Writer's Poll - Alex Wilson

21 December 2012 | 1:15 pm | Alex Wilson

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.