Articles by Shane O'Connor
Sep. 30, 2016
Whitney set to start off fall strong at First Unitarian
Friday, Oct. 7 is rapidly approaching and if you have your priorities straight the only thing written on your calendar that day should be “Whitney…

Sep. 30, 2016
Project Pabst heading to Philly for its final show
“Four cities, one magical year” is the tagline for the Project Pabst concert, which brings its fourth and final show in the series to the…

Sep. 23, 2016
Allah-Las bring ’60s psych rock vibes to Johnny Brenda’s
If you ever find yourself driving a convertible with the top down along a long, desert highway with cacti dotting the barren and a sandy…

Sep. 16, 2016
Hockey Dad brings surf, rock n’ roll to Boot and Saddle
Australian surf-rock duo Hockey Dad played a stellar show at South Broad Street’s Boot and Saddle Aug. 30. Coming all the way from Down Under,…

Sep. 7, 2016
Made in America festival takes over Parkway for fifth year
The Ben Franklin Parkway was originally designed to emulate the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Going all the way from beautiful City Hall, down past Logan Circle,…

Jul. 22, 2016
Wilco plays intimate show at Ireland’s Iveagh Gardens
The legendary rock band Wilco played Philly’s hottest new venue, Iveagh Gardens, July 10. Just kidding you guys– I’m in Dublin, the capital city of…

Jun. 24, 2016
Governors Ball: Strokes, Killers, thunder, tears
Huddled under the Bacardi House Stage’s tent as rain thundered down outside, I met a pair of dudes who drove all the way to New…

Jun. 24, 2016
Madrid rockers Hinds put lo-fi aesthetic on full display at UT
Seeing a band before they get big and famous and well-known is the ultimate social currency in music circles. One of my friends saw Mac…

Jun. 24, 2016
Guster turns the energy up to 11 for make-up concert at the Fillmore
It’s hard to forget the massive blizzard that dumped more than two feet of snow on Philadelphia back in January. Schools were closed, states of…

Jun. 3, 2016
Courtney Barnett puts on ‘pedestrian at best’ show at EF
It is safe to say that the secret is out about Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett. Last year she released what would become one of the…
