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Caroline Polachek Announces Tour, Shares New Video for ‘Welcome to My Island’

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Caroline Polachek Announces Tour, Shares New Video for ‘Welcome to My Island’

Caroline Polachek has shared a video for her recent single ‘Welcome to My Island’, which we named our Song of the Week. Along with the visual, which she co-directed with Matt Copson, Polachek has announced an extensive tour of Europe and North America, with support from Alex G, Ethel Cain, Sudan Archives, and Magdalena Bay, among others. Check out the video and find the list of dates below.

‘Welcome to My Island’ leads Polachek’s new album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, which arrives on February 14 and includes the previously released singles ‘Billions’, ‘Sunset’, and ‘Bunny Is a Rider’.

Caroline Polachek 2023 Tour Dates:

Feb 10 Brighton, England – Chalk
Feb 11 Leeds, England – Leeds Beckett Student Union
Feb 12 Oxford, England – O2 Academy Oxford
Feb 14 London, England – Brixton Academy
Feb 15 Manchester, England – Albert Hall
Feb 16 Bristol, England – Marble Factory
Feb 18 Paris, France – Salle Pleyel
Feb 20 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
Feb 22 Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
Feb 23 Hamburg, Germany – Mojo Club
Feb 24 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
Feb 25 Cologne, Germany – Kantine
Feb -27 Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
Apr 14 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall #
Apr 15 Boston, MA – Roadrunner #
Apr 17 Toronto, Ontario – Queen Elizabeth Theatre #
Apr 18 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre #
Apr 19 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall #
Apr 21 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern #
Apr 22 Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre #
Apr 24 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall &
Apr 25 Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater #
Apr 26 Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum +
Apr 28 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre ^
Apr 29 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium ^
May 1 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield *
May 4 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo ^
May 8 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Orpheum ^
May 9 Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom ^
May 13 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party
May 14 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom !
May 16 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre @
May 17 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium @
May 19 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem @
May 20 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall @

# with George Clanton
+ with Toro y Moi
^ with Sudan Archives
* with Magdalena Bay
! with Alex G
@ with Ethel Cain

Angelo Badalamenti Dead at 85

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Angelo Badalamenti Dead at 85

Angelo Badalamenti, the composer best known for collaborating with David Lynch on Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Mulholland Drive, has died at 85, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A cause of death has not been disclosed.

Born in Brooklyn in 1937, Badalamenti was drawn to music from an early age, learning to play the piano and eventually the French horn. As a teenager, he accompanied vocalists at resorts in the Catskill Mountains, before graduating with a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1959. Badalamenti started working with David Lynch when he was hired as Isabella Rossellini’s vocal coach for 1986’s Blue Velvet, but ended up scoring and supervising the film’s soundtrack. He also appeared in the movie as a jazz lounge pianist under the name Andy Badale. Badalamenti went on to score Lynch’s films Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive, as well as the television series Twin Peaks, whose iconic title theme won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance Grammy Award in 1991.

Badalamenti recalled improvising the Twin Peaks title theme in an interview with Spirit & Flesh Magazine, saying: “David came to my little office across from Carnegie Hall and said, ‘I have this idea for a show, Northwest Passage.’ He sat next to me at the keyboard and said, ‘I haven’t shot anything, but it’s like you are in a dark woods with an owl in the background and a cloud over the moon and sycamore trees are blowing very gently…’ I started to press the keys for the opening chord to ‘Twin Peaks Love Theme,’ because it was the sound of that darkness. He said, ‘A beautiful troubled girl is coming out of the woods, walking towards the camera…’”

“I played the sounds he inspired,” he continued. “‘And she comes closer and it reaches a climax and…’ I continued with the music as he continued the story. ‘And from this, we let her go back into the dark woods.’ The notes just came out. David was stunned, as was I. The hair on his arms was up and he had tears in his eyes: ‘I see Twin Peaks. I got it.’ I said, ‘I’ll go home and work on it.’ ‘Work on it?! Don’t change a note.’ And of course I never did.”

Badalamenti composed the scores for dozens of other films and series, including A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and The Wicker Man. He wrote the opening theme to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and worked with artists like David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Nina Simone, Marianne Faithfull, among many others.

In 2008, Badalamenti received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2011.

Album Review: SZA, ‘SOS’

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Album Review: SZA, ‘SOS’

“It’s so embarrassing/ All of the things I need living inside of me,” SZA sings on ‘Blind’, a standout from her much-anticipated sophomore album. It’s that swirl of feelings that makes SOS come alive, rendering it a wonderfully sprawling and eclectic project. Against sparse yet delicately enchanting instrumentation, ‘Blind’ expresses the overwhelming emotions she tries to contain, define, and free herself of over the course of the LP: “I hurt too much, I lost too much, I lust too much.” Naturally, SOS can also feel like too much, but almost every moment is worth savoring; it spans 23 tracks, but unlike many similarly bloated mainstream records, it doesn’t coast on a single style or quickly lose steam. Instead, it serves as a bold statement of intent fuelled by SZA’s inimitable mix of confidence and vulnerability while foregrounding her increasingly versatile, expansive songwriting.

It helps that the album has been a long time coming, of course, but even if SZA hadn’t kept busy teasing the follow-up to her excellent 2017 debut CTRL, its enduring resonance would be enough to keep fans engaged. You may wish some tracks were left on the cutting room floor, but the lack of clarity and cohesion matches the record’s messy, complicated emotional world, which she has a uniquely captivating way of unpacking. The album’s cover art, which finds the artist perched on a diving board in the middle of the ocean, was inspired by a shot of Princess Diana taken just days before her death, but it also alludes to the mood that pervades SOS; the isolation of drowning in memories you can’t escape, a desire to wash it all away. Every song offers a glimpse into that journey, and for just over 67 minutes, SZA allows us to be a part of it.

Many things that could have distracted from SZA’s presence – commanding as it is – end up reinforcing it. There’s high-profile collaborations with Travis Scott, Don Toliver, and Phoebe Bridgers; samples of Björk and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard; movie references from Star Wars and Kill Bill to Scarface and Gone Girl. But she avoids making them too obvious: ‘Gone Girl’ clearly nods to David Fincher’s thriller of the same name, but only as a way of highlighting her own dissociative tendencies (“Inward I go when there’s no one around me”). ‘Kill Bill’ is as fierce as you might expect, but her cadence on the chorus (“I might kill my ex, not the best idea/ His new girlfriend’s next, how’d I get here?”) evokes melancholy rather than fury, and she manages to inject a bit of dark humour, too (“I’m so mature, I got me a therapist to tell me there’s other men”). Her fear of loneliness sometimes elicits violent thoughts, but more often her yearning flows out with tender intimacy; when she pitch-shifts her voice at the end of ‘Love Language’, it sounds both like a haunting reminder of the past and the voice of the significant other she’s trying to reach.

SZA is a master at break-up ballads, and the ones on SOS already feel like classics. ‘Blind’ and ‘Gone Girl’ are among them, but there’s also ‘Nobody Gets Me’, one that recalls Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’ (much like ‘Special’ has a hint of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’) and which SZA totally owns. The most surprising experiment is ‘F2F’, a refreshingly competent fusion of country and pop-punk, genres that make so many of her contemporaries stumble. And while SZA’s brutally honest introspection – self-centeredness, even – is at the heart of the record, her interplay with other voices, particularly Phoebe Bridgers’ on ‘Ghost in the Machine’, opens up the dynamics in fascinating ways. SZA has said that there may have been more guest verses had they been delivered on time, and a bigger emphasis on collaboration would have suited the album’s wide-ranging palette and ambition. But listen to ‘Snooze’, and knowing it’s her own pitch-shifted vocals rather than someone else’s delivering the line “How you threatening to leave and I’m the main one crying?” only makes the effect more disarming.

Regardless, SZA’s rich lyricism, vocal prowess, and lush orchestration are more than enough to carry SOS along. The singer remains effortlessly charming yet impossible to pin down, and hearing early singles like ‘Shirt’ and ‘I Hate U’ in this context only reaffirms that. ‘Good Days’ felt like a special gift when it arrived on Christmas Day 2020, and the fact that it still manages to stir your soul an hour into the album is a testament to its greatness. How can that nostalgia and regret, different shades of which permeate the whole album, feel so comforting and genuine, even at the tail end of 2022? You might find yourself asking that question listening to SOS, but then it just compels you to sink in deeper.

Iggy Pop Releases New Song ‘Strung Out Johnny’

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Iggy Pop Releases New Song ‘Strung Out Johnny’

Iggy Pop has released ‘Strung Out Jonny’, a new song from his forthcoming album Every Loser. It follows the previously released single ‘Frenzy’, and you can check it out below.

Every Loser, which was produced by Andrew Watt, is slated for release on January 6 via Atlantic/Gold Tooth.

Andy Shauf Shares Video for New Single ‘Catch Your Eye’

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Andy Shauf Shares Video for New Single ‘Catch Your Eye’

Andy Shauf has shared a new single, ‘Catch Your Eye’, the second preview of his upcoming album Norm – out February 10 on ANTI-. Following lead cut ‘Wasted on You’, the track comes with an accompanying video written by Shauf and animated by Mary Vertulfo. Check it out below, along with Shauf’s newly announced tour dates.

Andy Shauf 2023 European/UK Tour Dates:

Tue May 23 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Thu May 25 – Paris, FR – La Cigale
Fri May 26  Antwerp, BE – De Roma
Sat May 27 – Brighton, UK – The Old Market
Mon May 29 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
Tue May 30 – Glasgow, UK – Queen Margaret Union
Thu Jun 1 – London, UK – Hackney Empire
Fri Jun 2 – Manchester, UK – New Century
Sat Jun 3 – Bristol, UK – Trinity
Tue Jun 6 – Berlin, DE – Columbia Theatre
Thu Jun 8 – Hamburg, DE – Ueber & Gefährlich
Fri Jun 9 – Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset

Top Rated Online Casinos in New Zealand

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Top Rated Online Casinos in New Zealand

Gambling has been a popular activity in New Zealand for centuries, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. With the rise of online gambling and top online casinos, many Kiwis have taken to the virtual tables, spinning the roulette wheel or taking a chance on the slots. But with so many online casinos out there, how do you know which ones are the best? That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the top rated online casino sites in New Zealand, so you can make the most of your online gaming experience.

The Best 5 NZ Online Casinos

Online Casino   Highlight Rating
JackpotCity Excellent Game Variety 5.0
Casimba Great Variety of Games 4.9
Spin Casino Great Live Games 4.9
PlayZee Mobile Friendly 4.8
LeoVegas Top Mobile-Friendly Games 4.6

Jackpot City Casino

If you’re looking for the best online casinos in New Zealand, then you won’t want to miss out on Jackpot City Casino. Jackpot City Casino is one of the top-rated casino site in New Zealand and offers a great selection of games, bonuses, promotions, and more.

With a great selection of games, bonuses, promotions, and more, Jackpot City Casino is sure to provide an excellent gaming experience. They have over 650 casino games available, which includes slots, blackjack, roulette, poker and bingo! Players will also enjoy their generous casino bonuses that are offered from time to time. These bonuses range from cashback specials up to $1 million! Whether it’s for those looking for a game or those who are looking for a good deal, players can find what they are looking for at Jackpot City Casino.

Casimba Casino

If you’re looking for exciting slots action, Casimba Casino has it in spades. Choose from over 800 titles from top providers such as Microgaming, NetEnt, Playtech and more. Explore a variety of themes from the old-school to the latest 3D offerings. Enjoy classic slots, progressive jackpot titles, or the latest Megaways games. With so many options, it’s easy to find something that suits your style.

For those who prefer the classic casino experience, Casimba Casino has you covered too. Take your pick from an array of table games, including Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Poker, Video Poker and more. Experience these games with real dealers or take on the house in a range of virtual versions. No matter which game you choose, Casimba Casino has something to offer.

If you’re looking for a complete online casino experience, look no further than Casimba Casino. With their wide range of games, promotions and services, they provide the perfect destination for New Zealanders looking to enjoy some great online casino action. So why not give them a try today?

Spin Casino

The casino is powered by Microgaming, which means that players can be assured of the best graphics, sound effects, and features. The site also has a comprehensive selection of bonuses and promotions that players can take advantage of to increase their bankroll. For example, new players can benefit from up to $1000 bonus upon signing up and making their first deposit.

Furthermore, Spin Casino also has a loyalty program that rewards players for their continued loyalty to the casino. The more points that players accumulate, the more rewards they receive. The casino also has a VIP program for high-rollers that allows them to enjoy even bigger rewards and bonuses. Furthermore, customers are able to chat with representatives at any time on live chat or phone lines and use social media channels to engage with others as well.

Playzee Casino

At Playzee Casino, you’ll find hundreds of popular slots, table games, live dealer games and more from top software providers like Microgaming, Evolution Gaming and NetEnt. You can choose from classic slots like Starburst and Gonzo’s Quest or try your luck on the progressive jackpot slot Mega Moolah.

There are also plenty of card and table games to choose from, including blackjack, roulette, baccarat and poker.

The casino also offers its players a variety of generous bonuses and promotions. New players get a Welcome Bonus of up to $1000 and 200 Free Spins, plus regular reload bonuses and free spins. There’s also an exclusive VIP program that gives players access to special rewards and promotions.

Whether you’re looking for a great selection of games, generous bonuses or 24/7 customer support, Playzee Casino is the perfect choice for New Zealanders who want to enjoy the best online casino experience. Sign up today and start playing!

Leo Vegas Casino

At Leo Vegas Casino, you’ll find an impressive selection of slots, table games, live dealer games and more. The casino is constantly adding new games to their library and provides a range of exciting promotions and bonus offers for players.

If you’re looking for an online casino that offers great bonuses, excellent game selection, reliable banking options and top-notch customer service, then Leo Vegas Casino should be at the top of your list. With so many exciting features and benefits, it’s easy to see why this online casino is one of the top rated sites in New Zealand. When you join Leo Vegas Casino, you can take advantage of some fantastic offers, including free spins with no deposit required as well as up to €1,000 in match bonuses on deposits made by phone or credit card. There are also regular jackpot drawings where members can win up to €100k each time they play! For those who enjoy playing blackjack or roulette during the day when there are fewer people around, there are low stakes tables available for those who wish to wager with small amounts.

Conclusion

Online casinos have become increasingly popular in New Zealand in recent years, and with good reason. They offer a safe, secure, and convenient way to play a variety of different casino games without ever having to leave your home. With so many options out there, it can be difficult to decide which online casino is the best one for you. Fortunately, we’ve compiled a list of the top rated online casinos in New Zealand that are sure to meet your gaming needs. Whether you’re a high roller or just looking for some casual fun, these casinos have something for everyone.

We hope this list of the top rated online casinos in New Zealand has been helpful in finding the perfect site for you. Be sure to take your time and read through all the terms and conditions before committing to any particular casino. This will ensure you get the most out of your experience and find the site that best fits your needs. Good luck, and happy gaming!

This Week’s Best New Songs: Caroline Polachek, SZA, Foyer Red, and More

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This Week’s Best New Songs: Caroline Polachek, SZA, Foyer Red, and More

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins on Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best new music segment.

On this week’s list, we have ‘Welcome to My Island’, the grand, piercingly bright lead single from Caroline Polachek’s new album; SZA’s ‘Ghost in the Machine’, the elegantly pensive, synth-addled Phoebe Bridgers collaboration and one of many highlights on her new album SOS; Free Range’s warm, heartfelt new folk song ‘Want to Know’; ‘Pink Balloon’, another heartbreaking preview of Samia’s upcoming second LP; White Reaper’s ‘Fog Machine’, the latest hooky offering from their new album; Foyer Red’s ‘Etc’, which is full of dynamic shifts and quirky musical choices; and ‘Palm Trees’, the beautifully somber new song from Fran.

Best New Songs: December 12, 2022

Song of the Week: Caroline Polachek, ‘Welcome to My Island’

SZA feat. Phoebe Bridgers, ‘Ghost in the Machine’

Free Range, ‘Want to Know’

Samia, ‘Pink Balloon’

White Reaper, ‘Fog Machine’

Foyer Red, ‘Etc’

Fran, ‘Palm Trees’

Little Simz Releases New Album ‘NO THANK YOU’

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Little Simz Releases New Album ‘NO THANK YOU’

Little Simz has today released her new album NO THANK YOU. The 10-track effort was produced by Inflo, who also produced her Mercury Prize-winning 2021 LP Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, and prominently features frequent collaborator Cleo Sol. The London rapper announced the record last week, writing, “Emotion is energy in motion. Honour your truth and feelings. Eradicate fear. Boundaries are important.” Listen to NO THANK YOU below.

Review: Wednesday

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Review: Wednesday

Netflix recently released Wednesday, an Addams Family spinoff series that focuses on the eponymous daughter, Wednesday Addams. With Tim Burton at the helm as executive producer and director, the series has received critical acclaim, even from publications such as The Guardian, which stated “[the] Netflix series transports Wednesday Addams into a whole new fantasy realm of her own. It’s creepy, charming and has a lead who more than matches Christina Ricci.”

If you’re unfamiliar with the Addams Family franchise, Ricci initially defined the role of Wednesday Addams in Barry Sonnenfeld’s The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). But Jenna Ortega, who leads the cast in the Netflix series, more than holds her own as the gifted but nihilistic heroine. However, more on Ortega’s portrayal later. Let’s look at the series as a whole.

On the whole, the series does a great job of balancing the kookiness of the source material with a grounded, serious story. A Burton-esque murder mystery, the series brilliantly blends the Gothicism and silliness of our favorite kooky family with elements of murder, drama and teenage angst. Imagine a Tim Burton series, Criminal Minds and The OC all rolled into one.

Previous incarnations of the Addams Family, including Sonnenfeld’s iterations, have been unrealistically spooky with a tone of dark absurdity. It’s almost as if it’s trying not to be real. In a scene from Addams Family Values, Wednesday and her brother Pugsley trap their new baby sibling in a guillotine (you know, how siblings do that to each other). It’s a scene that is meant to be humorous with no immediate sense of consequence. In comparison to that scene in Sonnenfeld’s version, the Netflix series starts off with Wednesday releasing live piranhas into a swimming pool full of jocks who had bullied Pugsley. This time, one of the jocks has his testicles eaten and Wednesday is expelled from school (and almost charged with attempted murder). Right off the bat, Wednesday means business.

This brings us to the main concept of the series, which sees Wednesday being shipped off to Nevermore Academy, a school for outcasts, which Addams Family parents Gomez (played by Luiz Guzmán) and matriarch Morticia (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones) also attended. What I liked most about the Netflix series is how it captured the same dark tense of morbidity, but in a modern, more realistic setting. This included Wednesday having to adjust to a new school, deal with her actions, and navigate relationships on a deeper level.

Meanwhile, the show also focuses on a series of murders in Jericho, the “normie” small town where Nevermore Academy is located. Wednesday becomes a teenage Sherlock Holmes as she takes it upon herself to solve the murders that have plagued the small town. Ortega’s portrayal of pale-faced, morgue-loving Wednesday is spot-on. She brings balance to the character, who is characteristically seen as stoic but with an emotional arc as she contends with the usual drama and teen angst of school cliques and love triangles. Except, in true Burton-esque fashion, those school cliques aren’t jocks, geeks and cheerleaders, but rather, they include vampires, psychics and sirens.

The series is rounded out with a mighty cast of characters including Uncle Fester (played by Fred Armisen who is equally dark and hilarious), who pops up to visit. However, we predominantly see Wednesday’s schoolmates, teachers and inhabitants of Jericho. The ensemble cast includes Gwendoline Christie who plays Principal Weems, the strict head of Nevermore Academy who frequently butts heads with Wednesday; there’s also Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, Wednesday’s colorful werewolf roommate and Nevermore bestie; we also get to see Ricci return to her roots, this time as Marilyn Thornhill, a “normie” teacher at Nevermore. I especially enjoyed the contrast between Myers’s colorful Enid and the ghostly Wednesday. Friendship goals, am I right? And, of course, we see a lot of Thing, a member of the Addams Family who is simply a disembodied hand and serves as Wednesday’s sidekick in the series.

Overall, with its plot lines and character development, Wednesday is a delightful coming-of-age series and murder mystery with the right combination of silly, spooky and serious. Since the series broke the previous record for being the Netflix series with the most hours watched (the previous record holder was Stranger Things 4), it seems likely that a second season will be in store. I’m excited to see what’s next in store for Ortega’s Wednesday Addams.

What To Look For When Finding a Literary Agent

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What To Look For When Finding a Literary Agent

If you’re planning to publish a book and you want an agent, it’s important that you know what to look for. That way, if the agent is not a good fit for your needs or goals, you can move on to another. Agents come in all shapes and sizes; some are more experienced than others, while some have connections with specific publishers or editors. You want someone who will be able to find the right publisher for your book so that it gets the most exposure possible.

Find a literary agent. 

If you have a book and you want to get it published, you need a literary agent. A literary agent represents authors in publishing deals, negotiates contracts for them, and helps them promote their books. They are the ones who make sure an author gets paid for their work and that their contract is fair. And they do all this while helping the author keep track of the business side of publishing their book—something most authors don’t have time for.

Literary agents are like scouts for publishers: they find new talent and sell it to editors at publishing houses. The best agents are also like mentors because they help authors develop their ideas into books that will sell well enough to support them financially throughout their careers.

Look for someone who has experience in your genre.

When looking for a literary agent, finding someone experienced in your genre is important. An agent who specializes in romance, science fiction, or christian books will be more likely to understand the market and know how to pitch your book to editors and publishers. They’ll also be able to offer advice on how to make your manuscript more appealing because they’ve seen so many different kinds of books that are successful in that genre.

So if you want your book to sell well, it’s worth looking for an agent who has experience representing the kind of book you’ve written. They will know the best ways to get your book into the hands of people who want to read it. They’ll also be able to negotiate better deals for you than you could do alone. 

Look for someone who has connections.

One of the most important things you can do when trying to publish a book is to find an agent who has connections. A literary agent with connections can help you get your book published by connecting it with publishers and other industry players who will help make your book a success.

An agent with connections is more likely to know what kinds of books are popular, which publishers are looking for new projects, and how best to pitch a book for maximum effect. They also have access to their own network of contacts that they can leverage in order to get reviewers interested in reviewing your work and influencers interested in recommending it to their own followers or readership base.

When looking for an agent, look at the list of books they’ve worked on and see if any of them are similar in genre or audience as yours. If so, this may be an indication that they know how best to market your book as well – which means they’re more likely than someone without experience working on similar titles before hand!

When looking at the agency’s catalog, ensure they take on new writers.

When looking at the agency’s catalog, ensure they take on new writers. The best way to determine this is by looking at their website and checking out their list of clients. Ensure that the agents are actively looking for new clients and not just the same ones repeatedly. Look for agents with a history of taking on new writers, and ensure that those writers have become successful in their careers and their writing.

If an agent has a solid track record of getting his or her clients published, it’s a good sign that they’ll be able to help you too! There are many literary agencies out there with great track records–the key is finding one whose methods align with yours.

Make sure your agent is a good fit for you.

Before signing on with a literary agent, make sure they are a good fit for you. You might have to do some research before you can confidently say “yes” or “no.” If you have any doubts, ask for references and look at the agent’s track record. You want to be sure that their business model fits with yours and that they have experience working with authors like you (or similar).

Conclusion

It can be a difficult process if you’re looking for an agent to represent your work. But with the tips above, you’ll be able to find the best possible candidate for your needs. You can start by researching agencies’ catalogs or websites to see who they’ve represented and what kinds of books they like working on. Then talk with some agents by phone or email before deciding whether or not they’re right for you as well as whether they have time available!

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