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Dragonzord

Sun., Dec. 13, 8 p.m., $5, with Netherfriends, Jams Dean, Chang Chang and Ruinit, The Ox, Second and Oxford streets, myspace.com/theoxphiladelphia.

by John Vettese

Published: Dec 8, 2009

rock/pop

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With a name like that, it's gotta be metal. Or at least prog. But no, Port Richmond's Dragonzord works a more populist angle, dishing potent, foot-stomping, string-breaking, hootin', hollerin' Americana. Think Wilco, except more punk rock. Their lively stage show and boisterous songs make an eastbound-to-Frankford trek wholly worthwhile.

Sun., Dec. 13, 8 p.m., $5, with Netherfriends, Jams Dean, Chang Chang and Ruinit, The Ox, Second and Oxford streets, myspace.com/theoxphiladelphia.

 

 

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