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18-01-2012

69th Annual Golden Globe Winners

The 69th annual Golden Globes were held on 16th January 2012, with Ricky Gervais returning once again to host and roast the audience of film industry stars. No one film dominated the night, but silent French comedy The Artist came close with three wins, including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. It was the George Clooney/Alexander Payne drama The Descendants, however, that eventually took home the Best Picture award.

The Brits did well in the Television categories, with Kate Winslet winning Best Actress for her titular role in melodrama Mildred Pierce, Idris Elba picking up Best Actor in a Miniseries for the BBC's Luther, and colossal hit Downton Abbey winning Best Miniseries.

All Golden Globes 2012 nominees and winners are now credited in their respective Searchmuze entries.

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Morgan Freeman

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Descendants

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Meryl Streep – Iron Lady

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
George Clooney – The Descendants

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
The Artist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures Of Tintin

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation (Iran)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer – The Help

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Director - Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Ludovic Bource - The Artist

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Masterpiece" – W.E.

Best Television Series - Drama
Homeland (SHOWTIME)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Claire Danes – Homeland (SHOWTIME)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Kelsey Grammer – Boss (STARZ)

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Modern Family (ABC)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Laura Dern – Enlightened (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes (SHOWTIME)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba – Luther

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story (FX)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage – Game Of Thrones (HBO)

16-11-2011

The 1st AIM Award winners announced

Presented by Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens, the 1st AIM Independent Music Awards took place in Soho recently, giving well-deserved recognition to some of the highest performers in the independent music sector over the past year. The full list of winners is below:

Best Small Label
Stolen Recordings

Best 'Difficult' Second Album
Adele - 21

Hardest Working Band or Artist
Frank Turner

Catalogue Release of the Year
Matador at 21

Golden Welly Award for Best Independent Festival
Bearded Theory

Independent Breakthrough of the Year
SBTRKT

Innovative Marketing Campaign of the Year
Ninja Tune (Ninja Tune XX)

Indie Champion Award
John Robb (Louder Than War)

Independent Entrepreneur of the Year
Rob da Bank

Best Live Act
Frank Turner

PPL Award for Most Played Independent Act
Adele

Outstanding Contribution to Music
Bjork

Pioneer Award
Laurence Bell

01-06-2011

Warner Music agrees distribution deal with Arvato

Music Week’s Distributor of the Year, Arvato, have signed a deal with Warner Music to distribute all of its physical product in the UK and Ireland. With the deal coming into effect from Monday 27th June, all of Warner Music’s product will be housed at Arvato’s warehouse facilities in Milton Keynes.

14-02-2011

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Award winners announced

The 53rd annual GRAMMY Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the 13th February 2011. Celebrating the best talent in the music business with 109 award categories, the show featured performances by some of the world’s biggest stars including Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan and Muse. Artists such as Eminem, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga all took home awards but probably the biggest surprise of the night came when Arcade Fire collected the award for Album Of The Year.


Album Of The Year
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

Record Of The Year
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now

Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding

Best Pop Vocal Album
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster

Best Electronic/Dance Album
La Roux – La Roux

Best Rock Album
Muse – The Resistance

Best Alternative Music Album
The Black Keys – Brothers

Best R&B Album
John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up!

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Usher – Raymond Vs. Raymond

Best Rap Album
Eminem – Recovery

Best Reggae Album
Buju Banton – Before The Dawn

09-02-2011

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 Winners

Monday 9th February saw the 12th annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards take place at The Brewery, London. Hosted by West End star Barbara Dickson and Radio 2 folk show presenter Mike Harding, the ceremony featured live performances from Laura Marling, Levellers, Bellowhead and Kate Rusby as well as legendary folk singer Donovan, who picked up the lifetime achievement award.

Best Duo
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Best Traditional Track
Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson

Best Group
Bellowhead

Young Folk Award
Moore, Moss And Rutter

Musician Of The Year
Andy Cutting

Best Original Song
Hollow Point - Chris Wood

Horizon Award
Ewan Mclennan

Best Album
Gift - Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson

Lifetime Achievement Award
Donovan

Best Live Act
Bellowhead

Good Tradition Award
Fisherman's Friends

Roots Award
Levellers

Folk Singer Of The Year
Chris Wood

21-12-2011

SearchMuze staff pick their games of 2011

Dead Space 2 may have taken the crown as this year's deserved game of 2011, but the searchMuze team haven't forgotten the many other gems the year had to offer. See their top ten lists in full below:

Jack Gosling, Senior Games Editor

1. L.A. Noire
2. Dead Space 2
3. Portal 2
4. Batman - Arkham City
5. Uncharted 3 - Drake's Deception
6. Gears of War 3
7. Killzone 3
8. Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3
9. Deus Ex - Human Revolution
10. Super Mario 3D Land

Oliver Gardiner, Video Editor

1. Battlefield 3
2. Super Mario Land 3D
3. Dead Space 2
4. L.A. Noire
5. Mario Kart 7
6. Gear of War 3
7. Portal 2
8. Killzone 3
9. Batman – Arkham City
10. Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 3

Daniel Clancy, Music Editor

1. Crysis 2
2. Killzone 3
3. Dead Space 2
4. Resistance 3
5. Infamous 2
6. FIFA 12
7. Uncharted 3 – Drake's Deception
8. Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3
9. Deus Ex - Human Revolution
10. Batman - Arkham City

12-12-2011

SearchMuze staff pick their films of 2011

This year’s staff picks perfectly reflects the diversity of 2011’s film releases. Making an appearance in every list is the Oscar-winning Portman/Aronofsky melodrama Black Swan. Coming-up close behind is Tilda Swinton’s acting ‘tour de force’ We Need To Talk About Kevin.

Lauren Powell, Supervisor, Video

1. Hanna
2. Submarine
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin
4. Black Swan
5. Harry Potter 7B
6. Drive
7. The King’s Speech
8. Limitless
9. Super 8
10. Bridesmaids


Oliver Gardiner, Video Editor

1. The Tree of Life
2. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
3. The Debt
4. Black Swan
5. Le Quattro Volte
6. 127 Hours
7. Drive
8. Biutiful
9. The Future
10. The Rum Diary


Jack Gosling, Senior Games Editor

1. Black Swan
2. 127 Hours
3. Drive
4. True Grit
5. Hanna
6. King's Speech
7. Super 8
8. Submarine
9. We Need to Talk About Kevin
10. X-Men - First Class


Matt Garbutt, Manager, Content

1. Awakening
2. Black Swan
3. Brighton Rock
4. Kill List
5. Love Like Poison
6. Norwegian Wood
7. Potiche
8. Sound It Out
9. The Therapist
10. We Need To Talk About Kevin

08-12-2011

SearchMuze staff pick their albums of 2011

As 2011 draws to a close the team at searchMuze have looked back at what albums have shaped their year. As usual it’s an eclectic affair with albums from Josh T. Pearson, John Maus and Candi Staton taking some of the top spots.

Matt Garbutt, Manager, Content

1. Candi Staton - Evidence (The Complete Fame Records Masters)
2. Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming
3. Dan Sartain - Legacy of Hospitality
4. Dirty Beaches - Badlands
5. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
6. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’
7. The Monitors - Say You! (The Motown Anthology 1963-1968)
8. Tindersticks - Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009
9. Various Artists - Brazil Bossa Beat! (Bossa Nova & the Story of Elenco Records)
10. Various Artists - Keb Darge & Little Edith’s Legendary Wild Rockers

Aneet Nijjar, Music Editor

1. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
2. Hyetal - Broadcast
3. Zola Jesus - Conatus
4. Container - LP
5. The Haxan Cloak -The Haxan Cloak
6. Perc - Wicker & Steel
7. Cut Hands - Afro Noise Vol.1
8. Maria Minerva - Cabaret Cixous
9. Laurel Halo - Hour Logic EP
10. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

James Wilkinson, Manager, Music

1. North Sea Radio Orchestra - I a Moon
2. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
3. Shimmering Stars - Violent Hearts
4. The Advisory Circle - As the Crow Flies
5. *AR - Wolf Notes
6. Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo
7. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
8. Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts
9. Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
10. Steve Mason & Dennis Bovell – Ghosts Outside


Richard Wilson, Senior Music Editor

1. Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
2. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
3. Lanterns on the Lake - Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
4. The Haxan Cloak – The Haxan Cloak
5. Siskiyou – Keep Away the Dead
6. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
7. I Break Horses – Hearts
8. Surgeon – Breaking the Frame
9. Low – C’Mon
10. Kangding Ray - OR


Oliver Gardiner, Video Editor

1. Egyptrixx – Bible Eyes
2. Fovea Hex – Here Is Where We Used To Sing
3. John Maus – We Must Become The Pitiless Cencors Of Ourselves
4. The Berg Sans Nipple – Build With Erosion
5. Hyetal – Broadcast
6. Tom Vek – Leisure Seizure
7. Deerhoof – Deerhoof vs.Evil
8. Wise Blood – These Wings
9. Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters
10. Bon Iver – Bon Iver


Scott Kerr, Music Editor

1. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
2. The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
3. Explosions In the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
4. Slow Club – Paradise
5. The Antlers – Burst Apart
6. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
7. Wye Oak – Civilian
8. The Head & the Heart – The Head & the Heart
9. Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair
10. Beirut - The Rip Tide


John Buchanan, Music Editor

Fennesz + Sakamoto - Flumina
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
Christina Lawrie - Piano: Rachmaninov/Vine/Brahms
Chihei Hatakeyama - Mirror
Prurient - Bermuda Drain
Jon Mueller - Alphabet of Movements
Ólafur Arnalds - Living Room Songs
Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer - In a Place of Such Graceful Shapes
Lawrence English - The Peregrine
Stephan Mathieu - Remain


Jack Gosling, Senior Games Editor

1. Dan Andriano and the Emergency Room - Hurricane Season
2. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
3. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Alkaline Trio - Damnesia
5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
6. Alex Winston - Sister Wife
7. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
8. Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain
9. Goddamn Electric Bill - Jazz
10. Washed Out - Within and Without

17-06-2011

A Message to searchMuze Users

Dear searchMuze customer,

You may have noticed some changes to the music channels of the searchMuze.co.uk website as a result of work that we have undertaken to improve our database infrastructure. Here is an overview of what is changing.


Product reviews: There will be more album descriptions and the word count will generally be higher, improving the breadth and depth of product information available to you.

Label Company Details: Label address and contact data will no longer be published, though label and distributor names will remain available. This means that the “Companies” tab will no longer be a feature of the searchMuze.co.uk site.

Soundtracks Tab: All records for soundtrack products have been migrated into existing Pop and/or Classical channels. This means information on soundtrack products is still available and can still be searched for in the “POP” or “CLASSICAL” tabs. Also, some data will be expressed slightly differently in terms of editorial style including, but not limited to:

• Artist names
• Titles
• Label/distributor names


We are also currently working to improve the consistency of release dates and catalogue numbers and also the availability of cover artwork.

You patience while we make these improvements is greatly appreciated.



Sincerely,
Rovi Client Services

01-06-2011

May Albums of the Month

With the sun now shining and the Summer Festivals kicking into life, May has proved to be another great start to the summer season with some fine albums being released. Below are a few of the stand-out favourites picked by the staff of SearchMuze.

Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Vol.2

'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two' was obviously originally intended to be the second part of a double release from the Beastie Boys. However, when member Adam Yauch was diagnosed with a tumour in 2009 'Part One's' release was delayed indefinitely. To ensure that the group met their release commitments for 'Part Two', the album now contains the tracks originally slated for 'Part One', and will be released first, but will still, confusingly, be named 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two'.

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

'Helplessness Blues' is the anticipated follow-up to Fleet Foxes' 2008 debut. Recorded and co-produced by fellow Seattleite Phil Ek, it expands the band's baroque folk songs by focusing heavily on rhythm and groove, although Fleet Foxes' signature harmonies are also on full display.

Mick Harvey - Sketches From The Book Of The Dead

'Sketches From The Book Of The Dead' is the fifth studio album from former Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds collaborator Mick Harvey. A complete musician in his own right, mastering guitar, keyboard, bass and drums, Harvey set about this solo project in 2007. The record deals with the experiences and memories of many close friends he has since lost, creating song-stories drenched in country and blues-styled narrative, alongside a true sense of identity and loss.

Zombi - Escape Velocity

'Escape Velocity' is the fourth studio album from Pennsylvanian space-rockers Zombi. Referencing Italian horror scores, especially the cult band Goblin on their previous records, the duo turn to the cutting-edge synths sounds of the eighties, soaking in everything from Giorgio Moroder to the cosmic krautrock sounds of Neu and Harmonia. The results are both pulsating and surprisingly ethereal. It includes the track 'Shrunken Heads'.