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Writer's Poll - Scott Aitken

Scott Aitken remembers an unforgettable Rufus Wainwright show amongst other 2012 highlights.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Fear Fun FATHER JOHN MISTY
2. Museum BALL PARK MUSIC
3. Channel ORANGE FRANK OCEAN
4. Both Lights AU
5. A Sleep & A Forgetting ISLANDS
6. Attack On Memory CLOUD NOTHINGS
7. Out Of The Game RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
8. Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood JOHN CALE
9. Trouble TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS
10. Bloom BEACH HOUSE

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Blur 21 Box Set BLUR
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary [Super Deluxe] THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NIKO
3. Kinks In Mono Box Set THE KINKS

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Tapes & Money TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS
2. Solid Gold AU
3. This Is Not A Song ISLANDS
4. Barbara RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
5. What's On Your Mind BALL PARK MUSIC

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Tame Impala
2. The Love Junkies
3. Rufus Wainwright
4. Frank Ocean
5. Ball Park Music

BEST WEBSITE

1. pitchfork.com
2. rcrdlbl.com
3. themusicnetwork.com
4. rollingstone.com
5. fasterlouder.com.au

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Rufus Wainwright
2. Radiohead
3. The Black Keys
4. The Beach Boys
5. Damo Suzuki

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. The Love Junkies
2. Ball Park Music
3. Alpine
4. Pond
5. Deep Sea Arcade

BEST TV SHOW

1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2. 30 Rock
3. Parks & Recreation
4. Peep Show
5. The Walking Dead

BEST MOVIE

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Looper
3. Bernie
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. The Avengers

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Watching Rufus Wainwright perform at the Perth Convention Centre.

2013 PREDICTION

The Love Junkies finally release an album and it wins ALL the awards.