused new album, X-ray Sunsets.