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The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Anthony Carew

Anthony Carew

album of the year

  1. Jenny Hval — Apocalypse, Girl
  2. Braids — Deep In The Iris
  3. Majical Cloudz — Are You Alone?
  4. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
  5. Joanna Newsom — Divers
  6. Julia Holter — Have You In My Wilderness
  7. Briana Marela — All Around Us
  8. Purity Ring — Another Eternity
  9. Grimes — Art Angels
  10. The Sundays — Album

song of the year

  1. Braids — Miniskirt
  2. Jenny Hval — That Battle Is Over
  3. Tei Shi — Get It
  4. Empress Of — Kitty Kat
  5. LA Priest — Party Zute/Learning To Love

artist of the year

  1. Jenny Hval
  2. Father John Misty
  3. Mdou Moctar
  4. Sufjan Stevens
  5. Courtney Barnett

international artist performance

  1. Goat
  2. Perfect Pussy
  3. FKA Twigs
  4. Purity Ring
  5. Sylvan Esso

australian artist performance

  1. Sui Zhen
  2. Banoffee
  3. Terrible Truths
  4. Totally Mild
  5. Laura Jean

top tv show

  1. The Knick
  2. Mad Men
  3. Looking 
  4. Togetherness
  5. Master Of None

top movie

  1. The Lobster
  2. Chevalier
  3. Evolution
  4. Clouds Of Sils Maria
  5. The End Of The Tour

2015 highlight of the year

Not dying. 

prediction for 2016

More time and energy spent on social media outrage about trivial bullshit than on attempting to fight imminent environmental collapse.