Here's Alex Wilson's take on the year that was.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. All We Love We Leave Behind CONVERGE
2. channel ORANGE FRANK OCEAN
3. Koi No Yokan DEFTONES
4. Book Burner PIG DESTROYER
5. No Love Deep Web DEATH GRIPS
6. Valtari SIGUR RÓS
7. An Awesome Wave ALT-J
8. Fade CLOUDKICKER
9. Sorrow and Extinction PALLBEARER
MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. The Disintegration Loops WILLIAM BALINSKI
2. Blue Lines: 2012 Mix/Master MASSIVE ATTACK
3. Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them BLU & EXILE
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SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Hold On ALABAMBA SHAKES
2. Super Rich Kids FRANK OCEAN
3. Fitta Happier (feat. Guilty Simpson & M.E.D.) QUAKERS
4. Sleepless (feat. Jezzabell Doran) FLUME
5. Breezeblocks ALT-J
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
1. Frank Ocean
2. Converge
3. Alt-J
4. Death Grips
5. Pig Destroyer
BEST WEBSITE
1. youtube.com
2. iwastesomuchtime.com
3. gmail.com
4. themusic.com.au
5. metalsucks.net
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE
1. Battles
2. Sigur Rós
3. Tortoise
4. Russian Circles
5. The Black Angels
BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE
1. Karnivool
2. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving
3. Royal Headache
4. Redcoats
5. Mojo Juju
BEST TV SHOW
1. ABC News
2. Hardcore Pawn
3. Newsroom
4. Metal Evolution
5. Homeland
BEST MOVIE
1. The King Of Devil's Island
2. Beasts Of The Southern Wild
3. Undefeated
4. Bernie
5. Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
2012 HIGHLIGHT
Playing SXSW and touring Europe with my band. Which is probably why I haven't listened to enough new music in 2012.
2013 PREDICTION
More of the same. I'm OK with this.