★★★★★
Artist: Danko Jones Title: Rock and Roll is Black and Blue Genre: Hard Rock Label: Bad Taste Records Release Date: 10/9/2012 Danko Jones scares the hell out of me. I'm not intimidated by their huge riffs, pummeling beats or, mega machismo. I'm not put off by the trio's bawdy imagery and absence of a ballad anywhere in their catalog. What does chill me; frightens me to the core, is that Danko Jones will eventually compromise...
- bigsmilemagazine.com
2013-06-28
★★★★★
"Even when this Canadian trio gets halfway pensive, it's just about impossible to take this music seriously -- and that is most definitely intended as a compliment." With a gloriously big, dumb RAWK sound that feels like someone threw AC/DC, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy and the Foo Fighters into a blender, Danko Jones is back with "Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue...
- www.metalunderground.com
2012-10-22
★★★★★
Canadian trio Danko Jones' namesake singer/guitarist delivers his music with more balls, swagger and confidence than any rock frontman on the scene today ... and manages to do so while coming off as down-to-earth and cool-as-hell. Those who first fell in love with music thanks to '70s- and '80s-era acts such as KISS, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, The Ramones and Aerosmith will feel like kids again while listening to "We Sweat Blood...
- www.soundspike.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
If Canadian rock trio Danko Jones' first US album, last year's "We Sweat Blood," is a cup of coffee, then "Sleep is the Enemy" is a Red Bull with a double shot of espresso. Unlike "We Sweat Blood"--which is a more even mix of rock-radio fare (see request-line hit "Lovercall") and jagged-edged punk--the new disc's dozen tracks tend more toward thrashing, neck-snapping, balls-out, punk-infused rock. The metronome rarely drops below 140 beats per minute, and sometimes hovers north of 300...
- www.soundspike.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
The key to his attraction is probably the way Danko Jones wails with the charismatic fervour of a preacher on blow. This dude imparts gravelly wisdom, ain't no denying it - or no wanting to, anyway, what with the irrepressible shake-a-delic rockitude of the sound that backs him...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
★★★★★
This is a much more restrained offering than I might have expected from Toronto's Mango Kid (or Brown Panther or Doctor Evening or whatever he's calling himself these days). Buttoned down even. And in places, like the album-opening Forget My Name, flat. There's a lot of that trying-too-hard, urban-hipster-bad-ass thing going on that, while it's always been his shtick, worked better with the blazing bluesy punk, MC5/Stooges thing than these comparatively laid-back garage bong hits...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
★★★★★
When the musical press are hailing you, left, right and centre as "the coolest mutha ****er on the planet" you must be doing something right. However, quite where this title has come from is a mystery on hearing Danko Jones' latest effort 'Sleep Is The Enemy'. The whole thing seems to have spawned from a bad experience with the opposite sex and so there are many songs like 'Baby Hates Me' involving cliched lyrics and music that doesn't take you anywhere unexpected. Ever...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
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- spin.com
2010-08-25
★★★★★
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- spin.com
2010-08-25
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