WHO: Emarosa WHAT: Peach Club (Hopeless Records) WHY: Ladies and gentlemen, we have a situation: Emarosa is dead. Here’s the thing: if you are an Emarosa fan, listened to 131 (their last album) and didn’t see this coming even a little bit, the general concensus is that you were not paying attention. I mean, come on: “Helpless,” anyone? The only […]

Riverdale – Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia | Season 3, Episode 11 | Rating: 6/11 | Riverdale goes noir in this week’s episode featuring cover-ups, betrayal, and some sleuthing. While a fun premise, this episode fell short in a few aspects for this writer. Amongst many of the Riverdale faithful, the general consensus is that this episode was geared in the […]

Welcome to our Album of the Week. WHO: morgxn WHAT: vital : blue (s t r i p p e d) EP WHY: There’s nothing inherently revolutionary about the art of stripping. Songs. The art of stripping songs down to less flashy or fussy bits of their original composition. It’s an endeavor that’s never truly necessary, but when utterly well done […]

Riverdale – Chapter Forty-Five: The Stranger | Season 3, Episode 10 | Rating: 8/11 | Archie Andrews is dead. Well, the Archie Andrews we’ve come to sigh and roll our eyes at (No? Just me?) seems to have left himself behind and the Archie that returns to Riverdale is a new, strong, and different guy. And what he finds when […]

Riverdale – Chapter Forty-Four: No Exit | Season 3, Episode 9 | Rating: 8.5/11 | We arrive back in Riverdale sometime after the town’s quarantine has been lifted. We know this because Jughead and FP are back home instead of stranded on the outskirts, however, things have changed in Riverdale post-quarantine. For one thing, crime has gone up since there […]

Outlander: The Birds & The Bees | Season 4, Episode 9 | Rating: 10.2/11 | How do you pick up after such a heavy ending to last week’s episode? Apparently by diving straight into the aftermath of rape, literally moments following the incident. The Birds & The Bees kicks off with a focus on Brianna as she dresses for bed […]

Outlander: Wilmington | Season 4, Episode 8 | Rating: 9.2/11 | EDITOR’S NOTE: Deep apologies for the delay in our Outlander episodic recaps. Chelsea was rear ended on the freeway a few weeks back and it’s been a slow (and still ongoing) recovery. Instead of recapping several missed episodes we’re just going to pick up here with S4E8. There’s yet […]