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Writer's Poll - Mac McNaughton

When not caught up in The Newsroom, Mac McNaughton sought escape in Orbital and Tomas Ford.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Human Woman HUMAN WOMAN
2. Fool KASPER BJØRKE
3. Wonky ORBITAL
4. Django Django DJANGO DJANGO
5. Ei8ht NIK KERSHAW
6. MMXII KILLING JOKE
7. Elysium PET SHOP BOYS
8. Light Years KORA
9. An Audience With... TOMÁS FORD
10. The 2nd Law MUSE

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972)1981 VARIOUS
2. Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions BILLY BRAGG
3. Electrospective VARIOUS

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Where Is It Going? ORBITAL
2. Madness MUSE
3. Ride LANA DEL REY
4. Love Games HUMAN WOMAN
5. I Can Make You Love Me BRITISH INDIA

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Tomás Ford
2. Underworld
3. Death Grips
4. Nick Cave
5. Blur

BEST WEBSITE

1. themusic.com.au
2. tvtonight.com.au
3. thespace.org/content/
4. pitchfork.com
5. facebook.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Roger Waters
2. New Order
3. Orbital
4. The Tea Party
5. Howard Jones

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Tomás Ford
2. Sam Perry
3. The Raging Lincolns
4. Sexy Robot
5. Mulder

BEST TV SHOW

1. The Newsroom
2. Big Bang Theory
3. The Amazing Race Australia
4. Dexter
5. Good Game

BEST MOVIE

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Avengers
3. Skyfall
4. The Iron Lady
5. Shut Up And Play The Hits

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Meeting/seeing several personal heroes courtesy of writing for Drum. Street Press Australia is alive and well!

2013 PREDICTION

RIP Nintendo; One Direction sex scandal; Kate Middleton's 'Childbirth Screams' goes number one.