they totaly kick ass!

Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from New York City, although many of the members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. Much of their sound is inspired by Gypsy music, and the band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle mixed with cabaret and punk energy, dub, electric guitar and drums. In New York City they're known for their frenetic, hungry stage shows in the Lower East Side, and have also toured in Europe and America since 2000.

Gogol Bordello is led by their charismatic singer, Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz (DJ Hütz), who was featured as a translator in the 2005 independent film adaptation of Everything is Illuminated.

The band formed in 1999, when Hütz moved to New York City. Their first single was released in 1999, and several full-length albums have followed since then, as well as a European tour. According to the New York Times, "Gogol Bordello has become an underground phenomenon in New York with its brand of contrarian globalism. Their sound is raucous, sweaty, tuneful and recklessly vibrant, like the punk and Gypsy music that inspired them. Iggy Pop meets Kafka. A weird blend of the Dead Kennedys, Flogging Molly, and the Decemberists (only the instrumental sound can be related to the Decemberists.)" In an interview with NPR, Hütz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the band's musical influences, and Nikolai Gogol, the band's namesake, as an ideological influence.

Their song "My Strange Uncles From Abroad" is representative of their folksy Eastern European sound. "Start Wearing Purple" pioneered their UK success, and their song "Occurrence on the Border" was featured on the 4th Punk Rock Strike compilation.

Some of the band members also take part in a side project entitled J.U.F. (Jewish-Ukranian Freundschaft), whose sound is similar to that of Gogol Bordello.

They have more recenty been announced as one of the many bands playing at the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK.


Discography
Voi-La Intruder - 1999
Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony - September 2002
Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat - Collaboration with J.U.F., Hütz's side-project. - August 2004
East Infection - October 2004
Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike - August 2005

article from wikipedia.
btw, Everything Illuminated is awesome! Made me laugh! :)