Writer's Poll - Andy Hazel

1. Europe ALLO DARLIN
2. Bish Bosch SCOTT WALKER
3. Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death JAMES BLACKSHAW
4. Lonerism TAME IMPALA
5. Double Natural BOOMGATES
6. Instrumental Mixtape 2 CLAMS CASINO
7. Sweet Heart Sweet Light SPIRITUALIZED
8. Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
9. I Know What Love Isn't JENS LEKMAN
10. Palace Laundry RYAN STERLING

1. Pasted Youth CLAG
2. Dreamin' Wild DONNIE AND JOE EMERSON
3. Bastards BJÖRK

1. Kindred BURIAL
2. The Kids Were Wrong MEMORYHOUSE
3. Europe ALLO DARLIN
4. D-Minus STEP-PANTHER
5. I'm The Worst CATSUIT

1. Twerps
2. Tully On Tully
3. Alpine
4. Boomgates
5. The Spinning Rooms

1. app.search.lib.unimelb.edu.au
2. messandnoise.com
3. soundcloud.com
4. icheckmovies.com
5. guardian.co.uk

1. Prince
2. Los Campesinos!
3. Taylor Swift
4. Aphex Twin
5. Charles Bradley

1. Lowtide
2. Twerps
3. Lost Animal
4. Kinch Kinski
5. Brous

1. Sherlock
2. Media Watch
3. Game of Thrones
4. The Adventures Of Gumball
5. Suits

1. The Perks of Being A Wallflower
2. A Separation
3. A Royal Affair
4. Seven Psychopaths
5. Skyfall

Too many highlights to name, but Chapter Music's 20th Birthday festival was an encapsulation of most of the musical ones.

More brilliant local music and more Australians to be totally ignorant of how privileged we are and how good it is.