Trans-Continental Hustle

Trans-Continental Hustle
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 2010 (2010-04-27)
Recordedthe Document Room
(Malibu, CA)
GenreFolk punk, Punk rock, Gypsy punk, Latin rock, Folk music
Length53:46
LabelAmerican Recordings
ProducerRick Rubin
Gogol Bordello chronology
Super Taranta!
(2007)
Trans-Continental Hustle
(2010)
Pura Vida Conspiracy
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(6.4/10)
Slant Magazine
Music Emissions
Future Tunez
Robert Christgau
Rolling Stone
Off the Dial(favorable)

Trans-Continental Hustle is the fifth album by folk punk band Gogol Bordello, released on April 27, 2010. Produced by Rick Rubin, Trans-Continental Hustle primarily draws inspiration from frontman Eugene Hütz's life in Brazil, where he had been living since 2008. This album is Gogol Bordello's major record label debut. The collaboration with Rubin was initiated after guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine saw Gogol Bordello perform in Los Angeles and recommended that Rubin look into the band. "Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)", the fifth track on the album, has received heavy airplay on Sirius XM Radio's Faction Channel 41 as well as other genre stations. At least two of Faction's shows have played the single, including The Jason Ellis Show and Faction with Christian James Hand.