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The Music 2020 Writers' Poll: Chris Familton

Chris Familton

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2020…

Nick Cave photo by Joel Ryan.
Nick Cave photo by Joel Ryan.

Album Of The Year

  1. Young Jesus - Welcome To Conceptual Beach
  2. Fontaines DC - A Hero’s Death
  3. Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways
  4. Coriky - Coriky
  5. RVG - Feral
  6. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions
  7. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy
  8. Arlo McKinley - Die Midwestern
  9. Moodymann - Taken Away
  10. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)



Song Of The Year

  1. Joshua Ray Walker - Voices
  2. Sunset Stranger - Quicksand
  3. Baxter Dury - I'm Not Your Dog
  4. Fontaines DC - I Don't Belong
  5. Moodymann - Do Wrong


Artist Of The Year

  1. Bob Dylan
  2. Fiona Apple
  3. Neil Young


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Moon Duo
  2. Orville Peck
  3. IDLES


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Nick Cave
  2. Halfway
  3. Powderfinger


TV Show Of The Year

  1. High Fidelity
  2. Devs
  3. The Mandalorian



Movie Of The Year

  1. I'm Thinking Of Ending Things
  2. The Devil All The Time
  3. Laurel Canyon


Highlight Of The Year

My band The Finalists releasing our debut album First.


Prediction For Next Year

Heaps of new COVID-recorded albums hitting shelves and a booming local live music scene. The glass is half full!