The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Liam B

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Mosman Alder - Humdrum Star
2. sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography
3. DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
4. Missy Higgins - OZ
5. Chet Faker - Built On Glass
6. Cloud Control - Dream Cave Unplugged
7. The Love Junkies - Blowing On The Devil’s Strumpet
8. Band Of Skulls - Himalayan
9. Ball Park Music - Puddinghead
10. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
2. Cloud Control - Dojo Rising
3. DZ Deathrays - Reflective Skull
4. Royal Blood - Little Monster
5. Missy Higgins - You Only Hide

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Cloud Control
2. Chet Faker
3. Royal Blood
4. DZ Deathrays
5. The Love Junkies

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Something For Kate
2. Paul Dempsey
3. The Naked & Famous
4. Ron Pope
5. The Love Junkies

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Something For Kate
2. Paul Dempsey
3. Ball Park Music
4. The Love Junkies
5. DZ Deathrays

TOP TV SHOW

1. The Big Bang Theory
2. The Walking Dead
3. Game Of Thrones
4. Breaking Bad
5. Dexter

TOP MOVIE

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. The LEGO Movie
3. X-Men: Days Of Futures Past
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5. Divergent

TOP WEBSITE

1. LinkedIn
2. Reverbnation
3. SoundCloud
4. Facebook
5. Twitter

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Something For Kate’s 20th anniversary tour; getting to meet them in person and have a chat with Mr Paul Dempsey; seeing Melbourne for the first time; and working for The Music ­ it has helped me to really delve into the music and arts scene this year, expanding my awareness of both local and international acts.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

The rich get richer the poor get poorer... simple logic, it seems to be a reoccurring trend. Also, the war goes on. There is clearly no stopping warfare because so long as there are stubborn and big headed idiots who think world domination is a good idea. I'll be famous, lol, not really... Crystal ball do your magic thang.