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Writer's Poll - Daniel Johnson

The return of The Pogues made 2012 even richer for Daniel Johnson, who woulda been happy enough with The Gaslight Anthem and Regina Spektor.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Handwritten THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
2. Self-Entitled NOFX
3. Sunshine & Technology THE SMITH STREET BAND
4. On The Impossible Past THE MENZINGERS
5. What We Saw From The Cheap Seats REGINA SPEKTOR
6. Heaven's Filling Up DICK NASTY
7. Rize Of The Fenix TENACIOUS D
8. King Of The Sun JAMIE HAY
9. Heaven WALKMEN
10. Songs Of The Third And Fifth THE MARK OF CAIN

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. The Pogues In Paris 30th Anniversary Concert THE POGUES
2. Graceland 25th Anniversary Reissue PAUL SIMON
3. Last Minutes And Lost Evenings FRANK TURNER

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Oh Marcello REGINA SPEKTOR
2. Sunshine & Technology THE SMITH STREET BAND
3. Rude DINOSAUR JR
4. Good Things THE MENZINGERS
5. We Can't Be Beat WALKMEN

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Frank Turner
2. The Pogues
3. Regina Spektor
4. The Smith Street Band
5. An Horse

BEST WEBSITE

1. themusic.com.au
2. duderocket.com.au
3. killyourstereo.com.au
4. fasterlouder.com.au
5. news.com.au

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. The Pogues
2. Frank Turner
3. Regina Spektor
4. Bad Religion
5. Lagwagon

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. An Horse
2. The Smith Street Band
3. Dick Nasty
4. The Quickening
5. Army Of Champions

BEST TV SHOW

1. Breaking Bad
2. Homeland
3. The Walking Dead
4. True Blood
5. Louis Theroux

BEST MOVIE

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Ted
3. The Avengers
4. Safety Not Guaranteed
5. The Cabin In The Woods

2012 HIGHLIGHT

The Pogues at Hordern Pavilion.

2013 PREDICTION

More redundancies.