Feel Good, Inc. - November 2010 Relix Issue

The November 2010 Relix issue features our Feel Good, Inc. cover story—a double feature on Eugene Hütz’s Gogol Bordello and Michael Franti’s Spearhead—and much more! Combining elements of punk, Gypsy and cabaret music, Gogol Bordello has become an unexpected musical force. The decade-old band, fronted by the charismatic Eugene Hütz, released its fifth album in the spring of 2010—the Rick Rubin-produced and aptly titled Trans-Continental Hustle. Relix jumps onboard with Gogol Bordello on its global trek to see what drives one of the most exciting live bands working today. For more than two decades, Bay Area-born Michael Franti has created exceptionally powerful socially-conscious music. In the mid-'90s, Franti formed Spearhead, an upbeat, multi-genre band whose messages of positivity resonated with ever-growing audiences. The group conceived its disc, The Sound of Sunshine, in the wake of Franti's near-fatal appendicitis in August 2009. After a near-death experience, Michael Franti returns with an album aimed to open hearts before minds.

This issue also includes features and articles on The Sting Cheese Incident, Los Lobos, Grace Slick, Nick Cave, Phil Selway, Esperanza Spalding, Real Estate, Lissie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tom Tom Club, The London Souls, and more!