Writer's Poll - Tomas Ford

27 December 2012 | 12:36 pm | Tomas Ford

Donny Benet, Amanda Palmer and Abbe May made it another twisted year for Tomas Ford.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Electric Love DONNY BENÉT
2. In Decay COM TRUISE
3. Unpatterns SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
4. Burning Boy JOE MCKEE
5. Theatre Is Evil AMANDA PALMER
6. You've Been In My Mind DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY
7. American Hentai NOEMOTION X AOI
8. Tighten That Muscle Ring HIRSUTE PURSUIT
9. The Shape Of Things JOHN FOXX & THE MATHS
10. L-Burn ILLuminati X-Mas Tape L-BURN ILLUMINATI

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Dave DAVID BOWIE & SOULWAX
2. WITCH LESLIE WINER
3. The Velvet Underground & Nico THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO

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SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Karmageddon ABBE MAY
2. Ima Read ZEBRA KATZ
3. Nightfall PVT
4. Tasty DRAPHT & TA-KU
5. WIIW KIRIN J CALLINAN

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Amanda Palmer
2. Donny Benét
3. Abbe May
4. Death Grips
5. Rachael Dease

BEST WEBSITE

1. spotify.com
2. thequietus.com
3. themusic.com.au
4. chinamusicradar.com
5. sadyoutube.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Carnival Of Souls
2. Bob Log III
3. Scissor Sisters
4. Ennio Morricone
5. Elton John

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Rachael Dease
2. Keith! Party
3. Simo Soo
4. Dave Graney & The MistLY
5. Ten Thousand Free Men And Their Families

BEST TV SHOW

1. Problems
2. RuPaul's Drag Race
3. The Walking Dead
4. Media Watch
5. Adventure Time

BEST MOVIE

1. Arrietty
2. Skyfall
3. A Separation
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Come As You Are

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Finally releasing my second album, buying my house and getting my electronic cabaret show to the Edinburgh Fringe, where it kicked all kinds of arse.

2013 PREDICTION

Streaming music will continue to become more popular, while musicians discover that panhandling is a more lucrative source of income than recording.