After more than four decades of speculation, rumour, and myth, avant-garde legends The Residents will present the first-ever full live performance of their seminal 1979 album Eskimo on Saturday, June 7th, 2025, at the historic Mayan Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The once-in-a-lifetime event will serve as the headlining centrepiece of EXOTIKON, the immersive two-day festival celebrating the wild, weird, and wonderful world of mid-century exotica culture. Originally released at the height of punk’s rise, Eskimo marked a radical left turn—not just for The Residents, but for the entire trajectory of experimental music. Eschewing lyrics and genre conventions in favor of fictional anthropology, the album constructs a surreal sonic universe inspired by imaginary Inuit rituals, frozen landscape...