Trans-Continental Hustle
Gogol Bordello again tackle overcoming stigmas against immigrants and America's favoring of bland homogenization. Rick Rubin produces.
When Madonna adopted Gogol Bordello, like some photogenically saucer-eyed African toddler, as her latest musical plaything, they became perceptibly less lovable.
After a decade-plus as bare-knuckle contenders for World's Most Riotous Live Band, Gogol Bordello step up their studio game with producer Rick Rubin, who knows how to give pop shape to reactor-grade energy.
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Gogol Bordello’s best work is often rich with a powerfully optimistic exuberance, a contagious energy that comes from either a place of artistic sincerity or shameless appreciation for the vast cultural hodgepodge the band channels.