Articles by Shane O'Connor

With over 20 years under their collective belts, the members of Guster have made a conscious effort to reinvent their sound with their latest album,…

Philadelphia is a popular destination for many bands from a variety of genres. With so many opportunities to see some live music at any of…

Winter is coming, and with it, Oscar season. It’s a time of year when studios stop screwing around with light popcorn-fare like “Dumb and Dumber…

This year, arenas all across the world have played host to the Akron, Ohio-based rock band, The Black Keys. The duo never misses an opportunity…

Union Transfer was filled near capacity Oct. 4 for the indie rockers of Delta Spirit. The group, originally from California but now residing in Texas,…

The Columbus, Ohio-based duo Twenty One Pilots played the second of back-to-back sold-out shows Sept. 28 at the storied Tower Theater. The pair, composed of…

If I had told my mother that I was heading to Callowhill Street, an area filled with fenced-off vacant lots sitting menacingly in the shadows…

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts hosted a one-of-a-kind event Sept. 13, “Lawn of Mann.” Presented by the renowned local rock band Dr. Dog,…

Movies based on young adult novels set in a dystopian future are really having their day in the sun lately. First, Jennifer Lawrence turned “The…

I think that I may take Woody Allen for granted. He’s been working at nearly a one-movie-per-year pace since 1969, writing every screenplay himself, directing…