Barbez

(1) Their frontwoman is a Russian avant-garde dancer. (2) They have a theremin. (3) The theremin is not used for whooshy space sounds but actually played by a cigarette-smoking waif virtuoso who makes it sound like an entire string section. (4) They cover Kurt Weill, (5) and Schnittke. (6) They lug around a monstrous marimba, and (7) a band member coaxes scratches and squiggles out of a Palm Pilot via a proprietary piece of software.
Barbez? From Brooklyn, NYC.
Barbès? Paris, France. La plupart des habitants sont Algérien, Marocain, Malien, Sénégalese.
Métro? Barbès-Rochechouart. Plan de Métro: ici.
Barbez mp3 here (scroll down)