July 23, 2002 DANKO JONES Born A Lion (Universal) With the music world's sudden hard-on for anything that sounds even remotely like garage rock, it seems the time has come for Danko Jones to join the likes of The Hives and The White Stripes in rocking the pants off the unsuspecting masses. With Born A Lion, there are no surprises. As expected, Danko's dirty, sweaty, funkified soul is delivered through guitar-pounding bluesy rawk that grabs you by the balls until you scream for mercy. Lyrics drip with sexual arrogance, adding to the overall bombastic seduction of the record. And who else can get away with repeating, "When you shake your booty, baby, you get me so hot, hot!" over and over (from "Word Is Bond"), without sounding like a complete ass? Exactly. Lock up the women and children - the lion is loose! |
