Vote Gogol Bordello
By Ari | Feb 7, 08 09:45 AM
One of my favorite bands, Gogol Bordello, has been nominated for Best Punk Album and Best Live Show in the 2008 Plug Independent Music Awards. Voting is open until February 15th, so if you're into them too, vote now!
If you don't know them, check them out. Gogol Bordello is an international punk-dub-gypsy party. When we saw them live a while back, the audience was so excited before the show that spontaneous hora mosh pits broke out when a Fanfare Ciocarlia song came on. And during the show... let's just say there was drag, wine, an accordion, and some premium dancing. Most endearingly, GB's multilingual lyrics criticize US immigration policy, capitalism, globalization and organized religion, tell the stories of the oppressed, and point at a future in which we all recognize each other as family instead of competition. Good stuff.
I am a foreigner and I'm walking
Through new streets
But before I want to I see the same deeds
Inherited by few a power machine
That crushes you and strangles you
Right in your sleep
But be it me, or it's you, the leisure class
I think we all know:
That be it punk, hip-hop, be it a reggae sound
It is all connected through
The gypsy part of town..
Let's go!
It's the underdog world strike!
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