Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Writer's Poll - Sam McDougall

It was certainly a mixed bag of treats for Sam McDougall in 2012.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Hard Rubbish LOWER PLENTY
2. Cut Sleeves BITS OF SHIT
3. Sun CAT POWER
4. Playin' In Time With The Deadbeat SLUG GUTS
5. Royal Headache ROYAL HEADACHE
6. The Spinning Rooms THE SPINNING ROOMS
7. Post Ending//Pre Completion USELESS CHILDREN
8. New War NEW WAR
9. Putrifiers II THEE OH SEES

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations Of The First Psychedelic Era VARIOUS
2. Graceland 25th Anniversary PAUL SIMON
3. Nihilistic Orbs Sampler VARIOUS

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Stranglin' You Too SLUG GUTS
2. Open Your Heart THE MEN
3. No Moon RULE OF THIRDS
4. White Walls LOWER PLENTY
5. Green Box DEEP HEAT

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Iggy Pop
2. Courtney Barnett
3. Jimi Kritzler
4. Charlyn Marshall
5. Mikey Young

BEST WEBSITE

1. flannelette.blogspot.com.au
2. facebook.com/pages/Badly-Stuffed-Animals
3. nrl.com
4. swellnet.com.au
5. bom.gov.au

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Hot Snakes
2. Radiohead
3. Wild Flag
4. Charles Bradley
5. Big Jay McNeely

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Royal Headache
2. Deep Heat
3. Boomgates
4. Bits Of Shit
5. Tyrannamen

BEST TV SHOW

1. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
2. Boardwalk Empire
3. Game Of Thrones
4. Sherlock
5. The Cricket

BEST MOVIE

1. The Cabin In The Woods
2. Under African Skies
3. Bad Brains: A Band In DC

2012 HIGHLIGHT

The big news!

2013 PREDICTION

New socks.