The best parts of Toronto-based writer Joey Comeau’s stories in The Complete Lockpick Pornography are his surprising yet compassionate endings. The first story in the volume is a “genderqueer adventure story” that follows four friends as they challenge heteronormative beliefs of the Halifax community with a schoolbook scandal, Sesame Street, sizzling sex and more. After […]
Frances Dorenbaum
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Alabama Shakes
The album flows so smoothly that you wouldn’t imagine it’s the first record of the bluesy and soulful Alabama Shakes. Boys & Girls has a youthful liveliness with a vintage twist reminiscent of their R&B and classic rock influences like Otis Redding and Led Zeppelin. “You Ain’t Alone” showcases lead singer Brittany Howard’s deep, mature […]
