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Comrade X + FFR + Celtic Fiesta + The Lagan + Continental
The Garage, London N1
5/5
Comrade X lashes up his guitar and revs up the motor before launching this Urbankelt night at the Garage.
Sounding like Woody Guthrie Clashing with Oi, his three-chord cover set bristles and aches with enthusiasm, politics and passion. “This is a song about a political prisoner,” he thunders as Janie Jones’s opening line: “He’s in love with rock’n’roll woaahh,” sums up a rousing performance.
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