The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Jennifer Nguyen

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land
2. Seekae - The Worry
3. Chet Faker - Built On Glass
4. Porter Robinson - Worlds
5. Alvvays - Alvvays
6. SOHN - Tremors
7. Kimbra - The Golden Echo
8. Flight Facilities - Down To Earth
9. Caribou - Our Love
10. FKA Twigs - LP1

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. St Vincent - Digital Witness
2. Mac DeMarco - Passing Out Pieces
3. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
4. Flight Facilities ft Reggie Watts - Sunshine
5. Grimes - GO

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. FKA Twigs
2. Chet Faker
3. Banks
4. Tkay Maidza
5. Duke Dumont

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Giraffage
2. Disclosure
3. Jamie xx
4. Seth Troxler
5. Haim

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Chet Faker
2. Flamingo
3. RÜFÜS
4. The Preatures
5. The Kite String Tangle

TOP TV SHOW

1. Embarrassing Bodies
2. The Code
3. Party Tricks
4. Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell
5. Upper Middle Bogan

TOP MOVIE

1. The Hundred-Foot Journey
2. The Inbetweeners 2
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
4. Interstellar
5. Spiderman 3

TOP WEBSITE

1. Poolside Radio
2. SoundCloud
3. Hype Machine
4. Pigeons & Planes
5. Pitchfork

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Going along to all the music festivals and having a ball. That and Chet Faker’s Built On Glass. SWOON.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

I am sensing the awaited revival of of new disco, funk, jazz and blues roots. The heavy electronic, EDM sounds are slowly blending into the background, paving way for the raw experimental textures to really shine a la Mark Ronson, VietCong, Phantogram. If electronic, I think it'll be more of a minimalist approach, expecting to hear from Movement, The Kite String Tangle, Flamingo.