Articles by Shane O'Connor

Following a band on tour is an activity that rarely makes it off the bucket list. There are tons of reasons to avoid trekking from…

Another year, another Academy Awards right? Not this year, not 2017. The 89th Academy Awards’ lackluster proceedings were somewhat saved by the biggest Oscars gaffe…

The 89th Academy Awards premieres Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. and I’m here to give you a handy-dandy preview of Hollywood’s biggest night of the…

Girard Avenue’s storied Johnny Brenda’s hosted Lucy Dacus and Hamilton Leithauser Feb. 9 for a night of fun rock ’n’ roll. Dacus and Leithauser are…

Montreal quintet Heat just released their debut album “Overnight,” a strong entry into the world of atmospheric, almost dreamlike indie pop rock. I first heard…

Peter Hook and the Light played to a jam-packed Trocadero Theater Nov. 25. For those who may be wondering, Hook was the bassist in the…

It’s 2016 and I thought that musicals on the silver screen were dead and gone, coordinated songs and dances instead relegated to stages on Broadway…

All Saint’s Day is a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church so if my mom asks if I went, I’ll only be half…

I think the first time I heard M83 I was listening to the radio while eating some Wendy’s in my car on break from my…

It seems a bit odd that I only know the First Unitarian Church by its basement. A space that is well suited for church bingo…