Tipped for 2011 stardom by pundits aplenty, 22 year old Birmingham songstress Clare Maguire would seem to have the musical world on her shoulders as she releases her debut album Light After Dark . The surrounding hype of rumoured label bidding squabbles apparantly involving Jay-Z and Rick Rubin, a slew of celebrity admirers (Plan B, Hurts, Rumer, Marina Diamandis) and the fact that Jarvis Cocker is said to have offered her a song; has done wonders for Clare Maguire’s reputation, but can Light After Dark live up to such dizzy hype? Intro [...]

Clare Maguire is the next big thing in female singers. Born to a large Irish family, her story is one of determination. All of her hard work has paid off, as her first full-length album is coming out very soon, and was produced by Fraser T Smith, who has also worked with Elle Goulding, Cee-Lo and Britney. Her debut album Light After Dark is being released on February 28th. I've got the music video for the original version of the song "The Last Dance" as well as remixes from Chase & Status and Danny [...]

Too early to refill your prescription? Don't worry you can't overdose, I think. Anyways, Im going to keep this one short as I'm traveling north to meet Quentin Dupieux, aka Mr. Oizo. If any Vacayers reside in NYC, come share the air with me at Webster Hall, as we Vacay the night away. For our Washington DC Vacayers, we have a very special event planned on February 18th. Make sure to RSVP below to find out first and get reduced admission. This is a very special night for us.... [...]
Two new videos you may or may not have seen. Clare was on the Beeb's Sound of 2011 list, and Wolf Gang should have been. Wolf Gang Lions In Cages I have no idea what is happening in this video. It's a bit enigmatic. Is it just me or Wolf Gang himself ( Max McElligott ) a bit Kurt from Glee ? I am sure he will [...]

English singer/songwriter and Universal / Polydor recording artist Clare Maguire recently released the visually STUNNING video for new single, " The Last Dance " on YouTube . Like Maguire herself, the AlexandLiane -directed video is absolutely GORGEOUS . Maguire looks like a cross between Katy Perry and Sarah Brightman and sounds like a mix of Annie Lennox and Florence Welsh . Featuring powerhouse vocals from Maguire, one of my ' Ones To Watch in 2011 [...]
Tweet Coming in as the runner-up in the BBC Sound of 2011 isn't all bad especially when you're a star on the rise like Clare Maguire. A rags to (soon-to-be) riches story if there ever was one. This siren from Birmingham, England spent her days working in neighbourhood shops and restaurants while at night would be found plugging away on MySpace (remember MySpace?) adding friends and making connections. Her toils and troubles were obviously worth it as she got herself a nice little deal with Universal and now here she is! The [...]

Check out the new video from UK rising star Clare Maguire . http://www.claremaguire.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/clarema guire Social Bookmarking

The term 'break-through year' is thrown about very loosely in today's society. It's getting to that stage now where it seems everybody and their best friend's-sister's-cousin (who strangely enough would also be the cousin of the 'best friend too..) is having or indeed had a break-through year. Yet having said that, there are people - not many, but a few - you have had genuine break-through years and 2010 was certainly that for the incredibly talented, Birmingham-born artist Clare Maguire . Having toured with the likes of Plan B [...]

Clare Maguire é a aposta da BBC deste ano. A moça está na lista de cinco artistas que merecem atenção em 2011 e o novo single da cantora já está chamando a atenção dos críticos de plantão. Dona de uma voz poderosa e marcante, ela inicia o ano com "The Last Dance" , que estará no debut a ser lançado no dia 28 de fevereiro sob o nome de Light After Dark . Enquanto o disco não sai, vamos ver o clipe de "The Last Dance" . [...]

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Clare Maguire will definitely take the world by storm in 2011, with the release of her debut album Light After Dark on February 28th. We've been loving the promo songs released last year - Strangest Thing, Ain't Nobody and You're Electric. Maguire starts off the year with new single The Last Dance and a beautiful video to go along with it. Her voice reminds me a bit of Paula Cole, and she totally looks like Katy Perry in the video below. With that said, she's totally [...]

Over the last couple of years we’ve published a number of commentaries on the annual BBC Sound of List. In 2009 we asked “ Is winning the BBC Sound of List a poisoned chalice? ” Conclusion - only if you don’t have commercial success fairly quickly after, otherwise watch out the media may decide to knock you down if you don’t meet their hyped up expectation. In 2010 we took part in the voting for the list ourselves and gave our thoughts on voting . Conclusion – as one of the panel it’s important to vote for acts that [...]