The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Mark Beresford

Album of the year

1. St. Vincent — Masseduction
2. Queens Of The Stone Age — Villians
3. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
4. The Smith Street Band — More Scared of You than You Are of Me
5. Methyl Ethel — Everything Is Forgotten
6. Rag N' Bone — A Handful Of Ash
7. Beck — Colors
8. Alex Lahey — I Love You Like A Brother
9. Mastodon — Emperor Of Sand
10. Frank Carter & The Rattle Snakes — Modern Ruin

Song Of The year

1. Kendrick Lamar — Humble
2. Queens Of The Stone Age — The Way You Used To Do
3. Stella Donnelly — Boys Will Be Boys
4. DZ Deathrays — Shred For Summer
5. Alex The Astronaut — Not Worth Hiding

Artist of the year

1. Stella Donnelly
2. St Vincent
3. POW! Negro
4. Midnight Oil
5. Kendrick Lamar

International performance of the year

1. The Bronx
2. Against Me!
3. Explosions In The Sky
4. AFI
5. Ludovico Einaudi

Australian Performance Of The Year

1. Midnight Oil
2. POW! Negro
3. WAAX
4. Stella Donnelly
5. The Smith Street Band

Top TV Show

1. Legion
2. Rick and Morty
3. The Handmaid's Tale

Top Movie

1. Bladerunner 2049
2. Get Out
3. Baby Driver

Highlight Of The Year

Midnight Oil returning with every ounce of glory.

Prediction For 2018

Another year without a new Tool record.