Sam Hobson had a good Weeknd. One of many 2012 highlights.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. Trilogy THE WEEKND
2. An Awesome Wave ALT-J
3. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever D FIONA APPLE
4. Leave Your Soul to Science SOMETHING FOR KATE
5. Swing Lo Magellan DIRTY PROJECTORS
6. Ten Stories MEWITHOUTYOU
7. Shields GRIZZLY BEAR
8. Centipede Hz ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
9. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City KENDRICK LAMAR
10. Channel Orange FRANK OCEAN
MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. Silver & Gold SUFJAN STEVENS
2. The Master JOHNNY GREENWOOD
3. Anthology THRICE
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SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Twenty Eight THE WEEKND
2. Matilda ALT-J
3. Christmas In The Room SUFJAN STEVENS
4. Aimless Arrow CONVERGE
5. Fineshrine PURITY RING
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
1. The Weeknd
2. Something For Kate
3. Fiona Apple
4. Frank Ocean
5. Tame Impala
BEST WEBSITE
1. badassdigest.com
2. chud.com
3. hitfix.com
4. twitter.com
5. themusic.com.au
BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE
1. The Preatures
2. Josh Pyke
3. Greenthief
BEST TV SHOW
1. Luck
2. Mad Men
3. Girls
4. Justified
5. Game Of Thrones
BEST MOVIE
1. Beasts Of The Southern Wild
2. Margaret
3. Killing Them Softly
4. Holy Motors
5. Rust & Bone
2012 HIGHLIGHT
The fake Michael Haneke Twitter account sending a gloating tweet to Brett Ratner about his lack of “Parms Dorz”.
2013 PREDICTION
The agonising and protracted death of 'Community.'