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Writer's Poll - Tim Finney

Tim Finney

Tim Finney reflects on a year of Dawn Richard, Funkystepz and Carly Rae.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Armor On DAWN RICHARD
2. Visions GRIMES
3. Red TAYLOR SWIFT
4. Blondes BLONDES
5. Kaleidoscope Dream MIGUEL
6. Reservation ANGEL HAZE
7. Pluto FUTURE
8. Bogota Rich: the Prequel GUNPLAY
9. fIN JOHN TALABOT
10. good kid, m.A.A.d city KENDRICK LAMAR

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. The Ultimate Azonto Mix CD DJ NEPTIZZLE
2. Dubstep Allstars Vol. 9 SILKIE & QUEST
3. Complete Singles Collection A. R. KANE

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Call Me Maybe CARLY RAE JEPSEN
2. Lapaz Toyota GURU
3. You Want Me NICK HANNAM & TOM GARNETT FT. TOM ZANETTI
4. Matte Black Truck KALENNA
5. Control DISCLOSURE

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Funkystepz
2. Dawn Richard
3. DJ Q
4. Ball J
5. Lorenzo

BEST WEBSITE

1. ilxor.com
2. soundcloud.com
3. slate.com/blogs/moneybox.html
4. jezebel.com
5. crikey.com.au/firstdog

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Steve Earle
2. Grimes
3. John Talabot

BEST TV SHOW

1. Girls
2. Homeland
3. Insiders
4. Mad Men
5. Breaking Bad

BEST MOVIE

1. Shame
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. How To Survive A Plague
5. Young Adult

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Jackin' and Azonto aka music keeps throwing me curveballs.

2013 PREDICTION

Everyone else keeps jumping on BS.