The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Brendan Delavere

album of the year

1. Igorrr — Savage Sinusoid
2. Vera Blue — Perennial 
3. Bare Bones — Bad Habits
4. Alpha Wolf — Mono
5. Lana Del Rey — Lust For Life 
6. Mutoid Man — War Moans
7. Frenzal Rhomb — Hi-Vis High Tea
8. Monarch! — Never Forever
9. Me and That Man — Songs of Love and Death
10. At The Drive-In — In.ter A.li.a

song of the year

1. Frenzal Rhomb — Ray Ahn Is My Spirit Animal
2. Lana Del Rey — Love
3. Alpha Wolf — #104
4. Angus & Julia Stone — Chateau 
5. Me & That Man — My Church Is Black

artist of the year

1. Zeal and Ardor
2. Igorrr
3. Lana Del Rey
4. Totally Unicorn
5. Vera Blue

international performance of the year

1. The Dillinger Escape Plan 
2. Body Count
3. Death Grips
4. Stormzy 
5. Guns N' Roses

australian performance of the year

1. Peking Duk
2. Totally Unicorn
3. Dune Rats
4. Statues
5. Vera Blue

top tv show

1. Game Of Thrones
2. Rick and Morty
3. American Gods

top movie

1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Kong Skull Island
3. The Bad Batch

highlight of the year

Personal highlights for me include seeing The Dillinger Escape Plan for the 14th time and shooting Unify, Splendour In The Grass, Groovin' The Moo festivals and countless other shows.

prediction for 2018

I see more bands touring Australia than ever before. I see Download Fest expanding to include Sydney in its second year and I also pray I get to shoot Lana Del Rey.