The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Anthony Carew

album of the year

1. Niki & The Dove - Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now
2. Sean Nicholas Savage - Magnificent Fist
3. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
4. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
5. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
6. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
7. Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
8. Camp Cope - Camp Cope
9. Two Steps On The Water - God Forbid Anyone Look Me In The Eye
10. Gabriella Cohen - Full Closure & No Details

song of the year

1. Julia Jacklin - Pool Party
2. Big Thief - Real Love
3. Alex Izenberg - To Move On
4. Natasha Kmeto - Pour Down
5. How To Dress Well - Lost Youth / Lost You

artist of the year

1. Blood Orange
2. Angel Olsen
3. Weyes Blood
4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
5. Xenia Rubinos

international artist performance

1. Joanna Newsom
2. Sufjan Stevens
3. Meg Baird
4. Majical Cloudz
5. Jenny Hval

australian artist performance

1. Squidgenini
2. Huntly
3. Gabriella Cohen
4. Camp Cope
5. Two Steps On The Water

top tv show

1. Black Mirror
2. Stranger Things
3. Girls

top movie

1. Arrival
2. The Handmaiden
3. The Neon Demon

2016 highlight of the year

Not dying.