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Writer's Poll - Tom Hawking

Tom Hawking

Tom Hawking spent 2012 digging Swans and Heathered Pearls when not watching Sons Of Anarchy.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. The Seer SWANS
2. Loyal HEATHERED PEARLS
3. WIXIW LIARS
4. Bish Bosch SCOTT WALKER
5. White Mountain ULFUR
6. Free Reign CLINIC
7. Team HOLLY THROSBY
8. Motion Sickness Of Time Travel MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL
9. Nootropic LOWER DENS
10. Music For Keyboards Vol 1 D'EON

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984 VARIOUS
2. 1966 KAREN DALTON
3. Eraserhead OST DAVID LYNCH

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Amrika AZAR SWAN
2. Club KREATIV IN DEN BODEN
3. Fang ERAAS
4. The Party Is You TEETH AND TONGUE
5. Hand Over Fire HOLY BALM

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Grimes
2. Swans
3. Liars
4. ERAAS
5. Savages

BEST WEBSITE

1. thequietus.com
2. flavorwire.com
3. dangerousminds.net
4. grantland.com
5. guardian.co.uk

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Savages
2. Death Grips
3. Spiritualized
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
5. Grimes

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Scott And Charlene's Wedding
2. Slug Guts
3. Twerps

BEST TV SHOW

1. Sons Of Anarchy
2. Breaking Bad
3. Futurama re-runs
4. The basketball
5. The cricket

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Getting paid to mooch round Africa. Living in Greece for a month. 2012 has been crazy.

2013 PREDICTION

Serenity.